Your East Anglian Wedding - Page number 85 - August/September 2021 (Issue 50)

GOING GREEN After waiting so long for our big day we want to make it extra special and as eco-friendly as possible. What would you suggest? Sue says: The last 16 months have been a wake-up call for all of us. Covid and lockdowns have made us stop and evaluate our lives more and think about what’s really important. I was always taught that ‘good design is simple design’ and I think now, more than ever before, this is true. As weddings are being held again we all want them to be something to be remembered and those getting married now will be able to tell their children, ‘we had to wait to get married but when we did, we did it well’. Couples want the best wedding ever yet are more aware that eco- credentials are important too. and want to tread lightly on the world, be impactful and create everlasting memories but with less waste and minimal harm to the environment. By hiring large trees, the impact is big, yet the carbon footprint is small as they will live on after the wedding, growing and thriving for years to come! SWEET SENTIMENTS We’re both great cake lovers and want a real showstopper for our wedding that not only tastes and looks great but is personal to us and reflects our lives and loves – is this possible? Terri says: Absolutely! You can have something bespoke to you and tell your story through your wedding cake, whether it’s by hand-painting key points in your life together on to it or by creating a unique design to reflect hobbies or favourite things. As well as how you want your dream cake to look, it’s important to factor in how many portions you require, so no one misses out on tasting it too. As far as we’re concerned, there are no limits and as much as we are truly happy to follow tradition and fashion, we do love a challenge! This four-tier, dairy-free cake was decorated with fondant icing and hand- painted with silhouettes to show various aspects of the couple’s journey together including the proposal at the summit of Mount Snowdon, important places they’d visited, their house, dog and other meaningful things. It was airbrushed in an ombre effect from white, through pink into purple to match the colours of the memory lane roses they had for their wedding flowers. Terri Newman | Cake maker | www.erivicacakes.com Sue Huckle | Owner | www.poshplants.com ❤ These cool palms look super stylish in the light and airy Lady Elizabeth Wing at Norfolk’s Holkham Hall. ❤ Bringing trees inside, either in the venue or church, makes your wedding very individual to you. ❤ Go big and bold with stunning birch trees. ❤ These lovely bay trees look simple yet stunning in the light-filled Orangery at the Wilderness Reserve, Suffolk. EXPERT ADVICE 85