Well would ya Wookie here, it's a face painting inspiration!

I can't even explain to you how much I love puns. I love dad jokes, cheese, double entendres, and puns above all else. That's all you need to know :) 

Anyway, this isn't so much a "tutorial" as an inspiration. A teenager wanted a Wookie (after his dad tried to force him to get his face painted, then I assured dad it would still be cool if I painted on his arm like a tattoo and the teen agreed to that because I'm obviously the expert on cool). 

Chewy was literally on his shirt, but I was still drawing a blank on how to even start that. I ended up painting a base layer of brown, then using a fan brush to apply yellow highlights in the fur. The rest is pretty self explanatory. 

I think it's hilarious, and I hope it inspires you for any Star Wars face painting you have to do!

Now that Star Wars has more movies coming out (which seems like it could easily ruin the movies for me, but we will see) there may be even more opportunities for Star Wars themed face painting. 

Have you ever come up with a design on a whim? 

Thanks for stopping by :)

 

Elsa Cake

I know many of you out there have a frozen birthday to plan, so I hope this post is useful! 

This Elsa cake was made for my LOVELY niece's birthday using the Wilton Barbie dress cake pan. The cake pan is huge, it took almost two cake mixes to fill it. I put the left over batter into a six inch cake pan and baked it for a side project. After I baked the cake, I gave Elsa a makeshift slip by cutting a piece of blue paper to the size of a mini dress for her, then wrapping the paper onto her with Saran Wrap so she wouldn't get covered in icing!  

Because the doll we had was significantly taller then the cake pan, I put a very thick piece of light blue fondant like a tire around her upper thighs, from the top of the cake to her waist, so it looks like the top of her skirt. That whole section on the top of the skirt, from the blue piping icicles to the triangle "belt" is all fondant where her legs would have been naked. 

The top is a thinner layer of the same fondant, just make a rectangle, press it to her body, then use your fingertip to make a dip between her tata's for a sweetheart neckline.

The skirt was super simple! I iced it blue, then covered it with a thin layer of fondant. The fondant roll out was too big for the skirt, so I used a butter knife and cut the front to be even, but I left the length in the back for a train. The fondant was a little moist so I covered it with sprinkles to make it look glittery. 

Tired of fondant? Want an easier skirt that doesn't taste like a marshmallow? Just ice the whole thing blue and cover it with white and blue sprinkles. Ain't no one here to judge, you know what I'm sayin? Thought that counts, people!

To step my game up a notch, I took that leftover cake (in the small pan), mixed it with icing like a cake ball mix, then I put it on a small plate and covered it in blue icing. I made a sheet of blue rock candy then broke it into jagged sections, which I stood up in the cake ball mix and made a very cool little ice palace to put the candles in (so Elsa's butt wasn't on fire). To finish her off, she got a leftover piece of tulle from my stash as a nice little train shawl. Elsa and the ice palace (with fancy princess candles) are shown below: 

The reaction of the birthday girl, her little sister, and their cousin was beyond priceless. Definitely worth the time! 

I hope if you have any hang ups about making a frozen cake you can ***LET IT GO, LET IT GOOOO*** haha ;) 

Check out my previous posts for other cakes that call out to the kids (and kids at heart) in your life!