These days, writing a name in icing on the top of a birthday cake just seems so old fashioned! I don’t see many cakes with names piped on the top with icing these days. So, when I set out to make a birthday cake for some co-workers, I decided to make some buntings for the top and thought I would share the quick, easy way I did so.

My supplies were old book pages, alphabet rubber stamps, bakery twine, and some skewers.

I started out by folding some of the book pages. Then, I stamped each letter of the names I was creating onto the page, keeping the top of the letter close to the fold. I cut triangle shapes around each letter, keeping the fold intact. I arranged each triangle shape onto a piece of bakery twine and used a bead of glue to hold each one in place.

The final step was to tie each end of the twine to a skewer adding a dot of glue to secure in place. Lastly, I will add each of the skewers to the cake!

Wouldn’t the cake have looked so dated with the names piped on top compared to a cute name bunting?

Hope I inspired you to create a simple name bunting next time you bake a birthday cake! Play around with some materials and colors based on the tastes of your recipient. (My recipients were book lovers!) Or, you may want to add a little glitter for some sparkle! Have fun with it!

Where is the cake? Actually, still in the oven! And, why the candy corn bar? Well, can you really have a birthday celebration without candy?! ;)

Thanks for stopping by. Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie