Sunday, May 23, 2010

Carol's Marie Antoinette Folder: Sensual Pleasures



Here is the spread I just completed in Carol's Marie Antoinette Folder. Her theme is "Sensual Pleasures." I immediately thought of cakes and chocolate candy. I decided to do a 4-tiered pop-up cake. The cake itself turned out fine, but there was still something missing. I pondered what to do to complete this spread, but nothing I came up with felt right.

Usually when I hit a block like this, I end up rethinking the project and start all over again. There are many ways to work through a block. For example, I could have gotten out all of my Marie Antoinette materials (which I have collected in preparation for this folder swap) and see what leaps out at me. In this case, I was getting ready to lead a group of my high school classmates (affectionately known as the "Sweeties") in a magnet-making craft night. As I gathered my magnet materials, I realized that the flat marbles that we use to make magnets would make fabulous chocolates. I had a bunch of leftover candy cups (my hubby keeps me well stocked with chocolate) and simply found pretty, colorful pictures of petit fours and glued them to the flat marbles. I then glued the little "chocolates" to the candy cups. At first, I centered the doily in the center of the layout, but soon realized that the flat marbles weren't so flat after all--Carol's book would not close flat enough for mailing. So, I placed the doily on one side of the layout and arranged the candies on the doily. Now, the folder can be properly closed. I added chipboard letters to spell out "Sweet Thing" and my folder was done. How appropriate that the Sweeties were the inspiration for my "Sweet" spread in Carol's folder!

4 comments:

  1. How clever you are! The spread looks wonderful and inviting. It will be fun seeing it in person! Thanks for sharing your process too. It's always interesting to hear how our minds work and how an art piece unfolds.

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  2. Nice Lorena!! I had also thought of chocolates for sensual pleasures--lucky you to have all those chocolate cups!!! Great idea!!!

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  3. What an excellent idea! And yummy looking too!

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  4. Beautiful and the slick, smooth surface of the marbles are indeed sensual. Talk about sweets that look too good to eat!

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