After the happy couple, the cake is the center of attention at a wedding — so you'll want to doll it up with a cute topper. These ideas are inexpensive (win!) and by making your topper yourself, this important wedding detail will feel personal and playful (win-win!). Here are three ideas to try — whether you're a DIY newbie or pro.

Styling and Tutorials: Caylin Harris, @caylinharriscreative. Cakes: Isis Cakes, Jamestown, RI, @isis_cakes. Flowers: Weatherlow Florals, various retailers in Massachussets and Rhode Island, @weatherlow_florals, and Carlone's Florist, Portsmouth, RI, @carlonesflorist.

Paper punches make easy work of what could be the hardest part of this project: getting the perfect, symmetrial heart shape.

Gather your supplies. For this project you’ll need scrapbook paper in assorted colors (choose your wedding palette or go classic with pinks, reds and neutrals!), hot glue, three sizes of heart-shaped paper punches, thick gold wire, wire snips, and a microfiber cloth. Start by plugging in your hot glue gun and setting it to low.

Punch one heart of each size out of each piece of scrapbook paper. You should end up with one small, one medium and one large heart in each color. Set aside.