Ladureé cart update #2

After the fiasco of the too-tall legs, I had to pry them off the cart, sand them, and attach them again.  That did not take long.  Then I started crafting a cover for the roof, and more covers for the edges.  It was very easy to print some cardboard and paint the pieces mint green:

Edges...

... and roof cover

 I attached everything with regular white glue, and the results were very good:

Edges before...

... and after

Roof covered successfully!

Now,  I could probably do some more details to the cart to make it look even more pefect, but I was happy with what I have achieved here.  I think this is the most time I have dedicated to set up a scene ever.  I am very proud of the results, and with all the modifications I made.  I really did not expect for it to look this good:

I have two shelves left, that were supposed to go in both sides of the cart, so people could use them to support stuff, but I am not glueing them just because the real Ladureé carts do not have them - in a way, I agree, they break the lines of the cart.  So I will just keep them, in case I can use them for some other thing, or if I change my mind.

Now, since the construction of the cart took many days, and since I simply hate painting and glueing, I dedicated the time between sessions to print and assemble loads of boxes to decorate it.  All the boxes come from Zena's Miniatures - she has plenty of macaron boxes.  However, I changed the logos to feature the Ladureé logo.  I had bought these printables almost a year ago, and I was dying to make them!

Aren't they adorable?

The green set to the right was bought a long time ago, and it is no longer available, but I wanted to include it as well.  I also could bring out the fabulous clear display, the trays and the tongs:

The trays fit perfectly!

Waiting to be filled up with delicious macarons

The shelf unit and the contents all come from Beautifully Handmade.  Of course, I still have to craft all the tiny macarons that will be on the trays, but I will do that when the heat of Summer decreases, so I can work the polymer clay easier.  

While searching for inspo, I found this picture:

 

Detail that was very inspirational...

 

This tote bag really got my attention.  Specially because one of my providers sells a bag that is practically the same design!  So I bought it, and tried to recreate it to the best of my ability.  This is what I made:

 

The boxes are part of Zena's kits, and the bag and the bottle come from Tienda de Casitas.  The bottle was originally like this:

A camping thermos (stock photo)

I designed a label with the corporate green color and Ladureé logo.  I printed it on latex adhesive paper, and it looks so nice you cannot see where the edges meet.  So happy with it, and so proud of myself!  I removed the cup, and used it in another scene.  I used this bottle in the display counter as inspiration:

And here are some pics of the whole cart, already filled:

Poster taken from a Ladureé real menu

 

The poster with the macarons was made by scanning a real menu that I was given with my order in July 2025.  

Now, except for the mararons, it is practically finished.  I am thinking of trying to find a glass counter like the one in the real picture and fill it up with stuff.  We'll see if that is doable.  In the meantime, I am so happy with my cart!  

A new project in the making

We were in Paris a couple of weeks ago for our holiday vacation.  We had a great time, and I came home with my mind rested, but ready to start some new miniature projects.

First, a Ladureé cart.  

I am a big, big fan of the Ladureé macarons, and my husband gifted me a beautiful 12-piece box - I chose it in blue, because I already had one in green at home.  Today I ate the last piece (bo!), but I am ready to have my own lovely cart in miniature full of tiny macarons!

I had purchased an antique cart, and I had the idea of turning it into one of those candy carts that you used to see at parks selling candy to kids many years ago.  But somehow, the starting of the project never took place, so it sit in my shelf for quite some time.  When I came back from Paris, it was the moment the project started, at least in my head.

I had already glued some of the pieces (a bad movement on my part), but now the first thing was to paint everything in the brand colors of Ladureé - minty green and gold.  So I purchased an Americana bottle of paint (shade Pistachio Mint), and the work began:

Some of the glued pieces, others waiting to be

Ready to start!

First coat drying

Second coat, and more pieces painted

There is still a long way to go, but I have been researching pics of Ladureé carts in several locations, to look for inspiration, and yesterday I ordered some objects from one of my suppliers.  I cannot wait for them to arrive.  

In the meantime, I will finished the painting and the construction of the cart.  This is a picture of the cart I saw to inspire this:

Taken in the terrace of Galeries Lafayette Haussmann

 

And the second project, which is still far in the horizon but I will definitely make, is a vintage French café.  I already bought a pub bar and stools, just to keep them in storage.  But the cart will be finished first, no doubt!