does anyone have the same interests as me ,i make flowers ie roses lilies sweetpeas stephinotis daisies ect made od icing sugar i also make celebration cakes would love to hear from you ann

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I make roses and petals out of gum drops. They are really beautiful and everyone loves eating them. So easy to make. Flatten and roll out sprinkling sugar on them so they don't stick to the rolling pin. To make rose, fold over once and then roll from one side to the other and pinch bottom. Cut petals from green drops.

hi ive not heard of this,sounds good.i make mine with icing flower paste that has a hardener in,you do a tiny pea in size and thin each petal out with you finger and thumb,then attach each petal in between the last with an edible glueand build it up in three layers

i have now got 21 people who want to join my class on the 6th march

I have done classes a few years back and really enjoyed them, it's great fun and amazing what you can do if you put your mind to it! Gluck with your classes Ann.

I know someone who does Clicky

this week we are making a greeting card in icing sugar and putting sweet peas through the front window of it,it will stand in the centre of a celibration cake and will keep for a couple of years before it goes soft,we still have a good class of 13 people so i must be doing something right ,as im doing it for the people in my area to come and have a go, we are getting some funding in two weeks,to go for equipment that will stay with the class for anyone to borrow,as the tools are expencive

Cake decorating products last for ages as long as they are well looked after i've had some of mine for years! Your doing really well Ann! What made you want to start teaching cake decorating and sugar flowers?

i am in the new residents association where i live and we are trying to get all sorts of activities going both for the young and old ,so at one of the meetings i said if we started a class for both sugarcraft and cake decorating i would do it ,but i must admit at first two days before the class i did not sleep as i was so nervous ,thinking would i pull it off ,on the night my mouth was so dry i could hardly speak but as the night progressed i calmed down and everything went realy well .now that i know everyone im fine and we have had two other people join. we have 12 ladies and one man who is a chef. we have made now roses carnations sweet peas filler flowers and next week daisies .i went to colleage and passed my centra 138 it was over 18 months and we had to do a portfollio and the health and safety part too ,but im now retired and do wedding cakes and celebration cakes.for three years i sold my flowers on ebay and they went all over the world

That sounds amazing u should be really proud of yourself, I started doing cake decoration courses when i was just 16 and learn't novelty cakes and sugar flowers mainly, it's really fun but i have never thought of doing it as a job as I want to travel and love doing my art work too, i still do bits and pieces for family and friends though! I build up my collection of decorating products slowly but as a hobby i have all the time in the world i guess! I'm really glad everythings going really well for u and before you know it you'll be a pro at the the teaching thing!

hi my friend ,yes you can get it in different colours here or you can mix the colour in yourself, there are different types of paste some for flowers and some for modeling people and any item realy ,whatever your hobby is can be modeled and placed on a cake.when doing the flowers it has gum tragacanth added to the paste which comes from a gum tree and is edible that hardens the flowers off. i made some flowers for an american that wanted them for her wedding, there are no bakers in paris that do them ,i made some for a girl name itre who was getting married that lived in paris she said i should set up a business there,as my daughter does tatooing and they wanted me to sell the house and us to get an apartment there ,but i could not as my hubby does not ever go abroad and races pigeons