I sure hope you were able to attend my party yesterday! But if not, no worries. That’s the beauty of the interwebs—virtual parties keep on hoppin’! I have quite a few party-detail posts coming your way over the next few weeks, but I though I’d start things off easy with the cutest-ever Cake Topper Bunting.

Okay, maybe not cutest ever, but I did actually squeal when I put it atop my cake.

For reals.

I didn’t want anything written on my cake, not even “Happy Birthday” because I wanted to keep it simple, and because the “standard” icing job on a Bonbonerie Opera Cream Torte already looks pretty fab.

I’d pinned a couple different cake/cupcake topper ideas, like this one and this one, but I ultimately decided to use my nifty Silhouette Cameo and some pretty gold-and-silver-glittered scrapbook paper I’d picked up. Though you could easily make your own bunting without a Silhouette, just by cutting out some triangles and poking holes in them.

Okay, now those of you who are Silhouette aficionados may chuckle a bit at this, but this project was a big little victory for me: I drew the triangles and punch-out circles myself! All by myself in the Silhouette Studio software!

You gotta start somewhere, right!?

I cut and weeded my triangles, then started stringing them up. I used some old tatting thread that my mom dug out of her sewing supplies, but you could use any kind of thread, string or twine.

The cake was a 9″ cake, so I measured out enough tatting thread to fit about a 7″ diameter with a swag in the center. Then I tied each end to a bamboo skewer, and it was ready to adorn my cake!

And I can re-use it for the next birthday, or just whenever our desserts need a bit of gold and glitter. Which really could be any ole day.

You can check out more inspiration for my party on my Roaring Twenties Pinterest board here.

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