Little thinker Bell: February 2012

{DIY}: Chandelier cake and cupcake stand

Aside from my busy schedule making a castle cake, 50 cake pops and a quilted cake for this weekend, I was so enlighten seeing this cupcake stand. I have been in search for a unique cupcake stand lately and this one definitely won my heart. Who would ever thought an old chandelier can be a cake stand....kudos to Jaimie Nye who thought of this idea,

This chandelier stand was an artwork of Jaimie Nye

Do you agree with me that this cake / cupcake stand is just gorgeous?

Materials:

Old chandelier
Wire cutters
Super glue
Wooden craft circles
Curvy plate
Primer
Spray paint
Pearl trim or ribbon

Instructions:
First snip off all the wires with wire cutters and unscrew the top.

Next, super glue wooden circles onto the legs. Then glue a curvy plate to the top.

Once the glue is set, take the chandelier outside and give it a good coat of primer. Yes, coating it with primer is very important to get a perfect and true color paint later on. Then spray paint it with your choice of color...The pink in the picture used a dusty light pink. Once it is all dry, decorate the circle plate with pearls or ribbon.

and now you can show off this stand in your next party. I know I will.

{Valentine's day} Last minute

It's Valentine's day today but you don't have anything prepared for your valentine's? Perhaps, these simple ideas will give you some brownie points.

Say you love them with fruit
from Babyology

Those ticker printables are not free to download anymore, here is my version. Each tag is about 1.5" in diameter. If you have 1" whole puncher, print it to 1" diameter. Since this might be a last minute gift to prepare, you may not have sticker paper. So, print it on regular paper, then double tape each tag to the fruits.

~Happy valentine's day. Hope your fruity friends made your Valentine day~

{Rainbow} colorful dessert

I love these colorful dessert. They can be fruity or 'cake-y'. Some take effort to make and some are plainly easy to make.

Rainbow Gelatin Orange Wedges

prep time: 30 minutes
total time: 4 hours 30 minutes
serving: 54 wedges
The instruction for making jelly oranges can be found here.

Cakeballs aka cake pop not on stick


prep time: 30 minutes total time: 4 hours 30 minutes serving: 24-36 balls

Rainbow candy-ka-bobs

prep time: 5 minutes
total time: 1 hours 30 minutes
serving: 12-20 sticks
Instruction for making Rainbow candy ka-bobs can be found here.

Rainbow Layered Jello

prep time: 30 minutes
total time: 6 hours
serving: 48 cubes
Instruction for making Rainbow layered jello can be found here.

Double Rainbow Cupcakes

rainbow cupcake and rainbow icings from: with sprinkles on top

Rainbow Fruit Satay

Double Rainbow Pancakes

Instruction for making Rainbow fruit and pancakes can be found here.

Vintage: Miranda Lambert's (Brooch) Bouquet

Miranda Lambert married to one of my favorite country singer, the one and only Blake Shelton.

To be honest, I am not too thrill with her bouquet. But I am liking the idea of having a little surprise and something from people I care. When she has her bridal shower, each guest was asked to bring a vintage or new brooch to make her bouquet. How special !

Miranda Lambert set the new fashion trend.

If I were asked to walk down the aisle again....will I wear this brooch bouquet? Absolutely, but I want the single color one.

People on Etsy taking the bouquet idea to a new level. Each bouquet ranges from $100 - 1200. Here are some bouquets I like.