They say a girl can never have too many shoes…or handbags….or makeup…or chocolates…or marshmallows (since they are fat free after all, so why leave them out?!)
I was never much of a shoe person when I was younger. As a child I was very much a tom boy. I would only be wearing shoes which gave me comfort, as a teenager I was pretty much the same. When I was little my mum would only let me wear dresses on special occasions…that way I appreciated the essence of dressing up.
My mum, (bless her cotton soxys) was always my idol when it came to making an effort. Ever since I could remember, she’d never go to a wedding without wearing heels. Even for her, heels were only for special occasions…on a daily bases it was comfort. May God hold her beauty for ever, but damn does she look fine at times!
It was only two years ago, when I found my inner shoe person, and every girl has that inner self I can assure you. This was when my mum brought me a pair of Stuart Weitzman Crystal embedded heels, which are still sitting in the bottom of my cupboard, wrapped in tissue paper (I love things wrapped in tissue paper, doesn’t it just make it all the more special?) in a pink and brown polka dotted box waiting to be worn on my wedding day. From that day onward my fate had been written, ‘you either wear heels, or you stay fun size forever’. I decided, fun size was my destiny, but hell, why not try these shoes with sticks at the bottom of them once in a while…it helps me to see beyond my capacity? So from that day forward, I became a shoe fanatic, its true, a girl REALY can not have too many shoes! (Or marshmallows for that matter)
Although I only wear my heels when I’m attending weddings, or once in a while when I’m going out for dinner with my friends and Faju (a friend who is on my fun size level) forces me…it feels special, Lady like. A good quality pair of heeled shoes gives a sense of elegancy and usually carries a dress off sensationally. All girls have a princess hidden deep in there somewhere, who’s feet deserve to be dressed up every so often.
Unfortunately I never did end up finding my love for handbags as I did for shoes…Those dinky little things under a girls underarm whilst she trots away on the underground, steps into a train ready to leave, and the wretched handbag gets stuck in the train doors as they close, and then the train cant leave the station until that one girl doesn’t pull her dinky handbag out of that door. By the time she does pull it out of the gap, there is tutting, hissing and sighs all around her. As you may have well guessed, none of that ever appealed to me, partly because I knew my books would never fit in there! I’m happy using my Eco friendly recycled material bag, that seems to fit my life in it. J
I had a customer a year or so ago, requesting a cake with a pair of designer shoes and a hand bag. This was all very new to me, but I was always looking for a challenge, so I thought why not!? After that one cake which was made for a lovely girl called Shabnum (who is one of my biggest sources of advertisements, oh and she also resembles Katrina Kaif, ***wolf whistle***) The Bakeress’s shoes and hand bag cakes had a WANTED title before them.
All of my shoes and hand bags are hand made, and can be made in any colour desired (Yes, even teal colour, which is a colour I’d never heard of until a customer requested a teal coloured handbag!). I now take pleasure in making every shoe an individual pair, designing them exclusively for each customer. Each and every pearl or stitching design created on my shoes and handbags is thought of with much affection and care. I adore trying to make them look as realistic as possible. If one has a doll, they would even be able to dress her feet in them!
The shoes and handbags are made out of Sugar paste icing and are completely dried out before being placed on their destined flavoured cake, be it my Sinful Chocolate cake, Luscious Lemon cake, or a Ravishingly moist Red velvet…the shoes and handbags look edibly divine on them all! The great fact is that, the recipient can just lift the shoes and handbags off the cake before cutting it, and keep them as a momentum sitting on their room shelf for a life time! (I can assure you they won’t turn green). Alternatively for people with an extra sweet tooth, they can lick the shoe or handbag whenever peckish, for every inch of them is made from an edible material, if this is the case then please to be aware of an extreme high sugar rush!
What’s best is seeing the birthday girl (or boy, I say this whilst looking up to the heavens) who the cake is made for smile, or even better squirm with delight (especially fourteen year old girls, they seem to do a lot of squirming), at the fact that a friend or a family member of theirs has so thoughtfully placed a personalised cake order for them.
Seeing the cake recipient smile, for me is what makes my life more worthwhile :) xxx
I was never much of a shoe person when I was younger. As a child I was very much a tom boy. I would only be wearing shoes which gave me comfort, as a teenager I was pretty much the same. When I was little my mum would only let me wear dresses on special occasions…that way I appreciated the essence of dressing up.
My mum, (bless her cotton soxys) was always my idol when it came to making an effort. Ever since I could remember, she’d never go to a wedding without wearing heels. Even for her, heels were only for special occasions…on a daily bases it was comfort. May God hold her beauty for ever, but damn does she look fine at times!
It was only two years ago, when I found my inner shoe person, and every girl has that inner self I can assure you. This was when my mum brought me a pair of Stuart Weitzman Crystal embedded heels, which are still sitting in the bottom of my cupboard, wrapped in tissue paper (I love things wrapped in tissue paper, doesn’t it just make it all the more special?) in a pink and brown polka dotted box waiting to be worn on my wedding day. From that day onward my fate had been written, ‘you either wear heels, or you stay fun size forever’. I decided, fun size was my destiny, but hell, why not try these shoes with sticks at the bottom of them once in a while…it helps me to see beyond my capacity? So from that day forward, I became a shoe fanatic, its true, a girl REALY can not have too many shoes! (Or marshmallows for that matter)
Although I only wear my heels when I’m attending weddings, or once in a while when I’m going out for dinner with my friends and Faju (a friend who is on my fun size level) forces me…it feels special, Lady like. A good quality pair of heeled shoes gives a sense of elegancy and usually carries a dress off sensationally. All girls have a princess hidden deep in there somewhere, who’s feet deserve to be dressed up every so often.
Unfortunately I never did end up finding my love for handbags as I did for shoes…Those dinky little things under a girls underarm whilst she trots away on the underground, steps into a train ready to leave, and the wretched handbag gets stuck in the train doors as they close, and then the train cant leave the station until that one girl doesn’t pull her dinky handbag out of that door. By the time she does pull it out of the gap, there is tutting, hissing and sighs all around her. As you may have well guessed, none of that ever appealed to me, partly because I knew my books would never fit in there! I’m happy using my Eco friendly recycled material bag, that seems to fit my life in it. J
I had a customer a year or so ago, requesting a cake with a pair of designer shoes and a hand bag. This was all very new to me, but I was always looking for a challenge, so I thought why not!? After that one cake which was made for a lovely girl called Shabnum (who is one of my biggest sources of advertisements, oh and she also resembles Katrina Kaif, ***wolf whistle***) The Bakeress’s shoes and hand bag cakes had a WANTED title before them.
All of my shoes and hand bags are hand made, and can be made in any colour desired (Yes, even teal colour, which is a colour I’d never heard of until a customer requested a teal coloured handbag!). I now take pleasure in making every shoe an individual pair, designing them exclusively for each customer. Each and every pearl or stitching design created on my shoes and handbags is thought of with much affection and care. I adore trying to make them look as realistic as possible. If one has a doll, they would even be able to dress her feet in them!
The shoes and handbags are made out of Sugar paste icing and are completely dried out before being placed on their destined flavoured cake, be it my Sinful Chocolate cake, Luscious Lemon cake, or a Ravishingly moist Red velvet…the shoes and handbags look edibly divine on them all! The great fact is that, the recipient can just lift the shoes and handbags off the cake before cutting it, and keep them as a momentum sitting on their room shelf for a life time! (I can assure you they won’t turn green). Alternatively for people with an extra sweet tooth, they can lick the shoe or handbag whenever peckish, for every inch of them is made from an edible material, if this is the case then please to be aware of an extreme high sugar rush!
What’s best is seeing the birthday girl (or boy, I say this whilst looking up to the heavens) who the cake is made for smile, or even better squirm with delight (especially fourteen year old girls, they seem to do a lot of squirming), at the fact that a friend or a family member of theirs has so thoughtfully placed a personalised cake order for them.
Seeing the cake recipient smile, for me is what makes my life more worthwhile :) xxx
"If a shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?"
My edible shoe and handbag wardrobe!
The Bakeress's shoe and handbag wardrobe!
The dolls pink handbag!
A rich deep purple handbag with creased skin.x
Funky new green retro handbag!
Cute little lavender handbag with yellow swirls!
The Bakeress's little Shoe Shop for Dolls!
The Bakeress's little shoe shop for dolls!x
My Minny sparkly slippers!
Baby girl trainers!! These are exceptionally cute..don't you just want to eat them??!! Good thing is now you can! :D
For those rainy days...
The Bakeress's favourite pair of shoes! The floral pumps are adorably cute and girly looking. They look exceptionally well with a pretty dress and skinny jeans!x
My collection of sugar made stylish handbags! 
Just like mummy!
My deep pink sparkly slippers all ready to go on top of its destiny! 
Teal LV handbag and Floral pumps. I shimmered the the handbag and shoes with bronze colour, which gave a whole regal outlook...x 
A deep pink set of glittered heels, with an elegant rope of edible pearls & and a matching handbag to go with them! 
Candy pink & Black Prada handbag, bedded on top a Sinful chocolate cake! 
Baby pink LV handbag and Floral pumps, on a supple, luscious lemon cake with lemon zested frosting.x
My LV handbag and Floral pumps, in the process of drying so they can be placed on a very special girls cake!
My stylish deep purple handbag and Floral pumps, sitting comfortably on a seductively sinful chocolate cake! This cake was for my niece Aisha, on her birthday last year, Huggy's to Aisha!xxx 
Mulberry handbag, Gucci sunglasses...so the slippers had to be from Unze! Baby blue and brown make a stunningly soft combination. Reminds me of blue sky and droplets of chocolate rain dripping down from it...one of my many delicious dreams.x
My baby pink and black Gucci handbag and Floral pumps! This hand made item was placed on a good old fashioned moist Vanilla flavoured cake. An old English teacher of mine, from secondary school ordered this for her friend, after getting in touch with me after all these years. Had a good catch up when she came to collect the cake...did I mention that my cakes are wonders for social catch up's? ;) I only ever belived in one person when it came to shoes...Cinderella. After all, was she not proof that a pair of shoes can change your life?xxx
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