We Fly Like Paper…

We Fly Like Paper... : wedding cake decor georgia Likecra likecra

Remember how I had all of those really adorable cake toppers picked out? And I was having trouble deciding between them all? Spirit animals and all that?

True to form, I scrapped them all, and we’re doing something different. Two cranes. Cranes will be our wedding spirit animals—God knows we have about eleventy billion of them. Maybe we’ll throw a heart in there too. Cheap, easy, and works with our stuff.

Initially, I thought about having them sit directly on the top of the cake, but feared that the dye from paper would run into the icing. Big messy ew. Scrappity scrap scrap that. I’ve made the executive decisions that they will “float” with the help of some rods stuck up the center. If that’s not romantic, I don’t know what is.

Without further ado and blah-blah, here are some mock-ups. First up is the set of forward-facing cranes. Miss Ribbons thinks that they look judgmental, and I see American Gothic. Weird birds.

We Fly Like Paper... : wedding cake decor georgia Judgey1

with a little heart

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with a big heart!

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colored paper, sans heart

Next up are set-ups with the cranes facing each other. They’re a little more cuddly this way.

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crossing sans heart

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crossing with a big heart

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with a big heart

We Fly Like Paper... : wedding cake decor georgia Cuddler03

with a little heart

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colored paper, sans heart

I lean towards either of the big heart ones, but I could change my mind 40 times before the wedding, and it wouldn’t make a difference. Oh, the beauty of having a topper in separate parts!

Is this an awesome cake topper idea, or one destined to be totally boring?

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32 Responses to “We Fly Like Paper…”

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Mr. Bowtie (message) 133 posts, Blushing bee

Love the M.I.A reference.

5/12/10 @ 11:18 am (reply)

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Miss Stripes (message) 1,063 posts, Bumble bee

I like crossing with a big heart! But the beauty of this (like you said) is that you can change it right up until, well, you’re busy being a bride!
LOVES me some cranes. Currently debating all the ways of stringing/hanging we’ll be doing….Definitely some mobiles in the works! LOL.

5/12/10 @ 11:21 am (reply)

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Miss Ribbons (message) 2,018 posts, Buzzing bee

5 is my favorite. I like them nuzzling.

5/12/10 @ 11:22 am (reply)

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Miss Seashell (message) 1,713 posts, Bumble bee

I voted 5. Yay majority!

5/12/10 @ 11:23 am (reply)

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Miss Scissors (message) 7,343 posts, Bee Keeper

@Mr. Bowtie: M.I.A. = W.I.N.
@Miss Stripes: Stringing is way awesome and fun. I’m doing that for our Smilebooth backdrop. Whoring those babies out. :p I wish we could do mobiles, but there’s nothing to hang them from.

5/12/10 @ 11:23 am (reply)

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nonimouse12 (message) 259 posts, Helper bee

I vote other. I picture them each angled 45 degrees (so they make a 90 degree angle). One has his/her head nuzzled under the neck of the other. Undecided on the color and the heart, though I think I like the heart.

5/12/10 @ 11:33 am (reply)

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farmersdaughter (message) 1,675 posts, Bumble bee

Crossed with the big heart, definitely.

5/12/10 @ 11:35 am (reply)

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sapphirebride (message) 1,747 posts, Bumble bee

I like facing with a little heart best, but I think key is facing or crossing and with a heart.

5/12/10 @ 11:35 am (reply)

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amariem25 (message) 3,733 posts, Sugar bee

i did not like MIA’s recent video. She totally attacks gingers. Not cool.

I vote for facing with little heart

5/12/10 @ 11:40 am (reply)

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troubled (message) 2,829 posts, Sugar bee

I like them crossing the best, when they’re just facing each other it looks like a stand off.

5/12/10 @ 11:49 am (reply)

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

LOVE the crossing with a big heart! So cute!!!

5/12/10 @ 11:58 am (reply)

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iris120382 (message) 7 posts, Newbee

#8 but nuzzling. <3 it :0)

5/12/10 @ 12:09 pm (reply)

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alivoo01 (message) 2,622 posts, Sugar bee

I voted on the wrong one, but I totally love the crossing with big heart!!

5/12/10 @ 12:14 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Piglet (message) 1,045 posts, Bumble bee

I voted for facing w/ a big heart. I love your attention to detail!

5/12/10 @ 12:58 pm (reply)

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Miss Hamster (message) 4,046 posts, Honey bee

I love the last one!

5/12/10 @ 1:15 pm (reply)

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winter (message) 1,333 posts, Bumble bee

i love them all and I am so happy you’re using the cranes!

5/12/10 @ 1:22 pm (reply)

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Miss Stargazer (message) 170 posts, Blushing bee

Now you totally have that song stuck in my head!!!

5/12/10 @ 1:35 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Moonbeam (message) 1,732 posts, Bumble bee

Who doesn’t love that song?! Or your illustrations for that matter, well done.

5/12/10 @ 1:51 pm (reply)

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Lauren

Crossing/nuzzling with a little heart
Reminds me of the love birds we had atop our cake (their necks were intertwined but not nearly as creative/DIY as this!) I just found your blog today and have read/stalked a good bit of it, 1) Because you live in GA (like me!!) and so few bloggers I’ve discovered do 2) Because you are so goshdarned creative/sassy/fantastic!