A Little Disney Magic

Every summer when I was little, my parents packed up the car with suitcases, snacks, pillows and car games and we made the drive from New England to Florida to go to Disney World.  My aunt, uncle and cousins came too, and together the eight of us made the best memories of our childhoods. Hot, sticky days spent waiting in lines to meet Mickey mouse, looking forward to the ride lines that had the fans that blew mist onto you... buying waters and making them last as long as possible because they were like $10 a bottle... spending days at the pool or at the beach.. picking out our souvenirs.. We had so much fun.. Disney definitely holds a special place in my heart.

This display has been in the works for months. An old high school classmate of mine reached out to me to create a display for his sister and her fiancee's Jack & Jill that would be completely Disney themed since the couple is planning to be married there in a few months! Obviously I was thrilled to do it!

This display included a lot of fondant work. I wanted it too look authentic and fun! We went with the classic red, white and black colors to capture the essence of Mickey and Minnie.

These Mickey sprinkles were a great find on Amazon that added a great touch!

I picked up some Mickey scrapbook paper and put it together to make a mat that the plates would sit on.  I also included some romantic quotes from famous Disney movies and typed them into a Disney font generator which I thought was so cool!  The Disney font is so distinct, and this really added to the authenticity of my display.

Recently I have invested in a lot of fondant tools so I can start enhancing the displays and getting more into detail.  I created dresses for Belle and Cinderella, as we decided to include them in the display as well!

More details.. Aren't the Mickey & Minnie so adorable! I feel like they are looking off into the distance at their future together.

 

 A plate of Disney treats! Mickey & Minnie, Cinderella's glass slippers and Belle's red roses.

 Finished display! I love how you could see the mat through the clear glass plates.

 Cinderella and her carriage and glass slipper!

And Belle with her red roses!

I really loved doing this display and I hope everyone enjoyed it! The details really made it and I love this color scheme! Disney themes are the best themes and this one definitely brought me back to my childhood.

-Elena

Under the [Sweet] Sea

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