o n October 24th, The Clever Bride kicked off its debut bridal show, “La Vie En Pink,” at Montreal’s exquisite Plaza Volare. Thanks to the fantabulous efforts of featured trend-setting vendors and Clever Bride team, the event was a huge success - sights are already set on making “La Vie En Pink 2011,” bigger, better, and oh-so more pink! Now break out the bubbly and sample some of the pos

t raditional wedding cakes are not for everyone, despite being spun from vanilla clouds and birthday frosting. While spicier cakes are on the market, you may choose to nix the thing altogether and favour something on the humbler side of sweet. Because cupcake tiers have become the knee-jerk alternative, it’s absent on this list but should probably remain on yours.

a t some point, cake toppers were knocked off their view-top tier in favor of some sleek nothingness. But times have changed (again), and now that modern is vintage – and sometimes vintage kitsch – toppers have returned as cuter, more personal and more homemade versions of their former selves.

a dd a dash of whimsy without sacrificing the class by trading in the traditional wedding cake for the cute and fashionable cupcake tier. With a little help, (and an even smaller budget) you can participate in a delicious trend on your own terms. After all, what punctuates a celebration better than a lip-smacking mini-cake? Well, maybe a cream-filled, lip-smacking mini-cake! But at this point, you

w edding cakes and their symbolic properties haven’t always had such an elegant go of it. In medieval England, spiced buns filled with oysters, sweetbreads and other things we don’t want to know about were piled high, one on top of the other. If, and only if, the couple could kiss over the soaring stack would they be granted a life of good fortune. In the seventeenth century, cakes were broken