How to protect your wedding cake at an outdoor wedding

Learn how to protect your cake at an outdoor reception from leaves and bugs (not to mention prying fingers from curious children!).

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Round hoop bed canopy
• Ribbon
• Silk flowers
• Shepherd's hook

1. I got an inexpensive round-hoop bed canopy (available in many colors) and I sewed a few dozen tiny little white bows to it randomly. As a finishing touch, I put a large tulle bow at the top with some silk flowers.

2. I then got a very tall shepherd’s hook that I could hang the canopy from. With the cake on a small table in the garden, we put the shepherd’s hook right next to the table, so that the hook was centered over the cake. We hung the canopy and carefully draped it around the cake.

3. The effect was quite beautiful and everyone commented on how pretty the cake was. When it was time to serve the cake, we simply moved the canopy to the side and enjoyed the completely bug-free and leaf-free cake!

Tips & Warnings

• You can adorn the netting with anything you like. Small butterflies or other garden bugs would be cute, crystals, beads, etc.

Resources

• Chica & Jo

[sashasweder]

on 11/7/2008 I had a bad day during a wedding on a beach on a windy day! Great tips for things you can overlook in the planning process!

[Desula]

on 8/15/2008 What a clever idea to protect your wedding cake at an outdoor wedding.