Mrs. Flamingo, Montreal, Canada
Age and Occupation: 25, Graphic Designer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Nursing Student
Engagement Date: December 2004
Wedding Date: June 21, 2008
Venue: Imperia Hotel (modern chic hotel)
About Me: I am a passionate designer who loves anything pretty. I heart all paper products (eco-friendly of course). My passion revolves around anything considered glamour; vintage and modern. In my free time, I love reading Martha mags, designing jewelry and making a pit-stop at Starbucks for a chai latte. I'm also a chocoholic at heart and my family drools over my homemade truffles.
Our Baker - Sweet As Cake
April 29th, 2008 @ 4:52 pm by Mrs. Flamingo
Even though we have a dessert included in our 5 course meal, I’ve always wanted to have a wedding cake and the extra dessert wasn’t going to stop me. Just more sugar for my buttocks - for better or worse right? What’s great though, is that Mr. Flamingo will have his ultimate favorite dessert at the end of our meal, and I will have a beautiful wedding cake. It’s a win win situation.
We decided to hire Sophie of Les Fantaisies de Sophie. She is really talented and not to mention extremely sweet. Sadly, ten years ago her daughter Catherine was born with a severe handicap and Sophie (our baker) decided to change her career choice to something which allowed her to be with her daughter and give her the attention she deserves. Luckily for us, she became a baker and honestly not only did her story touch me, but her positivity and outlook on life blew me away - we hired her on the spot.
She’s very popular in my area and I am so happy to have booked her. She has done a cake for the famous Celine Dion and other local stars, so you’d think because of it she would charge accordingly. Well to my surprise, her prices were the best I had found and her cake… so yummy.
She’s also the master behind this beautiful black and white cake which was featured on Style Me Pretty’s DIY contest. This is the design that first caught my eye - I love the simplicity and the design elements. And could you believe this cake is only 2.95$ slice, and a pretty big slice might I add.
The patterns, like she explained, are “spray painted” on, which allows them to have intricate designs for a fraction of the cost. Since our cake will be served at midnight with the sweet table, there is really no need for an expensive cake. She’s done lots and lots of cakes, but unfortunately the pictures on her site don’t do justice to the beauty of her designs…
Did you hire a vendor not only because they were good, but because you were touched by their story?
Next up … images and images of cakes…. mmm mmm mmm
