Saturday's Disaster

[affiance-events]

I had my first disaster on Saturday. The wedding was beautiful. It started about 20 minutes late but everything else fell right into place. Cocktail hour was fine, the DJ was great dinner was phenomenol and then it was time to cut the cake. The cake was transferrered from one room out to the dance floor. The cake was sitting on a table with no wheels so it literrally had to be lifted up very carefull and brought out to the dance floor. It was the caterer and two of her waiters in charge of moving the cake. The cake was 4 tiers high with flowers filling in the tiers. They just put the cake down, and everyone exhaled. Then, THE TOP OF THE CAKE FELL OFF. And what made it worse THE BRIDE WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE. We all kind of frooze. The cake top landed right in the caterer's hands and was basically squeezed out of shape. Luckilly for us, the bride was so sweet she said 'Don't even worry about it". Being her coordinator that was a sigh of relief. So we rearraged the flowers and used the flowers that were on the origianal top and added them on.

Just wanted to share my WHEEW moment.

[robindepaula]

:o You definetley had a WHEW...moment!! I did a recent wedding where the facility didn't make the most of their space, the brides cake table was right in the middle of the dance floor . . . there were a few moments that I thought some was going to knock the table over, but gladly - that never happened!!
:P

The worst I have had was when a bride sat down in the grass and stained the back off her dress all green and brown, luckily the ceremony was over, and she was very relaxed about it all like your bride was. I just had to shoot her front side all day long to avoid the stains. Its so nice to have considerate brides when things do go wrong and is out of your control.

Anyone else got wedding day horror stories? :shock:

[Am3na]

That's horrible affiance-events. But, it could have been the whole cake that fell. :cry:

I have been to many weddings and the number one problem that I see is that the ceremony locations like setting up the cake in odd spots. Either they are positioned in a corner where no one can get a good photo when its cake cutting time or the cake in right it the middle of all the action where accidents can happen.

I have not been to a wedding were the cake has been picked up and moved. I wouldn't have imagined that they would even want to attempt to move a 4-teir cake with pillars and flowers!

[831Photography]

That sucks about the cake....but as a photojournalist...my camera would have been firing so fast, my flashes wouldn't have been able to keep up. LOL :D

Sorry if that is crass...but that is my job! LOL :D

Steph

[katcakes]

YOU NEVER EVER MOVE THE CAKE ONCE IT IS SET!!!!!
As a cake artist I always make sure the that the table is exactly where it should be before the cake is placed.

[preciousweddings]

that sounds like it was definately a shakey moment! ive had it before when i was making a balloon arch and all of a sudden they turned on the air conditioning and the balloons were blowing everywhere and i was struggling to anchor them :lol: eventually i anchored them onto 2 tables , but it was a nightmare. especially as they were due in any moment!! :lol: