I really love my first attempts at making a cake topper - these took me a long time to do, but it was a ton of fun to make them - the bride sent me photos of the dress she would have liked to have bought, but it was far too expensive for their budgets - a dream dress, so she asked if I could make a small version of her in it. Her groom is a chef and she requested that he be put in a chef's uniform - pictures were sent along with  pictures of the bouquets and their personal picture as well.  Being that this was completely my first attempt, I could not guarantee any likeness to their images as I am not familiar with doing faces. Its totally foreign to me, but I did try.  I made the bride's hair in the way of the photos provided. I wasn't even sure of how to  position this couple - I wasn't sure of where I would find a base to put them on - fortunately I found cardboard discs in the cake accessory section of my local Bulk Barn - the discs were around .45cents a piece - I bought three and glued them together and then covered them with silver polymer clay.  This topper took me close to 15 hours to make but it was worth taking the time and getting use to the process of putting clay "people" together.  I hope to do more figures, but will obviously have to figure how to make the time to make them more efficient.  It was a real opportunity for me as this young bride was in a bind and needed a topper within 2 weeks.  Her beloved groom hadn't taken the cues to "get on" this task sooner and when he did approach their wedding cake maker, she was too booked up to make a custom topper too.  Good ol' Etsy saved the day for this bride and since she need someone local she typed in cake toppers and a her locale and the Etsy search engine lead her to my site.  So, I am thankful I had the opportunity to participate in this couple's special day and I know they were delighted and ecstatic that I was able to come through for them too!

Look for their picture on my Etsy site: www.pookesignz@etsy.com