This was an all fondant cake. The balls on the wires and the bow were half fondant and half gumpaste. I couldn't make the balls stay on the wire so I had to push the wire through the ball and bend the tip of the wire. I don't like the look as well but next time I may add a decorative silver ball from jewelry making to hide the wire on the end. The top tier is a styrofoam cake dummy covered in fondant. The styro ripped the fondant a few times and I repaired what I could but then had to get creative with the royal icing to cover the tears I couldn't fix. Any suggestions would be great. Do people usually round the edges of the foam first? This was my first time doing one of these designs with so many things going on but I loved it! The client love it and that makes it all worthwhile. :)