Whew...another hectic week! I had two orders due on the same weekend, and both were kinda big projects too. Here's the first one I did:
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| Collage-style editing...LOL!
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Yup, it's another Angry Birds project! I'm quite stoked that I was asked again to replicate these characters since Matthew's cake...wanted to try and make the figurines slightly better than my previous attempt, and boy was it fun when I see the characters all lined up on my tray, waiting to be 'perched' onto the cupcakes...LOL! But I'm getting ahead of myself..
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| The whole set of cupcakes... |
This set was for my friend Jag's cousins, who turned 5 and 7 recently. I was told that they were big fans of Ben 10, but Jag wanted to give them an Angry Birds' theme instead. After a few IMs, she decided on chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and figurines on top. She was so cool to let me arrange for a theme, so I Googled for ideas and finally ended up with this set....the 'compulsory' characters and tools used in the game *grins*
Here are some close ups on the cupcakes...I tried to do the sling shot like in the game, but silly old me never learnt much about sculpting so I ended up with a slight disheveled looking sling shot =/ Since then I've learned how to do it properly, so hopefully next time (if there ever was one!) I can make a nicer looking sling shot...hehe!
This was another thing that I was really proud of...the nest filled with little fondant 'eggs'! I didn't do the pretzel stick thing like last time. Decided to do a hand made fondant nest and glad that it turned out good =) Granted, it could still use some work but for a first attempt I suppose it was okay. LOL! Nearby were the white bird and some piggies =P
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| Some more characters of the set... |
And stones and bricks to try and simulate some 'levels' of the game amongst the characters =) Oh yes, I did the 'Happy Birthday' banner thing too that's similar to Marcus' cake, but this time I wanted to try also with some luster dust brushed onto it. Turns out I've been too heavy handed with the dust, resulting in too shiny letters. LOL!
Ah yes, and I also did this little TNT box...seeing it's so small it should be easy peasy right? That's what I thought until I started making it =/ I'm guessing if the baker was smart enough (unlike me), he/she will be able to make this in to time but for me, I took the 'long cut', taking too much time with cutting the small little 'planks' together and sticking them onto the oh-so-not-square box. *sigh* Still, it WAS fun making the characters and when I see them all together, it made my heart sing *wink*
The only thing too bad about it was the fact that the pieces of green fondant that the pieces were sitting on were too plain! *sigh* I'd wanted to get some proper impression mats, but there were none that fit this theme, so I'd just laid them down plain. Come to think of it I should have jazzed it up with some small tiny stars or some tiny pieces of fondant shaped in some way, but I couldn't find them yet till later, so plain it was.
Jag was very surprised with the cakes...and she doesn't know how to deal with it just yet =P Oh well, I told her can just peel off the fondant and have the cake with the buttercream (the cake without tastes a bit bitter because of the chocolate). Happy Birthday, Rajbir & Ranveer =) May all your wishes come true for you this year! *grins*
