Do-It-Yourself Wedding Projects
December 17th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under
Check out this DIY Wedding Cake that one of our readers sent me! The entire cake cost less than $200 to make!
Tips on making the cake from the designer…
I preordered a plain double tier vanilla sponge cake complete with royal icing. With the specifications, I drafted the bouquet on paper and assembled the top at home. Put them all together on the wedding day on site. To add height to the cake, I placed the cake on top of a Ikea photo frame and placed river pebbles and vanilla scented candles all round for a nice warm effect. Two hummingbirds top the cake.
To see more in depth instructions, click here!
Comment by Angela on 17 December 2007:
I love the windmill placecards! I wish I had seen this before our wedding in August. SO cute.
Comment by Elizabeth @ Elizabeth Anne Designs on 17 December 2007:
I love the windmills! that’s definitely making it into my google notebook to save for later.
the paper she used was so beautiful.
Comment by jennie on 17 December 2007:
That brings up a great question…what solution are others using to track all of the great little ideas/photos/descriptions found all over the web? Google doc? Del.icio.us? iPhoto? I have been trying tons and they all just end up in my email. Abby, this could be a great post idea too!
Comment by Elizabeth @ Elizabeth Anne Designs on 17 December 2007:
Hi Jennie, just saw your comment and wanted to let you know that Google now offers a notebook tool that I’ve been using. It’s fabulous.
http://www.google.com/notebook
You can collect everything there and have pictures and links all in one spot.
Comment by ABBIGAIL on 17 December 2007:
You can always opt for a crystal wedding cake topper which will draw everyone’s attention to the cake.It should be elegant and unique so that you will feel a sense of pride when you reuse the wedding cake topper for your wedding anniversary.
Comment by Adam Duskes on 13 February 2008:
Thats amazing that one could have the patience to sit down and do all that
I’d have to hire someone or pay magicalday.com to do it for me.
Comment by Julie on 3 April 2008:
Abby~
I have been hunting all over the internet in search of the instructions on how to make the windmills and here was a great example, under my nose the whole time! If there’s any way you can post the directions on how to make these, I would be forever indebted to you–I really want to use this idea as our save-the-date and the clock is ticking!
Thank you for your beautiful blog and these amazing DIY posts!!!!