New Design

Hey everyone!

Wow long time no see!

A lot has happened and I mean A LOT and sadly I didn't do too much crafting during that time at all. I thought I was but between the hot weather and my downturn in mood, nothing happened. But alas I'm still alive and kicking!

I'm honestly not sure what to talk about since it's been so long since I did anything crafty or the like. Oh wait, haha the most blatant change and reason I came to post was the blog design!

Even though I really liked it when I first made it a month or so ago, I really want to change it. I still like it but I have this other side of me that wants a different design. I'll probably won't do anything now. Once I'm certain about the way I want this place to look, I'll change it then. The reason why I wanted to change it because I ended up HATING the last design and with bloggers new design interface, I wanted a template I could easily edit. It's fun messing with the HTML but after making my spiritual blog with the new interface I knew that I wanted to change this one so it can be just as easy to edit.

So yeah, I don't have much to say, I need to get back into my crafts again and start enjoying myself in that endeavor. I had lots of plans for it but nothing came about, I'm better off just creating even if nothing major comes from it. At least I'm happy. Hopefully you all are doing well too! See ya! 

Miniature Cakes and Inspirations

As I was browsing my image gallery of fake clay sweets and decoden I washed up on some old inspirations! I can't remember exactly where I got the images from since its been some time since I got them, but I think there are from online stores that produce them.

If your interested in taking your clay cakes to the next level or just need that boost of inspiration or ideas you came to the right place!

I hope you guys just got as inspired as I did, till next time take care! 

Three inspirational sweets deco den blogs

Hey all, I just wanted to show you my favorite deco den blogs. I bookmarked a lot of blogs over the year. Yet, there are a few that I love to look at for inspiration, ideas, and just to lift my mood. All three sites are in Japanese but have pictures and crafts that are just to die for! The colors and materials they use is nothing short of amazing and I would love to be as good as them one day!

The first blog is the one and only Sweets Circle! The number one reason I love this blog is not only the great fake sweets but the tutorials and advice given on them. When I first stumble upon this blog I was amazed at all the tutorials and tips this person gave you. A lot of which is hard to find since deco den not overly popular in the states yet. Time and time again I found this blog not just inspirational but very informative as well, my favorite combination in any blog!

Candy Colored Ticket is my most recent favorite! If you want to see great sweets deco den work with resin then this is your blog. It never cease to amaze me how wonderful and creative her work is. It really pushed me to work with resin and other materials along with clay. The way she uses the clear resin to show off the bright colorful sweets in her accessories is nothing short of amazing! I'm always excited to see what she makes next and I follow her on twitter for her updates. Unique, colorful, and sweet is just the tip of the ice berg with it comes to this blog. You will be on her site for hours on end looking at her creations!  

Last but definitely not least Rainbow Cream! If you love looking at those small realistic details in sweets deco then look no farther. This is by far one of my top 5 favorites! It combines everything that I want to see in my work, detail, realistic look, and drop dead color!  I didn't know such sweets deco exists till I saw this blog. The first time I saw the blog I was looking through it for hours, I couldn't even help myself, I just had to see more! The part that I love most about Rainbow Cream's work is the realistic detail in it. The ice creams looks amazingly good as well as everything else. I was floored to know that it was fake and it was possible to achieve that level of realism! This is definitely the type to level and skill I want to get to in my own work. Making my sweets as real as possible was always on top of my list since I first started. Now seeing this blog gave me even more inspiration and respect for the sweets deco craft. 

 Rainbow Cream also has a twitter which you can follow here.

This was just the few of the many sweets deco blogs that I love to look at. I hope that this will bring even more inspiration to your crafts as it did mine. Thanks for reading and I hope you all have a great day!

New Design Suggestions?

Hey my loves!

Spring is here and that only mean one thing. Time for a new blog face left!

Now I'm not overhauling the blog like I did a few months ago but changing the banner and the blog's background. I've had a few ideas but I want to know what you guys think. The ideas I had was a spring sweets magical girl design. Or even a cute pattern like the ones below. The pictures are some of the inspirations I have about the new blog design. 

 

This one is my favoirte of the bunch, I'm thinking about a pattern like that! 

So don't be shy, throw out some ideas!

In other news, I'm still working on the charms for the Blog store. I just gotten my package of new gold head pins so I'll be able to make more cake charms without worrying about the screw in head pins. I'm also adding icing to some donut charms that I made a while ago. They look good even without the icing so I can't wait to see the finished project! I'll take pictures post them as well as my resin charms that I made a while back.

Thanks for reading everyone take care!

Earphones Sweets Deco Completed!

Okay this is the moment that we all been waiting for. My sweets deco earphones! These are the pictures that gotten my approval and are the best pictures that I took of them out of the MANY that I took. The pictures really speak for themselves so I hope your just as delighted to see them as I were through this whole process. Enjoy everyone! :)

Okay, I'm going to go ahead and talk about the "story" behind the pictures. It doesn't really relates to a character but me myself. I love fantasy, dreams, magic, sweets and anything that involves those subjects, its like coming home in a way. The thing about dreams and magic is that they always seem out of reach and far away by some means. Even though there are physical limitations you can still bring that energy here in the real world. I want my whole life to be enveloped with that magic and have that dream fantasy reality here, right now. One of the reasons why I'm so creative now is because I want to bring that magic energy down here in the real world that always seemed to be locked away in books and imagination. This is my personal way of bringing my home to this reality and journey. Life wasn't meant to be hard so when people stopped believing in magic, it surely did. The meaning of life (for me anyway) is to enjoy it and make it your mission to live it out exactly what you want it to be. No matter how stupid, impractical, or childish it may be, its yours and you deserve to live it the way YOU want to. Its probably why I am always stubborn and defiant towards life by social standards. Its engraved in my personally and can't stop that trait by any means, Its just who I am as a person haha. But getting back to the "story" my way of bringing that magic energy into my life and others is making sweets deco, drawing or anything I create with my hands and imagination. Its my passion and what keeps me going pretty much. :)

My sister took the pictures of me wearing the earphones and they came out so great. Special thanks to her!

I really hope this opens some imaginations out there and shows how magic is real out there, even if its in your imagination. Thanks for viewing guys!

Earphones Sweets Deco WIP 2

I just got done the other side of my earphones and they look fantastic! 

 All I need to do now is let this side dry and add all the fun embellishments! The next picture should be of them completed, if I don't crack and post some wips of them anyway haha. Thanks for viewing!

Welcome to the new The New Candy Sanctuary!

Like the new look? Tell me what you think!

All the time (or mostly) that I wasn't here or doing crafts I was working on my new blog design! I should of been done this last year but I got seriously burned out and abandoned anything related to my blog and sweets deco pretty much. But since then things have been getting better and better. I have tons of updates and progresses to tell you starting with the blog design.

Overall the design itself and the time it took altogether (not counting the huge gaps between the work sessions) only took about a week or two. Mostly because I'm new to custom blogs and editing its html so after that huge learning curve things got a lot easier! That and troubling shooting and finding alternatives if a certain method doesn't work. Google is forever your best friend when it comes to blog customization. No matter what the problem is you will find plenty of ways to solve it. Seriously, most of the technical credit goes to the many people that post about blog customization. So my number one tip for anyone wanting to make their own custom blog is to go to Google for all your needs! The graphics and art is made 100% by me in Photoshop and Sai. My fursona on the right was made in Sai to give her a vector look.

If fact I was thinking about opening a commission shop for anyone that wanted a personal drawing or mascot for their blog. I already opened an art shop over at the Latale (an online MMO) forums with some pretty good results. One person wanted two drawings from me. The first part I've already posted here:

The second part I'm 80% done, all I need to do is to fancy up the line art and then I'll be finished! But getting back to my original question, would anyone would be interested in commissions? If you are just comment here and we'll set something up. I'll also ask at the deco den forums to see if anyone would like one there as well. Since I'm done working on the blog design my creative free time has opened up a lot so I can fit more projects.

I'm yet again one step closer to selling my charms, in fact I might make cookie brooches and sell them soon. I listed all the clay and materials that it takes to make some of my most common charms that I like to make out of polymer clay. Even though I want to make so many more items out of polymer clay I got the hang of its measurements so its easy to list down how much it might take to make. I have yet to do this with my paper clay charms but it should be easy. Once I have a decent idea of how much everything will cost I'll be that closer to selling! I've had so much motivation lately that have been helping me 10 fold get all the things that I needed done.

As far as any personal deco den projects I haven't' really done any. I still have to make my headphone deco but its been so cold that I've decided to wait till it got a bit warmer. That and the share kitchen where I do my silicone work is crowded with pots and kitchen wear that I need to clean up. Hopefully though I can find a great time slot where I can do it all in one big session and get it over with. I need more practice with fake whip cream haha.

Okay thanks for reading, I'll make sure I'll post pictures of everything I made so you guys have something to look at. Bye for now!

Blogger Design Secrets

So we all want to know so of those blogger design secrets, you know how to make your blog look neat and unique!

I actually found this very useful website in the Esty forums its called The Cutest Blog on the Block, Its has tutorials on how to make a custom background to how to make your blog a three column blog. I went through some of the tutorials myself and they are easy to understand. I’ll be using them to change up my own blog. I just have to create my own little character that well be hanging out in my blogger background.

They also have great free backgrounds and resources that you can use in your own blog!

Happy designing and make good use of your new Blogger design secrets!