Summertime: Wedding Season

It is summertime, and that means weddings. Here are a few cakes I have made for weddings in the past.

For this cake, I used real flowers for the cake topper.

This bride wanted a miniature wedding cake, with a bunch of cupcakes.

All of these roses were handmade, both on all the cupcakes, and on the cake below.

All fresh flowers on this pink cake.

My sister's wedding cake, my first "real" wedding cake I ever made. I learned a lot from this one cake.

I was thinking I could make some paperclay painted birds for wedding cake toppers. Instead of hanging by a hook at the top, I could add little wire feet that would sit on the cake.

Spring Time!

In honor of spring, I thought I would post some pictures of things I have made that remind me of spring.

Things I've Made with Sculpey

Since I haven't made anything new since my 6 week old son was born, I decided to post some pictures of things that I made using Sculpey, or polymer clay. These clocks were a series I called "Clock Babies". I made all the figures from Sculpey, which is a clay you sculpt then bake in the oven. You can then sand, paint and varnish, and even drill holes in the clay. I decided to make clocks. I used a clock bought from the craft store, and a ready made frame. At the time I worked in a frame store, and found a bunch of neat frames I liked. As I got into it, I got more creative with each one, adding things for them to hold, like hearts or animals.

With the faces and hands, I used "Super Sculpey" which is a lot like regular Sculpey, but is a lot more firmer and can hold its shape better. I wanted the faces to be more 3d and so I sculpted them to have more dimension.

These little guys I made into ornaments. I used the Sculpey for their faces, arms, and legs. The bodies I sewed out of fabric and stuffed. On some of them I attached hearts that I made from Sculpey as well.

This art installation was from an art class when I was at BSU. It was a series of boxes I made, that each had a peep hole to look into, finding a different "view". I wanted to create something unexpected and play with the idea of voyeurism. Everything inside is made by hand, using Sculpey, fabric, and a few other things.

Since the boxes were completely closed off, each one was lit inside using a small night light bulb. When turned on, and you looked through the peep hole, you were able to see inside.

This is what it looked like when you looked through the peep hole. The installation was a big success and I even sold it to Robert Kantor, a sculptor from Sun Valley, Idaho.

New Baby Boy

Morgan Pierce Williams ~ born March 1st. 7 lbs 12 oz 21" long.

Well this is the reason I have been taking some time off from making things, and posting about them. I haven't had much time to work on anything, but hopefully when things settle down and we get into a routine, I'll be able to get back into creating things.

Husband Brandon, Son Caedon, Son Morgan, and me ~Tara.