Aldas Magnolia Hill: wedding cake

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Wedding Memories

With a shimmer of satin and sweep of organza I just wanted to share one of my favorite weddings of all times here at Magnolia Hill...our precious niece was married here last fall and her pictures are simply stunning. (Thank you Lori Sparkman Photography)

Named after my mother, her grandmother, she is the only girl in the family... Of course it was a sentimental family affair and a gathering of only a few special friends.

We think she found the perfect match...

Look at these smiles....as they walk back up the aisle to begin their happily ever after !

Here is a glimpse of the ceremony, but there were so many

special details

that went into the day from wearing

Great Grandmothers necklace to the

little members of the wedding party.

The littlest ones carried the hundred year old family Bible,

and the one bursting with smiles and tiny hands,

carried the "Here Comes the Bride" pennant flag.

My heart was so full seeing my sister walk down the aisle on the arm of her son for he had been in a horrible near fatal motorcycle wreck only weeks before with broken legs and arms...his goal was to walk at the wedding and he did. There was not a dry eye as they walked to their seat for he was truly our miracle walking.

The "Flower Man"

The family member who brought light hearted ear to ear smiles was our youngest son Samuel, designated to be the "Flower Man"(who was a first I had seen of this!)...and oh my goodness....he had us in stitches as he leaped down the aisle tossing petals with tremendous gusto and epic determination.

Tossing a little "happy"

Doves released at the end of the ceremony

No signing of a guest book....instant

photos of guests were taken and placed in a keepsake book .

The ceremony concluded but dinner and dancing continued with the reception.

At the end of the day we think our girl found her prince charming

and they will live Happily Ever After!

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Sculpting and Cake Decorating with Natalie Madison

There was a time a few years ago that I traveled the country in promoting our silver cake plateaus at ICES cake trade shows and meeting professional artisans with their passion for beautiful cakes. From Sylvia Weinstock in New York to the Le Cordon Blue College of Culinary Arts in Austin, Texas, I shared my wares and was amazed at the talent behind cakes that were truly works of art. At the Cake Shows, cakes were judged and just looked too real to be cake!

(Yes, these "leather" shoes and purse are cake!)

Marj Jenkins of Icing on the Cake, Art you can Eat

I think that is what I love about what we do now, is that I still stay amazed at the world class talent right in our own home town of Little Rock. Recently Natalie Madison of Natalie Madison Artisan Cakes, has shared her talent with my brides. Natalie not only makes works of art but also teaches sculpting and cake decorating at Pulaski Tech Culinary Institute from time to time. After 18 years of baking and decorating for others, Natalie finally opened Natalie Madison's Artisan Cakes, a studio bakery in Little Rock, AR, January of 2013. As a graduate from the University of Arkansas with a bachelor's Degree in Art, her medium is now cake!

For our couple who got engaged in New Orleans, the bride surprised the groom with this New Orleans inspired chocolate cake! Doesn't that corn look real?...it's not, it is cake!