I was inspired by the trees I found on etsy and since FH didn't want to spend hardly any money on a cake topper... I decided to make my own...
If pressed, I probably wouldn't make another one -- it was way more time consuming that I thought it would be, but I thought it came out cute and hopefully it will look good on top of our cake!
hey, can you post instructions on how you did it? And what size beads you used? I love it and can't find any instructions for the life of me anywhere online!
@llcoolln - It was a lot of trial and error. I used a wooden hear that I found at Hobby Lobby and painted it brown from the base. My fiance drilled holes into the base for the tree to eventually sit. I found pictures of similar trees on Etsy and just tried to model mine afer them. I started at the roots and worked my up the trunk, eventually getting to the branches and adding the beads for leaves. The beads I picked up at Joanns because they were the right colors - but I'm not even sure what size they were. I used thick jewelry wire for the tree. Then I used gorilla glue to connect the tree to the base.
UPDATE: Here's the final product on the cake!
I was inspired by the trees I found on etsy and since FH didn't want to spend hardly any money on a cake topper... I decided to make my own...
If pressed, I probably wouldn't make another one -- it was way more time consuming that I thought it would be, but I thought it came out cute and hopefully it will look good on top of our cake!
posted by SassyBell 11 months agoThat is SO cool! Good idea and awesome job making it happen!
posted by shannon marie 11 months agoI love these...have been thinking of making one in my spare time for fun, as I found them after our own wedding. : )
Kudos on making your own!
posted by jenfer1971 11 months agoWOW! LOVE it!! this looks great! :) Nice job!
posted by Sschaf 11 months agoThanks everyone! I'm hoping after the wedding we can have it on display somewhere in our house
posted by SassyBell 11 months agoI love it. Especially since I am incorporating beading in my wedding. Great job!
posted by Stinawants 11 months agoI love it. Especially since I am incorporating beading in my wedding. Great job!
posted by Stinawants 11 months agoAwesome!
posted by 78h2o 9 months agohey, can you post instructions on how you did it? And what size beads you used? I love it and can't find any instructions for the life of me anywhere online!
posted by llcoolln 9 months ago@llcoolln - It was a lot of trial and error. I used a wooden hear that I found at Hobby Lobby and painted it brown from the base. My fiance drilled holes into the base for the tree to eventually sit. I found pictures of similar trees on Etsy and just tried to model mine afer them. I started at the roots and worked my up the trunk, eventually getting to the branches and adding the beads for leaves. The beads I picked up at Joanns because they were the right colors - but I'm not even sure what size they were. I used thick jewelry wire for the tree. Then I used gorilla glue to connect the tree to the base.
Here's what it looked like on the cake:
posted by SassyBell 2 weeks agoyours looks 10x better than the one on etsy!
posted by kerpao 2 weeks ago