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Cakie! - Hats

February 15th, 2010 @ 1:34 pm by Mrs. Sewing
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I’ve talked a little bit about overall cake designs, but today let’s just concentrate on the fun part - the topper.

Pretty much anything you can think of can be made into a cake topper. Here’s my short list:

-Custom wooden people

I picked these little guys up at Michaels for about a dollar or so. It would be simple enough to paint them into us Sewings, and might end up looking something like this:

(source) Etsy Seller: nakedpeggies

-Anime figurines

Oh, there’s ton of potential with figurines. (Inserting jargon here: ) Link and Zelda, Shinji and Asuka/Rei/Misato/Kaoru, Lelouch and CC… somehow I don’t think we really identify with the more iconic “couples”. I think we’re more along the lines of Otani and Risa, or Nodame and Chiaki. Maybe we’ll go back to Tamama and Keroro, even.

How would this look on a cake? I bought these guys for $5 from a convention a few years ago.

-Flowers

We can’t go wrong here. A pretty bunch of flowers on top of a cake can be a gorgeous thing. I’m not sure how it really speaks to us Sewings, though. We might need to be a bit more personalized.

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-Little IC people

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I had this weird thought of using big, fatty IC chips and making them look like little people-bugs by bending the pins into feet and hands (Like the “bugs” above, only standing up like “people”). Draw a face on with paint, and voila? Unfortunately, I doubt I can find chips big enough, and we might run into the “contains lead” problem again.

-Hawaiian Salt & Pepper Shakers

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This seems to be the standard cake topper for the Hawaiian bride. It’s so cute! But it’s not really indicative of Mr. Sewing and me. Neither of us are even close to being that tan. *sigh*.

What kind of hat does your cake get to wear?

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22 Responses to “Cakie! - Hats”

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laciloo (message) 10 posts, Newbee

I went with the little wood people! It was so amazingly simple and surprisingly fun, I actually need some excuses to make some more!

I don’t even know if I’ll use them on my cake. They might just be a nice little addition to my guestbook table!

2/15/10 @ 1:41 pm (reply)

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Miss Argyle (message) 2,516 posts, Sugar bee

Actually, I don’t think we’re having a cake topper, but love the little wooden dowel people - they’re cute!

2/15/10 @ 1:44 pm (reply)

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thistleandclovers (message) 212 posts, Helper bee

We are doing cupcakes and having one mini cake on top for us to cut… not sure about a topper- it might be over board, but I love the lil wooden people- I think it would be adorable living on a bookshelf for the rest of our days

2/15/10 @ 1:44 pm (reply)

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gill84 (message) 725 posts, Busy bee

Mine is going hatless!

I love all of your ideas. If I was going to have a cake-topper, I would definitely go with the wooden people, but it sounds like anime characters would be most ‘personalized’ for you guys.

Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

2/15/10 @ 1:47 pm (reply)

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Miss Thimble (message) 797 posts, Busy bee

I bought a vintage topper on etsy that kind of reminds me of my folks’ cake topper. They laughed at my 1975 taste, but I think it’s timeless and cute. But I’m also obsessed with little wooden toppers and little birdie toppers- I have a plan to decorate the dessert table with a few different cake toppers to satisfy my indecision.

2/15/10 @ 1:48 pm (reply)

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Ms. Sapphire (message) 340 posts, Helper bee

Those little wooden figurines are so cute! We’re debating between fresh flowers, a rhinestone monogram, and a “love” topper. I’m really liking the wooden people though. I think you should definitely do little anime figures for your toppers!

2/15/10 @ 1:52 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Espresso (message) 1,310 posts, Bumble bee

The little ic people make me laugh

2/15/10 @ 2:05 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 7,263 posts, Bee Keeper

i haven’t thought of that part yet. just been focused on what flavors of cupcakes we should get. priorities. haha

2/15/10 @ 2:05 pm (reply)

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Miss Cardigan (message) 8,645 posts, Bee Keeper

I absolutely love the little wooden people. I think they’re SO cute! We’re doing a clay cake topper from an etsy seller, with animals! I’m so excited to get it!

2/15/10 @ 2:10 pm (reply)

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Miss Elephant (message) 6,177 posts, Bee Keeper

We ordered a cake topper off of Etsy to go with our travel theme.

2/15/10 @ 3:29 pm (reply)

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Miss Pencils (message) 1,027 posts, Bumble bee

all such good ideas! we made our own wooden people using those exact same ones from michael’s- it was fun!

2/15/10 @ 3:29 pm (reply)

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Miss Pug (message) 3,753 posts, Honey bee

i can’t wait to see what you decide on! as for us, oops i haven’t thought about it. hehe.

2/15/10 @ 6:24 pm (reply)

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KB (message) 169 posts, Blushing bee

ooh can’t wait to see what you choose! I think Anime characters would be awesome be cause that seems so to fit so well!

I’m planning on personalized toppers. Might enlist family help to get them done. lol But we’ve goneover a few options…like..okay I don’t remember which bee at the moment but they had an awesome ewok cake with Han & Leia…we considered something that. lol Recently, WoW characters have been a possibilty too Guess we’ll see lol

2/15/10 @ 7:18 pm (reply)

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MissSalsa (message) 57 posts, Worker bee

We’re having a cake with Texas stars on it so it will have a star on top.

2/15/10 @ 8:04 pm (reply)

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Miss Spaniel (message) 6,792 posts, Bee Keeper

OMG! The figurines would be soo cute!

2/15/10 @ 10:38 pm (reply)

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Miss Sewing (message) 2,701 posts, Sugar bee

@laciloo: that’s a good plan! I like it!
@thistleandclovers: hehe, maybe you could have a really little topper for your little cutting cake?
@bexyk1010: hehe, yes, I can see multiple hats happening to me too!
@tea: well, between the two, flavors are the more important part! definitely!
@amanda.lynn: @llc2011: etsy to the rescue! they have such great options there..
@Miss Pencils: yes, yours were so cute!
@KB: OMG, han & leia ewok cake sounds AMAZING. I’d probably die if I went to a wedding with a cake like that! So awesome! I’d love to know what you end up choosing!
@MissSalsa: how fitting! That sounds awesome!

2/15/10 @ 11:25 pm (reply)

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mrspaetz (message) 3,805 posts, Honey bee

definitely the anime figures. they have so much more character and are SO YOU!

2/16/10 @ 12:04 am (reply)

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Mrs. Mouse (message) 5,844 posts, Bee Keeper

Yeah, go for some type of characters–something that speaks to the two of you!

2/16/10 @ 1:17 am (reply)

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DrHollyCat (message) 46 posts, Newbee

The anime characters are adorable! A friend of mine is doing that as well. I am in the process of collecting figurines that look like each of our cats (um, we have 5. Yes, 5. They were all accidents.) to put on various tiers of the cake (or at the base…haven’t decided quite yet; have a meeting for our cake this week!).

2/16/10 @ 6:18 am (reply)

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