A Conversation with Crappy Cake Art
Anna Lasbury, 27, makes a lot of cakes. But she’s not a baker. She’s the face behind Crappy Cake Art, creating incredibly realistic-looking fake cakes decorated with positive, yet sometimes brash sayings and pop culture references on a mission to “spread joy one fake cake at a time.”
Based in Chicago, Crappy Cake Art has over 50,000 followers on Instagram and over 13,000 on TikTok. Lasbury’s videos of leaving her finished fake cakes in public places for others to find and keep have gone viral, and Crappy Cake Art has been featured on local Chicago news programs, including CBS Chicago and WGN. Lasbury has participated in pop-up shops around the city, including those at Goddess and the Baker and the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel.
ArtRKL’s Louise Irpino sat down with her for a candid, casual conversation at Oud Coffee and Cafe in Chicago to get to know her and her thoughts on her background as an artist, her process, what “spreading joy” means to her, what she’s learned in the first year of Crappy Cake Art, and much more.
ArtRKL: Tell me about your background.
Lasbury: Well, I grew up doing all things creative. So, how I landed here: [I] started in music and theater, and then in college, I directed a show. And then I’ve kind of ebbed and flowed with the painting and whatnot, so [I’m] a very creative person. Outside of that, I’m super family-oriented. I’m really, really close with my family. I love to fish. I'm trying to think of other words to describe myself. I’m a lifelong learner. One of my hobbies is learning new things. I love listening to podcasts.
Where did you grow up?
I grew up just north of Indianapolis in a suburb called Carmel.
Where did you go to college?
I went to Oklahoma City University. So it's kind of small. It's like, just right drop in the middle of the city.
How was that, Oklahoma?
I actually really liked it. I didn't want to go to [Indiana University] because I felt like everyone goes to IU. I studied music, so I have a Bachelor of Music from [Oklahoma City University]. It's not technically a liberal arts school, but it kind of operates in that way. It’s very specialized. But I actually really liked it. I feel like people are always like, “Oklahoma City? That's so random.” It's such a cool city. The food is amazing. It has boroughs because they build out, not up, because of tornadoes. Every part of the city [has] got a different vibe. So I actually really enjoyed it, but it took a second to get adjusted.
How was that for the creative stuff? You majored in music?
Yeah. I technically studied music, theater, and opera. So vocal performance. I think for the majority of my childhood, that was the creative outlet that I pursued, specifically performing. I think when COVID hit, it was kind of a blessing in disguise, because it was like, “Well, my whole livelihood is gone.” Now I'm confronted to be like, “Who am I? What am I without this piece of me?” I think it made me realize that for a long time, I really wanted to check the boxes of doing the shows here and be on Broadway and all these things. I ended up walking through that mentally: Let's say I'm on Broadway, and then it's like, “Okay, now what?” I realized that it wasn't really something that was going to be long-term fulfillment. It was just a goal that I had always been working towards—I kind of auto-piloted.
But I did really enjoy that. I think the turning point for me was when I directed that show and I wasn't on stage. I was so much more fulfilled watching it all go out and being like, “Oh, wow. We did this all together.” But I don't have to be the one getting the applause, necessarily. That really shifted my viewpoint on that. Then [during the COVID-19 pandemic], I started working at a music venue. The through line [for me] is always music. That taught me a lot about the business side of things. Then, I started working at an agency. I bounced around. Music is definitely [my] large passion that coincides with the artwork.
I notice that about your work, with the song lyrics.
Tell me about Crappy Cake Art. How did it start? What’s the timeline? Was this after [the pandemic]? During [the pandemic]?
It was post-COVID. I think, over the years, like ever since I was kid, I'll get in an obsessive drawing [phase], and then I'll stop, and then I'll start painting again, and then I'll stop. Over COVID, we were like, “What are we doing?” So I started writing a little bit more, and then I started painting a little bit more. That just kind of never stopped again. That was all just random things. I [use a lot of] mixed materials [in] my work. I like really “free” artwork. One day I was just like, “Oh my gosh, this is just so much icing.” You know when you have an itc, and you just need to scratch it? I was like, “I don't really care. It doesn't need to be something I can sell or give to someone.” I just wanted to see if I could even make it. I literally bought edible sprinkles, real cake materials. The only thing that wasn't actual [baking supplies] was my fake icing. I made the first one, and it was really bad.
Do you remember what it said?
Yeah, it said, “Let that shit go.” My mom always says that, and I think it was kind of cathartic because I was like, “I'm just like, whatever. I'm just gonna try this. We're letting this shit go, and I'm just gonna play.” And so it was really, really bad. But I was like, “Oh, this is something I can really do again.” And so I made it again. The original ones were on square canvases. And then I was like, “What if I did [a] circle [canvas] and, okay, what can I use for sprinkles? And how can I make this more life-like, and can I use candles that I can actually set on fire?” [With] repetition, I worked out the kinks, and then, yeah, clearly I haven't stopped.
I showed my mom your stuff last night, and she was like, “Oh my God. That's not real?” And I'm like, “No.” And she's like, “I can't believe that.”
You don't have any baking experience? You've never worked in a bakery or anything?
No, I actually am the odd one out in my family. My mom and my sister are incredible cooks and bakers. I just did not get that gene. I don't enjoy baking. I don't enjoy cooking. I don't know why. But, yeah, I don't have any experience.
How was it going through and learning this process of adding stuff to your art to make it look more realistic, more like cake? Did you look up any baking videos or icing tutorials?
Literally, that's exactly what I did. I think the first cake I made, I was just like, “Let's just go.” And then, probably a few of them, I was just like, “Use only brain power. No external sources.” And then once, I was like, “Okay, I really think this could be something a little bit better,” I did exactly what you said, I YouTubed, “How to ice?” and “What kind of tips do I need?” So I learned some techniques that way, but then some of it, I just played around. I think I maybe evolved [upon] some of the techniques I learned: they end it with a swirl, and I end it with putting a lot more product on. I've been thinking about taking an in-person class because, you know in the city, they have some of those cake-decorating classes. I'm walking this fine line because I want to keep it intentionally “crappy,” so to speak. But I also do really want to have the ability to take it there. So yeah, I think I will take a class eventually.
That's what I really love about your art, that it is intentionally crappy. It's something not anyone can do because obviously, this takes a lot of time and effort, but it's very casual. I love that word “accessible.” It's very relatable. I feel like it inspires people, like “Oh, if this person can do this, I can do this.”
That's kind of where I'm coming from. I think originally when I made the name “Crappy Cake Art,” it probably should have been “Shitty Cake Art” because it was so bad. Now I'm having to intentionally include errors. I space things incorrectly on purpose.
That's exactly what you're saying with it being relatable, and it being like, “Oh, if she can do this, I can do this.” That's something I want to maintain, because I have no traditional training, I'm not by any means someone who's going to be like, hoity-toity. I'd love to make art that is for all audiences. So if you have the money and you're willing to pay [for my art], I'd love to offer that to you. But I also want to make it accessible, and I love that people have taken their own stabs at it and made their own versions of it.
That's so neat. Have people sent that to you? Or have you come across that [on your own]?
Yeah, it was really cool. I think it comes in waves of people sending me their stuff. Then I'm like, “Where are you guys?!”
Someone did one on their graduation cap. And then another person was like, “I bought all this stuff, can you walk me through what you did?” So we had a side conversation. I’ve created a lot of relationships from it, too.
How does that feel for you? When do people reach out making their own cakes? Something I really want to know is, has anyone reached out to you after they found one? How's that?
Yeah, that was like, what did it [where I was] was like, “Oh, I could do this forever.”
I think as artists, we walk this really fine line of like, “I could make it even if no one ever saw it, and it would still make me happy because I need to make it.” But then we would be lying if we said that the validation that it's actually changing people or affecting people, whether that be good or bad, or they're just feeling, that is part of the art as well. I was making all these cakes for a while without showing them to people—or very few people had seen them. And I was kind of craving reaction. I was like: “I'm putting motivational things [on the cakes], and I'm putting controversial topics [on them]. Because I want to start a conversation, and the conversations aren’t being had.” So that's when I started leaving them, because I was like, “I just want my art to feel like it has an impact.”
At first, I thought, “I don't need to know who finds it, or if it got found, or if it ended up in the garbage. It's not my room anymore, so at least somebody can do with it as they will.” That was really fulfilling.
Then when I did start hearing from people, I was like, “Oh, whoa, this is really cool.” The very first person to ever tell meI found one of your cakes, had, [that morning], journaled the phrase that was on the cake.
No way.
Yes! She was like, “You have no idea what this means to me. I feel like this is confirmation that I needed.” It was crazy. I'm a spiritual person. I definitely believe in divine intervention and synchronicities. I'm getting chills right now. It was just so cool to be like, “Oh, wait a minute. This can be used in a really, really cool way, and I'm just gonna keep creating it. And whatever people need to get from it, they will.”
I had another time [when] I left one on the L, and it said, “ Reminder: you have free will. ” People messaged me [about this]—apparently, some person picked up the cake, and when the [train] doors opened they Frisbee tossed it off the train, but then another person dove out and grabbed it. Then they were trying to get back on the train, and they missed [it]. The person messaged me, and they're like, “Well, I got one of your cakes, but it almost ended up in the train tracks!”
I'm sure a good amount of them have ended up in the trash, it is what it is. But if I can have those cool moments or the reminders for people, then it's really worth it. It's fun to hear.
I'm very obviously involved in social media. I use social media as a leverage point, a tool. But I do love the idea of an older person finding it, who has no idea what this is, and just keeping it to themselves, and I don't need to know, and they don't need to know, but it just is that.
I feel like that's really beautiful. Sometimes things are meant for people to hear. I love that you use social media like that with your videos of leaving them places. I think that philosophy is so beautiful. Put it out into the world and someone who doesn't have social media could find it and they were meant to hear that.
Yeah, and it's a great lesson in detachment as well. I don't need to know.
Yeah, and I feel like that takes a lot of pressure off of you as an artist, sometimes you don't need to hear people's reactions. Sometimes you really don't want to.
Let me tell you, sometimes you don't want to!
Have you gotten any bad reactions, any [criticisms] on what they say?
I think we live in an interesting time right now where people [will say], “If it doesn't align with my viewpoint, then I need to let others know that it doesn't align with my viewpoint and it's not acceptable.” Something I've learned a lot through this is that what I'm comfortable sharing or saying might not be what other people are comfortable with, and that's okay. I think I'm willing to learn. I'm willing to hear if something I said was unacceptable. But I'm also willing to hear something and say, “No, I still disagree with you, and I'm gonna continue sharing things.”
I think that's something I've been thinking about a lot recently. 99% of my feedback is very positive. It's just that that 1% is very loud. I think as I've reached a point on social media where, generally speaking, I'm gonna get at least one or two negative comments about something, I'm learning that I just need to lean into that and continue saying things that are closely related with what I believe in and who I am. That only makes my community stronger. If I feel strongly about something, or if I feel comfortable saying it, then I do that. And the people who don't feel like they want to be a part of that, that's totally okay. Then that only strengthens my social audience, and makes everything a little bit more powerful.
So I'm trying to just take the negative feedback with a grain of salt. I almost take it as, like, “I made it,” you know? If you get to a certain point where you're gonna get some negativity, that kind of means that you're doing something right.
You're growing. People are seeing your stuff.
Exactly.
Tell me about that. I know you've done some pop-up shops, but what's the growth been like?
Yeah, the growth has been really interesting. So I'm coming up on almost a year anniversary of sharing the cakes publicly, which is cool. The growth has been so many learning points. I learned a lot about being a business owner in addition to an artist. I learned a lot about how virality does not mean sales of artwork. You can go viral for reasons that you didn't intend. Not bad reasons, not wrong reasons, just, “Oh, I had no idea that this was gonna be something that people [would] latch on to.”
The growth has been so cool just to [see] scenarios that I never dreamed of happening in my life. Like walking on a train, just holding my artwork, and somebody being like, “Oh, you're that cake girl!”
Really?
Yeah, yeah, it's amazing. I've never been recognized without holding a cake. I have to have a cake. But it is crazy. When I hide them around the city, I've almost gotten a little anxious. I get nervous.
To see if anybody’s looking?
Literally, because before it was it was so freeing just to realize nobody cares what you're doing. Like, I look so weird, I'm carrying a cake around. And literally no one cared. Now I've hit a point where I'm like, “Oh shoot, I feel like people care again.”
I've had a lot of people come up and talk to me and share their thoughts about the art. I love doing in-person stuff. I think it's so cool to hear how it's affected people, or who they're gonna give their cake to, or what it means to them. So, yeah, the growth is really cool. I don't want to say I didn't expect it because my goal was to get to this point. I did expect it with effort and hard work, but what I didn't expect was the interactions that I've had [that are] super meaningful. Those interactions and hearing how it affects people as well makes me want to continue to grow and reach more people.
What are some of your favorite stories that people have told you about who they're gonna give [their cake] to [and] what it means to them?
I feel really special when I get to be a part of a gender reveal or an announcement that we're having a baby or an engagement. So that's really cool. And then obviously, the one where she told me that she journaled that [phrase] that morning. That was so special.
I just feel like things always align. I tend to give out a couple of free things at the pop-up shops as well just to continue with the theme and free stuff happens to go to somebody with a birthday. The pop-up shop I did at [Goddess and the Baker], I had these people come, and I think they were from Texas, they were in town for the weekend. They had been following my stuff closely and just realized that they were in town the same day. It just always seems to align and it makes me feel like, “Okay, we're on the right path.” Every time I feel like things line up, that's just an encouragement to continue.
Yeah, and like what you were saying, that feels a little spiritual. When I look at your art, I feel like the cakes are so magical and very whimsical and nostalgic. I love that.
I love that you say nostalgic. Yesterday I spent a lot of time kind of defining, “Okay, we're coming up on a year. What do I want this year two to look like?” And I just wrote out ten words that describe my artwork. And “nostalgic” was one of them.
They really give me that vibe of childhood I feel like “shareable” is kind of like a bad word, but very [perfect for a] Gen-Z Instagram story [post].
Tell me more about your Etsy. When did you start taking commissions? Was that from the beginning, or was that more after you started gaining followers?
I started the Etsy pretty early on, but it was more of an experiment than it was, “I want to do all these custom pieces!” It was more to be a learning point, really, and “What would this look like if I scaled it as a business?” So originally, I just started with mostly creating whatever I wanted. And then, if friends had birthdays, I would kind of fine-tune it for them. Or if my mom wanted a cake for a friend, she could ask me for a custom [cake]. But I did start the [commissions], I think, almost exactly a month after I showed the cakes publicly, and then I did a couple of art markets as well, where people could either buy them in person or place customs. People really resonated with the customs. Because, you know, they would see one, and they'd be like, “Oh, I love that, but I would just tweak it this way.” Or, like, “My friend and I have this inside joke,” and so those are definitely a large part of what I do right now.
Yeah, I love that. And especially you get to express that creative side of making it for somebody, making it special and making it really one of a kind.
I definitely take creative liberties. I make it clear on my shop, no two cakes are gonna look the exact same.
Which is the endearing part about it.
Exactly, yeah. I’m not a machine, this is truly handmade. I don't really think I've ever had anyone have a problem with that.
What do people do with the cakes outside of hanging them on the walls? Have you seen any cool pictures? What do people do with them?
Because I emphasize that they're wall hangings, a lot of people do that. A lot of people hang them at work, at their cubicles.
Tell me about what you put on the cakes. Is it whatever's in your head at the moment? Whatever song lyrics you're thinking about? Or do you sometimes really plan it out ahead?
I think it's a little bit of both. I have the longest list ever.
Of just sayings?
Yes, in my notes app. A friend says something, and I'm like, “Oh, that's gotta go on a cake.” Or, now that people know that I do this, they'll text [me] out of the blue and be like, “This would be so great!” So I keep a running list, but sometimes I sit down to do a bunch of them [and] I have something on the forefront of my mind, and I end up just doing that.
I would say they're definitely a reflection of what's going on in my life at the moment, or things I want people to see in my life. Sometimes it's very subtweety, you know. I have this social media platform, and I know you need this little piece of information. Like, “Let me share it for everyone, but really I want you to see this.” They're kind of like my diary, and I try to get vulnerable with them. I think I'm gonna continue to get even more vulnerable with them, which is scary.
But again, that's the endearing part. What I find so lovable about your art is, you know, you're just a girl! It's very human. It's very accessible. It makes people feel not alone.
That's something I really, really like, is that it's relatable. I find it really cool when I put something out there, and it's just silly or funny, it's whatever I thought I wanted to put, and people do relate, because then that makes me feel not alone. But I'm like, “Oh, wow. We're all feeling this way.”
Like, “Everybody feels this way, actually. And it's not just me.”
I think the first time I really had that [moment of], like, “Woah, wait a minute, this can be really relatable,” is the first time one of my videos went viral. The cake said, “ It's too late, I already told my mom what you did. ” Which is so real. I literally put that on the cake because I, unfortunately, said a little too much about somebody I still wanted to go out with. So I put it on the cake and sent it to my mom, and she was like, “Oh, that's hilarious.” I wasn't even gonna post it, I just thought it was fun. And then [I] ended up throwing it on TikTok. It was just shocking to see all the stories. People got in fights in the comments, because these couples had broken up over this very topic, or people got back together in the comments, so they worked it out.
And then what was cool was like, maybe it's not your mom. Like, “It's too late, I already told my aunt what you did,” and that's your person. So people started putting their own spin on it. That's the first time I was thought, “This really is affecting people and making them connect with other people.”
Yeah, applying it to their own lives. It's not just what you intended it to mean anymore. It's what everybody else takes from it.
Yes, totally.
As artists, a lot of us crave that.
Yeah, I think we crave it. But also it's like, again, that detachment. I think when I create artwork that doesn't have words, you know, there's so many interpretations, and I get really frustrated with not being able to convey exactly what I mean, but then it's exactly what you're saying. I can literally write words, and you still get a totally different meaning from it. And neither one of us is “right” or “good,” but you're gonna get something totally different from me. I'm learning to love that. I can't just make everybody think about it exactly the way I want them to think about it.
What is your creative process? When do you get a commission, when you sit down to start a cake, what do you do first?
I would say commissions and my own cathartic creations are a little different. So now, when I get commissions, I will set aside two or three nights a week to take care of those. I kind of assembly line it. Every part of making the cake I always think is my favorite. When it's an “ice the bases” night, I love that. Then when it's like, “Okay, let's ice the perimeter with a little bit of whipped cream,” I really enjoy that. And then the third night is actually adding the messages, and then I really enjoy that. So I've assembly-lined it, that has been the most efficient way to do it for me.
When I'm creating my own work it's like, “Oh my gosh, I have to make this right now.”
You don't want to lose the inspiration.
Yes, it's usually just, “I gotta make it.” So sometimes the colors will inform the message, or the message will inform the colors, but it's really just whatever I'm feeling. I try to keep that part really childlike and playful, and I don't put a lot of pressure on “Does this make sense to be blue and green?” You know, it just feels right. Sometimes I think we overthink way too much as artists. We put so much emphasis on everything, [and] there's really something to be said for that childlike “play,” so I allow myself to do that.
I feel like it comes through so well in all of the cakes, how you embrace the whimsical and the childish. I feel very drawn to it.
I love that. Yeah, what you said earlier about them being nostalgic. I think Gen Z is interesting—I’m a Zillenial, [but] essentially, yeah, Gen Z. Every generation changes, but we're a generation that kind of looks back at the past and says, “I actually do want to take these pieces from what they did in the 60s, and I certainly want to forget these things.” We're the first decline in alcohol use. That's very new, you know? That's a choice that Gen Z people are making. I think we're really learning from our past. And Gen Z is very nostalgic in that sense, like our fashion trends and our aesthetics that we appreciate. So I'm glad you're saying that, because it is very retro, but it's also very modern. And that’s the juxtaposition that I like to keep.
I love that you incorporate parts of pop culture into your art, and that's what I feel makes it shareable, one, but two, also relatable. Who doesn't love the “Brat” cake?
Thank you. You know who does love it? Charli XCX!
Wait, did she see it?
She liked the post.
Oh my God.
I was like, “Hey girl!” That was pretty cool.
I know you left one for Chappell Roan. Was it at Bonnaroo? Did she ever find it?
I don't think she did, but I did get on like, the big screen during her set so that was really cool. And that was streamed on Hulu.
I think ideally, as [Crappy Cake Art] keeps growing, people like Chappell Roan—I feel like our brands are very aligned—I would love to work with her. I feel like music videos that are larger than life really cater to using my artwork as a backdrop or a prop. Or costuming, [I’ve] dabbled in working on clothes, cakey clothes. So yeah, I would love to do something like that. I've had some cool people like posts or follow along, which feels really validating. The pop culture references, like you said, make it very shareable, and just make it more casual. Again, I am an artist, I take that very seriously. But I also am just a human being, just a girl.
Which I feel like is a struggle for a lot of artists, trying to take their art seriously, but also staying creative and being whimsical and healing your inner child.
Totally. And it fluctuates every day. The way I'm speaking about it now is my concept of it, but walking here today, I was like, “Oh my God, my art!” Very deep kind of day. Then tomorrow I might be like, “Who cares? It’s just cake and it's crappy.”
Tell me about Chicago. How long have you lived here?
This time around, I've only been here for six months, but I lived here before. So I moved here after college, pre-pandemic, and then a little bit into the pandemic, I went back to Carmel and rode that wave. So the goal was to be here all this time. And then obviously, COVID had a different plan. So it hasn't been that long this time around, but I've been a Chicagoan before. I love it here. I think it's the best city in the world.
I love city life, but Chicago’s special because if you want to be in a neighborhood, you can be in a neighborhood. If you want to be in a big city, you can be in a city. Public transit? Sure. Oh, you don't like that? You can drive. It's just so nice, it has something for everybody. And then, of course, being so close to the water.
I try, in my videos, to highlight how amazing Chicago is, and combat the reputation that I feel we've had in the media. I'm working to try to highlight, truly, how great it is here, and hopefully, that comes through.
When you're from a city, people will always say things about how bad it is. What's so great about your videos is that you are showing the very beautiful spots and that you're going there alone.
You can just meander [in Chicago] alone. It's okay. I feel comfortable. It's frustrating sometimes [to hear] that.
Especially about a place people love so much. So many people love this city.
Everyone here loves it. It’s just [that] people don't give a chance.
How does the city inspire you? Tell me more about that.
When I leave cakes at certain landmarks, I try to embrace that. For the Bean, I did a really silver, shiny cake. I try to make them on brand. I like to highlight those things. And I think some of [the] themes of my cakes have been very Chicago. Cubs cakes.
I did a video with the Willis Tower and then the Empire State Building made a cake. Apparently, they have building beef on TikTok. They did a cake video like mine. So that was really cool. The culture and the landmarks [influence] my messaging. My cakes are really colorful, so I seek out colorful backgrounds. And we have a lot of that here; it’s not just a bland city made of concrete.
You incorporating that into your art makes you [come across as] a local artist. People love like artists who love their cities.
I want to be here for a really long time. I'm trying to establish relationships, with some local artists, small businesses. I'm trying to kind of work with some local people to just keep on helping each other out.
How has that been? Have you met any specific artists or worked with any specific creative endeavors?
I have connected with people on social media. So that's cool. It's just a really powerful tool. Like, “I respect your art,” I reach out to you, and it works. So that's worked really well. I have a couple of things in the works. I don't know if you've heard of Good Things Vending. They're local, and they do artist vending machines. It's a way to make artwork accessible, but then also highlight our local community. I'm trying to work with them on doing some cake vending, so that'd be cool. But yeah, brands like that. I just went to Drip Collective for the first time, it’s this really cool coffee shop that promotes a lot of local artists, both musicians and visual artists. When I'm in somewhere and I'm like, “Oh, this feels right,” I’m like, “Who can I talk to?” That's not in the works yet, I'm just putting it out there. Things always pop up.
Tell me about your mission statement and your Instagram bio, “Spreading joy one cake at a time.” What does that mean to you?
“Spreading joy one fake at a time through color, creativity, and comedy.” That’s the full mission statement. I believe it's my purpose to spread joy. I believe that's my sole purpose on this earth. And so if I can do that through my artwork and I can give someone, whether it's a laugh on social media, or if it's truly finding the cake and it feels like a very pivotal, monumental moment in this person's life, both of those things are important. To me, the spreading joy is the through line. They all should be positive, motivational, maybe controversial, maybe make you question some things, but never meant to be negative or shaming, more so just to be thought-provoking and encouraging. Whatever you get from that, as small or as large as it is, that's the goal.
I love that, and I feel like so many artists feel the same way about having [the] purpose of spreading joy in whatever way they can through their art.
Yeah, definitely. I'm very focus-driven, and I’m very non-traditional in a sense. It doesn't have to be a career, it doesn't have to look a certain way. I’ve entered a turning point where I know my purpose is to spread joy, so what can I do to allow myself to do that? It might piss some people off, and it might not look like a traditional path, but I don't really have time to waste.
Do you have a favorite cake? Any specific cake that you’ve posted recently that's your favorite?
I just posted one that said something of the likes of, “You're allowed to make big changes in your life, and you don't have to explain why.”
I think I saw that one. I like that one a lot.
I feel like a lot of times, we have to make this big post on Instagram and be like, “I decided to change my job,” or like, “I'm now dating; here's the hard launch.” And I do that stuff, I’m not saying it’s wrong, but I think we feel like these big things are big deals, and it has to be this big moment, and you don't really need to get permission from anyone else. If it feels right to you and it makes sense for your goals and your purpose, you can just do it. That's very much how I feel right now. Like I said, they're like my diary, so I'm very much in that mode of, like, I'm gonna be making some big changes over the next couple of months, and I don't think I'm gonna really ask for permission or approval from anyone.
Yeah, I love that. And that's also a message that people need to hear.
I figure if I need to hear it, probably someone else needs to hear it.
And that's such a good philosophy because you never know what is going on in somebody's life.
Anything else you would want to have included on the record?
Just that I love everybody, and I hope that people see either my artwork or other artwork—or don't see my artwork—but just know that they should create, and what they're creating is important and valuable, and you deserve to be seen and heard, and you matter. If I can have any platform ever, I'm gonna tell people that they matter and I love them. And I actually mean that.
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