5 weeks to go Part 2

*swiped from www.cakeartist.ph


saturday was a major marathon.

submitted papers to Mary The Queen, and listened to Hangad sing at Khristine & Johann's wedding. noted that MTQ's sound system really is a bit faulty, but Migs of Hangad says that it was better the day after. let's hope it was just a minor glitch of some sort.

next stop was at lya's libis shop for mom's and sam's fittings. met my Ninang H there since she was in manila for a 4-day vacation en route to singapore.

got my cord and pillow at Ready To Wed that day too.

talk about lagare!

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between distributing invitations and fitting schedules for the moms, ninangs, and maid of honor, i was able to meet Tita Cake-Maker last sunday. since our wedding cake is a gift, i found it quite inappropriate and kapal to show up at her doorstep with bookmarked wedding magazines and printouts. so i crossed my fingers and prayed that she would show me samples that i'd like.

her previous instructions to me were pretty vague - pick a cake you want and i'll make it for you. so i defined what i wanted and what i didn't want before i went to her place.

and i wasn't disappointed.

she makes beautiful fondant cakes... with really dainty and detailed rolled fondant flowers that look even more real than silk flowers.

she has a rather grandmotherly air about her... the type that will voluntarily teach you how to cook if you asked. her kitchen reminded me of Becky's Kitchen - homey and very afternoon-tea-ish. her baker took out albums and Wilton books so that i could pick - since i didn't have the guts to bring the magazines down from my car. LOL.

after half an hour of flipping, i finally settled on one which resembles Judy Uson's cakes, spcifically the one up there.

only, ours will have a light pink base with a different sort of swag-drape-thing.

argh whatever... not really stressing about how the cake looks anyway. as long as there's cake - that's all there is to it. well... as long as we can still cut it and swallow the piece... then i'll take whatever is available, thank you very much. hehehe.