Fresh Flowers

• Fresh flowers are a classic and elegant touch for your wedding cake and one of the easiest options for a homemade wedding cake topper. Consider a few large garden roses, fully bloomed peonies, giant gerbera daisies or hydrangeas for a spring or summer wedding. Sunflowers or chrysanthemums are a lovely cake topper option for an autumn wedding. Adding fresh flowers to your cake is also an excellent way to dress up a simple and more affordable cake.
  
  Some flowers are toxic and should not be placed directly on a cake. Consult your florist or bakery for edible flower suggestions, or keep your flowers away from the edible portions of the cake by placing them on a pedestal or on top of an artificial foam or cardboard cake tier. No matter what kind of flowers you use, they should be grown organically, without pesticides, for added safety.
  
  

Traditional Cake Toppers

• Use a purchased wedding cake topper base to craft a cake topper. Consider beautiful ostrich feather quills or delicate doves. Millinery accents, both modern and vintage, can work well. Cover the base of the cake topper with satin or beads. If you are using small seed beads or glitter, thoroughly blow off any excess. Consider edible glitter or dragees, available at your craft store, in case a bit does end up on your wedding cake.
  
  You might even find suitable holiday ornaments that can be reused as part of your cake topper for a winter wedding. Consider favorite figurines or collectibles as well. These can be placed onto a base and used on your cake; however, you should be careful of weight. If you plan to use a heavier cake topper, you may want to talk to your bakery about the possibility of decorating an artificial cake tier to support your topper. These toppers can be saved as a wedding memento.
  
  

Whimsical Cake Toppers

• Use your craft skills to make a personal wedding cake topper. Polymer clay, needle felting or sewn felt can all make playful toppers. Consider a pair of birds in wedding attire, delicate little handmade dolls or even something a bit less cheery. Zombies or skeletons in wedding attire may suit the happy couple better than bluebirds.
  
  When planning your topper, keep scale and size in mind. You might consider doing multiple tiny toppers for small cakes or cupcakes or a larger-than-average topper if your cake will be especially large. Avoid using anything to make your topper that could flake onto your cake. Adding character to the wedding cake will make both the couple and the guests smile on an often hectic day.