The handmade monkey cake toppers are easy to associate with the funny, playful, witty Shelley and Jason who celebrated their eclectic, DIY wedding at Nature Friends in Sierra Madre.
Ninjas, sneaky warriors in feudal Japan, specialized in underground war, boy, that's a couple who will get what they want... Wei-lin and Evan successfully snug into the super busy 10-10-10 with a morning brunch wedding at the Inn in Topanga. Recycled wood makes these toppers eco-sweet.
Edible, biodegradable, original:
Origami Sugar Birds.
Tips for toppers:
- Find arty pieces, which makes a sweet little decor in your house later
- Look for toppers made with easy to recycle, sustainable, or natural materials.
Vintage, if not from grandma perhaps from Ebay, is always a good greenish choice, seen in an old fashioned jewelry shop in San Francisco.
- DIY wedding cake toppers are somewhat eco friendly to begin with as they don't require shipping, made with sustainable or recycled materials: even better.
- Use flowers, herbs, leaves, succulents and branches on your wedding cake. All easily composted.
- Edible toppers are recycled by eating, always the easy going choice
.... some cakes like Olivia and Andrew's just don't need a topper.
Their Croquembouche was supposed to be one of the first wedding cakes, created by a French baker. After he supposedly watched a wedding game in medieval England, where bride and groom try to kiss over a big batch of bread roles, which then roll everywhere and guests eat them for luck (?) he was inspired to pile up the super sweet goodness of the cool looking cake. Filled with a pudding/cream this cake works for me, I love small bites of heaven.
Olivia and Andrew also offered tasty and meaningful Argentinian cookies to sweeten up their Good Bye's - and left for a year to Argentina.
Not only the must of wedding favors and the white wedding dress idea but also the cake topper invention came from decor diva Queen Victoria, showing of her self adoration when she married Prince Albert in 1840. In our days she most probably would have created Ebay...
Like many wedding traditions the beginning of the cake is rather ironic: a Roman Empire groom hit a loaf of crunchy bread over his bride's head to show his muscle. Guests then ate the crumbs... Bon appetite and happy slavery... The new "tradition" of smashing cake into each others face at least is a mutual embarrassment.
