Top These Lovelies!

So, I am not a completely obsessive person. I think with all the cake topper posts I looked bad--bridezilla in the making? This is however, the one big splurge for the wedding decor. Here is the collection, minus one or two. By accident there was a color scheme that emerged that I think will matches the whole day (Gold/Brown/White with fall accents). As the height of this vary so greatly, I am thinking of using birch logs and cutting them into disks and then using them to display some of the cake toppers at different levels. This will also incorporate some of the "woodsy" feel I am trying to get. I am not going to elaborate on the individual cake toppers. If you have individual questions about any of the cake toppers feel free to e-mail**.

The Vintage Charm

Handmade Lovelies (Vintage cake toppers were used for some of these.)
The Silly Love Rabbit Couple.

Reproductions

Vintage by Crystal

**Sources for these cake toppers and supplies: bayberrycove.com, vintagebycrystal.com ( etsy.com), local antique stores, ebay.com, Micheal's and Joanne Fabric. Many ideas can be easily adapted for a bride and groom. Also, vintage cake toppers can be purchased for cheap off ebay or local thrift and antique stores. Consider though that vintage cake toppers are collector items for many and you may have to let the loveliest of the loveliest go to a higher bidder.


What is topping your cake?

My pretty new cake topper

Would it be okay to not have a cake and just buy a bunch of cake toppers? Probably not, but I have my new cake toppers. I am IN LOVE with this new topper. How gorgeous is this? I thought I would think it was lovely but as I unwrapped it I was in AWE. This is a vintagebycrystal design. I would give her all my wedding budget if I could :), but than I would be left with hungry guests staring at my deliciously yummy cake toppers. Without further ado:



I just loved her designs that I bought a second topper from her. Here are some very cute love birds.

Mr. Engagement's personality. Second DIY

Okay. So a wedding should emphasis the couple's personality. However, incompatible the two may be. Mr. Engagement and I have different taste. Hence why I pick out my own presents :), and suggestively (I.e. point it out at store) tell him what I want....Southern tradition started the groom's cake. The one little section that guests can point and laugh WITH the groom--lighthearted good fun (but wait, that's what I want the whole day to be!!) . Okay, so in light of a small wedding guest list and the Dessert buffet table we opted somewhat against the groom's cake. No red velvet armadillo here. Additionally, we have had the multiple cake topper thing. So when we began to think of cake toppers Mr. Engagement picked ** cringe** The Simpsons (insert theme song here). They didn't go with the ones I had selected but they were going to work because me and him go. So we ordered the Simspons' prom figures off ebay and bought some enamel paint from Micheal's. He over coated Homer and 5 months later we bought some paint thinner and redid Homer and I began embellishing Marge to match me. Don't you feel a little connection with every bride that stands on top of a cake ! So I added some Bling (look at her left hand :-o!), bought some fake fur and some tulle for a stole and a veil. Viola! prom Homer and Marge become wedding Homer and Marge. Minus the blue hair she has some style, No?

Oh, and the stand is a paper mache box wrapped in ribbon.

What great couple in history are you and your groom? Do you and your groom "clash"?

First finished DIY project

So I have many DIY projects started but I had none finished. I believe this is the number one benefit of the long engagement though. I do have time for DIY projects that would have never ended up at the wedding at all. So here it is: DIY cake topper. The cake topper is really more adorable in person! a few of the details didn't show up as well.

I will also acknowledge that this isn't the main cake topper. Mr. Engagement has very few ideas that he has gotten excited about. One of them is to have our cake table be decorated with multiple cake toppers. My mom at first snubbed the idea, but I said, "mr. engagement wants it. This is his idea." Now that is cute so she has been more on board about it. Plus, there are soooo many lovely cake toppers I get a little slice of everything! YUMMM. But I do warn, this is costly! I could probably have one really AWESOME topper for the cost of all these individual ones, but now everyone one of my future daughters will have her choice of a topper :). The cake table I plan is a long dessert buffet similar to a charlie and the chocolate factory fantasy, so its a "love is sweet" theme. I hate themes though, but I will place a sign on the table. Kind of an different take on this look from MS 2007:


Plus this look



Hopefully, my mother will have her cake topper and I can find a few other vintage ones.

With this in mind, I have pre-ordered several toppers; I have my mother working on the main topper and I took to making another one. Originally, I thought these toppers were...well, how do I saw it delicately?... UGGG. Modeled from the patch NYC cake toppers for a shocking $500, I thought how hideous. Maybe the pricetage was part of the ugliness. But if Martha likes them maybe they aren't sooo bad. I have since seen numerous knock off and I thought.... Well, Im bored, I need more toppers, I'll give it a go. So for less than $20 here is the finished product. The bride's ensemble cost about $3.00. Both her veil and her dress came from the scrapbooking aisle! Premade, bows, beadwork, layered tulle--A very good deal! No bride was ever so smashing for less :) The grooms shirt and bow tie were also found in the scrapbooking aisle. Next, the groom's suit is just wrapped ribbon $1.99. The base is a wooden base $.59 and painted gold. The flowers and the embellishments were all on clearance at Micheals for $1 for a bunch. The pearls also on clearance for a few dollars and I strung them on white pipe cleaners to shape them. The wooden balls for the head were toy wheels 1" for $2.99 for like 20 heads, and painted with adorable faces. The groom's hat is a monopoly piece painted black. I may go without the hat though.


What do you think? What DIY projects have you been able to get done?