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?

Orcara - Cooking with the Master

It was Labor Day yesterday and I was glad to be at away from the office and have a long weekend at home.  The weather is still as hot as ever and I frankly can't wait for autumn and some cold air.  I didn't want to go outside as it was too darn hot so I stayed home and cleaned the house.  I also took some pictures of my new miniature collection because I wanted to show you in detail the food miniatures I blogged about last week. 

 

This collection is called "Cooking with the Master" and it's made by Orcara.   Of course this is not a unique custom-made miniature set and I didn't expect it to be.  This is a mass-produced miniature collection that has some flaws but it's overall quite impressive and the price tag is very low.

 

I do love the food inserts you can remove from the containers like the milk from the pitcher or the coffee from the cup.  It's detailed and nice looking.  The only ones I did not like was the rice and spaghetti sauce inserts.  They were boring and not very well made. But overall it's an awesome food miniature collection and the dollhouse looks lovely with them! 
 

Bread Making 1

Bread Making 2

Spaghetti & Sauce

 

Onigiri Rice Ball

 

Fruit Bun Baking

 

Coffee Grinding

Tasty Fresh Salad

Making Soya Milk

 

 

The children were very impressed with the miniatures and they helped me decorate the dollhouse for my Licca dolls.  I think it would fit perfectly bigger dolls like Barbie, Blythe, Pullip and Dal as well.   Some of the smallest items can also fit Little Dal and Sylvanian Families but I think they are best suited for full-size dolls.

 

I bought them from Ebay and because of the shipping fee, it was cheaper for me to buy the whole collection than just a few sets.  If you want to buy some, I would advise you to shop around first as not all sellers will sell them for the same price.  They are cheaper than Re-ment miniatures so they shouldn't come with a super high price tag! 

 

But just in case you are not sold yet on how awesome those miniatures are, I have a giveway planned this month!  There will be two prizes from two different food collections!  I can't tell you what they are yet but I will blog about it soon :D :D :D

Re-ment and Orcara Miniatures

I am so excited about today's post!!!  I had been waiting for my shipment of miniatures to arrive so I can show them to you!

I love Japanese RE-MENT miniatures but the high price tags dissuade me from buying them most of the time.  Even when an item is cheap, the shipping fee is very steep.  Enters ORCARA.  It's a Chinese brand of miniatures very similar to Re-ment.  It's actually extremely similar down to the accessories and design but with slight differences.  It's also much more affordable and not as rare as Re-ment items.

I wasn't sure of the quality of their products so I bought a few items to try first and I was very pleased with how nice they are.   Below are some pictures I took of the cooking collection.  They are displayed on a second-hand Barbie kitchen set.

If you want to see more photos of these extraordinary miniatures, there are groups on Flickr that are devoted specifically to Re-ment and Orcara:

Orcara (diorama galore)

The Re-Ment Addicts Pool (+ Orcara, Megahouse and other miniature brands)

Re-Ment ( リーメント ) (probably the 2nd largest Re-ment pool after Addicts)

Re-Ment Kitchens (if you love miniature kitchen items, this is the place)

Re-ment Multiplicity (when one set is not enough)

People are so creative and make such amazing dioramas! 

Both Re-ment and Orcara are to scale with most full size dolls like Blythe, Pullip, Dal, Barbie, and they can sometimes fit nicely with the smaller dolls like Little Dal and Sylvanian Families/Calico Critters.  I think the best fit is for Licca dolls though.

But the scale does vary.  Sometimes in one single collection you can find miniatures scaled 1:6, 1:8 or 1:12.  So research first before buying something because the scale might be off with your doll.  Or you can just use them as stand alone miniatures without dolls because they look so awesome displayed on a shelf or in a diorama. 

I like the Orcara miniatures so much that I purchased the full complete set of many collections.  I will show them to you in the next few days!  And ... I am planning an Orcara giveaway next month so stay tuned :D :D :D