Since I began decorating, I’ve been saving cake photos to serve as inspiration for (possible) future projects. There are so many talented cake artists out there who have shared their fun or unique cake photos — I just love ‘em! All of my cakes start with a design sketch. And I love having a trusted bundle of ideas at my fingertips when I sit down to design a new project.
Prior to 2010, I would [laboriously] save cake ideas and photos on my own computer in numerous folders by theme. But just after Pinterest kicked off, I began using it instead to save cake ideas. Now over a decade later I still visit Pinterest as part of a nighttime relaxation ritual, adding ideas to my boards I think might come in handy for a future project. You never know when you’ll need ideas for a pirate ship cake taking down a kraken! Or ideas for a unicorn cake flying through space!
I have over 100 boards on Pinterest devoted to cake, broken out by theme! That’s right. A board just for Star Wars cake ideas. A board just for Halloween cake ideas. And a board just for… you get it. I’m not sure how it happened, but my Pinterest account has over 5k followers. I think folks love my idea boards almost as much as I do!
Here’s just a sample of the OVER 100 cake themed boards I have on Pinterest, organized by theme:
I also use my Pinterest boards to point friends and family to who might need help narrowing down the scope of their cake request. : ) It’s a much nicer experience than saying “um, can you do a wide and non-specific search for cactus cakes and tell me what you like?” If I can point them to a board with nothing but cactus cake ideas I’ve curated over the years, I call that a win-win!