My Sweet Spot on Top of The Sweet Spot

Before I even given any thought about a dream wedding cake I knew one thing.

There just had to be a vintage wedding cake topper on top.

I envy those brides who use their grandmother's cake toppers and you can just imagine them, many, many years earlier in your very shoes: a fresh new bride with her one honey on their super special day -- your parents & you just a twinkle in her eye.

Well - I didn't necessarily have the luxury of using Grandmom Sweet Cream's cake topper ... I don't even think that she had one in her 1940s wedding... or maybe she did.  My super sweet seasoned grandmom (I have forever promised that I would never tell anyone her age) can't seem to remember. But she did let me know if she does have one - it's mine!

...But I do have access to adopting someone else's grandmom's topper...maybe not someone I know... just someone...out there... You may or may not remember that I'm a fool for "antiques."

Just look at the batch of exquisite, charming, bride & groom figures that could grace the top of one of the most special sweets that may ever hit your spot.

Via / Wedding Cake Pictures

Via Ian Johnson Photo

 Ashley Carter Bridal & Wedding Follies (via Kenzie Kate)

I love that they include bits of antique paper and passementerie, along with pieces of sheet music and feathery doves. 

Via Flickr (Cassidyraehay)

Via Orange Blossom

So while out on an antique trip where I scour flea markets & antique stores hunting like a hawk for good deals and all-things-retro, I stumbled across this:

To tell you the whole truth we weren't even engaged yet!! (I know!)  

I wasn't even creating inspiration boards or stalking bridal blogs oooing and ahhhing over the complete insanity that is out there with all you creative, thoughtful brides in the blogosphere.  I was just a "waiting bee" before I even knew that the term existed and here I was paying 5 dollars at a flea market for this little lovely.  But it just caught my eye & I knew that we were meant to be.  Mind  you... We knew that we'd eventually get married...we just didn't know when!).

I cannot wait for it to grace the top of our super special confection!! I know that there is fluffing still to done on the vintage netting after I took it out and bleached it...and some spiffing up here and there... but I think that it's perfection! If only cake topper could talk... I wonder the story it would tell!!

So it sat -- well hid -- in the top of my closet & I never mentioned a word about it to anyone.  Until now...to you -- the whole hive!! (I hope Mr. Sweets isn't reading this!).

Tell me - did you get something wedding related -- even though it can be brutally embarrassing -- when you were "waiting" for the ring? 

Are you a vintage cake topper bride too!?