{Bakery In A Cake} The Bakery Has a Name! and Descisions About Flooring and Walls and Starting to Decorate *phew, that was a mouthfull*

Well first things first (even though it wasn't the first thing out of what I'm going to talk about today lol) the bakery now has a name! I couldn't think of anything no matter how hard I tried so I decided I would ask my Facebook friends if any of them had a suggestion, however literally as soon as I decided to do that an idea popped into my head so I mulled it over a little bit and still couldn't come up with anything else to compare it too and I just wasn't 100% sure it was what I wanted to use, so I went ahead and asked for suggestions.  And got so many FABULOUS suggestions that I loved, but the more I got and the more I loved them and thought they were great, the more I realized that the one I had had originally was really the right one. So after all that I did end up going with that one.  It's now called Flutterby Bakery.

However, as I said I really loved the suggestions my friends came up with so I really want to use them, so I'm planning a couple more bakeries for some of them and then I plan on working the others into other projects in different ways.  I know there's 2 bakeries specifically that I definitely want to do from those names though.... one a Halloween themed one from a suggestion a friend's husband came up with, and the other one a fairy house bakery the will actually combine two of the name suggestions...... but I don't want to get too into talking about those now, because I have a lot to show and tell about Flutterby Bakery.

Now, actual first things first, I don't think I had posted a picture of the case that will become the structure for this one yet so we'll start there...

It's already been cut in this picture so that the front is open.  There will be a floor to cover the inside of the base and then the outside of everything will be decorated to look like a cake.... which will be the very last step to be done, so I really haven't even started thinking about how I want to decorate it yet.

Next came decisions about flooring and walls.  I actually would have started working on this a while ago (I've had the CD case - donated by my friend Shanna since probably January.... might have even been late December), but I just couldn't decided what I wanted the floor and walls to be. I had gotten a couple different scrapbook papers (my favorite material for flooring and wallpaper and paneling) and none of them seemed quite right.  But then the other day I was at ACMoore looking at scrapbook papers there to see if there was anything I liked and I actually found two different ones that I liked for the walls, but they were both too big a scale (one was a pale yellow with white polka dots and the other had bunting strung back and forth across it which I thought would look really good on one wall of the bakery).  So I ended up going to Michael's after I decided that they just wouldn't work for this small a scale and while I was there I decided to check their selection again (they seem to have the best selection for dollhouse projects for me).  I found a yellow with polka dots in a smaller scale there.  It was a little bit brighter yellow than the one at ACMoore, but it was still perfect for the project.  Having that to work from I decided that a gray floor would be good with it and I found a gray and white stripe that I could cut into square tiles, but then I also found a gray woodgrain paper.  It was a much larger scale, but had sections with smaller "stripes" {?} that would work so I got them both to try them and see which I liked better

I didn't really want to do a wood floor again like I did in the Tea Room so I cut the wood grain into tiles, kind of a wood grained tile look.  After trying both of them I liked them both, and ended up going with the wood grain in the front section of the bakery and the gray and white tiles for the kitchen part.  Unfortunately I apparently didn't get a picture of the floor as I was working on it, but you'll see it in the pictures further down.

My next step was figuring out where I wanted the wall (well actually I had to figure that out before I finished the floors lol) and cutting out a piece of plywood for the wall and cutting a door out of it. I haven't attached the wall to the floor yet, for one because I wanted to decorate the wall while I could still lay it flat, but also because, while the room itself is coming together quickly, its probably going to be a while before I get all the cupcakes, cakes, cookies, French macarons, cake pops, and any other goodies made and the plastic storage box I'm storing it in in the meantime is kinda flat and I want to store it all flat.  I also cut a piece of the yellow polka dot paper to fit the wall and decided that I wanted some sort of tall wainscoting on this back wall so I cut a couple pieces of white paper to the right size and just temporarily stuck them onto it until I could figure out exactly what I wanted to use for that.

I also cut a couple pieces of the yellow paper for the inside of the lid/side walls and taped them in place so I could kind of dry fit everything and see how it was looking so far. (and of course had to set the two display cases I already had in there too :)

Now that I had a better idea of what the inside of the bakery was going to be like I started figuring out what I wanted to do about the counter.  I had thought maybe I'd just build one from scratch, but I didn't really want to have to do the math to figure out the measurements for it (lol I know LAZY) and I found two different ones from Karenbenson.com that I liked, but the one with the glass front seemed like it might be too short, and the other one was longer, but it didn't have a glass front and I was afraid it might be too long, so I ordered 2 of the shorter ones and one of the longer ones and figured I'd put them all together and see which looked best.

After I got them in, I tried both and the glass front one was too short with just one and not quite right with the two next to each other, the long one was the perfect length, but I really wanted a glass front counter soooo..... after looking at the two different kits for a minute I realized that I might be able to combine them to make it exactly how I wanted.  I took the front "trim" overlay of the long one and flipped it so that the 4 bigger openings were at the top and then cut 2 of the pieces out to make it 2 long openings instead of the 4.  The "glass" pieces from the shorter counter were just about the perfect size to fit in the two openings and meet behind the center trim.  I did have to trim them down just slightly, but not much.  Then the backing piece was the perfect size to cut into 2 pieces and use one to back the lower openings and the other to make a shelf under the "glass" openings.  Then I just put the rest of the counter together the way it was supposed to be (other than also flipping the moldings on the sides upside down too) I LOVE how it turned out!

I do think I want to put something in the bottom recesses though.... maybe a shabby chic paper or one with "Cupcakes Cakes Cookies" something like that printed on it.... idk yet..

So then of course was the naming process and then once the name was settled on I put it up on the back wall with little letters that are meant to be for story lockets, that I painted a matte gray...... along with some butterflies.  The white one was also a story locket charm that I spraypainted and the others are punched from cardstock with 2 different butterfly shaped punches I have.

  I wanted a little more shelving in the bakery and I thought the right side of the door (when you're looking at it) would be a good place for it and I was thinking I should look to see if I can find some sort of cute little brackets in this scale to use for them and then I noticed the rest of the package of the butterfly charms and thought.... I wonder if I cut them in half if I could use them as brackets.... guess what.... it worked.... so I made a little 3 shelf shelving unit to go on that wall

I couldn't glue it in place yet because I still just had the temporary white paper on the walls but I stuck it up there for a minute to take a couple pictures to see what it all looks like together.

And (for now) just one more picture (I promise)......

I had thought I wanted the wainscoting on the bottom part of the wall to be white, but I found this gray striped paper in my stash and I really kind of like it, so I have it up temporarily while I think about it lol...... I'm thinking with all the display fixtures being white the stripes behind it might make everything stand out a little better.....

The next steps will be working on the kitchen area behind the wall and a few cafe tables and chairs for the front of the store.  Oh and the bunting I want to do for the left wall.  And of course I'll be starting on goodies to sell in the bakery soon. I've ordered a couple molds to help with making the "baked" goods.

I also need to get back to working on the Backyard Art Studio, but I still haven't ordered the windows I need to make skylights for the roof for that which is pretty much the next thing I need to work on, well after I finish the brick siding for the other 2 sides.... so I suppose I should go ahead and get those done lol ;)