Fresh flowers to decorate your wedding cake
I love wedding cakes that are plain because I love the look of fresh flowers on wedding cakes. I know that shows like Ace of Cakes have made really fancy, fully edible cakes popular but I still love the look of a simple cake that serves as a canvas for more color from fresh flowers.
However, you should remember (and definitely ask your florist about) there are some guidelines as to what flowers you should and should not use on something that will be consumed. There’s no bigger killjoy than having an ambulance show up at your wedding — even if the single ladies think the paramedics are cute.
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Decorating with daisies
“I love daisies. Don’t you think they’re the friendliest flower?”
- Meg Ryan as Kathleen Kelly in “Sleepless in Seattle.”
Gerber daisies, I think, are quite friendly in many ways — they come in tons of colors ranging from white to red to yellow (and all the colors in between), are big and striking from a distance, and most importantly, are friendly to your wallet. Most brides dream of an all-white wedding dripping with flowers, usually roses or great big lillies and for the more creative ones, orchids.
