LOVE/HATE: The ‘Wood’ You DIY Edition

Though I’m not the world’s biggest wedding cake topper fan, since most of them are kind of cliched, but I have to say that I have a soft spot in my heart for original cake toppers, a la yesterday’s robot wedding cake toppers. So when I came across this DIY wedding cake topper kit from Goose Grease, I was at first smitten. It is, after all, only $8!

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But then I started asking myself whether the individual components would be even less expensive and how well the toppers would turn out if the painter was less than painterly.

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The seller will whip some up for you for $40, but honestly, I think I could do almost as good a job. YMMV where that is concerned. All in all, I like (not love or hate) the DIY wedding cake topper idea, but I have to wonder about the execution when one is using the above kit.

What say you?

4 Responses to “LOVE/HATE: The ‘Wood’ You DIY Edition”

  1. Twistie says:

    I’m not much of a fan of cake toppers, but I do think I could make a more interesting one out of eight dollars of different materials…and I could buy something a lot more interesting for forty smackers.

    There’s a slight naive charm to the concept, but I’m far from sold on the likely results. At least the ones I would be likely to produce.

  2. blablover5 says:

    You could do it yourself much much cheaper and have better paints. You can get a nice size tube of acrylic for $1 and wood is really cheap.

  3. Toni says:

    I see this as more of a fun activity for a wedding shower.

  4. De says:

    This might be something fun for a wedding shower, as Toni said – or if all your family/friends are as competitive as some of mine are: you can have a contest at the rehearsal dinner/prewedding events….and the best one wins. And how adorable to have a display of all the creations at the reception.

    Its everyone’s vision of you and your love in adorable wooden form. Aw. Now I wanna do this.

    So cute!