groom's cake… or…. pie

Ever since the first time Todd took me to Greenville and we dined at Soby’s, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. The White Chocolate Banana Cream Pie. It’s to die for. It’s gooey, it’s chocolatey, it’s banana-y, and it has beautiful swirls of white chocolate on top.

Soby’s is a fine Southern restaurant that is conveniently located across the street from the Westin Poinsett hotel, where our reception is located. Soby’s also serves our favorite pie, the White Chocolate Banana Cream Pie. When I asked Todd what kind of groom’s cake he’d like to have we threw around a few ideas; Jimmy Buffett parrot head cake, chocolate and strawberry cake, Gamecocks cake, law books, or scales of justice. These were all fine, but none of these really captured the devine dessert that we were looking for. Our wedding cake will be white cake and white butter cream icing, my favorite kind of wedding cake, and there will also be a surprise layer of red velvet cake. We wanted something fluffy and Southern for the groom’s cake, so we chose Soby’s White Chocolate Banana Cream Pie. It’s honestly one of the things I’m looking most forward to about the wedding.

We’re serving miniature pies that will be 3″ a piece. Practically bite-size! We decided to display them in these giant brass scales of justice that I got from my mom’s best friend. We’ll have two very large pies in the scales (one heavier than the other) and 200 miniature pies arranged on the groom’s cake table.

I advise coming to the wedding just for the pie. Unless you don’t like bananas.

welcome to Greenville!

My mom and I have had a lot of fun planning out the welcome packages to leave at the front desk of the two hotels. One of the items that is going in the bags that we’re most excited about is the Shrimp and Grits mix from Gullah Gourmet.

We wanted to include something to represent all of the places that I’ve lived and represents the different areas that the guests are traveling from. We’re including tiny bottles of Tabasco for Louisiana and a yummy, spicy trailmix that is made is Texas.

We’re including weekend itineraries for everyone that will be customized for the different events that they all need to attend; the bridesmaid luncheon, the dessert and champagne party, the golf outing, the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner, the farewell brunch, and of course the wedding ceremony and reception.

Is anyone else doing anything to welcome their guests? Any suggestions for other items to include in the bags besides water and candy?

the save the dates that started it all

Our Save the Dates went out back in late October and they really set the tone for the whole wedding. We created a “travel folder” for all of our guests because most of them have never been to Greenville before. We used the lace design from Todd’s mother’s handkerchief and had Kelly Moore take a picture of the hanky before we sent it off to the printer.The handkerchief design totally covers the folder for the Save the Date and borders the envelope.


When you open the folder, there are four cards that read 1) Wedding Weekend Events, 2) From Erin and Todd, 3) lodging, 4) our favorite things to do in Greenville




A close up of the lace design that we’ve since used on all of the wedding paper. I’ve got a little bit on my thank you notes, the letter pressed invitations have the design on it, and the design will be the cover on the ceremony programs. We’re also creating drink recipes for our signature drink and posting them on a piece of cardstock with the lace design on it.

Also a close up of the pink “erin & todd” that we’ve used in multiple locations throughout the wedding planning process.


What are some other ways to incorporate the design into the big day?

will you be my bridesmaid?

I know this is very late, but I just found the pictures of the “Will You Be My Bridesmaid?” packages that we sent out. I have three beautiful bridesmaids, a maid of honor, and a matron of honor. These five women are so important to me and I couldn’t imagine my wedding day without them there.
I wanted to ask them to be my bridesmaids in a memorable way and incorporate a lot of what we had already decided about the wedding at that point. We knew that we were going with pink and gold and that it was going to be a destination wedding for all of the girls. I wanted them to have some items to use in their travels to Greenville and I also wanted to let them know how much they meant to me. They all received these packages at home:

monogrammed burlap tote bag for each girl complete with pink and gold stuffing!

erin & todd luggage tags

bridesmaid to-do list

a mixed CD full of songs that remind me of each of the girls and a jewel case insert with a collage of pictures of all of us

personalized stationery for each girl

Did anyone do anything special to ask their bridesmaids to be a part of their big day?

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