Choosing Wedding Cupcakes Over Wedding Cake

Why consider choosing cupcakes instead of a traditional wedding cake?

This idea may seem a bit unfamiliar, but it is largely becoming popular for DIY weddings and for anyone who is looking to make life a little more simple and a lot more enjoyable.
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Affordable As opposed to a traditional, (and costly), wedding cake, gourmet cupcakes from your local bakery may run you only about sixteen dollars for a dozen. Depending on your guest list, I'd say that you'd come out much cheaper than opting for a cake.

Convenient for Wedding Guests No silverware, no plate, just a wrapper. It is easy enough to walk by, snatch a cupcake, and even eat on the go (for those who want to pretend they didn't indulge). There are also times when your guests would rather stay standing amongst the party while they have their dessert. With a cupcake, they will appreciate not having to juggle a wobbly plate and fork while conversing with others.

Variety of Flavors and Designs Have fun with it! Cupcake displays can look just as beautiful as a cake and be styled in even more unique ways. Not to mention preparation and assembly is so easy that friends and family can chip in if you'd rather avoid the baker's fee. The best part of all is that by providing a variety of cupcake flavors to choose from, you will surely suit any of your guests' taste buds!

Wedding Cupcakes Lemonberry

Downtown Kankakee - MSMF 2014

The Lupe Carroll Band, as always, put on a great show this year! Other artists featured here from this year's fest are Brent Johnson & the Call Up, Kathy Dummer, Frank, my friend Alicia Post, and the Intrinsic Arts Performers. I had a great time walking about the grounds this year and revisiting the unique character and talent Kankakee always has to offer!

Fine Art Photography

I love all kinds of photography, but sometimes I just need to go out and create something a little bit more beyond the camera. Post processing. I am absolutely in love with it! Changing the colors in just the simplest ways will alter the entire mood of an image. Just by making an image a little warmer, a little more contrasted, it will suddenly become brand new. With fine art composite photography, however, I do just this but go even further. There are almost no rules to it, it is a painting, a masterpiece, to call your own. It takes much longer to create these pieces, but when you are done you feel so attached to a photo and the best feeling of accomplishment.

With this photo below, I composited approximately 10-12 photos. Each bird was from a separate photo I had taken, the clouds from one photo, four surrounding photos to fill in the landscape, and the dress from multiple shots tossing it in the air. Some of my outings include climbing or taking equipment close to water, thankfully there were no worries of that here. However, it had rained just a few minutes prior (note her wet hair). Sometimes unexpected things happen during these outings, and I just believe it makes it all the more interesting and inspires new ideas. Enjoy!