Floating Fake Ice Cubes

Here's a still shot of our new floating ice cubes in water. They're currently available from our web site, and later this week they can be found at Set Shop in New York City. Set Shop will offer them at the same retail price as our site, with the added convenience of being able to order them over the phone or buy them in person.

We're very proud of these cubes, it took months of development to get the look we were going for in a floating cube. We hope you'll like them, too. And don't forget to leave a review on our site when you've tried them for yourself.

Floating Fake Ice Cubes

Check out this vidcap from the movie Fight Club. Note the meticulously styled shot - how the items are all carefully placed in front of Edward Norton, two Gerber daisies in a slender vase to his left. To an experienced eye, it shows that a lot of time and energy went into creating this scene. But something is glaringly wrong: The ice is at the bottom of the glass. It's clearly fake ice, but it doesn't float. Imagine how much better this shot would be if the ice cubes were at the top of the glass. A small detail like that obviously doesn't make or break a movie like Fight Club, but it could have been better.

Now it can be. We just made what we believe to be the most convincing artificial floating ice ever made. The best part is they're inexpensive and last for days of shooting. Worry not about drink continuity again - our floating rubber cubes solve that problem and more. Check them out here: Floating Prop Ice Cubes

More Changes

It's been a while since we posted last. Things are happening at Lead Salad. We upgraded our credit card processing to Authorize.net. Paying by credit card has never been easier on out site - you now have more ways to pay: PayPal; mail a check, credit card number, or money order; or pay with Visa, Mastercard or American Express right on the site!

We're also working on two new projects. We get a lot of questions about our handmade acrylic ice cubes from people all over the world. One question is: Do they float? The answer is unfortunately they do not float. We're working on a solution to that problem however. Can't give out any details right now, but it's going to be revolutionary. The second most commonly asked question is: Your cubes are expensive, do you have a cheaper alternative? We soon will. We're exploring our options to carry both inexpensive molded plastic cubes from another supplier and to make molded versions of our handmade cubes. We'll update this blog, our FaceBook page, and FakePlasticIceCubes.com with the new items as they become available.

Internationally Known

Sales are picking up thanks to an increase in traffic to our site - it helps that we launched our full e-commerce system this month. We made a sale to a very established drink photographer in the U.K. He mentioned that one of the few fake ice fabricators in England recently shut its doors. We're happy to pick up where they left off! Check out our new site if you need fake ice!

Wired Magazine

The ice sphere in that tear sheet from Wired Magazine is a fake. Frustrated by the ice mold he was asked to use for the shoot, the photographer called and asked if we could make an exact replica of the real ice in acrylic. Of course we said yes and in less than 48 hours the shot was complete.

Set Shop NYC

Set Shop in New York City will soon be carrying our handmade acrylic ice cubes in two popular sizes - 1 3/8" and 1 1/4". More info about Set Shop can be found here - http://www.setshop.com/.

Godiva Liqueur

We provided 36 ice cubes of various sizes and shapes for a Godiva Liqueur photo shoot yesterday (10/26/09) - five shots of liqueur with various styles of ice. We'll post photos when we have permission. Prop Ice Cubes