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I decided to turn it into this:
Yep. It’s an eyelash cake.
The storage container looks like this when it’s filled up. Each compartment has it’s own lid so when you need one set they won’t all fall out and it’s transparent so you can see them all at once. It’s exactly the right size so your lashes don’t get crushed or out of shape.
So let’s get started! This is what you need for cakey lash storage:
-Paper clay. I picked up a kit from Singapore but I’ve seen this same kit available on Etsy as well.
-Container
-Cute ribbon
-Icing bag with nozzles
-Optional if your paper clay kit doesn’t come with white icing you can use acrylic modeling paste (read more here)
-Small false flowers
So this is what came in my kit. It has lots of molds and a couple of colours of clay and a ready to go icing kit.
I wanted a strawberry for my cake so I made one with the mold like this:
Put clay in both sides of the mold.
Squish it together..
You get this:
Remove the extra and you’ve got a strawberry.
You can make pretty much anything you want by hand as well as it’s really easy to work with. I made some macarons, hearts, icecream tops and some of those swirly chocolate wafer stick things.
Also squish some of the yellow clay flat and cut out 8 fairly equal triangles like this. These are going to be the slices of cake on top so make the roughly the same size as the container sections.
I make a bunch of clay bits and pieces at a time because they need to be left to dry over night.
The next day!
Now that everything is nice and dry let’s get going! Turn your container upside down so the lid parts are on the bottom and coat the top sections with epoxy glue.
Glue the triangles you made on :D
Now decide on the design you want on the top. I like to lay mine out first so I know that it will all fit!
Before I go ahead and glue it all, here is a mini tutorial inside a tutorial on making the wafer swirl things. After they’ve dried you can add the chocolate. I paint mine with brown nail polish :D
Paint the swirl… fairly self explanatory! Let them dry really well before you add them to the cake!
Now back to the cake!!
Time to cover the edges, get your pretty ribbon and glue it around the edge. You should align it as close to the bottom lids as you can without obstructing the opening/closing. Don’t worry about having a large gap towards the top, we’re going to fill that with icing :D
I decided to put flowers on the top of mine, glue whatever you decided to put there ^_^
Time for icing!
Fill your icing bag with whatever you’re using for the icing (please use the paper clay or acrylic modeling paste rather than silicon as silicon attracts a lot of dirt in the bathroom) and get any decorations you have for the top close at hand.
Start icing around the top gap of your cake :D
You can use whatever icing method you like, I just did this: http://www.wilton.com/technique/Shell
I did two lines of icing to fill the gap up to the ribbon.
Next pipe a gigantic swirl in the middle of the flowers :D
Then while the icing is still wet you should add in any decorations you want. I added the strawberry, two wafers and some diamantes :D
Make sure to leave it to dry at least a day or so then it’s ready to use :D
And there you have it! A delicious way to add to your bathroom collection of sweets! And oraganise your collection of lashes!
Also if your collection is bigger than 8 pairs (like mine is) you can just add more layers to your cake underneath ^_^ YUM!
So it would appear that my bathroom now has an unintentional sweets theme now XD
Do you have tips or tricks? Can you tell me a better way to store false eyelashes? |
So cute! I store my falsies in a glasses case, now that I’m getting more I need to make a cake
Sounds like it’s time to start baking then ;)
AMAZING.
:D Too kind!
AWESOME! I love it! Best idea ever. You should totally continue with the sweet theme for all your other storage solutions :-D
Mwahahaha I think I will! I’m envisioning a gigantic layer cake that is actually a set of draws now :D
well, aren’t you just the cleverest pussy cat around? This is an awesome idea! I love it!
Haha maybe not the cleverest! Thank you very much :D
Thats totally cute! How do you open it when it’s in cake form though? I’d love a to see a pic with it open so I can grasp how it works.
Super cute! I want one!
Each individual compartment opens at the bottom ^_^ Here’s a pic I snapped on my phone with 1 compartment open: http://twitpic.com/16cijd
Does that make sense? Glad you enjoyed :D
wow this is so cute and creative!!
Aww thank you!
where did you get it from in Singapore ? how much? tweet me :D
It was from Kinokuniya in Orchard road, I don’t know how much, maybe $17ish?
This is such a good idea :) I tryed to use clay through an icing thing before but it did not work :(
You have to water down the clay a bit, this one comes at the right consistency already but if you are just using normal paper clay you must do it yourself. Also make sure to use paper clay not air drying clay etc or it won’t work ^_^ Maybe try the acrylic paste it’s really easy to use :)
Gah! Violet, your storage ideas are just adorable. I’ve got to try this, I’m getting too many lashes not to!
Aww thank you so much Victoria! And thank you very much for linking me in your post :D I am so obsessed with lashes, I got a nice order from Bodyline too, it’s too cheap not to!
This is so adorable! I have been looking around for paper clay. Where did you get it in Singapore? Need to ask my sister to send me some hehe.
Paper clay can be hard to find, I got mine from Kinokuniya in Orchard Rd but I know you can order it online from Etsy, just do a search for Deco Supplies and some should come up! Thank you!
You arejust AWESOME! really…. i love your page its great!!!!!!! really YOU are great!
You are too lovely!Thank you for such a wonderful comment ^_^
Just so awesome it takes my breath away…
XD I don’t know about that awesome but thank you very much!
wow this looks nice and cute!!!
really great idea
Thank you very much! I love coming up with ideas like this!
haha! I was thinking how could she make a cake out of it, you have to be able to open the lids!
use it upside down … very clever :D
Really cute! I don’t have any falsies though (well I do, but they’re not for me but for my poppets…)
now I feel an urge to get decorating again! T_T (all the stuff is at home and I’m on my dorm)
Haha definitely upside down is best :D That sucks that your craft things are at home, maybe you could just get something small for 1 project at a time or something ^)^
I absolutely love this idea! I have tons of lashes and have been wary of buying more because I’ve run out of room to store them. Definitely going to be finding one of those cases! Thank you!
That’s exactly why I came up with this! I was running out of room and I desperately wanted more because I’m a lash addict ;) Heehee good luck and if you try it out send me some photos :D
Friggin amazing!!!!!! Love it love it love it!!
:D Thank you!!
zomg so cute ^^
:D Thanks Naka!
Violet! Your tutorials are so great… I think I might end up doing them all!! Keep up with the good work~
(hmmm now i’m hungry~ cake anyone?)
Ooo I want cake, yes please! I’m really glad you enjoy the tutorials Shmoo I’ll make sure to keep them coming :D Good luck trying it out!
I love your blog and all the cute stuff and tutorials!! <3 Much love from a fellow kawaii lover!! ^___^ I have a kawaii jewelry shop, please visit sometime! xo zefora.etsy.com
Aww thanks very much for reading and commenting! I’ll definitely have a look at your store, thanks for the link :)
This is adorable! Now I just need some falsies… I recently had to throw most of mine away because they were getting dirty and old so now i’m left with nothing. On the bright side I just made a huge Japanese cosmetics order from Taiwan yay (let’s ignore the dark side of that: i’m considerably poorer) and i’ll definitely need a case for my new lashes.
And thanks so much for linking my site! I can’t wait to come back blogging… just two more weeks to go. These few months have gotten me really acquainted with the feelings of ‘panic’ and ‘complete and utter fear’. Sigh.
Oh you had to throw the out? I’m always so sad when I have to say goodbye to my falsies. Haha I think I get too attached to them! Yay for cosmetics orders though! I hope the exams are going really well, I bet you’re worrying about nothing and you’ll get straight A’s!
That’s such an awesome idea! I love it!
I just don’t understand one thing, though:
“Also if your collection is bigger than 8 pairs (like mine is) you can just add more layers to your cake underneath”
If you add more layers to the cake, how are you supposed to open the lids?
Thanks Mia! Ok what I meant was if you need more than one layer you would just make the same cake again but without the decorations on top, just decorate the sides. Then you can stack them like a layer cake, you wouldn’t glue them together in any way, just rest them on top of each other… does that make sense? If you have anymore questions just let me know ^_^ Maybe I’ll make a second tutorial on how to make stacked cakes!
OMG! how did you even think of something so cute? It looks super yummy!!! nevermind about storing your fake lashes in there.. i’d hv eaten it if it was edible!! :D
just a thought, is there anyway that the clay would hardened up really well for it to be made into cute little accessories? :)
Ahahaha! I was very tempted to eat but but I think maybe that would have caused some problems down the line ;) Yep the clay does harden enough for cute accessories I’ve made a billion of them… that’s all in another post :P
amazing as always! <3 I do so need to make a cake for my falsies, too! xD
Thank you :D Oh if you do make sure to show me!
hey lovely! is it alright if i link your post to my blog http://www.youngchicandsocial.blogspot.com?
love your blog!
Hi Keely! Thanks so much for commenting and reading, of course you are welcome to link to my post ^_^ If you do let me know so I can come and have a look, your blog looks very cute!
Amazing! Such talent! xxx
Aww thank you ^_^
ahah its small but i posted it here!
http://youngchicandsocial.blogspot.com/2010/03/nothing-to-do.html
Size doesn’t matter! Thank you so much for including me :D
I can’t seem to find one of those containers anywhere! :( Mustn’t be a huge demand for them in Canberra!
I’m just wondering if you could maybe let me know the dimensions (just diameter and maybe the height approximately) so I might be able to find something online?
Thank you in advance
Hey Loli ^_^ I found mine at a crappy discount store but maybe try Spotlight or another craft store? It’s the kind of thing you’d probably find to store beads in. The height is 2.5cm and the diameter is 10cm, hope that helps! <3
Thank you! Yes it does a lot! :D
Gahh.
You’re so creative.
OFF TO THE CRAFT SHOP!
Oh let me know if you make one, I’d love to see!
OMG how cute is this ^-^ wow i could tell you’re really talented and creative :) i really want to make one of these but i’m from Sydney (Australia) and i don’t think they have these in stores…however i could check in Spotlight and i’m sure they have stuff like these anyways keep up the great work Violet
<3 Carmela
I bought mine while living in Brisbane and I’ve seen them here in Melbourne too ^_^ Thanks for commenting Carmela!
HEY ! I adore the clay kit thingy , im from singapore :> where did you get it from ? (:
I bought it from Kinokuniya in Orchard ^_^
Omg.. wow. You’re SO artistic!! I’m jealous ^_^
I’m so happy i found your blog again!! I remember reading it like .. maybe a year or half a year ago on lenses?! Love your blog! I’ma be a regular stalker.. I mean.. reader! ^^~
Oh yes! I haven’t written about lenses for a while :D Yay for more stalkers… I mena readers ;)
Omigosh! This is brilliant!! I’ve been pondering quite some time of how on earth I’m going to get my falsies organized! Thank you for being so genius and lovely <3
:D Anytime hahaha! I’m so glad you found it useful!
This is really cute and I absolutely love your hair! I’m definitely returning to your site. ^^
Thank you so much! I’m really glad you enjoyed it, let me know if you have any requests!