My duaughter’s second marriage was in the Village Church, she had all pretty pottery .
Her friend and I set the tables matching the crockery —— oh No!
We had to unmatch them so no triplets ie side plate cup and saucer matching
- all mixed up —- it did look pretty though ,her cake was “ rustic”—- I could it visualise what she wanted so drew a few and she chose the one.I made and iced it.
In ivory, did I do grass,a bit of horse detritus for authenticity!!?
Well I made sugar roses, had some skeleton leaves ,bought fine hessian braid
and assembled it did look nice .She drove up to see it and liked it so then I could properly attach the decorations .
She drove back to Suffolk with it ,a week before the wedding , the reception was in a marquee on the village green ,next to the pub and the Church.
Ladies from the Church had Spring cleaned it all, grass cut etc ,so very kind.
I do have photograph but some were lost from my iPad .
Trouble is you do something like that and people want you to do one for them .
I have never charged but always given as a gift then I don’t feel so bad as I worry about it all.But the hours spent!
I would not have charged my daughter, of course.
No trouble doing it for family but it gets too expensive, time consuming and a worry to do it for others.
A bright dry start but now very overcast, so washing that is in the washer dried inside I think.
Cheerio, Viktoria.
