A Day at the Bakery

My evenings have been so busy this past week.  Christmas dinner with the company, attending the boy's school recital, shopping for our first sofa... Can you believe we never had one?  Hubby wanted a  minimum of furniture because our tiny flat is small enough as it is but then he realized it's much more comfortable to sit on a couch than on the floor.

Well, with all these activities, there has been very little time to work on my Christmas village.  Progress has stalled as I am not happy yet with the present setting.  The background was supposed to be light blue sky but my husband came back with dark blue posters >.<  Never send a man on a shopping trip to buy the stuff you need!!! 

But I guess the dark blue will just have to do so I set up a few scenes and took some photos.  I wonder if you can guess what the story will be about :)

Baby showed much interest in the Christmas village.  While I worked on the scene display, I had to give her something to play with because she would constantly point to the little critters.

Orcara - Story of Cakes

I am very excited to show you today the The Story of Cakes Miniature Collection from Orcara! Of all the Orcara miniature collection, it is my favorite.   I think it's probably because I am biased toward sweets and cakes but truly these are beautiful miniatures.

Front cover of the individual box

Back cover of the individual box

Complete Set Box

Now to the miniature cakes.  They look AMAZING!   Each set is so detailed and the colors, texture, and accompanying containers and cake stands are beautiful and well made!

Heart Cookie Cake

Citrus Strawberry

Ice Cream Dessert

Chocolate & Pocky

Valentine Delicacy

Fancy Chocolates

Fresh Fruit Cocktail

Fruit of the Forest

I can't get over how cute and beautiful these miniatures are! I wanted to show this to you for quite some time but I had to wait for some Barbie furniture in order to showcase the cakes properly!  Here below is the Barbie Bake Shop and Cafe.  I didn't add any other miniature except the Orcara cakes so you can see what it looks like in a bakery setting. 

And here below are my Licca dolls in the bake shop.  They are only 9 inches tall so barbie dolls at 11 inches tall would tower over the yellow top counter.   But I like my little girls here because they are supposed to be children anyway so their size is appropriate for Barbie furniture. 

Don't you think the cakes look so beautiful displayed in a bake shop?