2025 Wedding Cake Trends

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What’s Trending in Wedding Cakes for 2025

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Let’s talk cake!  Believe me, nothing makes us happier – Laura even has her own wedding cake business, so you know the love is real!  Whether you’re here because you’re a fellow cake lover and want to know what’s ‘in’ ready for your 2025 wedding (accidentally typed “2035 wedding” for a moment there…let’s not think about that just yet even though it’ll be here before I know it!), or cake isn’t really your thing so you’re in some desperate need of guidance as to what’s going on in the world of wedding cakes right now – either way, we’re all going to leave here happy!

Here in the UK, when we think ‘wedding cake’, I would hazard a guess that the default image that jumps into most of our minds, is a round, three-tiered, white/off-white cake (even if that’s not our personal jam).  It’s just that culturally engrained.  It’s tradition and will remain a classic for all of time.  Now, that’s still totally cool, however, you CAN do something else, if something else would be more ‘you’!  I sometimes think some wedding components are just that traditional, that it simply doesn’t occur to us that we could particularly stray from that mental template.  But of course, you can, there are no rules (except, in our minds at least the one that says, there must be cake – we’re not on board with cheese platter replacements, sorry), and we can see those deviations, to varying degrees, in the trends that are coming through for this year. So, without further delay, let’s take a look and be inspired (Warning:  you will want to eat cake)!

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What was your favourite style?  Have you fallen in love with any for your big day?  Let us know in the comments – we’re nosey!

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Winter Wedding Favour Ideas

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Inspiration for wedding favours at your winter wedding


If you’re choosing to give your guests wedding favours, not only do you want something that won’t be left at the end of the night, you also (probably) want something in keeping with the style and vibe of your wedding.

Now, if you’re planning for a winter wedding, you might be wondering how to tailor your wedding favours to the season. (And we’re not talking Christmas here). Think cosy, seasonal, warming… while still sticking to our suggested guidelines of ‘something to eat, something to use or something to enjoy/is meaningful‘. Regardless of the time of year, you don’t want to waste money on something your guests don’t want to take!

For our video this week, we’ve come up with a selection of winter wedding favour ideas that will go down a storm at any wedding.

What do you think? Do you have any other amazing winter wedding favour suggestions? Let us know in the comments below.

Want more wedding favour inspiration? Check out our video on Wedding Favours your Guests Actually Want.

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Expert Wedding Planning Tips

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Our Top 5 Wedding Planning Tips to Get you Started!

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We’re back, ready (sort of) to take on 2025 with you!  I mean, I blinked and the holidays were over, anyone else?  …Whilst we technically ‘signed off’ for a week between Christmas and New Year, of course we couldn’t resist a sneaky peek over on Instagram to soak in the joyful, “I said yes!” and “best Christmas ever 💍”, posts!  So now we’re officially back online, we’re VERY excited to say hello and congratulate those of you who got engaged over the festive period!  So, let’s do it…

CONGRATULATIONS and welcome to your Bridal Era! And because, of course, we want every opportunity to whip out the ‘f’ word…Happy New Year to you and your FIANCÉ(E)!!

To those of you who had extra reason to celebrate over the last couple of weeks, and are therefore new to our Society, welcome!  We’re so looking forward to being a part of your wedding planning journey – we hope you enjoy exploring our blog.  We’ve been posting YouTube videos and blogs weekly for 7.5 years, which is basically to say, if you’ve got a question about weddings / honeymoons, we’re confident we’ve got what you’ll need (on the remote chance we don’t, drop us a video request in the comments!). 

We want your wedding planning to be fun, exciting and low stress, so we’re – Rebecca and Laura – here to virtually hold your hand throughout the entire process.  We have been where you are, and we’ve got you (meet us here).  We’ve both experienced the whole wedding planning journey, which we loved (some may say we had trouble letting go and hence Bride Society was born), and as with all things you’ve never done before, we learnt a few things along the way, which we want to pass on to you.  We planned our weddings ourselves (with our other halves of course), and were fully hands on…literally with the DIYs – we got very crafty, so we’ve got a lot to tell you about!  NB. Our platforms are entirely free to use.

We designed Bride Society to be just that, a community (Society) of engaged couples, supporting, encouraging and sharing ideas with one another, with Laura and me adding in all the ideas and info we can possibly think of to make your bridal era everything it can be.  So, join us and the rest of the Society in allllll the places!  Check them out via our LinkTree here!

For our first video of 2025, we’re kicking things off with a video especially for you newly engaged couples out there.  As I mentioned in my less-than-concise writing earlier, we have a huge catalogue of videos for you to watch, but in the name of reducing the overwhelm that can set in during the early stages of wedding planning, we’re telling you exactly where you should start, and that’s with this week’s video!  We’re rounding up our top 5 expert tips from across our channel for planning a wedding.  So, before you do anything, watch this video and make notes!  These 5 tips will get you started off right, as well as keep the whole process on track, making sure it stays fun!

Which tip do you think you’ll be clinging on to?  Let us know in the comments.  If you’re new here, say hi and introduce yourselves to the community, either in the blog comments or over on the YouTube video itself, we’d really love to hear from you.

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— Rebecca and Laura, Bride Society

Merry Christmas from Bride Society

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As we sign off for another year, (which really does seem to come round quicker and quicker), we are looking back and reflecting on our 2024 Bride Society year.

We have had another year surrounded by the wonderful wedding world, sharing more tips, advice, inspiration, DIY tutorials and more! But fear not, there’s still plenty more to come in 2025 and beyond!

As always, we’d like to say a huge thank you for supporting our channel. We really appreciate the time spent watching our videos, commenting, liking, and subscribing to our channel and we hope you’ve enjoyed the content we’ve created this year. And, in what has become another annual tradition, we’d like to thank Steph from the Secret Bridesmaid for collaborating with us on some more wonderful videos this year. Demonstrating floral bouquets, buttonholes and pocket squares as well as the catalogue of multiway dress tutorials already on our channel.

If you’ve got any video requests or thoughts about what content you would like to see from us in 2025, let us know in the comments and we will do our best to make them happen.

That just leaves us to wish you a very Merry Christmas and an even happier New Year. If you’re getting married in 2025, you can almost say “I’m getting married this year!”

We’ll be back on Friday 3rd January at 4pm GMT.

-Rebecca and Laura

Christmas Tree Napkin Folding Tutorial

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How to Fold Napkins into Stand-Alone Christmas Trees for your Christmas Tablescape or Winter Wedding

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Christmas is creeping closer by the day (I mean, of course it is, that’s how time works), 12 more sleeps to be precise!  Maybe, hopefully, you’ve done the majority of your present shopping, delivered most of your cards, planned the logistics for the big day, and now you’re starting to think ‘little details’.  And we’re right there with you…

We’ve turned our attention to our Christmas tablescapes (be it for your Christmas gatherings or Winter Wedding!), and have a napkin folding tutorial for you, showing you how to turn your unassuming square paper napkins into…wait for it…festive CHRISTMAS TREES!

Now, we have done another Christmas tree napkin folding tutorial in the past, which you can find here, but I’ll let you into a little secret – that one was classy, but this one is my favourite!  Our latest napkin Christmas trees will stand up by themselves, giving your tables a little more life, and work perfectly with a little homemade star napkin ring placed on the top – which we handily showed you how to make in another tutorial a couple of weeks ago (click here: How to Make Christmas Napkin Rings), which we oh-so-thoughtfully followed up with a YT Short on how to personalise them with your guests’ names (click here: Make Your Festive Napkin Rings POP with CRICUT).  Between these three tutorials and the rest of our YT Christmas Craft playlist, we’ll have your festive tablescapes all set and ready to impress well before the big day!

Having a go?  We’d love to see your Christmas / Winter Wedding tablescapes!  Tag us in your photos over on Instagram @bridesociety_uk so we can take a peek.

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5 Things to Consider Planning a Winter Wedding

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Top Tips for a Winter Wedding

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This time of year can be magical; lights adorning houses and trees, frosty mornings and bright blue skies. So why wouldn’t a winter wedding be as wonderful?! And while your wedding will be an incredible day regardless of when and where you tie the knot, there are a few extra details you may want to consider when planning your wedding in the winter months.

From what to think about right at the beginning of your planning journey when you’re choosing your venue, to on the day logistics and even outfit choices for both you and your guests. Planning ahead will mean that no one’s left out in the cold on the Big Day. So this week we’re sharing our 5 Top Tips for Planning a Winter Wedding to help you do just that.

We’d love to hear if you have any more winter wedding tips. Let us know in the comments below.

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DIY Winter Wedding Napkin Rings

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How to Make Your Own Star Napkin Rings this Christmas

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December has arrived!  Full permission now granted to deck out your home in twinkly lights, watch all the Hallmark Christmas movies whilst sipping on a delightfully warming cup of mulled wine.  Though if you’re planning a winter wedding, perhaps you’re so adoring of this season that you’ve already made your list and checked it twice – in which case I’m sending some early Christmas wishes your way right now!

…That said, there’s always room for an extra embellishment here or there, right?…

Whether you’re having a winter wedding and looking for those extra touches that you can craft for your Big Day, or simply want to impress your loved ones with a spectacular Christmas tablescape on December 25th, we’ve got the tutorial that will help you do just that…how to make your own festive napkin rings!

This is a super simple DIY project, we promise you’ll be able to do this too – no elf level skills required.  Once you’ve made them, if you’ve got the crafting spring in your step, you can take your napkin rings one step further by personalising them with your guests’ names – they’ll act as a name card for their place settings and even double up as a favour for them to take home.  I personalised ours using Cricut (there will be a YouTube Short coming soon showing how I did it, so don’t forget to subscribe to our channel so you don’t miss it), but a Sharpie will do the trick too!

This napkin ring will impress your guests when used in the traditional way of course, but you could elevate your tablescape aesthetic even further by using them as ‘Christmas tree’ toppers, folding your napkins to look like Christmas trees and placing your DIY napkin rings on top.  We’ll be back in a fortnight with the napkin folding tutorial for that so keep your eyes peeled and, of course, subscribe so you get a notification when it pops up.

Having a go?  Tag us in your photos over on Instagram @bridesociety_uk, we’d love to see what you did with yours!

What we used (with links where possible):

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Christmas Gift Guide 2024 | Couples Edition

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I’m afraid we can’t put it off any longer, the countdown to Christmas is well and truly on. In fact if you’re reading this on the day it’s gone live, it’s only ONE month until Christmas Day! So it’s time to start getting organised so you can avoid the last minute, panic service station gift buying, and decide what your other half/partner/fiancé(e)/spouse is going to find beautifully wrapped under the Christmas tree.

If you’re thinking ARGH, but I have no ideas for gifts for this year, don’t worry, we’re here and have got you covered with our 2024 Christmas Gift Guide: Couples Edition.

We’ve split the gift guide into five categories:

  • Games and Fun Gifts
  • Home and Decorations
  • Sentimental Gifts
  • Jewellery Gifts
  • Ultimate ‘Wish List’ Gifts

So whatever your budget and style, there should be something perfect.

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Which was your favourite idea? Will you be choosing anything from the gift guide for your other half this Christmas? Let us know in the comments below.

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Bridesmaid Proposal Ideas

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Fun ways to pop the question to your bridal party

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The most important question of all has been asked, you/they have accepted, and now it’s the turn of your bridal party-to-be.  If you’re looking to make something of the moment you ask, “will you be my bridesmaid / maid of honour / flower girl?” but stuck for ideas on how to make it special, then you’re in the right place, because for this week’s video we got to thinking up fun ways to pop that question.

Deciding who you want to be part of your bride tribe is arguably one of the most important decisions in planning the wedding – are they supportive, thoughtful, organised (thinking hen party planning duties!), and play nicely with others (again, hen party duties)?  Will they keep the attention focussed on you – the bridal party is no place for divas!  After all you don’t want to be dealing with their drama on top of wedding planning stress or have a bridesmaid walking down the aisle with a pouty face on just because she doesn’t love what the hair stylist did with her hair, that you paid quite a lot of money for (yes, I’ve seen that happen). 

The girl who shows up on time and will smile through it because she loves you, is the girl for you!  Often, it can be this group that can make or break your experience of being a bride, so choose wisely!  In fact, choose well enough and you might find yourself reevaluating who it is you’ll want to say “I do” to on the big day!  Just kidding, but you get the point.

So, whether you want to ask them all at once, one-on-one or maybe you even need to ask some from a distance, we’ve come up with something they’ll love, and of course, won’t be able to say no to (not that we think they would ever say no in the first place!).

Got any other ideas?  Comment below to share with other brides!

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AD | Couples Advent Calendar Inspiration for 2024

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It may only be the 1st November but Halloween is now a distant memory and we’re firmly looking ahead to the end of the year… If it’s your last Christmas as a Miss, your first as a married couple, or you’re just basking in that newly engaged glow, you might be looking for a slightly different advent calendar this year. If a chocolate advent calendar just won’t cut it, we’ve got some ideas for couples advent calendars you can enjoy opening together, or a calendar you might want to hint at as a gift from your other half.

We’re sharing three very different advent calendars ideas in this week’s video, from personalised lego, to an excuse to spend some quality time together and act like you’re in your very own Hallmark Christmas movie, to beauty and accessories that’ll be enjoyed in the run up to the wedding.

We’re excited to share these with you and hear what you think. The countdown’s now on to the 1st December! We’d love to hear if you’re planning a couples advent calendar this year. Let us know your plans in the comments below.

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Wedding Photo Trends Taking Over TikTok!

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The Top 10 Fun Photo and Short-Form Video Ideas for your Big Day

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Social media is a part of our day-to-day lives for most of us, but it just went one step further.  We have now reached a period in time where a generation of people who grew up on making and consuming social media content, are now of ‘marriageable age’ (suddenly feel like I’m in a period drama), which can only mean one thing…social media has made its natural evolution into weddings.

Yes, we’ve been posting our wedding photos online for years, but now it’s gone next-level due to the rise of ‘Wedding Content Creators’, aka a wedding supplier whose sole job on the day of the wedding is to capture fun photos and video clips to create short-form content for social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.  Still a relatively new concept, but rapidly becoming a staple of the supplier list and we think it’s here to stay! 

Of course, we’re still having the traditional photo albums and beautiful wedding videos, they’re going nowhere for now, this is just a playful extra that tends to have a much quicker turnaround time, so you don’t have to impatiently wait for the full photography edit.

With this has developed trends of photos and short videos that are popping up all over social media as another fun way to remember your day, as well as actually something to have a laugh doing with your bridal party and/ guests on the big day. 

So in this week’s YouTube video, we’ve uncovered the top 10 fun photo and short-form video ideas for your big day that you won’t want to miss!

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Which was your favourite photo / video trend? Comment below!

Tag us in your photos/videos over on Instagram and TikTok, we’d love to see what you get up to!

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Halloween Wedding Inspiration

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Ideas for your Halloween or Gothic Themed Wedding

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Apparently a fifth of Brits and up to a quarter of Americans say they prefer Halloween over Christmas! So it wouldn’t be a huge surprise if there are decent number of you reading this right now who might be contemplating a Halloween themed wedding! Although just because you might be heading down the themed wedding path, it doesn’t mean you’re thinking in your face, fake blood, creepy clown costumes and axe murderers to turn your Big Day into the novelty Halloween Party of your nightmares.

We went down a rabbit hole of some of the most beautifully macabre, elegant and gothic wedding inspiration and of course, we’re now sharing that with you.

For all the photos we shared and more, check out our dedicated Pinterest Board.

Are you planning a Halloween wedding or has this tempted you into changing your plans? Which was your favourite idea? We’d love to hear your thoughts, let us know in the comments below.

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Writing your Wedding Guest List

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How to decide who makes it onto your wedding guest list!

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The Guest List – Definitely one of the more headache inducing aspects of wedding planning.  Hopefully you’re living in a world where limited venue capacity, budget restraints, and family / friend politics are not at play, meaning you can invite everybody you want, everyone your parents want, plus those people you’re not really too fussed about either way but you might as well.  The dream, right?!

Chances are, especially if you’ve found your way to this blog post, that you have at least a couple of those issues to contend with, if not all and more.  We know this can be stressful – our hands are on your back.  And the truth is there’s going to be difficult decisions and compromises to be made.  But you will get to the other side of this, we promise!

We’re laying out the traditional etiquette / protocol when it comes to who gets invited, to give you have a starting point and guide you through how to get it done.  We’ve also packed this latest video full of tips on how to form a guest list you can feel good about.  We’re sharing our ideas on how to balance the desire to invite everyone with capacity and budget.  Plus tips on how to find the middle ground that will keep most people mostly happy – including you!

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Hopefully you found some of the tips in today’s video helpful and that headache is lessening!  Got any other ideas or golden rules you’ve been finding helpful?  Be sure to drop them in the comments to help out other couples…

Remember, if you’re looking for help on how to deal with other people’s expectations when it comes to your wedding, check out this related video available on our YouTube channel.

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Wedding Backdrop Inspiration

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Wedding ceremony and reception backdrop ideas for your Big Day

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The venue you’ve chosen is beautiful and you can imagine the ceremony room filled with love and bustling energy while you’re exchanging your vows, but you want to make sure everyone’s eyes are focussed on the main event. And even though that won’t be difficult while you’re standing there getting married, a ceremony backdrop can provide that statement decor piece and wow factor that will also be in all the ceremony photos.

(Potentially) adding height behind you as a couple, floral decor and that desired focal point, we’re sharing some of our favourite ideas for ceremony backdrops. But it doesn’t stop there, ceremony backdrops can then be repurposed for behind your reception table, be that a traditional top table or an intimate sweetheart table. Two statement decor pieces for the price of one!

And we’re not just talking moongates, which, as they’ve been around a while now, you’re probably used to seeing. We’ve got ideas that will match any theme and vibe; whether that’s rustic or boho, or super bright and colourful, there’s a backdrop idea for everyone!

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Do you have a favourite idea? Will you be choosing any of these ideas for your own wedding backdrop? Let us know in the comments below. We love to hear about your Big Day plans. And if you’d like more backdrop inspiration, we’ve got a part two coming soon, covering ideas for photo backdrops, cake table backdrops…and more.

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Tips for Creating your Wedding Seating Plan

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While wedding planning should be an exciting time, planning your future lives together with an amazing celebration to kick start married life, there are some tasks that might just fill you with a little more dread than others… i.e. the seating plan!

This is especially so if you have complicated relationships within your family and friends, or just a lot of different groups of people to try and seat together in a harmonious way. BUT it doesn’t have to be a tricky task. We’ve got some tips and tricks to make working out the seating plan a breeze.

So crack out your sticky notes and stationery, or if you’re going for a more high-tech approach, your laptop, and get ready to smash your seating plan out the park first time*.

*In reality it’s probably more likely that it’ll take a couple of goes to get it right, but the sentiment is there…

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