Sunday
Jul262009
Sunday Sweets: Threadcakes
July 26, 2009 As you may recall, I get to be one of the judges in this year's Threadcakes competition. However, I'd just like to point out that I had no idea judging would be this hard. Seriously, there are so many surprisingly skillful entries already - and there's still another week to go! - that I don't see how we're going to narrow it down to just a few winners.
But enough of my whining. Here, let me show you what I'm talking about.
(The photos are arranged Threadless design first, followed by the Threadcakes entry.)
By Nicole Jeans
By Judy Stroud
There are also plenty of mad skilz in the 2D category:
By Jamie MastersonAre you starting to see my dilemma? I've just barely scratched the surface, too - I may have to feature more of these next Sunday, since there are so many more I want to share. So tune in then - or, just head over to Threadcakes now and check out all 300+ entries!
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Reader Comments (120)
Aww, Threadless is one of my favorite sites! And now I can wear my favorite shirt and eat it too! THose entries are tough for sure, I do not envy your decision.
The ship cake is stellar- no contest.
They were all SO amazing! But I really loved the robot one. It was so cute! ^_^
Those are crazy! I'd never be able to pick just one winner!
Guck Luck to all of them :)
Wow- this IS going to be tough... can you close your eyes and point??
Oh my gosh, the robot and tomato ones are just heartbreakingly cute.
fantastic!
PS I like the tomato one best. A.ma.zing! (Although the ship is a close second!)
I envy you not, but those are way cool.
Yeah -- when you posted the link a couple weeks ago I went to the site and was absolutely AMAZED at the awesomeness of a surprisingly large percentage of the cakes. There were, of course, a few that left me underwhelmed, but the overall showing was nothing but pure awesome.
My jaw literally dropped at these! I mean, it sometimes drops at an occasional cake (good or bad), but never like this, at each cake in an entire post!! Wow!! Good luck judging - I'm glad it's you and not me!!
Wow, I think these are some of the best cakes I've seen you post yet. Probably because you can see the art, and then that they look EXACTLY like it. Awesome.
Sad robot and swirly lionheads are my faves, but I think they are all amazing.
Loved these! The tomato one is terrific--the shirt design is cute too! Best of luck to you on the decisions...
Wow! I love them all! I thought for sure the robot was the best, but then looked at the next, and the next... I don't envy you having to judge those! They are all phenomenal!
OMG they're all good but that robot is AMAZING.
Wow, those are seriously amazing cakes. But I love the robot one...the melancholy look is captured so beautifully.
Wow, wow, wow! The chocolate lacework on the lion cake manes! Absolutely amazing!
oh. my. gosh. those were all beautiful! i really did love the robot one though.
now that is Art! love love the detail in the ship and waves, beautiful.
Wow these cakes are so awesome! True talent. I don't evny you. I did go and look at all the other cakes on the threadless site and some of those cakes need to be on your site as wrecks! LOL But some are just incredible.
So, so glad I did not attempt what would have undoubtedly been a pathetic entry in this contest. Those are all AmAzInG!
Some of the ones are 'wrecks'! But some of the others are just incredible!
Did you check out the "under the bed"? Holy cow!
oh the sad robot is just so sweet, but I really love the tomato cake, too. I don't envy you!
*jaw drop*
I think the composition of the ketchup bottle and tomatoes is the most interesting of those, even though I can't get over how amazing they all are. I just really like how even the background is translated into another dimension, not just the design in relief or fully sculpted on a flat plane (though both are great and cakes are allowing them a fun artistic revival). It's talented and different, is what I like.
Holy moly, these cakes are really good! The angry ketchup bottle with the ketchup coming out of the top is amazing, as is the banana, and...well ALL of them! Glad I can just enjoy looking at them and not have to vote.
I'm in *tears* guys!!!! TEARS!
I'm the gal who did the robot cake, and after seeing all of the beautiful entries week after week, I really felt like my sweet, sad, little guy didn't stand a chance at all. Win or no win, coming on here today and reading how many of you said you liked the cake, well, enough said. I'm a winner.
Point blank, this contest is an amazing idea. It tosses together a bunch of folks who can produce some amazing art on cotton and a bunch of folks who can get creative with SWEET, edible stuff. And, dude. I seriously think if you cut me open, I'd bleed buttercream.
MUCH LOVE to Cake Wrecks for showing off the lil' robot. Poor thing just couldn't catch a break, and now he's all (shall I say it?) POPULAR on the coolest blog EVER*!!!!
xoxo
Nic
* Please note that there was absolutely NO butt-kissing in this statement.
You picked some nice ones, but there are a surprising number of wrecktastic ones on the threadcakes gallery page-at least that will help with some of the elimination!
Love love love that little robot.
Amazing cakes! o-o
I LOVE the robot cake. Best one, hands down.
Runner up would be the lions.
All of those are amazing! The perfect duplication of the banana, sheer talent of the ship, the gravity-defying way the little robot was upright, the awesomely afraid tomatoes and the (chocolate?) work on the lions. Wow!
wv: dingi
These entries make my head go all dingi!
The robot cake is wonderful.
The ship is amazing!
Good luck judging. I would not want to be in your shoes.
Wow, I see what you mean. These are all fantastic!
I love, love, love that tomato cake! And the 2D lions are great. I wish you Guck Luck in your judging duties. =)
Michelle
I think the tomato cake is the best interpretation into a 3-D form, how they turned the rolling of the hills into topsy-turvy tiers.
But I think the most beautiful out of these is the ship cake, it's just stunning!
I loved the tag on the banana one... It's the shirt, folded...and 3d... awesome..
the robot is ADORABLE and check out the nuts and bolts and hearts at the base to add some interesting detail...
the lacework on the lions is lovely...
I still think my favorite is the ketchup one though..
Holy fow. I don't envy you or the other judges (much!). Those are fantastic, although I think the ketchup and robot ones are my faves.
I only looked through a few pages of the cakes, but from what I have seen, you definitely have the best ones up here on your blog. I may need to look again though after reading the comments from folks who delved a little further into it. Can't wait for the next Sunday Sweets to see more!
I really like the ketchup and robot cakes...the little nuts and bolts on the latter were what tipped it into greatness for me.
Well, of the examples shown, it is easy to pick a winner. A couple are just plain ugly. A couple are just plain 'meh'. And its easy to decide from there.
I love that tomato one. It helps that it's an amazingly cute shirt though too.
I...want to hug that robot.
I've looked at the rules and can't find any mention of categories, so I'm asking here. If there are not professional and amateur categories, could you suggest them for next year? There's amazing talent there, but I suspect a pro and non division would level the playing field quite a bit.
Thanks for drawing my attention to this contest. You're right, the talent is amazing.
oh wow those look amazing! they are all so brilliant in their own way. Very fond of the angry ketchup bottle one myself but then again I just love anything with the crazy cake pans
Those are all too fantastic to pick just one. I think it's time to move on to the taste testing. ;-)
Tomato then robot.
I love all of them though. So adorable.
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Oh, they are all so great. U do not have an easy job!
Sophie-and-Bryce (if you return to read more comments):
Fantastic job on the robot! It's too adorable. I was curious if the robot was made out of cake? And if so, how on earth did he remain standing on those little legs and little neck? You may have produced not just an incredibly adorable cake, but an engineering marvel as well. :)