cake toppers

I really, really, really love cake toppers!  Over the past couple years we've worked with some really creative couples, who've had us put a variety of fun toppers on the cakes we've made for them.  So here comes a long post all about cake toppers with lots of pics and links!

The ones on the left were handmade by the bride, with items purchased from Michael's craft store (photo by Sherri Johnson).  The second set of adorable little wood people were from lollipop workshop (photo by Jose Villa)

The paper mache bird cake toppers are so sweet.  I don't know the exact source of the little cuties pictured above, since the bride purchased them directly, but here's a similar source.  I purcahsed the other 2 "toppers" from home decor shops.   The sweet little nest cake was photograhed by Meg Fish.

The porcelain bride & groom toppers come in a variety of "themes" (photo by onelove photography).  The custom heart tokens are made by Lisa Leonard (photo by Cameron Ingalls).   The bride & groom bicycle cake topper is custom made in France (Photo by David Crane)

Instead of using the rainbow bunting on top of the above cake, we circled it around the cake and loaded the top of the cake with fresh fruit.  My baking assistant made the bunting custom for this cake, but check out her other items here.  The colorful custom wood topper is from here (Photo by O'Moonie Photography).

You can find the burlap bunting here and probably the most special option is asking your grandparents if they still have their topper!

Or you can make own fun little toppers.  I made the above with toothpicks, ribbons, beads and pattered paper.

Here are some additional sources ~

Wood birds (they come in multiple colors!), colorful wood heart, fabric birds

rustic fabric birds, rustic wood couple, rustic heart

custom names & heart topper, fabric hearts

 Do you want to share any other sources?  We'd love it!