Do-it-yourself wedding cake toppers
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Tags: your cake, cake topper, wedding cake, foam board, cake sureA wedding cake topper does not have to be limited to what the cake maker can create. Instead of selecting from a short list of ideas, go a different route and make your own. A homemade cake topper can include little personal touches from you and your future spouse that a store bought or florist-created cake topper could never match.
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Floral Topper
A fresh and fragrant way to decorate your cake is with flowers. Use some of the same flowers in your bridal bouquet to pin on a foam board to top your cake. Be sure to bunch them tightly together so there are no holes of bare spots on the foam board. If you want, dress the flowers up by adding pieces of bear grass or wispy brown willows.
Monogram Topper
Instead of a plain letter "B" sitting at the top of your cake, dress it up by carving a piece of wood or foam into a stylized version of the letter. Decorate it by gluing on shiny, plastic rhinestones or miniature faux jewels in your wedding colors. Use just one color or use those that complement your cake.
Personalized Topper
Do you and your spouse-to-be share a love for skiing or hiking or smelly cheeses? Play on your common interests and create a cake topper unique to you both. If skiing is your shared passion, find two plastic skiers, each representing one of the pair. Then, make a scene by carving white foam board into a slope and then pinning or gluing each skier onto the slope. If smelly cheeses from around the world is your love, use blocks of wood, Styrofoam or another pliable material like clay, and shape each into some of your favorite cheeses. Paint them each so they go from random shapes to recognizable brands. Set them on a silver platter to top your cake.
Go Bon Bon
Instead of creating a cake topper that will end up in a box collecting dust, make an edible one. If you and your spouse-to-be enjoy truffles and bon bons, purchase a few dozen to top your cake. Be sure to have them filled with your favorite flavors and then buy frosting in your wedding cake colors to pipe onto the candies. Add your initials, hearts or even faces on each one, giving your cake topper a personal flair.
Source: www.ehow.com
