Studio 27 - By Jennifer Adams: 2025

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Wednesdays in the Studio - Link Party 25

Welcome to Wednesdays in the Studio, a weekly link party focusing on designing everyday life.

Thank you to everyone who joined last week! This week's features include:

Hanging succulents from Crazy Little Lovebirds

Homestead Sunday from Scratch Made Food

A travel adventure from Dinner at 8

Teriyaki chicken wings from Esme Salon

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*Add up to 3 posts related to designing everyday life. Examples include crafting, sewing, cooking, baking, home decor, holidays, party planning, blogging, thrifting, gardening, DIY projects, organization and so on.

*Please link to a specific post and not your homepage.

*Link only your own posts, not someone else's.

*Etsy shops, giveaways and other link parties are ok as long as they are design related.

*Party runs from Wednesday until Monday each week, Central Standard Time.

*A link back to this party isn't required but is appreciated!

*Linking up gives you the opportunity to be featured in next week's party.

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-Jennifer

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Fake Bake Tiered Tray Kitchen Pantry Decor

Chocolate Cake Printables

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Cake & Cupcake SVG Bundle

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Monday, July 7, 2025

My Large -Faux- Chocolate Cake

I wanted to make a large faux chocolate cake and decided to do so using Styrofoam and spackle. Read on to see how you can make one as well:

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I had some sheets of styrofoam that came from a shipping box and used a large plate to trace out a circle.

Using a serrated knife I cut out four of the circles and hot glued them together. Once they were firmly attached I used the knife again to go over the uneven edges, trimming here and there until the cake form was smooth.

A coating of light weight spackle all over the cake gives the look of icing. You can see that a small crack appeared at the center of the cake at the top. If this happens to you, you can try to add a little bit of water to smooth it out or go over it with some more spackle. Since I planned on adding a topping that will cover it up, I didn't attempt to fix it.

Once the spackle had fully cured I painted it with a chocolate looking brown acrylic paint.

Using more spackle, I dolloped a bit on top to look like cream and stuck in some of these faux strawberries. Then with brown puffy paint I drizzled on the chocolate sauce.

And here is how the cake looked once finished. You can tell how big it is by looking at the white cake stand as it's meant to me used with standard sized cakes. The gold plates are actually chargers, so they are much bigger than dinner plates.

And that's how I made my very large faux chocolate cake! I added this piece to my cake and cupcake collection, you can click here to see more.

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Interested in more fake bake crafts?

I've gathered all of my tutorials and collections into this resource page.

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I hope you enjoyed this how to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

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This post was added to the following link parties:

Farmhouse Friday

Saturday Sparks

Sundays on Silverado

Monday Morning Blog Club

Craft Schooling Sunday

New Upcycle Ideas

Dare to Share

You're The Star

The Really Crafty Link Party

Craftastic Monday

Handmade Monday

Busy Monday

Happiness is Homemade

Senior Salon Pit Stop

The Crazy Little Lovebirds Link Party

Inspire Me Tuesday

Tuesdays With a Twist

Lou Lou Girls Fabulous Party

Tuesday Turn About

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Do you like the convenience of crafting or organizing with instantly available digital downloads?

Check out this week's features from my Etsy shop:

Fake Bake Kitchen Pantry Tiered Tray Home Decor

Chocolate Cake Printables

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Cake & Cupcake SVG Bundle

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Blog Planner Organizational Worksheet Bundle

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Wednesdays in the Studio - Link Party 24

Welcome to Wednesdays in the Studio, a weekly link party focusing on designing everyday life.

Thank you to everyone who joined last week! This week's features include:

A DIY serving tray from Creative Moments

Yogurt jars turned hanging vases from Steph Creates Things

Fake bake marshmallows from Fresh Vintage by Lisa S

An exterior project list for you home from An Artful Mom

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Want to join this week? Here are the rules for participation:

*Please link to a specific post and not your homepage.

*Link only your own posts, not someone else's.

*Etsy shops, giveaways and other link parties are ok as long as they are design related.

*Party runs from Wednesday until Monday each week, Central Standard Time.

*A link back to this party isn't required but is appreciated!

*Linking up gives you the opportunity to be featured in next week's party.

*By Linking up you give Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams permission to use your posts and photos in social media and as features. If used, a link back to your material will be given.

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-Jennifer

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Summer Cherry Printables

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Under The Sea SVG Bundle

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Friday, June 27, 2025

Fake Bake Cookie Tree

I wanted to make myself a faux stacked cookie tree, read on to see how you can make one too:

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I found this stackable toy at the thrift store and knew that If I took it apart, it would make a great set of cookie cutters in graduated sizes.

Once separated I used air dry clay to cut out star shapes in each of the sizes.

After the shapes had thoroughly dried I painted both sides with acrylic paint.

Using light weight spackle to serve as icing, I dolloped a bit on each cookie starting with the largest...

...and then layering the next sized cookie on top. I turned the cookies slightly so that the edges didn't match up perfectly, but you could do it either way.

Once my cookies were all stacked I added in some faux sprinkles wile the spackle was still wet.

The tree got a little wobbly as the cookies shifted a bit before the spackle was completely dry, but I thinks it turned out ok. If you want to avoid that happening then just stack one cookie at a time and let the spackle thoroughly dry before moving on to the next layer. It's the combined weight of all the cookies that can cause the spackle to shift, so letting each layer harden will keep things from moving about.

And that's how I made my fake bake cookie tree! I decided to add this piece to my fake bake birthday collection.

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Interested in more fake bake crafts?

I've gathered all of my tutorials and collections into this resource page.

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I hope you enjoyed this how to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

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This post was added to the following link parties:

Farmhouse Friday

Saturday Sparks

Sundays on Silverado

Monday Morning Blog Club

Craft Schooling Sunday

New Upcycle Ideas

Dare to Share

You're the Star

The Really Crafty Link Party

Craftastic Monday

Handmade Monday

Busy Monday

Happiness is Homemade

The Crazy Little Lovebirds Link Party

Inspire Me Tuesday

Lou Lou Girls Fabulous Party

Whimsy Home Wednesday

Wednesdays in the Studio

Creatively Crafty

Thinking Out Loud Thursday

Thursday Favorite Things

Funtastic Friday

BFF Open House

Create, Bake, Grow & Gather

Home Matters Linky Party

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Do you like the convenience of crafting or organizing with instantly available digital downloads?

Check out this week's features from my Etsy shop:

Fake Bake Tiered Tray Kitchen Pantry Home Decor

Summer Cherry Printable Poster Collection

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Under The Sea SVG Bundle

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Blog Planner Organizational Worksheet Bundle

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The Crazy Little Lovebirds Link Party

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Wednesdays in the Studio - Link Party 23

Welcome to Wednesdays in the Studio, a weekly link party focusing on designing everyday life.

Thank you to everyone who joined last week! This week's features include:

4th of July Decor from Blue Sky at Home

Decorating the kitchen with fresh herbs from Thrifting Wonderland

A peek into the garden from Jaipur Gardening

DIY Water Marbled Buttons from Fresh Vintage by Lisa S

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Were you featured? Grab this photo and add it to your blog!

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Want to join this week? Here are the rules for participation:

*Please link to a specific post and not your homepage.

*Link only your own posts, not someone else's.

*Etsy shops, giveaways and other link parties are ok as long as they are design related.

*Party runs from Wednesday until Monday each week, Central Standard Time.

*A link back to this party isn't required but is appreciated!

*Linking up gives you the opportunity to be featured in next week's party.

*By Linking up you give Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams permission to use your posts and photos in social media and as features. If used, a link back to your material will be given.

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If you don't already, please consider following me on:

* Facebook * Pinterest * Instagram * Etsy *

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Now let's party:

-Jennifer

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Do you like the convenience of crafting or organizing with instantly available digital downloads?

Check out this week's features from my Etsy shop:

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Fake Bake Tiered Tray Kitchen Pantry Home Decor Summer Lemon

Summer Lemon Printable Poster Collection

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Summer Citrus SVG Bundle

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Blog Planner Organizational Worksheet Bundle

Friday, June 20, 2025

Faux Snow Cone Decor

Want to learn how to make some easy fake bake snow cones? Read on:

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My supplies included small party hats and foam balls that I picked up from Dollar Tree. Any size party hat will do, just make sure that your foam insert is the relatable size. You can rest your foam balls inside of the hat and attach with glue, or cut them in half and glue on top. Cutting them in half will make your supply of foam balls go father, but I wanted the fuller look of more foam outside of the cup (hat).

Using acrylic paints I painted my foam balls in an assortment of cheerful colors...

...and then glued them in place. I like to display my faux snow cones on a tiered tray with my birthday decor, but you could add curling ribbon or fishing line and hang them as well.

You can click here to see the rest of my fake bake birthday decor.