A Teapot for a Friend

Before it was glossed

      A friend is a priceless treasure. We may have loads of friends, but there's only one gem or two in the bushes.

    This teapot was sculpted for a good friend, Colette Quinn. I didn't get the chance to see her on Christmas day, neither on New Year's day; so to wish her a prosperous 2014 is to have a chat over a pot of tea.
   
      A text message was sent from hubby's phone to let her know that a teapot would be on the way to her place later that night. Alas! She's going out with some friends, so we called in earlier instead. Tony was carrying the teapot to her kitchen. When Colette grabbed the handle of it, we gasped and she was surprised. Reading between the lines, she got the message.

       It's a cake!

       Yes, it is! It's a Maritoni white velvet cake.


      Earlier that night, Linda with Grace and Conor called in and as Grace spotted the teapot on the table, she grabbed the handle   and I gasped as well telling her it's a cake. Linda reckoned it wasn't a cake as the gloss in it made it look like a real porcelain teapot.
 
      To have it mistakenly as a porcelain teapot for the third time made my day!

        I learned that the handle was finally broken when it was lifted by one of her young lads. And for the cake itself to pass their taste buds is another bonus.

       The teapot was actually inspired by the colour of 2014, radiant orchid and I accented it with pale and bright yellow and deep green. Pantone said, 'Radiant orchid inspires confidence and emanates great joy, love and health'. In fact, my confidence has been enhanced.

       Later that night I read more about the colour of the year 2014 and to my surprise, I found out that to bring out the best of radiant orchid is to pair it with pale yellow, bright yellow, deep green and pink.  Didn't I pot the gold before I knew it?

        Truly there's so much fun in Maritoni cakes and I'm pretty sure of that!

A Maritoni White Velvet teapot cake: the gloss makes it look a real porcelain teapot.