Happy Easter to everyone!
The fun of miniatures is no egg coloring (not at those prices. ha!) and while the chocolate is fake, it's still fun! (*Click photos for full size.)
Got the cutest mini Easter basket from my miniatures pal Gigi. Why those colors you ask? Well... you know I like Halloween so she made the basket in Halloween colors. Yes, that 😉 bunny is black - super-dark chocolate!
Tried something different during our latest mini session. She was working on a mini carrot cake kit from Robin Betterley which offered some unique ideas for finishing, so I decided to try my own version.
Ta-Dah! Half-scale and 1" scale carrot cakes!
I decided to finish them off, so added more "carrots" round the edges, which does look better. And added the silverware! Pretty cool!
I made the cakes by cutting the forms out of 1/8" foam board. Paper towel is glued over the surface for texture, then painted white. After that I dabbed on some Snow Magic, a thicker fake snow, paint-type material. When dry, it's topped with Gloss Mod Podge. The inside of the cake is painted ginger brown. The "carrot" pieces on top are dried orange paint cut into tiny triangles to resemble carrots. What's cool is I could make a half-scale size knife from cardboard using the knife stencil. Something fun and different for a change!
And since Easter is on my mind, I made a couple other smaller Easter baskets using a vintage basket pattern I found online some time back and reduced in size. Fun and easy to make!
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