Recently my parent in laws celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
What a huge achievement!
I think I can speak for just about everyone in saying how proud of them we are. I kept thinking... imagine if they hadn't got together. Imagine if they had stopped at number 5 child. Imagine, imagine, imagine....
Alot of the family got together for a celebration lunch (which was wonderful). And I looked around a couple of times and thought "Oh wow, none of these people would be here today if they hadn't got married". It was quite an amazing insight.
My SIL Sue organised for letters to arrive from the Queen, the Govenor General, The Prime Minister and many others too. It was pretty neat! I didn't know you could do this but it was so special.
Everyone played their part in the day. I baked and decorated a cake, plus did the place card settings. Remember those butterflies I talked about a while back? Uh huh! That's them.
So thought I'd show you my wee creations....
I used a Spellbinders die set to cut the two butterflies out, then stuck them together with some Kindy glitz on top for added sparkle.
And the cake? Well, I decided to go for something I'd not tried before. Something that could possibly look like a wedding cake....
Ok, so I've still got a long way to go before it looks like a shop brought one, but it was made with lots of love.
...and I am getting a little better with the roses.
It even tasted quite good too. Whew!
So, my very best wishes go out to some wonderful role models who I'm proud to say I know and love and are ever so glad my children know and love as well.
Awwww that's awesome! And what a beautiful cake! Well done T :)
Posted by: Beck C | July 18, 2012 at 07:45 AM
Congratulations to them - thats wonderful. My In-laws are celebrating 50 this year. Fab cake and the placecards would also be a lovely keepsake of the day. :)
Posted by: Vicki Parker | July 18, 2012 at 08:29 AM
Fantastic! The cake and place cards look AMAZING!
Posted by: Topkatnz | July 18, 2012 at 08:30 AM
How special! Congratulations to them on 60 years - an amazing achievement! And the cake looks beautiful, Trina. You did a wonderful job :-)
Posted by: Hannah | July 18, 2012 at 08:41 AM
wow that cake looks amazing!!!! YUM
and how cute are those name cards!!!
love them
Posted by: mandyb | July 18, 2012 at 05:19 PM
The cake looks fantastic and I am sure it tastes a lot better than the store brought variety.
Posted by: Karen Johnson | July 18, 2012 at 07:24 PM
you are so tricking us ... the gorgeous couple in that photo cannot possibly be old enough to have been married for 60 years ...
and your cake, well that's more than awesome ... looks absolutely fabulous - stop being so hard on yourself.
and ... yep, another 'and' ... the butterfly names, love, love, love that idea.
Posted by: Michelle Frisby | July 20, 2012 at 07:40 PM
The place card settings are to die for. They are so unique and I have never seen anything like it. That cake also looks like it was delicious. Hope they enjoyed it!
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