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DIY: Heirloom Cake Topper
Whipped up by the talented ladies of Posh Paperie with the help of Melody’s cake making skills from My Sweet and Saucy this is a super simple yet ever so clever Heirloom Cake Topper. Placed atop a homemade cake, this would be the perfect accompaniment to a vintage affair and what a great keepsake to hold onto long after that delicious cake is devoured. Plus, there is a bonus tutorial on how to create that pretty little ruffle cake for yourself. So without further ado, the DIY Heirloom Cake Topper.
Supplies Needed:
- Vintage wedding photo
- Scissors
- Red tape
- Vintage music sheet paper
- Patterned stock for back of photo
Instructions:
1. Cut out wedding photo, creating a silhouette
2. Adhere photo to patterned paper so that the pattern is facing out (showing on the back of photo) and cut out in the same silhouette
3. Cut music sheets into two separate 2 1/2″ strips
4. Fold accordion style to make a half circle
5. Adhere the half circle to the bottom of the photograph
6. Repeat on the back side (1/2 side of pinwheel)
7. Frost sized cake of your choice (Melody used a swiss meringue buttercream frosting from Martha Stewart)
• Fill piping bag with wilton104 piping tip and add frosting
• Point narrow point of tip away from cake
• Start at the bottom and move tip back and forth – approx. 1″ in diameter to make “ribbon” look
• Repeat over and over in rows
• For a video tutorial of the cake frosting on Melody’s blog, click here
8. Place cake topper on top of cake and voila!
* Photo credits, Jackie Wonders, Style Me Pretty
(Source: zazzle.com)
Fabulous Glitter Monogram Cake Topper.
What you’ll need:
- Hot glue gun
- spray adhesive
- small scissors
- glitter
- three pieces of cut wire in identical lengths
- (it needs to be thick enough gauge to stand up straight when placed in your cake)
- this template for your monogram letters printed on heavy card stock
Step 1: Print out your initials using this template
Step 2: Cut out the letters
Step 3: Spray your adhesive onto the letter
Step 4: Quickly sprinkle your glitter over the letter before the glue dries. Tap off any excess.
Step 5: Hot glue your wire to the back of your letter
When you are done, they are ready to stick into your cake. The beauty of the curly style font is that as you are cutting, it naturally creates dimension because of the tight curves.
