New jewelry available at b. (a resale shop)

If you are in the Minneapolis area and you have not checked out b. (a resale shop) then you need to get over there and check out this great local shop! And they have been voted best used clothing store in Minneapolis in the Citypages Best Of issue! If you become a fan of their facebook page you will be of the first to know when they get new goods in. So check them out, and while you are there don't forget to take a look at what Objects and Subjects has available for sale. :)

New Jewelry!

Cake Truffles

I have made cake pops a few times and I think they are really cute and fun to make. I wanted to make some and realized I forgot to get the cake pop sticks, so I decided to make them like gourmet chocolate truffles. Super easy and delicious.

Here is what I made. I bought the little gold foil cupcake papers at the grocery store and they were the perfect size! Plus they add a little bit of elegance!

I used chocolate cake and chocolate fudge frosting and these are the flavors I made with that: Chocolate Peanut Butter, Chocolate and Coconut, Double Chocolate, Tuxedo, and Chocolate Walnut.

Chocolate and Peanut Butter

Double Chocolate

Chocolate and Coconut

Chocolate and Toasted Walnut

For the filings I used one of my round decorating tips to create a well in the cake balls. I then put some creamy honey peanut butter, coconut flavored cream, and vanilla frosting in small ziplock bags and cut a small bit off one of the corners and piped the fillings into the cake balls.

Then all you need is some melting chocolate to dip the cake balls in and then decorate how you like, the possibilities are endless!

I made these cake pops a while ago and I loved decorating them! Having them on a stick made it easy to decorate because I could hold them and turn them, but I had to make a holder for them so the chocolate would set (I didn't have any Styrofoam as that probably would have worked best) and my little set up was not ideal and the pops kept wanting to lean and touch each other.

If you are ready to make some Cake Pops or Cake Truffles for your next party, shower or wedding here are some how-to instructions from Instructables. Have fun!

The Next Step for Objects and Subjects: Creating retail displays and tags

I had a lot of fun picking out saucers and small dishes at the thrift store to create these tiered displays. All you need are some candlesticks holders, small dishes and a good glue or epoxy.

Objects and Subjects Earring Cards

Sample Earring Card

I found this shutter at the thrift store for $2 and it is a perfect way to display jewelry!

Creative Seasoning Bottles

I was getting bored with my spinning seasoning rack and decided it was time to change it up. I thought it would be neat to get a bunch of vintage glass bottles or jars to showcase my spices but then I remembered Ax-Man, a surplus store in St. Paul, MN. They always carry a variety of different types of glass bottles. I bought two different kinds, some that appear to be from some science lab and feature mL measurements and some old ink bottles. They also had bins of different sizes of corks and unfortunately at the time they did not have ones that perfectly fit these bottles so I had to sand them down a bit.

I still want to figure out a cute way to better labels these but for now I simply wrote on some small pieces of white tape. I also want to get a something old that will hold display spices. But for now this cute bottles look great sitting on my counter top!