Flava flav

Upon perusing the Charm City Cakes website (Jon and I love the foodnetwork, especially Ace of Cakes, and we really want our wedding cake from there!) I started thinking about wedding cake flavors. And boy, do they have a large selection of interesting tastes. While I considered a coffee-flavored cake, Jon quickly dismissed it (probably not the most universal flavor. However, if it were up to him--it'd be an ice cream cake!). That brought me to a lemon-y or raspberry cake. Here are my top 6 Ace of Cakes flavors: Lemon curd & berries, Chocolate Raspberry, Bananas Foster, Pecan Pie, Butterscotch Walnut, and Chocolate Orange. Delish. Can I start cake-testing now??

http://www.charmcitycakes.com/flavors

Seating assignments - with a twist!

An interesting idea--using personalized fortune cookie messages to direct guests to their table (that is--if I end up doing an asian flair? Or it could just be cute?). Fancy Fortune Cookies has an amazing assortment of treats ranging from cappuccino to mint to banana to black raspberry flavored. And they are really fun colors too--which would be perfect and easy to match to a wedding. They also, of course, do chocolate covered and sprinkled versions as well. But how cool would that be--finding your name card, opening the fortune cookie and seeing "Table 5" (I am also thinking of giving my tables distinct names, depending on the theme). YUM. Could be cool with the Maymont Japanese Garden! ...if only I could have multiple weddings with different themes!

Must have.

I want/need a parasol. The end.

C&J Hook Photoshoot

Almost forgot! Here are a couple of pics from the photoshoot with Jen Fariello, the Hook photographer. I love them! And of course Jon and I are color coordinated ;o).

Designer Dresses: Simone Carvalli

So far I'd have to say Simone Carvalli is my favorite dress designer. I'm also pretty certain about how I want my dress to look: a sweetheart strapless with intricate detailing on the backside. I also want a dress with a train. Not too too long though, because that'd probably overwhelm my small frame. I am also thinking about going for an ivory dress as opposed to white. Here is an example of one of my favorite Simone dresses.

Wedding Dress Chic: The short dress

While the traditional long dress can never be trumped, I am really into the newer short styles that thousands of brides are swapping as their reception wear. Much easier to dance in, the short dress is an obvious choice. Plus you get to pick TWO wedding dresses! My dream outfit is in the current issue of InStyle Weddings donned by the lovely Jaime Pressly... a sweet style, perhaps with an oversized bow (or detail not seen in the actual dress) with one of those cutesy little face veils (I'm definitely going with a long veil for the wedding - so romantic). I feel like I can't represent all the different facets of my personality in just one dress, so with the shorter reception dress I can show off another side, a more cutesy youthful style. I'll try to scan in that picture later!

Caroline & Jon to be featured in The Hook!

The Hook, a Charlottesville based magazine, is featuring Jon and I in their Wedding Issue! They are doing a segment on young couples balancing schoolwork and wedding planning. I am really excited about it. I was interviewed this morning by my old friend Stephanie Garcia. I thought it went really well -- hopefully she can [sic] my poor verbal skills into literary gold. Ha. We are getting our pictures taken by a photographer sometime this week for the piece. Now only deciding what to wear...

I will post back later when I know when exactly it'll be released!

Hairstyles!

Some hairstyles I am digging right now.