Wedding Blog

I thought I had decided on what to top our cake with, but I guess I was wrong. Actually, while I still love what I initially chose, I think I want something different.

This was our original cake topper:

Ours is an all red version, with ladybugs instead of bees, but you get the idea. Now it is totally irrelevant to our wedding theme and colors, and would just look weird. Of course, this has been in the back of my mind for ages, and it took one small thing to make me really want to change it: I found something else.

While doing research about cake toppers, I noticed a lot of the brides nowadays are doing the monogram/initial thing on the top of their wedding cakes. Far be it from me to actually be original and do something else!

When I was at Michael’s this past weekend, I couldn’t refrain from loitering around the wood crafts section. My dad, while being distracted by the “super cool birdhouses,” thought my idea of initials was “okay.” So going on his opinion, I snapped up a few: a 3″ A, a 5″ F, and a 3″ P. It was pretty cheap - about 3 to 4 dollars for the three of them.

They look somewhat like this letter A, just with less flourish (this one is from Craftcuts.com):

I love the letters because for some reason, the monogram has been one of my favorite things! The only problem? I have no idea how to decorate them. Like Miss Strawberry’s decorated cardboard ones, I want pretty letters too!

I was so tired of shopping at Michael’s that I ended up just glancing at the decorating stuff and left. So, now I’m not sure what to do. Do you paint them? Decoupage? Staple? Glue? Stickers? Ribbons? Crayon?

I’m asking my fellow Bees, and all in the hive: What should I do? Our wedding is a fall theme, with rust, gold, and ivory colors. Help me!