How To Get That Look

Decorating By shoppingprincess3 Updated 29 Mar 2007 , 8:27pm by mdutcher

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shoppingprincess3 Posted 21 Mar 2007 , 11:21am
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I see lots of cakes with toppers that seem to be mounted on pieces of curled metal wire. What are people using to get those toppers up in the air and where do I buy them.

Thanks,
April

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MustloveDogs Posted 29 Mar 2007 , 11:11am
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If you mean the toppers with eg. heart or star shapes that almost look suspended in the air above the top tier of the cake, I believe they use strong guage flower wire. You can buy it at cake decorating shops.
I haven't done them yet myself. I have heard some people also using thin guage wire from hardware shops.
Hope that helps.

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wgoat5 Posted 29 Mar 2007 , 11:15am
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I pipe RI on my floral wire and let that dry then use a flower pik to place in the top. You can do almost anything with these!

HTH
Christi

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Destini Posted 29 Mar 2007 , 11:22am
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shoppingprincess3 Posted 29 Mar 2007 , 8:09pm
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Both of those suggestions were great! Thank you and I loved the Wilton "25" idea. Where would I buy the wire. Won't normal wire rust?

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okred Posted 29 Mar 2007 , 8:18pm
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I don't stick the wire into the cake, I use a plastic flower pic from wilton and put the wire into the plastic pic

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mdutcher Posted 29 Mar 2007 , 8:19pm
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Thanks, Destini! That's really cool!!
I did some chocolate transfers and had them dangle above a cake. (in my pics) The weight of the chocolates was a little too heavy. It was hard to get them to stay in the position I wanted them.

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krystalp Posted 29 Mar 2007 , 8:22pm
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I use floral wire...you can get it at hobby lobby or michaels or any craft store.

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mdutcher Posted 29 Mar 2007 , 8:27pm
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I got my floral wire at Walmart. It's pretty cheap!!

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