wedding Invitations: Why Wedding Cakes?

Why a Wedding Cake?
Beginning in early Roman times, the cake has been a special part of the wedding celebration. A thin loaf was broken over the bride's head at the close of the ceremony to symbolize fertility. The wheat from which it was made, symbolized fertility and the guests eagerly picked up the crumbs as good luck charms. During the Middle Ages, it became traditional for the couple to kiss over a small cluster of cakes. Later, a clever baker decided to amass all these small cakes together, covering them with frosting. Thus, the modern tiered cake was born.

The Groom's Cake
The groom's cake is a smaller cake that is served at the wedding reception.
Young women (unmarried) would take a piece of the groom's cake home to place under their pillows and the old wife?s tale says "they will marry whomever they dream of that night."

The Tradition of the Bridal Shower?
Tradition says that the first bridal shower was given to a poor couple in Holland who was denied the bridal dowry because of the groom's lowly miller status. The miller's friends showered the bride with gifts to help them set up housekeeping.

Why Carry the Bride Across the Threshold?
During the days of "Marriage by Capture," the bride was certainly not going to go peacefully into the bridegroom's abode; thus, she was dragged or carried across the threshold. In even earlier times, it was believed that family demons followed the woman and to keep her family demons from going into the groom's home, she was carried across the threshold upon her entering for the first time. After that, the demons could not enter, as she would come in and go out of the home.

Wedding Invitation - Choosing A Wedding Invitation

How do you choose the design and style of your wedding invitation? Your wedding invitation should be based on the theme. The colors of the invitation should be well matched to the theme of your wedding. The guest can easily have an idea of the theme of your wedding by merely looking at the invitations. It will also give them an idea of the gifts to buy and the clothes to wear for the wedding day.

Choosing wedding invitations has turned out to be one of the significant parts of the wedding preparation. Wedding invitations serve as your official wedding announcement. Sending them out to your guest is a way of expressing how delighted you will be if they will come to witness your wedding. A wedding invitation also forms a part of your wedding memorabilia that’s why choosing the right wedding invitation is necessary.

Deciding who will make your wedding invitation is a must. You should make sure that the company who will make your wedding invitations is reliable and has a portfolio of good quality work. You can ask your friends or do some research regarding the companies who make invitations for weddings. These Companies can also help you in choosing the wordings as well as the design.



You can add your photos in your invitations. You can have them colored or black and white. You could also ask the company to add other pictures or designs that will match the theme of the wedding. A more formal wedding often uses ribbons or bows to close the wedding invitations after the final printing.

The information that will be included in the invitation should be predetermined before you ask the company to make a print of it. When addressing wedding invitations, the names of the couples should be correctly spelled, the venue should be reserved, and the time and date should be fixed as well as the address and the time of the reception. You can also place respond cards to determine the number of guests that will surely attend the wedding. Adding RSVP cards means additional expenses for the wedding but it will save you money and effort because it will determine the number of guests that will arrive.

Creative wording for wedding invitations is important, make sure you think carefully and plan your writing before you commit. Once the information has been gathered you can ask the company who will make the wedding invitations for samples of the final printing of the invitation. Asking for printouts will help you in deciding whether there are changes that you have to make.

Sending out wedding invitations should be done not earlier than a month before the wedding and not later than two weeks before the wedding. Sending invitations too early could make people forget your wedding day and sending them out too late could cause conflicts with your guests’ schedules.