🎂 Nowadays cake toppers are a common cake decoration. They are used to add individuality and to personalize the cake. I recently learned about the history of the wedding cakes and wedding decoration. Yes, I love learning random stuff, though you might say cake toppers are what I do. 💕

Here are 3 fun facts about cake toppers that I thought you might like to know. 😊

ORIGINAL CAKE TOPPERS WERE NOT CAKE TOPPERS!

The original wedding cake toppers were pieces like bells, flowers or other small objects that were related to the bride and groom. Very often these pieces were made by a family member or a professional wedding cake baker using frosting, icing, or from non-edible materials like wood, glass and even plaster of Paris.
Wedding cake toppers became famous in the 1950s. They were used to represent the couple’s bond. Up until the 1990s the cake toppers were in the form of figurines of a bride and a groom. In the 1990s the wedding cake toppers started getting more personalized to reflect shared hobbies or passions. Some were humorous, or represented the couple's occupations.

FIRST COMMERCIAL WEDDING CAKE TOPPER was made in 1924. This made the cake toppers available to the masses to buy and decorate their wedding cakes.

MODERN WEDDING CAKE TOPPERS WERE TRADITIONAL!Wedding cake toppers became famous in the 1950s. They were used to represent the couple’s bond. Up until the 1990s the cake toppers were in the form of figurines of a bride and a groom. In the 1990s the wedding cake toppers started getting more personalized to reflect shared hobbies or passions. Some were humorous, or represented the couple's occupations.

Etsy & Nordstrom Present . . . AntoArts

I can't believe that it's been 2+ years since I decided to start this blog. Deciding it was the easy, doing it not so. Here's another attempt at it.

So much happened since I decided to start the blog. My shop took a new direction. I discovered my love for wire and this took me in the direction of creating home and wedding decoration using different wire finishes.

I was also featured in quite a few small and big wedding web sites. This put me in contact with many different people in every aspect of life - profession, nationality, interests etc.

I even opened a second shop for craft supplies(https://www.etsy.com/shop/AntoBoutique).

Then earlier this year I received a very intriguing email from Etsy. They wanted to know if I was interested in working with Nordstrom and having some of my designs sold at their stores.

In 2012 Etsy and Nordstrom started an “Etsy & Nordstrom Present” collaboration, where Nordstrom’s At Home department features selected Etsy vendors in their retail stores. You can read more about this here:
https://www.etsy.com/blog/news/2013/etsy-wholesale-local-artists-at-nordstrom/

In few words Nordstrom contacted me and we started working together developing a collection of designs from my shop to be sold at Nordstrom. This includes wedding hangers, cake toppers, plant markers, cheese markers, napkin rings . . . 

Earlier this month Nordstrom at Tyson's Corner, VA started selling the collection. In the next week or so, the collection will be available at www.Nordstrom.com. In June, 5 more stores will start selling the collection at their wedding suites.

For the time being I am working on Nordstrom's order along with the orders from my Etsy shops. It's a busy, but very exciting time for me.