Married in October of 2007 Stacie was the quintessential Flirty Bride and used her own wedding as an opportunity to bring to life her vision of what a flirty bride is, and how much fun she should have, both planning her own wedding and at the wedding itself.
A one woman design studio, or as she calls herself, creative consultant, Stacie Tamaki is one busy girl. You can always see the latest she's been up to on her Fun and Flirty Blog.
Whether she's making custom bridal veils, tiaras, jewelry and cake toppers, or creating miniature origami cranes, her imagination knows few boundaries.
Her career in the bridal industry began 11 years ago. Her bridal, origami and custom dog costumes have been featured online and in newspapers, magazines, 4X on San Jose's, KNTV News Channel 11, HGTV , and the TODAY Show.
This was a custom cake topper for a truly lovely couple! The groom had surprised his bride by proposing to her when he took her up for a ride in a red biplane. Because of this they knew they wanted to incorporate this very significant moment into their wedding somehow... But how? It was when they met Stacie Tamaki for the bride's accessories that they realized (while sitting in her showroom) she was the person who could help them incorporate their biplane as a custom cake topper.
Not only was Stacie up for the challenge, she went out and found a model plane kit, assembled the it, painted it red, added Swarovski crystal rhinestones as embellishments (at the brides request), and even coated the tail and wheels with sparkling sugar coated glitter.
The clouds were made of polyester fiber fill and suspended on thin spirals of colored wire. It was a huge success, enchanting the bride, the groom and all of their guests!
Originally? The plan was to use real cotton candy for the clouds. Stacie even bought a small at-home cotton candy maker and set the topper up with the sweet treat clouds.
Unfortunately, the wedding was in February and she quickly realized that humidity and cotton candy don't mix well. Strike that. Actually she found that they mixed too well with the cotton candy absorbing the moisture out of the air. As it did, the clouds became smaller and smaller. So if you live in a dessert climate you could replicate this topper with cotton candy, but if you're coastal the fiber fill is probably best.
To learn how to create this cake topper CLICK HERE to view the DIY photo tutorial.
An overhead view of the model airplane.
Idea submitted by: Stacie Tamaki of The Flirty Bride
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Comments (18)
Jackie• 2009-01-23 17:42:09
This is a great way to show a love of airplanes without being cheesey or ugly - I love it.
Thanks for the comment. The airplane topper was really fun to create and I loved that it was a tasteful way to include an element so near and dear to them.
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Yvonne• 2009-04-27 14:53:02
I love how the plane was added to the cake. My fiance and I were looking into something similar but would like to have a costum made plane to reflect his. I was hoping someone could guide me to someone that does this kind of work. Thanks
Unfortunately I don't know any custom model makers. I just went to the craft store and picked up a kit. A visit to your local model shop might generate leads for you as to someone local in your area who could help you.
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Rita • 2009-05-12 22:24:23
The airplane looks small on the cake. I didn't realize they made small model airplanes. If you don't mind me asking, what size plane did you purchase? What size cake tiers did you use for this cake? I love it!
As I recall the plane itself was probably about 5 inches long from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail. I found a small plane not so much for the size in dimensions but the weight. We needed it to be as light as possible. This one was almost too heavy.
I don't have the records readily available of the cake dimensions but my guess would be that the top tier was 8" wide. Most of the cakes I've made toppers for were 6" wide and this one was definitely wider.
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Rita • 2009-05-13 11:28:22
Thank you so much for answering! I'm learning, so I am always full of questions. I appreciate that you took the time and trouble to answer!
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The Flirty Guide• 2009-05-13 11:37:58
My pleasure Rita. I also recall that I bought 2 different planes. One a kit and the other pre-fabricated. Both would be the right size but my final choice was based on weight to use the lighter of the two.
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jeannie• 2009-06-05 10:17:13
what a cute idea!! i would like to try and create this for my son's birthday cake. what did you use as the base?
I used wire as the base with a short strand of crystals twisted around to conceal the wires being inserted into the cake. It looked just like the base of this topper:
I used wire as the base with a short strand of crystals twisted around to conceal the wires being inserted into the cake. It looked just like the base of this topper:
http://theflirtybride.com/cake_topper_nancu.html
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Kattie • 2010-03-15 13:03:32
Is there anyway you could send me a close up picture of this? My soon to be hubby and I are both in the aviation field and LOVE airplanes. Our colors are red and white and I saw this and just about died! e-mail me at Andersen_ERAU@yahoo.com
THANK YOU!!!!
Kev• 2010-06-17 07:06:29
As a private pilot, and one who recently proposed (in th elake district in May as we were due to be in Dublin where I had it all planned!!)- we are planning on getting married next year and I would love an aviation themed event. I cant see it happening but we can hope. This has to be the best cake Iv seen and will be showing it to my better half this weekend. I only hope that we may have something like this, but its excellent and you should be very pleased. Well done and congratulations.
Best wishes
Kev
G-CHGT
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The Flirty Girl• 2010-06-17 10:24:24
Thank you Kev and congratulations on your engagement!
There is a DIY tutorial about how I made this topper at the following link:
Even if it doesn't make the wedding cake, perhaps a small one for your groom's cake?
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Carol• 2010-07-27 13:56:28
Do you have a wedding cake topper with the bride and groom in an airplane?
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Carol• 2010-07-27 13:58:51
The groom is studying to be a pilot, It would be nice to have a cake topping with the bride and groom riding in a small airplane.
I have not made a plane with a bride and groom in the cockpit but it could be done. There are tiny plastic models of people sold at the hobby store that sells the airplane:
http://www.djhobby.com <- enter the word "people" in the search box
They can be modified (painted and a tiny veil added to the bride) and could then be inserted into the tiny cockpit.
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