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This bird cake topper was custom-made for Lisa, who will be getting married in an environmental center this fall. Her colors are fuschia and chocolate brown with a little green, which inspired the brown pinstripe groom with his pink necktie made from ribbon.
The bride bird is made from white dotted swiss fabric with a tulle pouf on her head. Fuschia lace was added to the tail of the bird as a fun way to add a little more color peeking from the back. After I assembled the bride, it occured to me that the tail reminds me of Gwen Stefani’s wedding dress a little bit.
I will ship the topper with swatches of the fabric and other materials used so Lisa can leave them with the baker, assuring the cake and topper look perfect together.
Generally I don’t mention my day job on this blog, but since it’s at Condé Nast working on the Brides.com website, I’m proud to finally divulge that information. My colleagues on the edit side of things have noticed that a certain Web Project Manager (me) has things such as handmade cake toppers and velvet acorn placecards at her desk from time to time. You know, in case anyone wants to see them….
And now my crafts kung-fu has graced the fun, content-rich blog, Wedded Bits in the form of a couple of shout-outs! Check them out here, and visit the blog regularly to keep up with the latest in wedding news and inspiration, updated multiple times a day.
The (East Coast) Renegade Craft Fair is coming! Like last year, it will be at the McCarren Park Pool in Willamsburg, Brooklyn.
Dates: Saturday and Sunday (June 14th and 15th)
Time: 11am-7pm
Visit www.renegadecraft.com for details.
My friend Maureen tagged me to play along with this meme, and since I think it’s kind of interesting to create this personal inventory and share it with others, I agreed.
First, the background.
1. Post the rules of the game at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags five people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read the player’s blog.
4. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.
What were you doing five years ago?
Interviewing for a new web producer job, and planning an exodus from Brooklyn to leave behind the ever-increasing noise, expense and lack of personal greenspace there. (And yes, I miss Bklyn sometimes.)
What are five things on your to-do list for today?
1. Mail prints of wedding photos (9 years later, but who’s counting?)
2. Doctor appointment
3. Review doula contract and paperwork
4. Roll over 401(k)
5. Answer work email
What are five snacks you enjoy?
1. Peanut Butter
2. Ice Cream (with peanut butter, when possible)
3. Chocolate (Ritter Sport, See’s nuts-n-chews, Jacques Torres)
4. Gummy candy, especially cola bottles
5. Jamba Juice
What are five things you would do if you were a billionaire?
1. Set up a 501c3, initiate a call for submissions from needy people, review their stories, and set up money and support to make their wishes a reality.
2. Take my crafts business to the next level…hiring a shop to refresh and maintain my website for me would be a good start.
3. Work part-time instead of full-time
4. Exercise more (could I pay someone to do it for me?)
5. Gather momentum around addressing work/life balance issues for humankind
What are five of your bad habits?
1. Procrastination (it took me weeks to sit down and do this list)
2. Multitasking to the point of ridiculousness
3. Excessive complaining
4. Not pushing myself as hard as I think I should (On second thought, if I compare myself to the American Idol-worshipping masses, I’m coming out ahead.)
5. Being too self-absorbed. I’m getting better in this department, but I’m still no Amy B.
What are five places where you have lived?
1. a London studio-sized flat, with two other roommates. You had to pay for electricity via a coin-operated mechanism–It was “exciting” to find you needed to plug the thing ASAP since the fridge was getting warm…
2. A handful of college and post-college apartments in Madison, WI
3. With exchange families in Germany, mostly Dusseldorf
4. Suburban Plymouth, MN and Montclair, NJ
5. The Village and Brooklyn, NYC
What are five jobs you’ve had?
1. Staff writer, The Onion
2. Web Producer, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
3. Craft designer, gradeschool – current
4. McDonald’s: counter, drive through, grill, birthday-party-host, you name it.
5. Handarbeiter: Institute for German Studies. The most memorable part of the job was splitting and stacking firewood. Lots of it.
Five people I tag:
-’sconnyboy
-tk
-You, if you want to play along!
I got a big batch of felt recently, with many colors slated to become Christmas stockings. I’m still dreaming up my newest designs, but in the meantime, I cut a very long “ribbon” of green felt grass. It might end up on a gift, or in a scrapbook, or who-knows-where. I rolled it up and tied it with tatting thread and played with it a little–it sort of looks like a kermit mum or something.
Here’s part of a recent order for mini acorn pins in progress. Each pin is under 2″ long and about 1/2″ tall. These will be gifts for teachers.
Apples are so last year.
