Clay and Cake

May 4th, 2009 @ 4:00 pm by Mrs. Mascara

I finally got around to making the flowers that will go on our cakes! I was originally going to make them out of gum paste, but worried that if it was warm on our wedding day, they would get all soft and wilty. Inspired by the Weddingbee PRO interview with the talented Diane of DK Designs, I decided I would give clay a try. During our crafting session, BM Dana and I tried first to make a dahlia, but with all the little petals, it just wasn’t working for us (I should’ve taken a picture, it was bad!). I was just about to give up and use real flowers (or possibly consult a professional) when I was messing around and came up with one of these. I liked it enough to make a couple more! One small flower will be on each of the smaller cakes, and the biggest flower will go on the center cake.

We’ve also chosen our cake-cutting song! It’s the cute and quirky “All I Want Is You” from the Juno soundtrack.

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Now all that’s left in the cake department is figuring out what we’ll cut it with! Oh yeah, and picking our flavors.

Have you chosen your cake-cutting song yet? Which song did you pick?

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26 Responses to “Clay and Cake”

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Miss Bruschetta (message) 5,553 posts, Bee Keeper

Nope, no song yet. Your flowers are beautiful! They don’t even look like clay! What gives them that soft sheen?

5/4/09 @ 4:02 pm (reply)

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Miss Beagle (message) 1,053 posts, Bumble bee

I love those flowers!!! I need to go get some clay now.

5/4/09 @ 4:04 pm (reply)

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Miss Okami (message) 28 posts, Newbee

those little rosettes are perfect for a cake, and they don’t look DIY to me. and that’s such a cute idea to have a “cake cutting” song, never though of it! My FI loves that song

5/4/09 @ 4:05 pm (reply)

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Miss Perfume (message) 1,640 posts, Bumble bee

Great job!!!! We did pick it. But now I’ve forgotten what it is!

5/4/09 @ 4:08 pm (reply)

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miss mouse (message) 3,348 posts, Sugar bee

I love the flowers. They look so professional!

5/4/09 @ 4:09 pm (reply)

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Raindrops (message) 203 posts, Helper bee

you need a song for cake cutting? doh i never knew! *on that now*

5/4/09 @ 4:11 pm (reply)

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Emilydll (message) 428 posts, Helper bee

Oh I adore them! You never cease to amaze me Miss Mascara!
I love the song you’ve chosen!
We are playing Ray Lamontagne’s ‘You are the best thing’

5/4/09 @ 4:14 pm (reply)

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Miss Bear Cub (message) 1,354 posts, Bumble bee

I love the juno soundtrack! There are so many cutesy love songs on it!
this one’s pretty cute, too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKKNBUMy0II

5/4/09 @ 4:15 pm (reply)

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FlipFlopBride (message) 1,305 posts, Bumble bee

Those flowers are gorgeous. I’m wondering about the shiny glow, too! I’m getting antsy wanting to do some DIY now!

5/4/09 @ 4:18 pm (reply)

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Miss Red Head

I love that song for Juno!!! I put that in a slide show I made!

5/4/09 @ 4:18 pm (reply)

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yello (message) 26 posts, Newbee

those are great! i want some now too!

5/4/09 @ 4:25 pm (reply)

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Cole B (message) 450 posts, Helper bee

I love your flowers!

5/4/09 @ 4:38 pm (reply)

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sgarrison2 (message) 186 posts, Blushing bee

A) I love that song
B) I see an Etsy career in your future with those little clay creations!

5/4/09 @ 4:45 pm (reply)

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Miss Peep Toe (message) 1,636 posts, Bumble bee

Great flowers and super cute song!

5/4/09 @ 4:48 pm (reply)

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Miss French Bulldog (message) 6,077 posts, Bee Keeper

Oooo I really like those flowers and that is a super cute song.

5/4/09 @ 4:57 pm (reply)

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august2009 (message) 67 posts, Worker bee

All I want is you will you be my bride?

I love that song so much, we were trying to think of a way to have it during out big day as well.

And the flowers look amazing!!

5/4/09 @ 4:57 pm (reply)

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MightySapphire (message) 2,608 posts, Sugar bee

We’re using “Sugar Sugar.” Pretty standard, but still a great song!

5/4/09 @ 5:08 pm (reply)

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Miss Popcorn (message) 90 posts, Worker bee

So fun! That’s our cake cutting song too! I know Barry Polisar (the artist). He is a musician in our area and I’ve actually been to his house for a concert. He’s super nice so way to promote his work! The flowers look great!

5/4/09 @ 5:18 pm (reply)

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MaPo (message) 312 posts, Helper bee

Those are really pretty flowers and an adorable song.

My hubby and I went with Pour Some Sugar On Me. So fun!!!

5/4/09 @ 5:21 pm (reply)

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Tara

We went with “The Sweetest thing” by U2 for our cake cutting… your song is actually our first dance song! When we saw the movie, we looked at each other and knew that song was going to be our first dance song

5/4/09 @ 5:36 pm (reply)

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Miss Duckling (message) 1,349 posts, Bumble bee

They look so great!!

5/4/09 @ 6:57 pm (reply)

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MsFern (message) 13 posts, Newbee

I love, love, love the flowers! Have you thought about using them for other things like a brooch, a clip in your hair, etc?

5/4/09 @ 7:35 pm (reply)

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melissaofMandMWedding (message) 50 posts, Worker bee

Wow! These turned out great! and you can keep them for after the wedding.

5/4/09 @ 7:41 pm (reply)

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WorstTwinEver15 (message) 760 posts, Busy bee

You’re supposed to have a cake cutting song? Oh, my brain needs to get to thinking! Such a cute choice, and those flowers turned out great!

5/4/09 @ 8:31 pm (reply)

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Miss Labrador (message) 1,325 posts, Bumble bee

Whoa, great job! And I love the song, too. Mr. Lab is so not a guy who’s into that type of music but really enjoyed the song while watching Juno.

5/5/09 @ 1:47 am (reply)

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Sarah

We did all 30s-50s music for the reception, so we used Ray Bolger and Ethel Merman doing “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d've Baked a Cake.” It was appropriate for the tone of our wedding, but your mileage may vary. Significantly.

5/5/09 @ 12:38 pm (reply)