I may be a bit biased when it comes to Holly Noll of Vegan Shortcake. Afterall we are co-stars of the above cooking show of the same name not to mention besties. But I would be remiss if I didn’t at least mention to Seattle Brides that Holly is available for custom cakes and desserts for weddings. She specializes in fantastic raw creations that are out of this world!! If you’re looking to do a raw vegan wedding in Seattle, definitely hit up my girl Holly. She’s the best there is!!

2019 NW Market Street, Suite A, Seattle, WA 98107
206-297-1542

Jenny is a passionate vegan, and does not offer animal based cakes at all! Yes!! She’s even doing the deserts for a Chimpanzee Sanctuary fundraiser coming up in October. She cares about ingredients would  love to make a custom cake creations for your special day.

Contact JennyMac for your next event or wedding!
253-495-2149
vegan.cakes@yahoo.com
www.vegancakesbyjennymac.com

Check out the photos from my recent art opening at XGym! It was so much fun. We had fantastic fat burning food from Delicious Planet, low-glycemic deserts by Vegan Shortcake, a freaking amazing exercise demonstration from PJ, and lots of great feedback on the new art on the walls. It was a huge success. I’m so grateful to my business networking group the West Seattle Nooners, the West Seattle Chamber,  and all my friends for coming out. Thank you so much for your support!

Bodyscapes – Photography by Rebecca Bolte
Opening July 14th 6-9pm
XGym 3213 Harbor Avenue Southwest

Come check out my newest installation: Bodyscapes – macro black and white photos of muscles! It’ll be on display at XGym indefinitely, so definitely stop by look at the beautiful photos and get in a 20 minute workout!
Press blurb:
Local artist, Rebecca Bolte, examines musculature and the athletic body through closeup black and white photography. Presented on large scale Giclee canvas, Bodyscapes will be a permanent collection at XGym on Alki.

Vegan wedding at Luther Burbank Park Mercer Island Washington.
Food by Arista Catering
Cake by Corina Bakery

Oh how I love James and Lisa’s wedding. Let me count the ways:

1. They were planning superstars! Their schedule was all inclusive and they kept everything on time. This was a dream come true! Sometimes weddings executed without a designated wedding planner turn into a disaster in heels! But not at James and Lisa’s wedding. She thought of everything, right down to the SoleMates – high heel covers so the ladies could walk in the grass in stilettos without getting stuck!

2. They made time for photos!! This is so important. A lot of brides try to have their cake and eat it too. They want to save money so they skimp on photography time. But then they also want those stellar fashion-forward bridal portraits too. It’s a real challenge to gather everyone for photos once all the guests have arrived, the ceremony ended, and the party’s getting started. Your bridal parties get distracted, your new mother in law is stuck talking to your chatty cousins – you get the idea.

James and Lisa went over all of this ahead of time and decided that doing all the bridals and family photos BEFORE the ceremony would be the best way to go. I definitely agree with this decision. They planned 3 hours for photos before the ceremony which gave us plenty of time to get all the family photos done, the bridal and grooms party photos, intimate portraits of just the bride and groom, as well as gave us the opportunity to do first looks photos – which is the shot where the groom sees his bride in her dress for the first time. You can’t do first looks if the you’re not willing to see your partner before the ceremony.

3. It was a VEGAN WEDDING!!!!! Yay! I’m not sure I got that many photos of the food because I WAS BUSY EATING, which is such a rarity for me at weddings! The food was so amazing. The cake blew everyone’s mind. If that cake didn’t convince people that being vegan is awesome, I don’t know what would.

I could probably go on and on about how much I love James and Lisa and their sweet sweet wedding day!

It is difficult to believe that we have come so far on some issues (we have an African American president, people!) and yet we are so far behind on others. To have a set of rights and privileges granted to one group of people and denied to another is discrimination and completely contrary to everything this country stands for. There is no asterisk exclaiming “Liberty and Justice for All *unless you happen to be attracted to the same gender” in our pledge of allegiance. We as a country should not stop fighting until all people are treated equally under the law. One way we can fight this injustice is to honor our friends and families relationships; to celebrate their love; legitimize their commitment; to attend their ceremonies and weddings and treat them with the respect and dignity they absolutely deserve. We should unite with our LGBT communities until our laws catch up to our beliefs.

Straight white people are not the only people who deserve a perfect wedding day. So cheers to Kat and Lori, two beautiful brides!!

I’ve been thinking about starting a vegan wedding site for a long time. I’ve been meeting all these great vendors lately and want to compile them into a cohesive list to make choices simple for the vegan brides out there. After laboring over what I would call the site, looking for domain names, considering branding and all this, I just decided to stick it on RebeccaBolte.com. I am, afterall, a vegan wedding vendor myself – so why not?

I’ll be featuring real vegan weddings as I can, as well as rad vegan vendors. If you or someone you know is a vegan wedding vendor – specifically vendors in the Pacific Northwest, please send them my way!!!