Stuff… for People

…from my Etsy and Flickr friends that share the same passion about making all food in a teeny tiny size and then wanting to wear it!  All of these artisans are extremely creative and have inspired me to keep making tiny stuff.  You might want to grab a snack and take a peek at their Flickr sites, blogs and Etsy shops!

From top to bottom, left to right:

1.) Chocolate Popsicle Ice Cream Charm Necklace by Pokkuru

2.) Salty ‘n’ Sweet Hawaiian Pizza Earrings by Mouse Market

3.) Handmade Strawberry Mini-cake Ring by Galago

4.) I heart Cookie Dough Necklace by Beat Black

5.) Earrings – Miniature Sushi Board – Salmon Cucumber Ikura Maki by Snowfern

6.) Breezy Blue Green – Bobby Pins – Fruit Tart Collection by Petite Plat

7.) Falafel Necklace by Shay Aaron

8.) ButterCream Cake Ring by Fatally Feminine

9.) Hapiness Potion by With Lollipops

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I’m so excited!  I get to go to Patchwork in Santa Ana!  I’ve been working like crazy to get enough stuff together and have a lot of awesome inventory for the show.   I’ve been making some really cute fudge covered ice cream treats (remember Dove Bars?) with gooey fudge dripping down over ice cream on a stick!  I also added cute crystal embellishments to make them ultra-girly!  I’ll take pictures tonight and post them later.

Patchwork Indie Arts and Crafts Festival

Sunday May 17th, 11am until 5pm

2202 North Main Street, Santa Ana CA 92708

Until later!

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“A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men.”

-Roald Dahl (1916-1990), (Willie Wonka) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I finished these about a week ago, but finally took some pictures!  I was preparing for the Silverlake Art, Craft and Vintage Market and was also listing a bunch of new stuff on my Etsy store.  I didn’t make the crazy pink Sno Ball cakes and that will be later (possibly this weekend…).  I did, however, make yellowy vanilla and chocolate Zingers with the authentic “plasticky” icing that you can peel off and use as a replacement for wallpaper adhesive.  I also had to make some Twinkies with toasted bottoms and the three spots on the bottom where they inject the creamy white filling stuff!

I absolutely have to mention a fellow Etsean that sells the absolute most awesome-est cards!  They’re kind of Terry Gilliam-esque – remember the intros to Monty Python’s Flying Circus?  These way-too-funny cards are by Frantic Meerkat.  This is my favorite card, I just haven’t found the right person to send it to!

Until later!

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“I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.”

-Tammy Faye Bakker (1942-2007)

So I’m here in sunny Lancaster, California doing biology surveys.  In between babysitting construction workers and spending the evenings in my hotel room, I’ve had a lot of time to think of ideas for my next Sculpey poly clay adventures.  I want to do a series of teeny tiny junk food snack cakes.  I already have some Hostess chocolate cupcake charms in my Esty shop and I want to do more!

So I must admit that during my entire four years of high school I lived on fatty snacky cakes from the vending machine.  By the way, a packet of Ding Dongs, Funyuns and a bottle of Coca-Cola still sounds pretty yummy… geez, I really need to get some dinner. Anyway, I’m thinking of making radioactive pink Sno Balls, yellowy vanilla-ish Zingers, mushy gooey Suzy Qs, and of course, the never-say-die Twinkie!

As a good scientist, I was doing research (yeah, I do research on my charm projects, so I’m a geek) on my iPhone while sitting in the truck and came across a bunch of uses… er, recipes? for Hostess snack cakes.  So for all you gourmet foodies and DIYers in craft land, did you know you can make an x-mas ornament from a Sno Ball with some licorice, gumdrops and a tub of white frosting?

How about Twinkie sushi?  I have a feeling that leathery fruit-roll ups don’t quite match well with the spongy creamyness of a Twinkie…

Even better!  Impress (or drive away) your relatives at the next family reunion with Patriotic Twinkie Pie!  I think it would be too tacky to serve this at a 4th of July picnic but that’s just my opinon.

Until later!
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“Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.”

-George Carlin (1937-2008)