Rachael West Designs Starts Shopping!

Are you an avid shopper?
Do you find yourself shopping online when you can’t go to the local mall?
Is your closet over flowing?

Then you are going to love our brand new section I’ve decided to start. I’ve been an enthusiast in health, dating and weddings for quite some time and I felt it is time for me to expand into an area I like to think I am a professional within. Shopping is something everyone does a lot, and as a female yes I can say I do it a lot more then I truly need to. Do I shop for new items weekly? Of course! I find that pay day rolls around and I am at the nearest shop trying to find a new special something for myself.

Don’t get me wrong, I do know my limits, but I do have a massive weakness for shopping. As an avid shopper I thought it was time I take you through the malls and shopping adventures with me. You never know what you can find and I know I am going to find a lot!

The shopping section is going to be jam packed full of great shopping ideas, amazing finds and even some shopping tips to help you budget more easily. Yes, I do still budget even though I have a brutal shopping habit. So, are you ready to start shopping with me? I hope so. I am looking forward to this amazing adventure and can’t wait to have an even better reason to go out spending money. Now I can say I am doing hands on research.

Welcome to the beginning of my shopping adventure and I hope that I can help you get a better feel of your shopping adventures, even if we do it on a structured budget together. First stop, Personalization Mall! This is a store I love, especially since they offer their very own Personalization Mall Coupons.

Your Perfect Budget Wedding Cake

 Weddings are expensive occasions, sometimes we get caught up in the exctiment of it all.It is easier to get carried away when you go to choose your wedding cake. The pictureuesque samples you will see mixed with smell of buttercream icing and fondont florettes will have you dreaming. Don’t loose hope, not all is lost .  If you are trying to budget yourself so you can get a nicer dress, or something more important, consider trying to cut costs on the wedding cake. There may be a way to achieve the perfect cake you want, on the wedding budget you can afford.

Making your own wedding cake is a great way to save money. You don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars to have a nice looking cake.With a few practise runs, you  too can make your own layer cakes right from home! To acheive this  purcahse some delicious cake mix, a few cake pans, and add in couple hours of your time. Purchase frosting and decorations to make your homemade wedding cake look better. You can achieve a classical looking wedding cake at an afforable price. After all, the cake is eaten by the end of the reception so you want to make sure your spending on this item is within reason. 

You can save money on your wedding cake if you decide you  are ordering it. Consider a smaller cake, or one that is less elaborately decorated. Most of the cost comes from the labour instensive decorating. Scale down on this and you may find a decrease in price dramatically.If you only have a few dozen people coming, you don’t need a grand wedding cake in size. Choose a smaller elegant version and you will find you will receive the same response from your guests . You too will be happy with the outcome.

A wedding cake can be as big, or as small as you want it to be.  It can all depend of the theme or preference of the bride and grrom. With the cost of modern weddings rising to the tens of thousands, saving a little money on your wedding cake can be the difference when it comes to budgeting your wedding.

Wedding cakes can be wonderful pieces of imagination brought to life. Almost anything you can dream can now come to life on a wedding cake.

The first choice when choosing your wedding cake is deciding to purchase a custom cake or not. You can browse through catalogs of a bakery online or at a retailer for wedding cakes. This may allow you the opportunity to find something that you like. If you do not see anything appealing, you are then left with the option of a custom cake. Even if you think you want a custom cake to begin with, you should always view the catalog first, in case you find something else you like, or something similar to what you are seeking.

When you are shopping for wedding cakes, you must always sample the product. This is usually the best part of looking for a cake! Sampling allows you to decide what flavor and cake type you want to have. This will also allow you to determine how good the bakery is. There are many flavors of cakes, and taste tests allow you to figure out which flavor to choose.

The most important part of getting your wedding cake is the deadline! The best course of action is to order your cake as soon as possible. You can tell the bakery when the wedding will be, and they will then be able to tell you when they need to start making the cake to ensure that you get it on time. The sooner you order wedding cake, the better the chances it will be delivered on time.

Wedding cakes are a stressful, yet fun, part of wedding planning. With there being so many decisions to make, wedding cakes are often overlooked. The best thing to do is get it out of the way as quickly as possible. Ordering wedding cakes right away lets you move on to other aspects of the wedding, as well as allowing you to receive your cake on time!