Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, Sugar Is Sweet, And So Are You!

There are a surprising number of people in this world who bake cakes for a living. This is a good thing, since it gives us lots of choices, but it can also make it overwhelming to sort through 50 portfolios to find the best one, especially when small town bakers rarely have websites with their pictures on them. Speaking of which, there is a lady named Rebecca Sutterby who lives in a VERY small town in SEK, and has a fabulous website with lots of pictures. Unfortunately, cakes that are that stupendous cost about $6.50 a slice. Not bad if you're only buying a slice or two, but a little ridiculous if you're serving 100 people or more.

I am hoping to meet sometime with another decorator named Jan Beltram, who came highly recommended and has much more reasonable prices, but we are having difficulties matching up our schedules. I don't really know what exactly I want the cake to look like anyway, so it's probably good that I have a bit of time to figure out some details.

I did manage to meet with a florist in Ft. Scott on Friday afternoon. The name of the place is Designer's Florist by Sekan, and under the more general name of Sekan's Occasion Shops they actually run quite an impressive operation, selling flowers, furniture, home decorating items, invitations, and what-have-you. We talked over a few of my ideas and discussed prices, but essentially she said I would need to come back at the beginning of June to finalize exactly what I wanted and what the cost would be. I am fairly certain I would like to have them do our flowers, but I also need to do a little more shopping around to be sure we are getting a good deal.

My friend Cortney and I have also been doing a lot of brainstorming over invitation designs, and I think we've finally come up with something that will be close to the finished product. I have found some pretty paper on the internet that I will probably order so that we can get started on those soon.

Summer will be here before I know it! I can't wait :)