DIY cake toppers

I plan on doing some baking (of the cake variety) for a special birthday and a wedding shower in the next few months and I wanted a fun way to jazz them up a bit. I love the idea of reusable cake toppers paired with or in lieu of traditional candles; however, every option I found came with a price tag. In the interest of keeping it simple (& cheap), I printed out two of my favourite words in Arial Bold font on regular computer paper, cut them out with scissors and used the cutouts as tracers on the back of some sparkle cardstock I had left over from this project.

Once the letters were cut out (I found an exacto knife worked best to cut through the cardstock) I attached baking dowels to the backs with a hot glue gun.

That’s it. A simple + fun Saturday project in preparation for birthday and wedding season!

happy love. the best kind.

Do-It-Yourself Martha

{Martha Stewart Weddings, Winter 2009
scanned from personal collection}

Do you remember this cover? It is still one of my most favourite Martha Weddings editions ever. I think this cake is so pretty, perfect for a Spring wedding. I was ecstatic to find this lovely shop for its do-it-yourself capabilities.


Clear Cut Crafts offer these adorable butterflies in a variety of colours (in shades of blue, green, yellow, orange, pink & purple for starters). Although I love the multi-coloured combination, this cake could be designed in almost any colour palette.

{Photos courtesy of Clear Cut Crafts}

These little beauties are as equally sweet on cupcakes and it is clear that a little inspiration from Martha can do wonders. Don't you think the cake on the left is just perfection?

Cupcake Love

Big Love goes out to my friend Megan who made B. a batch of fabulous black forest cupcakes for his b-day (his favourite cake in cup form: what's not to love). I took them into his office this evening and they were a huge hit - thanks Megan!

Notes: If you are in the Kamloops area and require culinary talents, please contact this woman; if you like cupcakes, check out this site (via A Cup of Joe).