Keepsake Cake Topper - Pictures from the Bride

One of my clients contacted me via my Etsy site and asked me if I could create cake flowers for her wedding cake. If you recall she wanted esperanza roses and green hydrangeas. She had a multi-tier square cake. We decided on a shallow square vase decorated with her flower choices. She just got married last month and here are some pictures she sent me via Etsy... I love the 5 tier cake. I think that's the biggest one someone has asked me to create a cake topper for. Don't you just love the piping detail on each layer... It almost matches the beading on Cindy's dress. Exquisite. I wish I could have had a little taste. Looks delicious.. the cake that is! LOL..

Thank you Cindy for the beautiful pictures and I'm so happy that you LOVE your cake flowers and now your keepsake floral arrangement to decorate your home!

Custom cake-toppers that are housed in a vase are a perfect way to for you to always have your wedding day flowers to enjoy for years to come. After the wedding, it becomes a floral arrangement to decorate a room! Plus, it's probably less costly than if you ordered real flowers or custom sugar flowers. Think about it... a great alternative which will be enjoyed and always bring wonderful memories of your wedding day bliss.

For all my past couples, I hope you'll send me photos of your wedding day so that I can share your wedding day with my readers.

Cindy just sent me a couple more photos. Here is what her real centerpieces looked like. Hmmm.. you can barely tell the difference between real and clay flowers.... I'm glad all I had to do was the cake topper...

Custom Cake Toppers

More clients these days are asking me to create custom cake toppers or cake flowers for their wedding cakes. I think because the art of sugar or gumpaste flowers are so expensive that clay flowers are a great alternative. Plus the ready made ones already in a vase make great mementos of your wedding day and of course decorate your new home at the same time.

Stacie Tamaki wrote a great article in her Nitty Gritty section of http://www.theflirtybride.com/. It talked about how wedding guests steal everything they can get their hands on. I think even more so when the items are handmade guests go crazy. My Magnolia Bride, Kristy had her magnolia cake flowers that I made for her stolen before her wedding coordinators could take them for safe-keeping. At least with the cake topper in a vase, it would be hard for someone not to notice that it's being stolen. The same thing at my wedding happened, we made an announcement via the DJ to notify everyone what they could take and what they couldn't take. It's sad that you have to make that announcement, but sometimes it's necessary. Especially when your centerpiece vases are a rental from your florist. So although it may seem tacky, sometimes it's a must. Definitely check out Stacie's website because she has some great stories that have even better words of advice for brides.

Anyway, this cake topper was requested by a client who found me via Etsy and she asked if I could make Esperanza pink roses and green hydrangeas with pinkish tones. She has a square tiered cake with green ribbon on each layer and just wanted a topper. Although I could have said "no" to the order (since I'm completely booked as it is), I agreed to do it. We discussed various alternatives for the vase, but since she has a square cake, I figured this 5 inch flat vase would work nice without looking like it's another layer. Plus after the wedding is over, she can place it in her home and remember her wedding day and wedding cake with fond memories!

I love the unique cake toppers out on the wedding market, but I feel like the ones I create are unique in the sense that it becomes a floral arrangement you can have in your home and not something you just tuck in the china cabinet with all your china and crystal.