I am going to cut right to the chase and say I just finished my absolute favorite cake pop display OF ALL TIME.
Ok, now that that's over with... I have not posted in a while because of life. Life is busy! I moved, so that took an insane amount of energy and time. I am still recovering from the exhaustion but, moved in and it is starting to feel like home!
A few weeks ago my friend asked me to make this display and in my head I'm like "Elena how are you going to pull this off, you're moving. You're going to be in boxes, how are you going to make 40 cake pops (which turned into 60) in time!" Then I was told the theme--- The Little Mermaid. After that there was no question.. this was happening!
Anyone who knows me at all knows my obsession with The Little Mermaid. Currently, if you walked into my parents' house and into my room you'd find a giant shelf filled with Ariel things. But that's not all.. she is basically everywhere in my life--coffee mugs at work, produce shopping bags, my keychain, my cell phone case, my socks, window sticker on my car... she is even on the bedspread currently on my bed in the apartment until I find one I like! She is everywhere.. Ariel is a part of me! I grew up with the movie and watched it so much I think I killed the tape. It's the part of me that will never grow up.
So, needless to say I was quite passionate about this project. I wanted the characters to come alive so I played a lot with fondant, even tinting it myself which I haven't done too much of. The fondant "sea life" tray I picked up was perfect, even the conch that Ursula steals Ariel's voice with worked out perfectly! I am not a great sculptor so I knew I couldn't make the characters from scratch, so I printed them in colored paper and then built the lower half of their bodies onto cake pops!
So happy with this one! I really hope everyone enjoys them as much as I loved making them!
Next up: Valentine's Day Dinos.. yes.. Dinos :)
-Elena
Ok, now that that's over with... I have not posted in a while because of life. Life is busy! I moved, so that took an insane amount of energy and time. I am still recovering from the exhaustion but, moved in and it is starting to feel like home!
A few weeks ago my friend asked me to make this display and in my head I'm like "Elena how are you going to pull this off, you're moving. You're going to be in boxes, how are you going to make 40 cake pops (which turned into 60) in time!" Then I was told the theme--- The Little Mermaid. After that there was no question.. this was happening!
Anyone who knows me at all knows my obsession with The Little Mermaid. Currently, if you walked into my parents' house and into my room you'd find a giant shelf filled with Ariel things. But that's not all.. she is basically everywhere in my life--coffee mugs at work, produce shopping bags, my keychain, my cell phone case, my socks, window sticker on my car... she is even on the bedspread currently on my bed in the apartment until I find one I like! She is everywhere.. Ariel is a part of me! I grew up with the movie and watched it so much I think I killed the tape. It's the part of me that will never grow up.
So, needless to say I was quite passionate about this project. I wanted the characters to come alive so I played a lot with fondant, even tinting it myself which I haven't done too much of. The fondant "sea life" tray I picked up was perfect, even the conch that Ursula steals Ariel's voice with worked out perfectly! I am not a great sculptor so I knew I couldn't make the characters from scratch, so I printed them in colored paper and then built the lower half of their bodies onto cake pops!
So happy with this one! I really hope everyone enjoys them as much as I loved making them!
Next up: Valentine's Day Dinos.. yes.. Dinos :)
-Elena
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