Bobby and Mildred's Wedding

Last Dec. 5, 2008 my cousin Bobby got married to his fiancée Mildred. The wedding was held at the historic place of Intramuros in Manila.

I was asked to create the wedding souvenirs for their sponsors. It was a bit of a rush work (I was asked a few days before the wedding!) ....but I had fun making them as always! :)

Sale! Sale! Sale!...for one whole day!

I'm having a faux cupcake sale...but just in a day!

All single faux cupcakes on my Etsy shop will be sold for only $6.95 each. And all set of 3's will be $18.95 per set.

The sale will be on OCT. 28, 2008, and will start at 3:00pm (GMT+08:00) and ends on OCT. 29 at 3:00pm (GMT+08:00).

And what's the occasion you ask?...it's my 30th birthday! :)

So save the date!...and I'll see you all on my Etsy shop!!!

New Faux Cupcakes Now Available on my Etsy Shop

Okay, I know I promised a lot of you that I'll be posting my faux cupcakes on Etsy by mid-September. I'm very sorry to disappoint you all. I just got this new freelance job which requires me to work for long hours...which means lesser time on crafting.

Anyways, the long wait is over! I just finished posting some new faux cupcakes. Although I only made a few pieces of each design.

Please visit my shop at www.creativeabubot.etsy.com ... and I hope that you'll find something you'll like!

Simple Cupcake Pedestal Tutorial

I made these simple but elegant cupcake pedestals this weekend. I made it to display my faux cupcakes...but of course you can use it for REAL cupcakes, too!

Materials:

1. plastic coasters - make sure they're thick and sturdy as these will be the base of your pedestal/s.
2. plastic saucers - make sure the size will fit a standard 3oz cupcake
3. Wilton 5" Grecian Pillars
4. clear epoxy adhesives (or you may also use a glue gun)
5. old newspapers
6. piece of old cloth or rug
7. quick drying spray paint (white)
8. gauze/face mask (for protection while spray painting)
9. pencil

Instructions:
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Step 01 - Make sure that the coasters, saucers and pillars are free from dirt and oil. Clean them by wiping with a piece of cloth or rug.


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Step 02 - Find a well ventilated place to do your spray painting. Line the floor with old newspapers. Place the plastic coasters and saucers on the newspaper, line them together with spaces apart. Don't forget to wear your mask!!! Now spray paint the top part first (according to paint instructions). Once the paint is dried, spray paint the bottom part. You may coat them a few times to cover them fully in white....that's if your coasters and saucers are of colors other than white.


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Step 03 - Once the paint has dried, you may attach the pillars. Position a pillar at the center of a coaster. You may mark this lightly with a pencil.


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Step 04 - Mix the clear epoxy adhesive according to packaging instructions...skip this step if you'll be using a glue gun (hot glue).


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Step 05 - Apply epoxy at the bottom of the pillars...or hot glue if you're using a glue gun.


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Step 06 - Press the pillar firmly on your marked coaster.


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Step 07 - Place the pillar upside down at the bottom of the saucer. Center it and mark it again with a pencil.


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Step 08 - Apply epoxy or hot glue at the top of the pillar.


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Step 09 - Press the pillar firmly down the marked bottom of the saucer.


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Step 10 - Do steps 03-09 on the rest of the coasters, saucers and pillars. When you're done at this stage, you can already use them, but....


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Step 11 - ...you may want spray paint them one last time. And don't forget to wear your mask!!!

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Voila! Whether for fake cupcakes or real cupcakes, these pedestals are perfect to display them!


You may also experiment on different spray paint colors...I tried chrome with this one!



Hot glue some huge and gorgeous artificial flowers at base of the pedestals and they make wonderful and elegant centerpieces!!!



Well, that's it for now...I hope you enjoyed my tutorial! :)

P.S. Those faux cupcakes are coming soon on my Etsy shop! ;)

My Faux Cupcakes on a Canadian Photographer's Blog!!!

I was...or rather my faux cupcakes, were featured on a Canadian photographer's blog.
Eternal Reflections Photography specializes in wedding photography. They take really beautiful wedding pictures.

Radelle, the owner of the photography studio, found my Elegant Faux Cupcakes while browsing Etsy. She said on her message to me via Etsy's convo, that she fell in love with my Elegant Faux Cupcakes and that she featured them on their blog.

A lot of brides-to-be visit their blog for ideas, and featuring my faux cupcakes will help give my handcrafted items some exposure. I hope this will give me the break that I needed (...and actually make a sale!...Crossing my fingers).

If you live in Canada and in need of a great wedding photographer contact Radelle of Eternal Reflections Photography!

If you need a unique and elegant wedding favor.....contact...ehem!....me!...at creativeabubot@gmail.com!

Finally........

.....I can now load Etsy on my PC. Yeeepeee!

I used to load it on a proxy server, but flash don't run with it though. But I thought that's ok than no Etsy at all. But now I don't load it on a proxy server, I can now load Etsy normally on my browser. My brother fixed my connection. I think it has something to do with our router.

See ya on Etsy!!!!

I wanted to list my faux cupcakes...and I couldn't load Etsy!!! Arrrrgggg!!!!!

I've already finished taking pictures of my handcrafted faux cupcakes. I'm ready to list them on Etsy. Etsy is a great site for people who wants to sell their craft products. However, for some unknown reasons, I suddenly couldn't load Etsy.com both in Firefox and Explorer. I thought that it could be a firewall thing, and that it's blocking Etsy. But even though I turned off my firewall I still can't seem to load that web site. I searched the internet for what could possibly be the culprit. I found out that there are people who are experiencing the same problem...and not just on Etsy, but also on some other secure sites. Some says it might be viruses like Malware that's preventing me to open the site. I did ran a scan to check my computer for viruses and potential attacks, and it's clean. So to be sure, I even reformatted my computer! But the problem persists. Some says it has to do with random DNS ....which I have no idea about!!! For three days I longed to see Etsy. And it's killing me. I ended up listing my products on other sites like DaWanda and SilkFair (which is not a bad idea!....and DaWanda is a great site for crafters, too!).

And now is my day 4 without Etsy, and no reply from my ISP!

Last night, out of my frustration, I went out to surf the net in a cafe! So there, I get to list my stuff on Etsy. Yeeeey!!!!

I just hope my ISP would call me anytime soon and help me fix the problem. :p