goodbye!!!

as the last few cake toppers find their homes I'm packing them them up and sending them off - and feeling a little sad to see them go. It was so much fun to make all these but so time consuming and for that reason far from lucrative. I've always said this job was a labor of love. While in the spirit,  I decided to pull out a number of photos of the cake toppers which have donned cakes and become icons of commitment for so many. I'm still so honored by what Halligan Norris wrote about their cake topper... and check out this from M.S.Weddings, if you haven't already seen it- this pieces was amazing in person but hard to see all the little tee tiny details in the photo- i.e. tiny floating butterflies!!!, tons of vintage trims and glorious lace.

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Only two cake toppers are still left in the shop-  I'll miss you two when you're gone! (the sale continues for another week or so- but if the last few days have been any indication, they won't last that long).  So long friends.

 

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thinking of love

I've been thinking a lot about love and commitment of late- which makes since... I've been working on Valentine's Day Pieces (for a big update) and for the last few days I've been making on a wedding cake topper that's a bit overdue. Working on a cake toppers is such an enjoyable process- the delicacy of the materials, the scale, not to mention the joy in making a pair of lovers to commemorate the couple's wedding day. The significance is not lost on me, but that's part of the reason they take so much time- I keep tweaking the piece until I feel I have it just right. I have to love it enough to put it atop my wedding cake- Hmmmmm- Maybe this is all just practice?

I've never been married though Jay and I have been together for 12+ years and I occasionally call him my husband (it's a good shorthand for what our commitment looks like). We've never found the right time to put it all together. Funny, for someone who loves weddings as much as I do, you'd think I'd have tied the knot right when he asked some 11 years ago. But, I'm also a perfectionist who loves to throw a party- and those two characteristics whip up into a perfect storm which compels me to spend obscene amounts of time planning. I spent weeks just getting my sisters baby shower in order and I can only imagine the complete life-take-over that would occur if I began planning my own wedding. So, for the sake of keeping my studio a productive space where work gets done and little-bits-of-cute get sent out into the world- I won't be taking any more custom Cake Toppers orders (though I hope to work on a few every now and then for the Esty Shop) and needless to say- there won't be any big wedding plans either. Someday when the time is right we'll tie that knot and make this whole thing official- but until then I'll just have to officially love that man-o-mine and call that good enough.

New Wedding Cake Topper... Seriously!

I recently sent this cake topper off to a couple who are getting married very soon. She asked me to make her a puppy and bunny cake topper- to honor their pet names for one and other.

(how sweet!?)

finding little pockets of time

here and there...Last week I made this Wedding Cake Topper for a special couple...
It's going in the mail today!

Look who's in here...

One of my little cake toppers was part of a wedding recently featured in Martha Stewart Weddings! Laura Normandin and Ben Tyszka's beautiful wedding in Brooklyn's Prospect Park looks fun filled - with dancing, a barbecue lunch, and a bicycle-riding. Pick up the magazine or check it out more photos on the website for all the details from the day...

I am so happy I was able to work on this Bride and Groom for Laura and Ben... The little wool pom pom Wrens stand atop the vintage fabric box covered in vintage flowers and little floating butterflies. The details is what makes this piece so special.

To see more of my cake toppers visit my etsy shop and my website.

Ceramic Cake Toppers

I just picked up all of my ceramic Cake Toppers from being fired. I love the idea of them donning a wedding, birthday, or anniversary cake... or for that matter, just sitting around the house!

See them all in my Etsy Shop

I've been making a bunch of these little pieces... While I used to spend all my time in my ceramics class throwing on the wheel making functional objects, these days I've been hand building, and loving the new projects.

Finally!

The new Wedding Cake Toppers I've been working on for the last few days are now up in my Esty Shop. I hope to make a couple more next week to add to the shop along with all the Ceramic pieces which are at the kiln being fired.

Even if you're not getting married...
here's a little dose of cute for you today:

new wedding cake toppers...

I've been working on a few pom pom cake toppers which I'll be posting soon! They've been in ridiculously high demand, so I'm feeling the pressure to finish at least a few great ones for my Etsy Shop (plus they're really fun to make, even though they take FOREVER... all those very little parts!)

cat cake toppers...

I recently had a bride approach me about wanting a cat cake topper... She said how she wished their cat could be there for the big day. I loved the idea of a simple singular cat holding court atop the weddingcake, approving of the union... Here are two of the pre-glazed pieces. Can't wait to see them all white and glowy once fired.

Once finished these pieces (and many others)
will be listed on my etsy shop.

taking a break from the studio...

and working on another project.

I took part of the day off from unpacking (the never ending story these days) to work on something a little more fun and creative. It's been far too long since I'd made any wedding cake toppers or anything ceramic for that matter.
For the last six years, I've been throwing pots on a regular basis. While Jay and I were in New Haven I spent too many hours to count each week at the Creative Arts Workshop where I made horribly lopsided bowls and cups, and found an affinity for potters and pottery. After those two years I became capable of making forms with relative ease and moved back to Minneapolis with far more pottery than could easily be contained in the average cupboard. I found a new studio here at Powderhorn Park with a dynamic and ridiculously fun group of teachers and students but had to give up throwing a few months ago when my baby belly got too big to bend over.

All that info just to express how utterly enjoyable it's been working on these pieces today... what's more, I can't wait to send them off to don wedding cakes and become little keepsakes of love and devotion. I'd say that's time well spent.