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For a break from the end of times, I just squeaked in on time with the Swiftie cake topper for little girl turning 13. I would redo a few things next time (I plan to re-do this and perfect it) and FYI it's not MY design. I didn't have time for that. But I converted a common swiftie design into a laser cutting file and did the acrylic of course.

I realize I've been so incensed at all going on since last year, that I've not shared my playtime stuff with you for eons. Here's the final cake topper I made for a friend's son last fall. It's a mash up of Spiderman and Link (from Zelda) and I had loads of fun making it. :) I didn't have time to get good photos of it. As usual I was pushing it to the very last minute. ;) I'm working on a VERY PINK Taylor Swift topper now for his Swiftie sister. :)

In the continued "how insane can I get on my laser cutter" here's a test cut out for a mash up of Spiderman and Link (Zelda) and the little bits you see on tray? NOT scrap. I would actually cut out laser bits that small - yes tip of a fingernail size - to inlay. I am definitely rethinking this though. After looking at the cut outs, I have decided that I will join some of the smaller bits up together. This is for neighbor boy's birthday in September.

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Worked some more on the Harry Potter cake topper today. Getting happier with it. Made the owl with the number (age) 9 on the envelope. Cheated by purchasing an Etsy SVG for the happy birthday as I'm running out of time. I do quite like the plain black text with the more elaborate topper. But still chewing my pencil over this. Need to cut out and put in the TINY black windows still. I like the graphic look of it all.

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Starting to experiment in inlaid colors. I originally had the turrets in smoke grey, which I did like, but that started to look a bit ominous for a little boy's birthday. Not sure I'm happy with the frosted daffodil turrets version though. But this will be trial and error (and limited by what acrylic sheets I have on hand. :)) That said I have a LOT of colors. <g> I'm an acryloholic.

Starting a Harry Potter topper. Planning large Hogwarts in center, with HP icons around it. First test cut and some lines are thin. Must remember the laser melts more acrylic than test cardboard. BUT I often work with whisper thin lines, enjoy the challenge. Let's see if I break anything when I inlay.

Not my original design (I'm in a rush so I got illustration from www.vecteezy.com). Then I redesigned & converted it to cut on the laser.

Just had a request for a quickie Spiderman cake topper. :) I've made it modular now, so I can spit out the spiderman and age separately and not have to spend any time updating the illustrator file. :) I joked they can use the topper for his 36th and 63rd birthdays both. <grin>

Working on new topper for friend's four-year-old to be. He LOVES wild animals, especially tigers, lions, zebras. I was going to design from scratch, but learned how much he loves Rajah the tiger from Aladdin, and so I decided on mish mash of Disney animals. I'm going to do a likeness of the little boy, probably dancing with Balloo. I plan to add in a big tree, maybe some vines, and kaaa the snake (time permitting)

(to see other laser projects of mine.)

Had lots of fun with the space theme cake topper. The four was very important because this was the first year the little boy could count to FOUR. He wanted a two tier cake, so I designed the decorations to cover three levels. The base, the first tier, and the top.

Finished the happy birthday cake topper for 14-year-old little boy. It's got an LED edge light thingie as a backdrop. Also made stands for him to use them as shelf decorations afterwards. The Happy Birthday clips on, and can be removed. Still experimenting with things a laser can do and things you can put on a cake. :) Next project to include pyrotechnics???? ;)

Working on a "Super Roberto" set of things for his 14th birthday mid May. He's a Mario fan. So I'm part way figuring out the acrylic cake topper. Nothing creative design wise in the Mario & Luigi figure, although I don't see "stained glass acrylic" like I make for cake toppers anywhere. But I've got lots of other things planned, including a banner for Mario looking more like Roberto - glasses, slimmer, more hair, peach fuzz instead of a mustache. :)

Working on various promised cake toppers all due in May. Having pun with the construction truck theme. Little boy is CRAZY about trucks, so, this is Clark's ConsTRUCKtion site. Based on the family Xmas card with a poem about trucks everywhere, and photos of a cement mixer and a digger "thingie." I bought the truck drawings on Etsy as I was short of time, so didn't design them from scratch. Then added crane and sign.

FINALLY finished hip hop cake topper and added in a Birthday "banner" which I ended up making into jewelry holder / wall decor, as 14 yo and I wanted it to be more permanent. The brief was "hip hop" - four specific artists, but a combo luxurious look. Ergo the chains with the more delicate banner. The mirror and lotus motif are from artist albums. Oh am now making cake toppers so that they can either slot into a base or tiny tabs, so can be table decor instead if preferred.

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Pretty pretty PINK ballerina princess cake topper now done. :) Shipped even. Spiderman also shipped. Now back to my hip hop cake design. :) And I've just taken on a TRUCK (as in construction vehicles or monster trucks) one for big brother of the spiderman topper (can't do one brother without the other, right? :)) So I'll be learning a lot about big trucks it appears. :)

For something totally different, a last minute quick topper for a little boy. We just saw a photo of him wearing a spiderman outfit. Turns out it's ALL he will wear. So as we already had this design handy - we just updated the name and date (Hubby made the original one) I opened my big mouth and asked his mom if Winston might like this for his cake for his third birthday which is March. Resounding yes, so squeezed in this one too. :)

Several cake topper projects this month. This one, well maybe I went a bit overboard. Started out with balloon arch. The intelligence was, LOTS of pink and princess. Added info was ballerina. The little girl will be 5. So now it's one central ballerina (her) and four mini ballerinas. VERY PINK. I'm leaning towards dropping the balloon arch and making a simple white arch to go over the little girl with the words happy birthday [name] on it.

Working on cake topper for little girl who turns 14 in March. I've mentioned this project before as she wants hip hop theme. So I've been googling her fave artists. Luckily one has a lotus on one of his albums - so icon one is picked, and also has album called 'The Divine Feminine" which I'm renaming to "The Divine Fourteen." As she's turning 14 and ergo has opinions, this one is NOT a surprise design <g>. We're collaborating. :) Sketch 01, but still needs 3 more artists added.

Sorting photos. Here's welcome newborn topper for same couple for whom I made Winnie the Pooh baby shower topper. Earlier than expected induced birth, so it was a last-minute job (I thought I had 2 more weeks! :)) so now I plan to fine tune baby design so I can make this for others if they'd like. The crate is because the couple's home is decorated in "boho style." I made THREE name signs for her mom to take, as couple hadn't picked out the name before birth. :)

Finally finished quilt for part of modular cake topper for SIL's birthday next week. Family gathering (post their covid recovery) for Xmas + a birthday. I also made a sewing machine outline to go with this that includes the text happy birthday on it, but I'm not happy with it. May replace it with camels. TBD. Would be placed off center. I couldn't copy SIL's quilt blue colors so this is just center with the dark, medium, light colors in the same pattern. I like light behind it.

Sharing another acrylic cake topper that I made inspired by a "pregnancy photo shoot" of the young couple. Winnie the Pooh and Piglet of course were just added in as it was for a baby shower and theme was
I design in Adobe Illustrator, then cut the colored acrylic inserts offset by typically about 0.0055" so that it slots in exactly and rarely even needs to be glued in. I'm having so much fun exploring my new laser cutter.