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Girly and Feminine Wedding Cakes

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Decorating cakes so they are frilly and feminine is a real art. One of the most interesting of these cakes is the Pink Champagne wedding cake . This is not a new thing…the Pink Champagen Wedding Cake is actually a 100-year-old tradition. The cake was invented during the roaring twenties and it is basically a white cake in which all of the liquids (like water or milk) have been replaced by pink champagne. This gives the cake a distinctive fruity flavor.

 

In fact to make it at home all you have to do is buy a white cake mix and simply substitute pink champagne or even a rose for the liquids specified in the baking instructions. The frosting is also easily made out of butter, sugar, milk and champagne as well. The cake never naturally turns out pink so a few drops of red food coloring are added to the frosting to give it a delicate pastel rose hue.

 

Very few bakers nowadays make this retro style of cake but you can find it at the Kansas Steak Company online if you want to order one for a special celebration. However making one yourself is relatively inexpensive and also super-easy.

 

It is very traditional for wedding cakes to be decorated with edible pearls. Edible pearls are not anything fancy. They are simply tiny balls of fondant that have been rolled into tiny balls. They are then dusted with real edible pearl dust to give them their solid and shiny appearance and are often unmistakable for the real thing.

 

Real edible pearl dust can be bought online and eating it is supposed to have the same effects on a man as Cialis. Interestingly pearl dust is also sometimes sprinkled into glasses of poured champagne at weddings to make the drink less acidic and also make them glow a bit in the dark.

 

Edible pearls look great with natural wildflowers and that is a real decorating trend nowadays. Some cakes that are more feminine look fantastic with shiny ribbon wrapped around them or very polished strips of fondant.

 

If you a Cinderella bride then you will definitely want to look into the wedding cakes that are shaped like castles. Palace themed wedding cakes also suit people who are having the literal “fairy-tale” wedding such as a medieval wedding or one based on Disney. Believe it or not you can even get wedding gowns that are based on the gowns of Disney characters nowadays!

Feng Shui Tips For Decorating a Study

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Feng Shui, the Chinese art of object placement in order to bring good energy into a home, is all the rage lately. If you are planning to go back to school and ace some exams or studying anything else you might want to follow these interesting tips.

 

Feng Shui, if you will recall is the ancient Chinese Art of object placement that was invented to invite clarity, good energy and great good fortune into your life. You don’t even have to fully understand the tips in this article but understand they will help bring good energy while decorating a study.

 

First of all make sure that your study area has many metal objects. In this ancient Chinese science metal brings the qualities of precision, clarity and efficiency in your work area.

 

You could hang metal wind chimes over your desk. Tubular bells are nice and add a charming decorative touch especially if hung near a window where they can make a little noise in the wind. Chimes are supposed to help bad energy and problems that could distract you from your focus on studying.

 

Decorating your office with metal sculpture or working on a metal desk or with metal implements of some kind can really help you focus and achieve a lightness and clarity of mind. You could have a brushed metal clock, pencil holder other decorative object there. A metal desk is best if your aim in life is to achieve a higher education.

 

Putting pictures of mentors or great thinkers that you admire in metal frames in your office can also help you aspire to bigger and better things.

 

Decorate your office in gray and white in hue as these are the colors that are symbolized by the Metal Element in Feng Shui. Your second best choice for colors are blue and black which symbolize Water but also aid in the accomplishment of concentration and mental clarity. Your fourth best choice would be purple as purple is a color that does symbolize wisdom but on the other hand it sometimes also symbolizes hedonism and such activities as surfing the internet. You don’t want to be surfing the internet instead of studying.

 

Locate your study area in the Northwest room or corner of your home which is the Learning sector in Feng Shui science. If this is not possible then you can try locating it to the West or Northwest sectors which are second best choices for areas of study.

 

Hematite is a stone that is used to help you focus and concentrate. Several pieces placed around your office can help ground your energy. The shining surface of this stone is a great study aid that can help you repel distractions so it is nice to have some chunks of that around.