Winter Seasonal Flowers

One of the best things you can do to spend money wisely for your wedding is to choose to use flowers that are in season. By choosing out of season flowers, your florist will have to import them from somewhere where they are in season, and this can get expensive.

Here are some great options for flowers to use in the winter time!

Amaryllis

Helleborus

Holly Berry

Orchid

Phlox

Camellias

White Stephanotis

The Fantastic Caketress

In honor of my birthday yesterday, I thought, what better way to celebrate than to feature a fabulous cake artist? For those of you who have never heard of The Caketress... you're in for a special treat! These are some of the most incredible artistic cakes I've ever seen! The Caketress, Lori Hutchinson, has a cake studio in Toronto and has been featured in a lot of the biggest nationwide wedding publications. So in honor of winter wedding month here at Cassandra Dyane Weddings & Events, I present to you some beautiful "wintery" wedding cakes done beautifully by The Caketress!

Hot Cocoa for a Winter Wedding Day

One of my favorite parts of winter time is curling up with a nice mug of hot chocolate! So why not make it a part of a winter wedding? Hot chocolate can make an excellent inexpensive favor for your guests, or can make a very cute dessert and coffee bar for your reception! Here are some great examples of how to incorporate hot cocoa into a wedding.

I love the idea of a bunch of hot chocolate toppings set up at a buffet table. Some good toppings are peppermint candy canes, orange twists, and of course marshmallows and whipped cream... maybe even some sprinkles!

Mugs the in the colors of the wedding make a great touch!

There are tons of clever ways to display marshmallows. Be creative! Not to mention, it is incredibly cheap and easy to make all kinds of chocolate covered marshmallows.

As far as favors goes, here are some genius ideas! They can be as cheap and easy as you want them to be, or if you have a little extra time to put into them, they can really be beautiful and unique.

Stay sweet!

Christmas Wedding Ideas

Who doesn't love celebrating the holidays? A lot of people enjoy the Christmas season so much that they figure, why not add to the merriment by getting married on, or around Christmas! Here are some really cute photos of some Christmas inspired weddings.

Happy Anniversary Sweetheart!

Sorry for the delay in my post's this week. My honey and I just celebrated our three year anniversary! I promise more tomorrow, but for now, happy three years my sweetheart! Here's a little mini montage of some of my favorite pictures of us. Justin, I can't wait to marry you one day!