this week at the bazaar!

It's Friday already?!?!?! Where does the week go?! I feel like just yesterday I post last week's wrap up!

Oh well! Lately there is always something going on at the Bazaar so let's get to it!

1.) Today I tried my hand at making a butterfly cane! Not only was it more complicated than I expected, it took forever! Haha!

This wasn't just something random, either. There is a shop that opened up in town called The Blu Butterfly. I met the owner some time ago through Etsy when I was playing around with Etsy shop banners and stuff. I made her a whole branding package and we have still ~kinda~ kept contact over this whole time.

Anyways, I made this cane so that I could make some earrings and pins and maybe even some charms or beads - all for The Blu Butterfly! This is actually the practice cane, but I am gonna make some example pieces with it so I can go show the owner and see what she thinks!

These almost look like drawings to me... which makes me like them even more!

I still want to play around with what I can do with the cane. Like I said before: earrings, pins, beads, charms, magnets (?).... Anyone have any other ideas?

2.) I also practiced my pumpkins this week! (Shout-out to Jenny who loves pumpkins!) I made them different colors other than orange because I want to have a wider variety this year than I did last year - I can't wait to start on Autumn minis!

3.) We also can't forget about my little watermelons! Which, by the way are listed HERE in my Etsy shop.

4.) There was also the Ombre Cakes and Sprinkle Cakes from the beginning of the week!

5.) I also have been practicing on some fruit! I am having a lot of fun with these, most likely because I have never made many fruits before- so you can expect some fruits to be listed in the Etsy shop soon! Haha! But only after I am happy with how everything looks. In this next image I was playing around with the translucency, hue, and size of each fruit.

6.) I also got a request on Etsy for a set of custom cake boxes. The customer wanted a teal box with little white stars- here is what I came up with!

7.) I know I already made one point about the fruit, but one thing I am SUPER happy with is my blueberries and the little basket! I can't wait to make more of these and have them sitting on my produce stand!

8.) I cut my hair! Yes, by "I cut my hair" I mean I CUT IT MYSELF. I don't know how practical it is, but I prefer to cut it myself because I hate going to the barber JUST to get almost all my hair cut off and thrown away. I know this is kinda irrelevant... but... it still happened this week! Hahaha!

UGH. Notice the little lock of hair over on the side. Hey.. I said I cut it, I didn't say anything about brushing it. HAHAHA. Also, I am beginning to hate the color of my room. I love green and brown and it suited me when I painted it a few months ago, but I am ready for something different. Something lighter. Maybe a project for the coming week!? :D

Well, that's all for now! I hope you enjoyed today's post!

Until next time!

xoxoxo

-Blake

1:12 scale watermelons!

We all know how I have that pesky little habit of starting on something and dashing off to work on something else.... well... I am trying to change that! I have been working on minis that I started and left in the dust (so to speak). The other day I got around to those cake bases I made and made some Bakery Style cakes as well as some Ombre cakes and even some with Sprinkles!

For the last couple days I have been working on watermelons! (the very same ones that I showed you guys a sneak peek of and then forgot about.)

These were actually really fun to make! Like I mentioned before, I have been wanting to make things I've never made before... and... that list is VERY long. I have spent most of my miniature-making career focused on cakes and sweets. There has been the occasional meat or fruit... but not often.

I also have been feeling happier with my photos :) I think I was just out of practice... ERGH. Do you guys ever get into little "funks" like that?

What do yall think about the watermelons? Is there anything I should work on? I'm open for critique! It's the best way to improve! <3 The outsides are hand painted and I was working from pictured I Googled.

I have listed a small set of 3 pieces in my Etsy, to see if anyone likes them. You can find the listing HERE.

Well, that's it for today! I guess you can say I have slowly been regaining my inspiration. Which is good because it was KILLING me not being as productive as I have been. I think I will run off now to make something else :)

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

-Blake