Vendor Spotlight: Just Desserts By Aimee

Check out this vendor we love! Just Desserts by Aime

https://www.instagram.com/justdessertsbyaimee/

Pro Tip: How to Cut your Cake

PRO TIP: Mark my words. This moment will come for you too. As it’s been asked to me with cake knife in hand at 189 of 194 weddings that I’ve shot. No exaggeration.

Here’s the scene: You’ve just fist pumped your way into your reception via intros, the adrenaline is pumping, you’ve taken at least two Fireball shots by now, and you walk over to your towering cake table as it’s time to cut the massive display.

💁🏻You’re going to look straight up at me and confusingly ask, “Ugghhhhhhh Jess, what do we do?”

Your question makes me chuckle every time, but I’m going to save you the brain tease right now.

🍽 I’ll have your cake serving set all lined up where I need you to stand. One of these tools is a cake knife. The other one that looks like a triangle on a handle is a cake server. Hold the knife together. Cut a piece from the bottom layer of the cake (because sometimes your top layers are foam!). Hold the cake server together. Serve it on the plate.

🍰 Then on the count of 3, feed each other together with the forks provided. Or for optimal face smashing capabilities, use your fingers.

Voila! You’ve now completed the tradition filled with symbolism:

🥂The hand of the groom is placed over the hand of the bride when cutting the cake to symbolize his support for her and her promise to take care of him and their family.

🥂Couples are encouraged to cut from the bottom tier symbolizes the longevity and continuity of their relationship.

🥂The bride and groom feeding each other symbolizes their commitment to take care of one another.
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😈 So fess up, who smashed their cake into their spouses face???


Pro Tip: Pets in Photographs

PRO TIP: If you’d like Fido in your photos, here’s a couple of extra steps to take to make sure it’s not a scene from Marley & Me.

🐱For an engagement session, please tell your photographer you plan to bring the dog(s). Even bring a cat on a leash if you want! (@walter). I love to capture your pet family photo. Just don’t show up with one unexpectedly, because it’s damn near impossible to hold a jerking leash and a camera at the same time.

🐶 Our pets need another person in charge, like your mom or best man for example. They can bring your pet to the shoot for the first portion, and then take them back home when their 15-minutes of fame is over. I have learned over the years that dragging a dog around for 2 hours is not beneficial to anyone or your pictures. I only need a short amount of time with them.

🐷 On wedding day, if you’re getting ready in a hotel and would like the same quick photo op, simply make the same arrangements with a friend coming to the wedding later who does not need to be ready as early as you.

🐍 If you’d like the photo op during newlywed portraits, have a neighbor not attending the wedding to bring your pet to arrive 30 minutes after ceremony end time, just when family photos should be wrapping up. It’s simply a logistics game, because Fido has his own needs too! Any other helpful strategies when involving your pets in your photos?

Meghan + Luke | Hotel Henry Wedding

Pro Tip: Dress Prep Must Have

PRO TIP: If you have a wedding dress with buttons, you must have this simple little tool…

🧶 A crochet hook.

Yes, this $5.99 piece of aluminum will save your mother’s hands, while trying to get those itty bitty elastic hooks around the 32 tiny dress buttons. They are torture without one!

⏱19 minutes: the time it takes to button without a crochet hook. While you’re freaking out with a scared face that they won’t be able to get it done up.


🥇3 minutes: the time it takes with this miracle of an Amazon buy. And we all laugh and smile while mom cruises with this handy trick.


👰🏻Who here can attest to the stubborn tiny buttons torture?? Help some sisters out!

Pro Tip: Ceremony Backdrops

PRO TIP: Ceremony backdrops keep you in line!

Here’s the scenario. A lot of backyard and outdoor ceremonies are happening this year, which has been awesome. 🥳

But you get all the chairs set up, if there are even any, and your officiant walks up about 3 feet from the center aisle. 😬 If there even is an aisle marked. That causes your groom-to-be to not know where the hell to stand. And now our ceremony photos are all off center, like woah. Solution! Have a ceremony backdrop. It can be as simple as a bare arc. Or as intricate to carry a wedding theme over as you’d like. And actually a lot of venues have them on hand!

Looking for some amazing Buffalo vendors?

Backdrops by Rae can make all of your visions come to life! See more of her work and get in touch with her here: https://www.instagram.com/backdropsbyrae/

Another great local vendor is Beck and Forth Co. Check out some of Sara’s work here: https://www.beckandforthco.com/

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Venue Spotlight: Holiday Valley

Check out this venue we love! Ellicottville, NY weddings are always a treat, serving as a mini-destination trip not too far from Buffalo. We can’t wait to see you soon, Holiday Valley!

Pro Tip: Backyard Tent Power

Pro Tip: Backyard Tent Power ⚡️


Many 2020 clients are opting to have a minimony reception in their own backyard, rather than be indoors at their original venue with all of the unknowns. And for that reason, let’s talk powering your backyard reception tent.

You need juice. No, not Sunny D. I’m talking electricity. To be able to power the music equipment, caterer requirements, lighting, fans, more lighting, and mics, you’ll need way more than just an extension cord from the garage. 🙅🏼‍♀️


Talk to your vendors about each of their power needs to add some amps up. I’ve seen some homeowners rent generators, and some even beef up their home breaker box to be able to handle the extra load.

The last thing you want is a blackout mid-Michael Jackson Thriller. And I’ve seen that happen twice. 🕺🏻

Pro Tip: Change The Dates

Pro Tip: Email my girl Hoopla House Creative for Change The Dates. 💌

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Yes, we’ve all heard of the popular Save The Date you get in the mail. But now we have a new type thanks to bats in China.

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Lindsay has a hilarious yet elegant style to get the news across to all of your guests that plans have been shifted. A plot twist as she coins it! 🧻

I’m obsessed with the comedic illustrations on some of these Change The Dates. I mean, we might as well smile while doing all of this hooplah. (pun intended)

Give Lindsay a shout to see if she can help!

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