If you are a die-hard geek, you can’t have just any old wedding cake. Ya gotta give it a geek twist and make it one of a kind. However, if you don’t have the cash to pitch out hundreds of dollars to get a custom cake made for your wedding, why not go with a bad ass geek cake topper. Etsy community member, Hilda Fernandez (AKA HILDOOM) offers a cool variety of cute geeky cake toppers like Han Solo and Princess Leia from Star Wars (pictured above). If Star Wars isn’t your thing (and shame on you if it isn’t), she also offers custom cake toppers of Link and Zelda from… well, Zelda, Jack and Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas and Mario and Princess Peach from Super Mario Bros.! Even Luigi gets some time in the spotlight in his own cake topper with Princess Daisy! Each of these adorable cake toppers are hand sculpted and made of polymer clay and colored using acrylic paint. HILDOOM also takes special requests so if you want something different from what she has to offer on her Etsy shop, just drop her a line. Considering each of these cake toppers are each created by hand, she only charges around $85 each (more pending on the difficulty of the request)! A small price to pay to personalize your big day and to have a keepsake from your wedding that screams geek!
I too have requested the services of HILDOOM to create a one-of-a-kind cake topper for my wedding next week (and yes, I am getting married…). Unfortunately, as much as I would KILL (KILL I said!) for a pair of his and her Scout Troopers beating down on an Ewok as my cake topper, I will be getting two frogs named Kerori from Sanrio, because Mrs. geektrooper said so. Sigh~
Check out HILDOOM Etsy shop and hit the jump to see more of her awesome geek cake toppers!
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Meet Anli and Laura (of Australia). They are video game and anime (Japanese animation) fanatics. They are also madly in love and recently got married. These two love birds didn’t go the conventional route for their wedding and incorporated many aspects of video games and anime into their ceremony and reception.
We wanted a ceremony that reflected our geeky, romantic, pink aesthetic, while at the same time being profound and meaningful. Our ceremony was themed around the video game. Portal and the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena We incorporated lots of geeky details, from the table names (Revolution, Sierra, Katara and GLaDOS) to the choice of music. We also kept several traditional elements such as bouquets, dresses and bridesmaids. However, we both walked down the aisle unaccompanied and skipped the garter/bouquet toss.
Oh freakin’ sweet! Anli and Laura’s special day featured everything from Revolutionary Girl Utena cosplay (Anli naturally wears glasses and Laura has pink hair), “Weighted Companion Cube” (from Portal) themed wedding cake and gift boxes, and ripped it on Rock Band with guests. With the assistance of their great friends, they even walk down the aisle to a violin rendition of “Hikaru Sasu Niwa” (Sunlit Garden) which was a song from Revolutionary Girl Utena. Congratulations to Anli and Laura on their marriage. iGeektrooper wishes you happiness and everlasting love. Cheers!
Hit the jump to see some of the gorgeous photos from the wedding!
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Good gawd I am jealous! When Star Wars artist Chris Trevas and his finacee Julie chose their wedding cake, they didn’t go for the classic 3 tier wedding cake covered in fondant and edible flowers. Instead, they called upon the services of master cake decorator, Courtney Clark of Cake Novueau (pictured above inbetween the Stormtroopers) to create them a one of a kind wedding cake that has been seen before. Courtney was requested to create a Star Wars Episode 5 The Empire Strikes Back dead tauntaun wedding cake, complete with a mini Luke Skywalker in Hoth gear tucked inside the stomach of the tauntaun. If Courtney seems familiar to you, it is because she was featured as contestants on Food Network’s Food Network Challenge and TLC’s Ultimate Cake-Off (which is nothing more than a sad rip-off of Food Network’s programing. Same goes with Cake Boss). I have seen many Star Wars cakes over the last few years and I would have to say this dead tauntaun wedding cakes is the most outrageous and bad ass cake I have ever seen. Great work Courtney and congrats to Chris and Julie!
Hit the jump to see more pictures of this EPIC cake!
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