Disneyland's Diamond Celebration

It's Disneyland's 60th anniversary!  For their diamond celebration, Disneyland rolled out a bunch of new diamond celebration themed treats.  The Mickey & Minnie candy apples were already adorable, but somehow they became even cuter!  I attempted to recreated them in 1/12th scale; you can even follow along in the video tutorial below:

From the work in progress shot, you can see I intended on making quite a few Mickey & Minnie candy apples.  The original 12 candy apples were ruined when I was experimenting with the sugar coating.  The first attempt, I tried mixing blue chalk with the sand and then sealing it...that turned into a hot mess! It started turning splotchy and lumpy :( Splotchy I don't mind since you can add several layers to make it opaque, but the lumpiness was driving me insane.  

So on the second attempt, I painted the bottom half of the apple in blue acrylic, dipped it in sand, and then sealed it.  This turned out a lot better.  I feel like remaking these again with a more vivid blue, though.  Yeesh, never satisfied am I? 

The Daily Miniature Interview

Hi all!

I hope you are all having a wonderful July (side note: we're already halfway through 2015?! Holy smokes) It's been a great month so far, and to top everything off I was interviewed by the lovely The Daily Miniature.  If you want to read the full interview, please follow the link below:

http://www.thedailymini.com/daily-mini-interview-miniatures-microbakery/

Hope you enjoy the read!

TheMicrobakery's One Year Anniversary!

Can you believe it, it's been a a full year since I started TheMicrobakery!  It's been quite a journey with a reasonable learning curve (knowledge is never a bad thing!).   I was always interested in the different aspects of blogging, photography, editing, and miniature making; all I had to do was throw it all together.  Although in the beginning I was hesitant to share my creations, the feedback has been absolutely astounding in the best way.

With that said, I want to thank all my viewers.  Thank you for all the comments, likes, shares, and subscriptions/follows.  I also must add, a huge thank you to everybody who has been patient when I don't upload anything for days (possibly even weeks, oops!) at a time.  Sometimes real life catches up and it can be quite difficult to make miniatures.  Anywho, it's been great interacting with a community who are just as excited about miniatures as I am.  While there is still a lot to improve in all aspects of TheMicrobakery, I can't wait to see what the future holds. :)

Don't you worry, of course I was going to include an obligatory hand photo; I know you guys like it.
 

Much appreciation & many thanks,
              TheMicrobakery

Happy 4th of July!

For those of you that live in the United States, Happy Independence Day!  I hope everybody has a wonderful weekend celebration filled with fun, laughter, food, and of course fireworks.  I've put together a few July 4th treats for you, enjoy :)

Here's a little sneak peak behind the scenes.  To make the sprinkles on the ice cream sandwiches I mixed (separately) a pinch of red, white, and blue with a lot of translucent clay.  Then I baked the clay hard; once it cooled I used a sharp razor blade and chopped away at it.

To make the sprinkles stick, brush on a light layer of translucent liquid sculpey around the ice cream and then dip the sandwich in the sprinkles.  Just give it a try and don't be afraid to try other techniques :D 

Or should I say, 'Murica?