First of all… HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you all welcomed 2016 in the best way possible and here’s to a year filled with happiness, joy and success! Now on with the blog post…
So on the 12th of December 2015, my oldest cousin got married to now cousin-in-law and food blogger Jannet (TheFoodieHitlist). Having been asked to decorate the garden ceremony and make a candy buffet at their reception it was a full on week leading up to it, even the past few months leading up to it shopping for decorations and looking for the best deals was quite stressful for me as I am such a perfectionist but in the end it was honestly a huge success and the candy buffet literally vanished by the end of the night! Having already purchased the decorations and candy a few weeks beforehand, it all started with baking what was supposed to be 200 vanilla cupcakes but turned into about 270… hahah oops. In saying that though by the end of the night there was only about 10 left so I guess it was good that I baked extra. After about 2 days baking it was the day before the wedding and it was also time to make the buttercream. Not gonna lie I was somewhat petrified to make it as it involved a lot of butter and an excessive amount of icing sugar but I faced it and ended up making about 1kg of buttercream which may not seem like that much but it has been the most buttercream I have made in one go! Cupcakes boxed and ready to go and icing mixed with coral food colouring placed in piping bags with a star tip it became real that my cousin was getting married which was so surreal to see. THE DAY HAS ARRIVED! It was the morning of the wedding and having had a traditional tea ceremony in the morning, my trusty design team (cousins) and I scheduled the day to the absolute second to make sure we were on time to the garden ceremony to decorate the Romanesque sandstone columns and circular elevation. Simple but pink and peach floral ball bouquets tied in the ceremony and garden venue perfectly. By about 5 o’clock it was time to head to the reception to set up the candy table! To be completely honest I didn’t really know what it was going to look like and I didn’t exactly have a vision in my head on where everything was going to be placed but working with where the table was placed my cousins and I kind of just went with it which in the end I was super proud of even though I was piping cupcakes like a crazy lady while guests started to arrive. We hung up the floral ball bouquets above the table, which gave it the perfect finishing touch. Overall the whole day was emotional and heartfelt and I honestly could not have been happier with how the candy table turned out! A big thank you to my oldest cousin Andy and now cousin-in-law Jannet for trusting me to design the candy table and trusting my input leading up to the day. And off course a massive thanks to my trusty design team for the help throughout the day because it honestly would not have been a success without you guys! Phoebe xx
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