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.
Well how funny is this? For my groom one of the most important aspects of the entire wedding was having shrimp cocktail at the wedding. I decided the most appropriate time to serve it would be during the "cocktail" hour.
I hadn't decided on our cake decor when my friend Armando called me up to tell me he'd just watched an episode of Ace of Cakes and that they made a shrimp cake, and that I should make a shrimp cake topper.
As soon as he said it I saw the picture in my mind of how to make one. The next step was finding shrimp colored beads. Not as easy as you might think. It took a trip up to San Francisco to General Bead, and to my favorite South Bay bead shops, Beads and Things and to 3 Beads and a Button to find just the right seed beads to create my shrimp.
I used Swarovski Austrian crystal to create the clear crystal dish and filled it with red crystals to mimic the cocktail sauce.
And yes those are iPod Video Nanos on the cake. You can read about them by CLICKING HERE.
The cake was a hit! The shrimp were unexpected and gave everyone a good laugh.
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Comments (7)
Jessica• 2008-07-23 18:30:44
Hi! do you happen to give instructions on how to make these beaded shrimp? they are so cute!
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Stacie (The Flirty Girl)• 2008-07-23 18:43:35
Hi Jessica,
I haven't put together a tutorial for the shrimp but will be making more in a couple of months. I can take some photos then and post them as a tutorial. Did you need to learn them by a certain date or just for fun?
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Jessica• 2008-07-24 18:40:18
Oh I was just making them for fun :] After a lot of trial and error, I was able to make a shrimp, but the body of the shrimp looks a little weird because I think I messed up on the circular body segments. Also, it would be great if you could post the photos up as a tutorial! Thanks!
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Erin (horrelle@aol.com)• 2008-09-27 00:43:20
I would love to make one of your shrimp! Please let me know if you're interested in sharing your pattern
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Clover • 2009-02-06 14:33:20
I love it!! Even though I am very allergic to shrimp, this cake is a great reminder that a wedding is what ever YOU make it. Keep the creative ideas flowing!!
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Gemma • 2010-03-14 23:17:50
Hello!,
I'm DESPARATE to make one of these, but I dont have a clue where to start! theyre soooooooooooo cool!!!
What a fantastic idea :o)
Is there any chance I could see the tutorial pics for this?
Thanks you so much
Would a video tutorial work for you? There are so man steps to make this project that it would take a lot of photos. Let me know if you read this comment.
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