Friday, May 17, 2024

Fake Bake Decor: Strawberry Lemonade

Summer Tiered Tray

Once summer arrives I like to switch up my fake bake displays every few weeks. Come in and take a look at my strawberry lemonade collection:


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Summer Tiered Tray
Summer Tiered Tray
Summer Tiered Tray
Sumer Tiered Tray
Summer Tiered Tray
 
This series of photos are going from left to right on the breakfast room cabinet.  

The two round cakes are made with Dollar Tree foam rounds and painted in acrylic.  The red cake I glued the rounds together and coated with light weight spackle before painting.  For the layer cake I painted the rounds first and then sandwiched together with light weight spackle.  The dripping red sauce is also acrylic paint.  The berries on top of the red cake are clay, made in a mold then painted (like this), while the plastic berries on top of the layer cake can be found here.

The mug drink was made like this and I have this tutorial for the strawberry lemonade.  The jar of faux strawberries are some that I found while thrifting.  They were pretty faded so I repainted them and put them in an old candle jar.  The sponge cakes are made from colorful sponges that I cut and then stacked with light weight spackle in between each layer.

The strawberry shortcake printable is no longer available but you can find the strawberry layer printable here.



Summer Tiered Tray
Summer Tiered Tray
Summer Tiered Tray
Summer Tiered Tray
Summer Tiered Tray
Summer Tiered Tray
Summer Tiered Tray
 
Over on the buffet I added a few lemon themed items as well.  

The lemonade and the ice water with lemon are made in the same way as the strawberry lemonade - just use a yellow paint to color the resin for lemonade and leave it clear for water.  The lemon topped mug drinks were made in the same way as the strawberry one from the cabinet display.  You can find faux whole lemons here, sliced lemons here, wedged lemons here and ice here.

The strawberry bowls are a vintage set that I found at Goodwill and the cupcakes I made like this.  I can't remember where I found the loose strawberries that are on the tiered tray, but here are similar.  They have the same size and texture but are a solid red whereas mine have white spots.  You could always paint some on it you really wanted to.

And that's my strawberry lemonade collection!




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Friday, May 10, 2024

Storage Unit Turned Coat Cabinet: Furniture Re-style

Coat Storage

We have a spot in our breakfast room where we keep all of our coats/ shoes/ bags/ etc.  I was using a small shelf until I could find something prettier and came across a storage unit that was perfect.  Read on to see the transformation:


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Coat Storage

Here is how that corner of the breakfast room looked before.



Coat Storage

I didn't get a picture of the new storage unit before I began painting so I found these online.
Originally sold by the Sauder company, the storage units are interchangeable in style.  The one that I found has the glass top from the left photo and the cabinet bottom from the right photo.  My unit was $40 at my local thrift store.

This search result page from Amazon will show you what's available for purchase brand new.



Coat Storage

After removing the doors of both parts and the interior shelving from the top, I repainted the unit with leftover paint from out walls/ trim (don't forget to clean and sand).  I could say that I did a two tone style for aesthetic reasons, but really I ran out of white paint part way through 😄  I like how it turned out though.



Coat Storage

The hooks that the coats are hanging on were already in place on the wall when we moved in.  At first I was going to remove them from the wall and attach them inside of the cabinet - but the back of the cabinet was a cardboard backing instead of wood.  

I decided to remove the backing from the top section of the unit entirely and just push it up close to the wall.  It worked perfectly in this situation, but you will want to be careful if doing the same.  Often times with this kind of furniture the backing provided stability and removing it can weaken the structure.



Coat Storage

Here is a before and after of the area - so much more neat and tidy!  I love having everything put away.

The glass panels I spray painted in gold on the inside of the doors.  Spraying inside maintains the  reflective surface of the glass as you will still see glass before the paint color.  If you want a matte finish you would paint the outside of the glass, completely covering it up.  Make sure you use a spray paint intended for glass or else it will peel back off.



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Friday, May 3, 2024

Beach Themed Fake Bakes

Fake Bake Tiered Tray Decor

Summer is close and I'm in the mood with a tiered tray full of beach themed fake bakes:

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Fake Bake Tiered Tray Decor
Fake Bake Tiered Tray Decor
Fake Bake Tiered Tray Decor

This collection contains a pile of seashells, starfish, gemstones, sunbursts and mermaid tails.  Most of these were made with plaster though a few are salt dough.  All of them are painted in acrylic and detailed with puffy paint or glitter.  The seashell sandwich cookies are plaster made in a Madeline mold and then filled with light weight spackle.  A search for 'mermaid' or 'seashell' silicone molds on Amazon will bring you numerous results for purchasing your own supplies - happy crafting 😍


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