Monthly Archives: February 2010

Tomorrow’s the Last Day to Win Free Cupcakes!

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Christine

You’ve got until tomorrow night (Sunday) at 11:59pm to enter into the cupcake raffle. Your entire donation goes to World Vision for the Haiti Crisis. We’ll draw names of those who entered and if you qualify, then you’ll win 100 free cupcakes … Continue reading »

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Celebrate Your Culture

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Amanda

presents Celebrate Your Culture by Amanda When planning a wedding, some of our clients come to us with specific cultural tea ceremony requests from Chinese Tea Ceremony to Paebaek Ceremony (Korean ceremony) to many others. Above is a collage of several Paebaek … Continue reading »

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Vendors – Our Newest Feature

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Christine

Big Fat Cake is proud to announce our newest feature, our Big Fat Cake Vendors! It’s still in it’s infancy since we have our first three vendors. I would like to introduce to you: Izacupcake – You may have noticed in our … Continue reading »

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V-Day Engagement Ring Pic

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Cait

My friend Jill that I studied abroad with in college recently got engaged and posted this picture of her engagement ring on Facebook. It was such a great pic, I just had to find out how she came up with such an … Continue reading »

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DIY: Lace Invitation Tutorial

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Auschick

<question> My daughter would like to incorporate black lace onto her invites, any suggestions? We can certainly visit M&J trimmings in NYC. We also have local material places near us in Nyack, NY. Do I print the verbiage onto good linen paper, … Continue reading »

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It’s a Taiwan photo shoot : Part III

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Mel

This is a continuation from one of my previous posts: Part I & Part II. We got the digital photos! Just a couple of days ago, GT and I had our third wedding reception. It was held here in Taichung, Taiwan. Although … Continue reading »

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2010′s Lucky Date to Get Married

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Amanda

presents 2010′s Lucky Date to Get Married by Amanda Once in a while there is one date in the year that is noted as LUCKY and very popular among the wedding industry. For example in the past we had 7/7/2007, 8/8/2008 and … Continue reading »

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VW- Spring 2010 Collection

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Cait

I am loving the Vera Wang Spring 2010 bridesmaids dresses. The airy tissue organza, the ruffled layers and sashes, and the crinkled chiffon make this collection one of my absolute favorites. I would have posted all of the dresses if I could, but … Continue reading »

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Google Does Everything! Microsoft, Too!

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Christine

Google does everything…yes, even wedding planning. Google shares their wedding templates via their GoogleDocs sharing. For brides and grooms who have gmail accounts, GoogleDocs is an easy way to share documents, like the budget, guest list, photo album, to do list and … Continue reading »

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L’Enfant Plaza’s Free Bridal Showcase

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Christine

This Sunday from noon-6pm, L’Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C. is having a free bridal showcase. I hope you find your vendors there!

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Win a $100,000 Wedding

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Christine

After you enter yourself in the Big Fat Cake cupcake raffle, try your luck with winning a $100,000 wedding. Yes, that’s 5 zeros in there. Crate and Barrel and Daily Candy Weddings teamed up to host this contest and you have until … Continue reading »

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Macaroons: the new cupcake?

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Auschick

I got married in 2008 and arranged for a friend of mine to make a tower of cupcakes for our wedding rather than a traditional wedding cake.  I’ve just started seeing a new trend emerging – the Macaroon.  While I haven’t personally … Continue reading »

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