wedding cake / wedding favors / anything wedding really!

My wedding is booked now for 27th May and I would like to make something for it, but I am not very good at making things!  I have recently started making pickles and chutneys using Val's book and they are great, but I have never made a fruit cake or a really nice cake.

Anyway, I was wondering if any of you have any ideas for something I could make for the wedding?  Cake / edible favors / anything!  I can't say money is no object, because it definitely is for us!  So if there are any frugal ideas that would be great!

Thanks everyone.

Its worth thinking hard this side of Christmas - because if your theme involves silver or gold or green or red  ..  there will be lots of ribbon and tissue and bits and pieces around in January for pennies instead of pounds, if you pick carefully plain colours (without snowmen etc) 

Where are you having your reception/party/wedding?

Maroon or crimson, together with silver and white to lift it could look very classy without looking too .....  corporate or Christmas.  More flattering and kinder on some skins than scarlet too.   what matters is what suits you!      

Buffets are easier than sit-downs too - no worries about places ... they have to mix a bit!   

They look brill

We did everything ourselves, but we kept it simple and only had 50 people. We made a two tier cake, invitations, used silk flowers for bouquet and cake so we could keep them. It wasn't just a case of keeping costs down, Mum was happy to pay for a wedding, we just thought, being a more mature couple and already living together, we had better things to spend money on and home made is wonderful, warts and all, very personal. Very special.

Did my brother's cake a couple of years later, he had a big affair, but his wife had never been married.

Hi there, my nephew recently got married and they did everything themselves. They used the internet and saved a fortune. I think your colour scheme is brill. I have been making birtyhday and Christmas cakes, nothing to fancy, for a few years now and it is very fullfiling. This year i decided to learn how to do the decorating properly so i joined a sugharcraft course and it is brill. I won't say it's a cheap hobby but u can go on the internet and buy ready made sugar paste flowers and figures like in the photo and they aren't that expensive. You can also buy ready iced, plain white, fruit or sponge cakes from the supermarkets, and then decorate them yourself. Good luck, and i hope u have a wonderful wedding  day.             

PS i'll get my grandson to put a picture of my Christmas cake on when i've finished it