Re: Cake Letters

I had a cake topper made by a guy named Ed - craftyeddy@gmail.com

I will cover it with crystals myself. Here's the letter:
[img]http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z19/MysDossie/All%20Things%20Wedding/Topper.jpg[/img]

Total cost about $20!

are u referring to the wooden letters in front of the cake (usually WE DO) or the cake topper which is usually the monogram..i know ac moore has the wood letters to go in front of the cake..

I also used Crafty Eddie
I ordered my letters from him and then placed the stones on them.
They have the sticks aready on the bottom so you can use it on the front or top of your cake.

This is mine mid way before finishing
[IMG]http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc161/mscreneet/caketopper.jpg[/IMG]

Heres my completed letters
[IMG]http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc161/mscreneet/DSC06534.jpg[/IMG]

I know...now im just double checking to make sure I have everything taken care of : )

[quote="Teresa1167"]are u referring to the wooden letters in front of the cake (usually WE DO) or the cake topper which is usually the monogram..i know ac moore has the wood letters to go in front of the cake..

I was looking for letters to go in front of cake.We don't have a ac moore where I leave I don't think.But yes I was looking for pics like that or ideas.

Thanks
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You can find the wooden letters at Walmart in the arts & craft section. You just have to paint them yourself. Also, many dollar stores have been known to carry them.

lovin' the letters with the crystals!! Now I wishe I would have did more with mine...they are just plain silver, but silver is one of my accent colors

MrsPotts your cake topper is lovely, absolutely lovely. How much did Eddy charge you if you dont mind me asking. Also what type of glue and what size cake topper and stones do you need?

I paid Eddy $10 for my 6" letter including shipping. He doesn't have a website but if you email him at craftyeddy@gmail.com he'll send you pictures.

Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Target, Walmart, Joanns, etc. all have wooden letters as well!

[quote="FutureMrsKeepUp"]I paid Eddy $10 for my 6" letter including shipping. He doesn't have a website but if you email him at craftyeddy@gmail.com he'll send you pictures.

Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Target, Walmart, Joanns, etc. all have wooden letters as well!
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U paid $10 per letter or was that the whole price??

I just bought the one letter. If I would have gotten three (large last initial with smaller first initials) it would have been $16, including shipping, if I'm not mistaken.

He just sent me an email and it said that individual cake toppers are $3.00 each, however he didnt give me any sizes, and he said that the 3 in 1 toppers are $15.00 plus shipping and handling. He also said that he could make words and numbers for the table

WOW!!! i am LOVING the PRICE...THANKS!!

Ok ladies, I just ordered my cake topper, and am having eddy make me a monogram stand for the place card table. It will look somewhat like the picture below, except it will be in the same font and my cake topper.
[img]http://www.myjeanm.com/ppe/Images/128/ProdGrfx/W04752_099bpr.jpg[/img]

[quote="Teresa1167"]Mrspotts I am loving your letters !!!!How big are the stones u got and where did u get them from.I might try it myself i am not crafty but FH is !!!So how much did he charge for letters and how many stones did u need to complete and how long did it take u? Are u doing both sides of the letters? How did u here about crafty eddie?Does he have a website?
Also one last question how big are the letters?

I know I got a lot of questions but they are beautiful!!!
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Hey..sorry for the delay...been working hard for a few days..LOL

Anyway...My letters were like $3 each ( I think)
He ships very fast and I was sooo pleased when they arrived.

I purchased my stones from rhinestoneshop.com
They do free shipping and the are super cheap.

I think the size was 9ss

[quote="housewife147"]MrsPotts your cake topper is lovely, absolutely lovely. How much did Eddy charge you if you dont mind me asking. Also what type of glue and what size cake topper and stones do you need?
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Hey housewife147
HE charged about $3 per letter and I use a glue call gem tac ( I think)
It worked great and it dried clear which worked out for me cause I was a little messy at times

I use the flat back stones from rhinestoneshop.com

HTH

Ok thanks for the info. Now my question to you is how did you pay him. I was thinking about writing a check however I am starting to feel uneasy with giving out my account information. Maybe I will use paypal instead

Ok I just went on the website that you purchased the rhinestones from. Now my question to you is which stones should I purchase to decorate my cake topper and possibly my table accent. My wedding colors are champagne, latte( mocha brown), with accents of gold and ivory

[quote="housewife147"]Ok thanks for the info. Now my question to you is how did you pay him. I was thinking about writing a check however I am starting to feel uneasy with giving out my account information. Maybe I will use paypal instead
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I use paypal
I got an instant confirmation
The shipping is free and I received my stones within about 3 days

I ended up ordering from him about 3 or 4 times
Each time was a good experience and I had no issues at all

Ok now I need help choosing which color stones I am going to use

[quote="housewife147"]Ok I just went on the website that you purchased the rhinestones from. Now my question to you is which stones should I purchase to decorate my cake topper and possibly my table accent. My wedding colors are champagne, latte( mocha brown), with accents of gold and ivory
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Make sure you purchase the Swarovski flat back stones
I used size 9ss which was pretty small so you could definitely go up a size if you like for your cake topper letter

Your table accent letters could be larger.
I did mt table numbers with stones and I purcahsed the 16ss for those.

As far as colors ....
Check out his color chart..it shows each stone
http://www.rhinestoneshop.com/rhinestone-colors/

My suggestions would be
use the smoked topaz for a brown color and Chrysolite for the ivory...and then paint your wood letters gold to give it a shimmer from behind

HTH

Thank you so much I will surely do that. Eddy sent me a picture of a number that he did and it had a beading edge on it. I thought it was lovely. I was wondering how I was going to decorate the stand. I was thinking of just shalacking it. I thought that I migh mess it up if I tried to put stones on it.

Ok I know this might take up alot of room, but I wanted you ladies to see the color chart. I was thinking about getting the light smoked topaz and the satin stones.
[img]http://www.rhinestoneshop.com/catalog/images/colorchart.jpg[/img]

Ok I am not sure why your are feeling left our. The colors that I like for you is light sapphire, and glacier blue

Ok why did I place and order with eddy for my cake topper and for the stand with our initials for the place card table friday night well after 10pm and he just emailed me the finished products. I am so pleased with his work.

No he charges 3.00 a letter. For him to make the stand that has or Intitials and a heart, plus the cake topper, and shipping and handling, it came out to 25.00

Ok sorry to bother all of you ladies but now that I am looking at the picture of the cake topper eddy sent me I am fearing it maybe to big.

[IMG]http://i30.tinypic.com/2prxrnl.jpg[/IMG]

Ok maybe I EXAGGERATED A BIT WITH ENLARGING THE SIZE. LOL BUT IT LOOKS MUCH LARGER THEN THE LETTERS ON THE STAND

Hey Ladies!

Ok, I ordered Swarovski Crystals a while back to use on one of my DIY projects but that project fell through. (The idea in my head seemed good but once I started working on it I realized that it wasn't that great in reality.) So now I have all these crystals and figured that I might as well use them for a Monogrammed Cake Topper.

I was going to ask for website listings but I guess Crafty Eddy is the person I should contact. Yes?

I used eddy and his work is great. He processed my order quickly

[quote="2bmrspotts"]I also used Crafty Eddie
I ordered my letters from him and then placed the stones on them.
They have the sticks aready on the bottom so you can use it on the front or top of your cake.

This is mine mid way before finishing

What kinda of glue did you use on the wood, did it work well!!

Heres my completed letters

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Hey KRedford! Just in case you didn't see it in the other post we used Gem-Tac adhesive.

How is the garnet rhine stone? I was thinking of useing the 16 size one for my letter. Also did you cover just the front with the stones or back too? I'm going to email eddy today for a letter!

[quote="dazy585"]How is the garnet rhine stone? I was thinking of useing the 16 size one for my letter. Also did you cover just the front with the stones or back too? I'm going to email eddy today for a letter!
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That size may be too large
You may want to try and stick with 12ss or less

i ordered size 12 or 16 and those things are way too small. I was thinking about ordering 20ss

It really depends on your font. My 'J' has such intricate swirls that the 16ss was too large for those sections. I used 10ss - which is super tiny but I got them from someone for cheaper than it would have been to buy the 12ss.

ok, my wedding colors are burgandy and ivory. SHould I use just burgandy stones or ivory too? Or should I just do a silver color? i'm not good at making patterns so any ideas too would be great!