Picking Baby Names & Making Baby Cake Toppers

We don’t know yet if we’re having a boy or a girl but I’m definitely picking baby names for fun.  Every time I get the chance to glance at names, I try to pick my favorites.  I did it during the ABC’s of Hand Lettering book launch & I would also do it when going through my workshop sign up sheet.  So far, Ponggo’s totally against the names Asterisk & Ampersand. We’re not having twins but I just thought a weird mom-to-be must give equally “unique” names to her child as a legacy. LOL.

Anyway, here’s a continuation of my pregnancy diaries.  I swear, I try to refrain from updating this but I just can’t with so many new things happening in my life. 😀

Day 39 – So morning sickness finally kicked in late in the game.  My usual triggers are soap, toothpaste & overeating *oops*.  I have to change my soap and the process of buying a new one is funny, arduous & torturous at the same time.  Today, I was at the grocery trying to smell all the body washes and checking to which variants I wouldn’t react to and trying not to puke in between.

Day 40 – Every time I feel a contraction in my tummy, my dad tells me to rest. He says that my baby might think “Hay, my mom never stops moving.” I told my dad, well, actually, that’s what the doctors say about my baby too–it’s always moving.

Day 41 – When someone tells me “Congratulations on your pregnancy”.  Sometimes, it sounds to me as if they’re saying “Congratulations! You won a big sack of hormones!”

Day 42 – When I find myself waddling with my feet turned out I start thinking “Awww…You’re starting to walk like some legit pregnant woman!”  Then, I suddenly realize “Nahhh…You always walked like thanks or no thanks to ballet.  Helloooo? Remember your friends even wanted you to take walking classes before your wedding?”

Day 43 – Today’s thought: Wow, there’s so may people in this country & I’m about to contribute to its population!”

Day 44 – It gets tricky when I say “My inner child is happy. I’m referring to the younger version of myself and not the CHILD growing INSIDE me.

Day 45 –    They were having a hard time conducting my ultrasound exam because the baby kept on moving. I think our child is a future swimmer or dancer.  Oh wait.  All babies are swimmers by default. 🙂

This was a hangout that was 2 years in the making.  Lisane of Cottontail Cake Studio & I have been planning to meet up to make cake toppers for a while now but our scheds never matched.

Finally, we agreed to meet up yesterday at Royal Picadilly, her sister’s restaurant.  They gave me gumpaste & food coloring to play with but I just got overwhelmed with the medium.  I realized, I’ve been working with flat elements all the time so the whole 3D aspect is really new to me.  I watched her & her sister Lora work on a baby topper & some flowers instead.

Some tools!  I didn’t even know these existed.  These are probably the cutest most colorful art tools that I’ve ever seen.  Paint brushes tend to play it safe: they usually have wooden handles and basic colors such as red, black & green.

Here are some flowers.  I also made one for myself but it was nowhere near this quality. Hahaha. Cake decorating can be fun & I’ve always daydreamed about these things since I saw a feature on TV when I was a kid but it also takes a lot of practice and time spent figuring out how you’ll execute your design.

Here’s the finished baby! *Yeah!* I had my picture taken with it because technically, the baby in my tummy is only as big as this–3 inches. Hahahaha.

Thanks Lisane for the instant 3D portrait! Wow! :)

Cottontail Cake Studio is accepting orders for all occasions: birthdays, weddings & parties.  They’re also holding workshops once in a while.  I suggest you check out their website and discover more about their cutesy & whimsical design (not to mention quality work)!

‘Til the next cutesy hangout! 🙂

XOXO,

Tipsy

P.S. I’ll try NOT to bombard you with my baby journal. Wahahahaa. *As if I can.*
Anyway, if you missed the first two, here they are:
Coming Soon: A New Googly Character
Pregnancy FAQ’s

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P.P.S. New workshop schedules have been posted on the Google form here. 🙂

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