Friday, February 28, 2025

Cherry Watermelon Fake Bake Decor

Tiered Tray Summer Decor

During the warmer months I switch out my fake bakes more often because I have several summery themes to choose from.  Since most of us are ready for warmer weather, I thought that today I'd share my cherry watermelon collection.  Take a look:


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Tiered Tray Summer Decor

On the cabinet in the breakfast room are a couple of cherry themed groupings.



Tiered Tray Summer Decor

The cherry chocolate cake is an old Jello mold that I spray painted in brown and then decorated with light weight spackle and faux cherries.  You can see a similar project in this tutorial.

The faux cherries can be found here and the chocolate cherry printable here.



Tiered Tray Summer Decor

On the right side of the same cabinet is another couple of cakes and a faux drink.  The drink I made like this and the pink cake is another spray painted Jello mold.  The white cake is layers of round foam pieces that I glued together, covered in light weight spackle and topped with faux cherries.



Tiered Tray Summer Decor

The dresser top.



Tiered Tray Summer Decor

The watermelon drink is resin that I tinted with acrylic paint (just like in this tutorial) and the whipped drink was made in the same way as the red mug previously mentioned.



Tiered Tray Summer Decor

The left side features another one of those red mugs and a couple of faux cupcakes made like this.



Tiered Tray Summer Decor

A few more treats hang out on the buffet cabinet.



Tiered Tray Summer Decor
Tiered Tray Summer Decor
Tiered Tray Summer Decor
Tiered Tray Summer Decor

The drink is plain resin poured over fake ice cubes and the watermelon slices were made by pouring plaster into candy molds and then painting in acrylic.  The tiered tray candies and popsicles are all clay that were also formed in candy molds and painted in acrylic.

This post shows you how I made the popsicles.



Tiered Tray Summer Decor
Tiered Tray Summer Decor

Over on the right are more cupcakes.  The watermelon seed sprinkles I made with a hole punch and foam crafting sheets, the watermelon slices I purchased here.

And that's my cherry watermelon collection!

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Wednesdays in the Studio - Link Party 7

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A bouquet of Lego roses from Thrifting Wonderland
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Friday, February 21, 2025

Strawberry Shortcake Garden Houses

Garden Decor

Next to our vegetable garden is a strawberry patch where I wanted to add some Strawberry Shortcake inspired houses.  Using a couple of terra cotta pots and some paint did the trick, read on to see how you can make some yourself:


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Garden Decor
Garden Decor

Taking a couple of old pots I cleaned them well and spray painted them in pink and red.

(You might notice the fake bake fall cookies in the background, you can read about them in this post)



Garden Decor

Using a shade of light pink acrylic, I hand painted shapes that would be the doors and windows.



Garden Decor

If you look closely at the door, you will see a pencil sketched square.  I painted a layer of glow-in-the-dark paint over this square thinking that if the tiny window could light up at night it would be absolutely adorable!  The strawberry plants eventually grew so high that they blocked out the pots from getting light during the day, but it's still a cute idea if you were to put your finished pots somewhere else.



Garden Decor
Garden Decor

Using brown acrylic I painted on the details.



Garden Decor

And then added on greenery with green acrylic.  Once dry I gave the pots a good coating of clear sealant to protect them from the elements.



Garden Decor
Garden Decor

Here is a close-up of each pot.



Garden Decor

And here the little houses in the strawberry patch!  We've since added in a patch each for raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and a small cherry bush tree, so I might be making up some more little houses this summer 😄

This post will show you how to make the strawberry painted rocks.  It also shows how well the strawberry plants took off during the first year as well as a link to the plants that I bought.


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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Wednesdays in the Studio - Link Party 6

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A vase makeover from Crazy Little Lovebirds
A spring wreath project from Steph Creates Things
A stenciled dresser from Creative Moments
A pink valentine tree from Debbie Dabble


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Friday, February 14, 2025

DIY Faux Sponge Cakes

 Fake Bake Tiered Tray Decor

I wanted to make some bright and cheerful fruity sponge layer cakes ... and ended up using actual sponges in the process!  Read on to see how you can copy this project for yourself:


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Fake Bake Tiered Tray Decor

Starting with colorful sponges from Dollar Tree, I cut several in half until I had the number of layers that I wanted.



Fake Bake Tiered Tray Decor

Next, using lightweight spackle in an icing bag, I piped on enough to allow two sponges to stick together.



Fake Bake Tiered Tray Decor

Stick another sponge on top of the icing and gently press into place.  You can stop here or keep layering, up to you!



Fake Bake Tiered Tray Decor

To top my little cakes I added a dollop of the spackle on top...



Fake Bake Tiered Tray Decor

...and then placed a faux fruit topping into the spackle before it dried.

The cherries here are holiday berries that I picked up at Dollar Tree during the holiday season, but you can find these now on Amazon.



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

The lime, orange and lemon wedges/ slices can be purchased here.



Fake Bake Tiered Tray Decor

And the faux strawberries are available here.



Fake Bake Tiered Tray Decor

And that's how I put together my faux sponge cakes!

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