wedding on a budget: cake

i am obsessed with this adorable Las Vegas cake at this wedding-renewal found here.  we will only have about 10 people total so a 1/4 sheet cake will be perfect and i love the kitschy, quirkiness of this cake. i have never wanted a traditional wedding cake.  my colors will be the colors in the Vegas sign:  robin's egg blue, canary yellow, classic red, and white. 

another hint.  the second you say the word "WEDDING" people go crazy and tend to overcharge for everything.  i am trying to do this thing on a major budget so i am ordering party cakes and calling them a wedding cake ok?  i was thinking this adorable Vegas cake in a classic vanilla (i'm boring when it comes to desserts) and then another round cake for the chocolate lovers.

more cake inspiration after the cut:

wedding on a budget: inspiration

 

{a glamorous Priscilla Presley}

so matt and i decided to elope in Las Vegas this fall.  but then we decided we could do a teeny-tiny ceremony for our closests friends and family.  the main things i wanted:  it should be fun and not super-serious, easy, and affordable *gulp*.  we don't really have anything saved for this thing and kind of doing it on the fly like we always do, but i have a feeling it will still feel special, fun, and very "us".  we are doing the Elvis thing in Vegas, more details to come and i would like to go for a modern-day Priscilla Presley look.  i have always thought she was BEAUTIFUL and oh-so-stylish, so it will be perfect.  we both favor big, dark hair, and dramatic cat-eye makeup and a light lip, so hopefully it will be easy.

 

here is a more modern-day, tousled look that i love.  maybe something like this with a pretty barrette or headband?