By: Jane O

Jane O — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:40:44 +0000

We did it ourselves too, we followed the instructions from this video and we had butterflies too.

The video is cheap comparing to get professional to do it. Check it out.

Love
Jane

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By: greeneyes51572

greeneyes51572 — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:57:15 +0000

Since you are saving money doing it yourself — why not purchase some butterflies from a cake decorating store. Here is one:
http://www.bizrate.com/partysupplies/oid628665245__start–20.html

This also popped up in the search - check out this for your wedding program:
http://www.advantagebridal.com/mobuwepr.html

For the mini cake on top I would cover it with white icing making sure it is as smooth as you can get it. Then, using the pastry bag and a small circular tip, make polka dots all over the sides. Keep them random and cover the top with some beautiful flowers. Talk with you local florist and order some flowers that do not have pesticides on them and have a friend or the bakery insert them directly into the cake just prior to the reception. If you use a hardier flower (not white roses) it should last. Or, look into silk flowers. Either way it will be beautiful.

As far as icing the cupcakes, I would use a pastry bag again with a star tip. This will give you some beautiful texture to the icing but you won't have to worry about it being perfect, the butterfly will cover most of it.

Oh, I have another idea — for your table arrangements, you can fill a flower pot (the inexpensive terracotta ones with a matching saucer) with soil and plant grass seed (2 weeks before the day) . Using hot glue, attach more of the same butterflies to different lengths of wooden skewers and insert them into the grass. Tie a beautiful satin ribbon around the flower pot.

I hope that gets your creative juices flowing. Congrats and good luck with the arrangements.
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