In the end we came up with a design for the cupcake toppers...this involved cutting fondant discs, stenciling on the art deco pattern with white royal icing and then painting the pattern with gold and silver lustre dust. The top cake was a design I'd been wanting to try since I'd seen it in a magazine a few months before...it took me 3 shots but I think it came out pretty well!
I think the whole thing looked awesome all set up and was told there was not one cupcake left at the end of the night!