How to Make Cake Jewelry Heirlooms

Heirlooms carry special significance because of the memories they evoke. Signify new memories by creating modern heirlooms like cake jewelry.

Dessert is a big deal. When you take the time to make a birthday cake or dessert for a pal, it's a major gift of thoughtfulness and all around cheer. So instead of attempting to master a class of sugar flower making, use costume jewelry for sparkle. It can be used over and over (that's what makes it an heirloom).

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Cake plate
• Cake (homemade or store bought)
• Pearl headed pins
• Jewelry (old or new)

1. Scan your stash of jewels for huge pearls, broaches, rhinestones, diva sized beads and tiaras.

2. Extend the search to vintage stores, on-line merchants and accessories havens until you find your vibe of trinkets.

3. Collect pearl headed pins in colors that coordinate with your gems. Use them to secure the sparkles. Order the pearl headed pins from GM Floral Co.

4. Make a cake or dessert from scratch or pick up a simple version at a bakery or grocery store.

5. Style the cake with the jewels and take a photo of your creation.

6. If you are giving the jewels to the recipient as part of the gift, encourage them to loan them out to friends to use on their cake or regift them on a cake they style for a friend.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure you remove all the pearl headed pins before you cut the cake - you don't want them to make it to the dessert plates.

• Monograms works great by themselves so if you run short on time, go for jeweled letters and place them front and center.

Resources

• GM Floral Co.