‘We all know the devil is in the detail. Excellence is in the accumulation of seemingly inconsequential, minor and weightless details. Yet, if you gather them together lovingly and patiently, along with your team’s intelligence - it is possible to create weight and density……..for a fleeting second, one may feel that one has touched excellence’ - Raymond Blanc
I found this quote on the Le Manoir website last week and being a passionate perfectionist myself it resonated perfectly with my own personal aesthetic values. An article I read once called me the ‘goddess of small things, driven by an unwavering commitment to excellence she creates precise, flawless and beautiful wedding cakes‘ which I thought rather flowery!
But of course it’s true. Pay attention to the inconsequential details and beauty will appear and let herself be seen. Whether your designs are simple or complex they will only work if you consider every aspect of their creation. Their geometric form, their weight and balance, the colour and spacing of decoration and accessories all combine and amount to give them weight and density and hopefully excellence.
It is an elusive quality that has to be nurtured and encouraged. It is also very important to leave space for accidents to happen, as these may elevate your initial idea beyond your initial expectations.
Though, you can’t win them all, sometimes you reach but miss, and these creations fall by the cakeside, in my case eaten by the happy and excited children that gather around my door on baking days!
You may have noticed that things have been a little quiet on my blog for the past few weeks. That’s because I’ve been busy designing my new website of which I’m very excited about!….please take a look here Wedding Cakes by Maisie Fantaisie xx
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Hi Lilybox, thank you so much, and of course that’s fine. I’ve just been looking at your lovely blog!
Love the new website. I regularly visit your site for inspiration. I hope it’s okay but I’ve put a link to your blog/site on my blog http://www.lilyboxdesigns.blogspot.com/ and also added a few images saying how wonderful your work is.