I love cupcakes. Pink frosting with sprinkles sounds pretty yummy to me. And obviously a lot of other people like them too. This style and others tend to sell well in my etsy shop, http://www.StudioMarcy.etsy.com.But other people make similar cupcakes and in an earlier blog, I mentioned that it's a good thing to reconsider beads that you make, that perhaps could be restyled, or taken in another direction. This can be good for you as an artist, and maybe add a little zing for your sales too.
Between watching Ace of Cakes, and wanting to incorporate a little of my surface decoration and sculptural approach, I decided to give one of my cupcakes a new twist. This one has a small branch made of aventurine with multi shades of green leaves. A sculptural butterfly in transparent aqua and a touch of lapis give it more dimension. To add a dollop of whimsy, bright pink transparent glass dots the surface too.
There are so many directions to try. I'll be adding more cupcakes over the weeks to show you more makeovers on them, and other beads.
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I love the way you think! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI felt the same way about my cupcakes so I changed scale... making them HUGE and I also started making them more sculptural.
Fun post!
Yummy, elegant cupcake, Marcy :)
ReplyDeleteMarcy, you never cease to amaze me with your creativity.
ReplyDeleteI love this post! You are so right in the idea of re-thinking what we've made in the past to come up with something way better. You've taken the cupcake bead to a whole new level! Makes me want to take a look at some of my older polymer clay beads and see where they could be re-styled. Very, very cool!
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