Cake Decorating:

Cake Decorating is a relatively new skill for me... I use the term 'skill' loosely!

This cake, made for my MiL's birthday, is covered in approximately 50 marzipan roses. The petals are in two tones of hand mixed pink. It's a while since I've looked at this photo...I'd forgotten how pretty this cake was.

Our Christmas cake 2009. The Snowman, Santa and Chimney are bought, Fimo models from a cake decorating shop in Sittingbourne. I covered the cake, made a billion snowballs, and the holly leaves.

I made this cake for our Chairman of the Board's wife's birthday in December 2010. I based it (heavily) on Peggy Porchen's 'Parcel' cake, as shown in the book behind my effort.

I was very pleased with the outcome, and due to adverse weather, we ended up sending it by courier to the recipient. I was very relieved to hear that it arrived in one piece, and that it tasted as good as it looked!

These decorated chocolate biscuits were made for the Gardeners' Society Spring Show...they won me a 1st prize!











Lemon Meringue Cupcakes (also for a Gardener's Society Show). These won a 2nd prize.

They are vanilla cupcakes with lots of lemon curd flavoured buttercream icing, crumbled meringue pieces, and butterflies made in piped royal icing.

This is Ruby, a likeness of one of my Father in Law's garden railway trains. It was made as a surprise for my In-Law's 50th Wedding Anniversary. To say they liked it is an understatement.

Handmade Greetings cards:

I do a lot of papercrafting, but the cards I sell fall into two categories Fabric or 'Glass Painted'. The motifs on the cards are real, they are not photographic reproductions of an original. The fabric cards are lovely and tactile, and the 'Glass painted' cards look great when stood in front of a light source.

The fabric cards are white, with motifs of layered designer fabrics (often Jane Churchill, Robert Allen and GP and J Baker), and papers. All cards come with a white envelope, protected in a cellophane bag. They are  and cost ............each. Here is a small selection of designs available:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 'Glass Painted' cards are also white, and have an aperture cut in the front, which holds a 'glass painted' motif on acetate. Here are the current designs available...gosh, I didn't realise how many there were!!:
They are C6 size, and are priced at £2.00 each plus carriage.