Sunday, April 29, 2012

Weekend prototype Part 2

I know it's been a long delay on finishing the weekend fun project but this weekend I have almost finished!!!
This weekend I ventured to one of the hardware stores and purchased a 1x6x10 cedar wood planks. (this week I learned that a 1x6x10 is not actually 6 but about 5 1/2inches.) I had them cut the boards into 6" cuts. So, the tiles are 6x51/2.
Next, I sanded the edges down so they are more rounded and smooth. When I was finished sanding I laid out the letters and realized they are too big. So, I re-cut the letters 4.25"and the little letters/numbers are still 1" (actual size) using the Sans Serif cartridge on the Cricut.
After re-cutting the letters I simply spread Mod Podge on the wood and placed the letter in the glue. I let the Mod Podge dry and brushed another layer of Mod Podge over the letter after the first layer was dry.
Here is a preview of the completed titles:



Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Princess Party

My daughter and her friend had a princess party at one of the jump places. She wanted a Cinderella Carriage. To make this cake I used the Wilton- Sport Ball Pan. I took creative liberty on this and made it pink.
Some issues I had with this one... I tried to make the wheels and driver seats out of royal icing and they broke. I will need to explore using Royal icing more. :) Then I tried to make it out of white chocolate and that broke. last minute I went with the pip cleaners! 
I added the girls initials on the door for some a little fun touches. :)


The second cake my daughter didn't care what it was as long at it stayed in the princess theme! I love the idea of getting to do whatever I want...I just wish I had more time to plan for it. Instead I put icing to cake and came up with this:
Three layers: Two 10 inch and one 6 inch. Then I got a plastic crown to put on the top.... 


The girls loved the cakes and that is all that matters! :)