I heart Seattle weddings, Part 2

While in Seattle this weekend, we just had to go to Cupcake Royale. This place is a Seattle legend and has some of the best cupcakes you'll ever taste. Needless to say, they do amazing work for weddings. They go beyond your standard cupcake flavors and names to bring you such options as Dance Party with Holly Hobby (pink frosting with rainbow sprinkles and vanilla cake), Royale with Cheese (cream cheese frosting with chocolate cake) and Lavender (lavender flavored and colored frosting on chocolate or vanilla cake). I had my personal favorite, the Red Velvet.

My favorite part about Cupcake Royale for weddings? They also bake you a small cake as part of the package so that you and your new hubby can still have your cake cutting!



Photos by CFisher Photography

Aren't their frosting swirls awesome? It's their signature stamp on their cupcakes.

I heart Seattle weddings, part 1

We took a spur of the moment road trip to Seattle to see some friends this weekend, and I realized I miss things about living there! And I mentally compiled a list of great wedding aspects unique to Seattle. Here's my first one:
Photo by Garret Davis
The iconic Pike Place Market - I just love shots of brides or couples taken by this sign - So Seattle!

More I heart Seattle wedding features to come...

Seattle Boutique Chic

Since there are still bare trees, cold temperatures and snow (it snowed yesterday and is supposed to again today) here in Oregon, it still feels like winter to me. So I thought I would feature a winter feeling wedding. I saw Julie and Ken's wedding in the Fall/Winter 2008 issue of Seattle Bride and just loved the feel of it! So Seattle - trendy yet had a timeless and almost vintage feel. It took place at the Lake Union Cafe in Seattle, and Julie let the cafe's Art-Deco interior inspire her wedding. I heart her Vera Wang charcoal-and-cream dress on her, and the gardenia and ostrich feather bouquet by Fleurish is just too perfect! I love the whites, charcoal and deep blue colors she chose - so wintery. The cake by Jen's Desserts has to be one of the best details for this wintery wedding - it's covered in "sugar sequins" that look like sparkling snow.
White gardenia and ostrich feather bouquet by Fleurish

All photos by John and Joseph Photography: Blue Place Cards by Ilee Custom Invitations, Over 300 candles provided light at Lake Union Cafe, Bride and Groom outside Lake Union Cafe, White "sugar sequin" three-layer cake by Jen's Desserts