This was certainly a New Adventure in Crafting for Me!

A couple of weeks ago, I was asked to do a somewhat unusual craft item for a friend who is getting married a couple of weeks from now.  First of all--shhhhhhh- this is a top  secret post and must not get out to the Groom -to-Be, as it is a surprise for the wedding cake that he knows nothing about!  Yes I did say cake--cake topper to be exact!  The whole cake is going to be a surprise to him--but the most I'll say here, so as not to give it all away, it has a farm like theme  ( with some beautiful flowers added in) and I for one can't wait to see it all pulled together.

Well, I don't do cakes, but I guess as of now, I have done a Cake topper!  My First, as my usual type of craftiness is of the scrapbooking type and since I used my Cricut, I guess you could say I scrapped a cake topper!  The groom, as you might have guessed is a farmer and a huge IH (International Harvester) Guy.  So the colors of the wedding are Red, Black and White.

The Bride wanted a one-of-a kind top and had pictured in her mind a model IH tractor and the happy wedding couple along side with a Just Married sign somewhere and some cornstalks in the  background.  I knew my best bet for people would be my Dress up paper doll Cart, so I started there.  I tried to make some of the details match the clothes, flowers, etc. they will be wearing and their hair be somewhat reflective of their real hair.  I used an actual piece of the Bride's dress for the doll's skirt and beaded the top with glass seed beads, since I am told her's is beaded.  The picture above looks much larger than in real life.  The dolls are actually only 4.5 inches tall, as is the tractor.  It all had to fit on a 6" top cake (circle size above).  The cornstalks are still in the making--they are taking a little more thought, but I think I have an idea--we'll see how it turns out.  and, oh, the hat--His bride says you never see him without his IH hat on--so, even in his wedding gear, we just had to add the hat--after all that is his personality!

When I was all finished, I just had to make a special little box to hold the dolls, (mainly really because I love making these little boxes), so I made a simple black glitter box with a white top (it's embossed with "wedding words"  but hard to see here)  and added a red/white/black flower and greeting-----the perfect place to keep the little people safe.  Now on to the wedding-oh, after I grow some corn---it should be a very fun time.