Awesometastic Details and Giveaway: Cake Toppers

In case you didn't see the post yesterday, we're doing an awesometastic giveaway to readers who send in their  pictures featuring unique wedding details! We're taking submissions all month, and trust us you'll want to win!

These cake toppers are another detail Katie had at her wedding that we couldn't get enough of, they were the toppers on her parent's wedding cake!



All photography by Verve Studio

Go check out the rules for the giveaway and send your pics to Melissa {at} awesometasticblog{dot}com.

Awesometastic Details and Giveaway: Shoes

Details, details, details, they're the little touches that make the wedding completely unique to the couple.

If you had awesometastic details at your wedding send us your pictures!

Because 1) We would love to see them (we really enjoy daydreaming over pretty wedding pictures) and 2) we're having a giveaway of something sparkly and shiny for our readers with the most awesometastic wedding details! Trust me you will want it, you will love it, and you will regret not sending in your favorite details once the prize is announced.

Katie had gorgeous personal details at her wedding, instead of changing dresses this girl changed shoes SEVEN times! Here's just a few pics of her shoes, all in amazing vibrant colors of course.



All photography by Verve Studio

Rules: 

1.) Enter away, you can enter as many pictures as you want. You must have permission to use the image (either by the photograper or the owner of the image)

2.) Brides and wedding pros can both enter for the giveaway.

3.) We always accept details, but this giveaway ends June 30, so get those pictures in!

4.) We love our international readers, but we can only send our giveaway in the U.S. 

5.) Send pictures to Melissa {at} awesometasticblog{dot}com. 

Spiral Wedding Seating



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Not a bad seat in the house. How gorgeous is this spiral seating for a wedding. It's like seating your guests in the round, but rounder?

You could use seating in a spiral for a wedding, to make an aisle longer too. We kinda think this is awesometasical!

Do you love, hate?

Do you think it'll be a trendy thing and then jump the shark off a pier and never be seen again, like that GI Joe doll you lost in the ocean when you were little, and still wonder where it went?

Multi-colored Bridesmaid Shoes





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We've talked about white bridesmaids dresses before, and regardless of how you feel about them, this combination is just fantastic, all of the bright pops of colors with the heels and the way the brides' bouquet ties it all together is just plain awesometastic!

We love this... what do you think?

Welcome Bags: Guestination Weddings

These welcome bags are great for anyone having a guestination wedding!

Since your family and friends have to come to you for the wedding, show off your city with items unique to where you live along with some of your own favorite things!

A wedding welcome bag doesn't have to be a gift bag with a bottle of water and a bag of M&M's make it something your guests will remember, with Jack Daniels, Coca-Cola and your favorite candy bar.

Style Me Pretty

Potato Chip Cupcakes

Holy. Moly. Aside from the crazy drool-worthiness of all chocolate, potato chips and salted carmel sauce one of the best parts of this cupcake is the name: Highway to Heaven. Seems pretty accurate!

Grooms.Cake.Yes.Please.

Sweetapolita

Yes? No?

Salty Sweet! Yes, please!

Garden Party

This garden party is full of rustic charm! I love the idea of using the drawers for wine holders and all the rich and vibrant colors.

Nothing frooffy, just perfect for the hot summer and cold glass of champagne.

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Celebrity Weddings: Personalized Candles

For a quirky wedding favor, celebrities John Stamos & Rebecca Romijn had 70's style air fresheners with their printed picture and the words “Our love will last forever” placed on each of their guest’s cars.

This is a great budget savvy bride idea, but if you want something that’s a little less quirky and a little more classic, try a personalized candle. 

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These are only $2.95 for a set of 30, talk about an awesometastic bargain!

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Celebrity Weddings: Wedding Favor Notepads

For brides on a budget personalized notepads are the way to go! Everyone can use a notepad and it’s not a big clunky favor that gets in the way of all your other fabulous wedding décor!

Everyone’s favorite reality show couple Trista and Ryan Sutter gave out notepads at their weddings with their picture and the word “dream” pressed into the cover.

To do your own version of this celebrity wedding favor check out American Bridal's Fall for Love Personalized Notebooks for the budget friendly price of $2.20 for 24 notepads! 

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Celebrity Weddings: Cupcake Boxes

If you have a big sweet tooth, but don’t want something cliché like personalized candies as wedding favors, give out boxes of cupcakes like Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom did at their glam wedding.

These cupcake boxes from American Bridal are cute, simple and a complete bargain, only $8.95 for a pack of six cupcake boxes!

You can personalize this favor either with custom monogrammed ribbon or even with a decoration on the cupcake. Another reason we love this idea is because it’s like taking a little bit of the wedding home with you!

And really, who doesn't love cake for breakfast?

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Celebrity Weddings: Stainless Steel Chopsticks

The key to making your wedding fun is making it you!

Actress Anna Chlumsky and Shaun So's gave out stainless steel chopsticks to represent the new culture she was marrying into. It was thoughtful, different and useful aka an awesometastic idea!

These East Meets West Stainless Chopsticks Wedding Favors from American Bridal come in a set of 12 for only $17.86, and you can personalize them!

Did you have a unique wedding favor to represent a new culture or tradition?

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Celebrity Weddings:Wedding Favors

Don't we all wish we could have the budget of a celebrity, especially when it comes to planning a wedding?!

One of the many extravagant expenses of celebrity weddings are all the fancy wedding favors, like Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban who handed out engraved Tiffany & Co. clocks to their guests. Not exactly cheap.

Here's a look-alike wedding favor from American Bridal that's a complete bargain so you can have a celebrity wedding too!

American Bridal Classic Optical Crystal Desk Clock: $27.95
Tiffany & Co. clock: $2,100

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Gallery Leather Album

The Leather Gallery Photo Albums from Gallery Leather are beautiful for wedding photos! They sent us some albums so that we could check out the quality, and see if it was something we'd like to use for our images. And really, It's so easy to slide in all your photos and put a handwritten caption underneath using the cards in the back of the album.

I can't wait to sneak in all of our family images and keep them for our families to look though over the years. I couldn't think of a better way to cherish all of those images you've been hanging on to.

The pages are also acid-free, so they will keep your pictures safe through the years.

Gallery Leather's  travel leather photo album comes with the option of a window so you can personalize your album, which makes for a great gift to the in-laws or parents!

Gallery Leather sent the leather gallery photo album and leather travel photo album with window for us to review free of compensation. We only review the most awesometastic things! 

Party Ideas: Buffet

We were trying to think of a fun, modern, and gardeny way to jazz up a table at an outdoor rehearsal dinner or brunch, and found this!

What a cool way to brighten up a party buffet table instead of using a tablecloth! Simple and fresh, can't go wrong with that kind of decor.

Southern Living

What type of flowers would you use in this display?

Love it? Hate it? We want to know!

Lanterns: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

After hanging ALOT of paper lanterns for a party this past weekend, and seeing the beautiful results, we need another party right now so we can recreate this adorable paper lantern version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

Maybe I have have a party for Gabriel, a 2 and-1/2-and-a-month-and-a-couple-of-days party?

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Southern Flair: Mason Jars

We love Mason Jars! We love them hanging, standing, and filled with jam! (and who has two thumbs and loves jam... this girl!)

It's no secret that Mason jars are the biggest wedding trend right now, but they can be used in so many different and pretty ways, who cares if it's trendy?



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What are some other awesometastic ways you've seen mason jars used?

Weddings Illustrated Magazine

Have you seen the Spring/Summer issue of Weddings Illustrated lately?

It's, in three words, to die for!

The wedding photography, the dresses, the rings, the details, it was all just fantastical!

One of my favorite features was "Southern Charm" on page 32, so many creative and personal spins on classic southern traditions. And the "Garden Parties" feature had "Perfect Florida Wedding!" written all over it!

If you see this magazine at your local bookstore, we recommend grabbing a copy and a cup of coffee and spending some time pouring over the pages.

Orange Creamsicle Float

It is so hot outside. And sometimes you need something cold and yummy! How about this Orange Creamy yummy goodness!

Orange Signature Drinkie, Drink?

Thanks Martha for the eye candy! Cannot wait to try this! She had me at paper straw!

Shabby Chic

Inspiration Board Source

When I saw this beautiful vintagey board, I knew I had to share it with you! So sweet and soft, with a hint of Victorian-Southern Romance!

What do you think, yeh? or neh?

Pets at a Wedding

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With pictures like these, how could you not want your pet at your wedding.

Love this!

KB Kakes Grand Opening

We had an awesometastic time celebrating the opening of the new KB Kakes storefront and couldn't wait to share all the pics! We're lucky we got a taste of some the yummy treats before they all disappeared!

All photos by HOME Magazine

Come out and show KB Kakes some love at the official grand opening today, Monday, May 14 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.!

Dive into the depths of darkness in an elevator

Wedding Brunch

Craft and Creativity

My first Cinnamon roll project was this....

And they were delicious, but were missing that gooey-not-quite-cooked center, and with the adorable Heart Shaped Cinnamon Rolls you get two center, ummmm, delish!!!

Colorful Wedding Cake

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This cake just makes me smile! Purple, teal, and green wedding cake, reminds of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory meets awesometastic wedding!

And the purple bloom just screams romance.

What do you think, brides cake or grooms cake?

Brides Side or Grooms Side

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With so many couples having mutual friends they are doing away with the my friends or your friends, and everyone is just sitting together.

I love this!

What do you think, tradition or take a seat?

Romantic Wedding



Wedding Chics

Just so sweet we couldn't not share! Love the suculents, the soft sweet romance all over!

Lace Wedding Cake

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This lace wedding cake caught the eye of our Awesometastic Team, and frankly, I think it's sweet, vintage and lacy-lious!

Can you imagine having your cake designer using the lace from your gown or your mom's wedding gown and matching it to your cake!

So sweet!!

Petals Wedding Cake

This wedding cake just screams soft and fluffy and love!

The White on White, with the cascading petals is simply gorgous!

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What do you think? Over the top, or just too blah?

Pretty Wedding Cakes

I have seen so many pretty wedding cakes over the past few months, I just had to share what we are swooning over here at the Awesometastic Offices!

Yuma Couture Cakes

We love this over the top romantic, sweet gorgeousness!

What do you think?

Pac Man Wedding Cake

Serioulsy, adorable. Fun. Classic. I love this Pac Man Cake!

Boop Boop Boop.... waaaa waaaa waaaa.

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May Day Pole

Happy May Day!

Thank you Martha for the image

We did a wedding several years ago, where the bride had a May Day Pole, and all of the children gathered around and danced with the long ribbons around the pole, it was so sweet and a great way to honor the traditions of our families in the South.