Do you use real ribbon and what are the silver jewels around the ribbon.I am not a fan of putting anything fake on my cake so I am wondering if there   is anything edible like this out there and I dont know it??   

Hi there, I always use real ribbons to trim tiers and would use real diamante if this was the effect I wanted to achieve. I make sure that all trims are completely removable in one piece and that nothing is inserted into the cake.

This is standard practice for celebration cakes and shouldn't cause any problems.

HTH 

Amanda