CAKE TOPPER CRAZY

I'm pretty sure all brides feel an instinctive need to add a personal touch, a unique stamp to their wedding which will differentiate it from all WGB (weddings gone before).

Obssessive-compulsive bridezillas would want to personalize EVERY little detail. More rational ones would settle for a few tastefully chosen elements. On my good days, I'd like to think I belong to the latter category :-)

Of all the items in my "nice-to-have" list, a customized cake topper is among the few that I'm trying valiantly to fit inside our budget. After seeing and falling in love with Karla Magbanua's sugar creations and Charity Rue's clay couples, who can fault me?



Those cute, cartoony sugary creations from Claycakes are guaranteed to melt hearts left and right. I'm just not sure if Karla will consent to create just the toppers or if those sugar-based confections can be preserved at all.

Fortunately, happy raves from w@wies Berna and Leslie brought Angelkind Creations to my attention. Just look at the level of detail in each topper - my mind is positively spinning with possibilities! :-)


Obvously, I'm not a fan of life-like caricutures, though Angelkind offers that as well :-) Aside from these adorable "smilies," there are also "doll" and "cupcake" styles which simply cannot fail to illicit smiles even from the most jaded wedding guest :-)


Her prices are actually not that steep compared to other similar manufacturers and if you have a friend in the US, you can save on shipping costs. If ever we decide to have one of Charity's unique creations, our klutzy black lab Ginny will definitely be a main fixture :-)

OUR ALTERNATIVE STRINGS

Wedding music was previously a big dilemma of ours - though we both appreciate and sometimes crave for the usual sentimental love songs, we are, at heart, more of the alternative_rock kind of people. (One of us is just pretending though, guess who, haha)

Obviously, the songs we wanted were not in the standard repertoire of popular musicians and choirs - and having specially arranged pieces would seriously deplete our budget.

Fotunately, a former officemate (my eternal gratitude to you Fritz!) introduced me to vitamin record's string quartet albums ... and several p2p downloads later, we had our ideal playlist! (hey, to be fair, I bought some of the hard-to-find ones in the US)

If you want to hear samples, please visit my multiply account :-)