Kung Fu panda cake teaser 3

A very late night yesterday!The good news is that the panda is drying better than expected ( for fondant) and I think I’ll be able to put it on the cake and for it to stay the way it should! The bad news is …it is extremely hot! It’s almost 100 F and no matter…

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Kung Fu Panda cake teaser 2

Still working on the Kung Fu panda cake .I wish I had the time to start a couple of days ago! The fondant is taking a long time to dry up, I didn’t have the time to make gum paste ( I always make from scratch), so now I’m stressing out if it will hold…

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Kung Fu Panda cake teaser 1

Wondering how the cake is coming along? Well, as I announced already, my son chose design No. 1, so this is what I am working on: And it’s supposed to look like this guy: Now, I have no problem making it identical if I can add to the shape gradually. Unfortunately the whole thing has…

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Kung Fu Panda birthday cake- project ( updated!)

Ok, I am totally at loss here!  I have these 2 ideas for Kalin’s Birthday cake, I made the designs but I don’t know which one to choose. And I literally have to start NOW! Which one do you think looks better? ( never mind the drawing, we are talking about the ideas) 1. –…

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Hi five!

I am making Kalin’s Birthday cake today, but I wanted to say Hi, so here 5 white on black drawings that you can enjoy looking at while I’m busy!  What do these look like to you? I’ll tell you the name once couple of people take a guess! 🙂 No. 1   No. 2  …

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Noelia and my new easel

I haven’t painted with oil for over 6 months and I was little intimidated to start again. Oil so far is a favorite medium of mine to paint, but I can’t use it during the winter, when it’s cold. I don’t have a studio and as bad as it sounds, I have to go outside…

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Cute packages for cute girls

Here are 2 more packages with these very easy to make and very effective tissue paper flowers: I added them as details to the gift bags/boxes and I think they turned out interesting enough to share.  I have more things to show you, just need to post the pictures later today!

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Plum tart with walnuts-update

  This is one of the recipes I’ve always “feared” as very complicated ( as pretty much everything that needs caramelized sugar!). So I postponed it as long as I could, but since we went to Samascott orchards the previous week and I had 2 large bags of ripe plums and I made all the…

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Notes from the notebook – part 3

I am a very organized person, but the last couple of weeks were a real trial! However, I still managed to do some sketching, and though you might want to see. Please, have in mind that I am learning just now…so it’s just student sketches and I am pretty much teaching myself, so if you…

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A wedding cake to remember!

Remember these 2 teaser posts that I published couple of days ago? Everything started with a simple sketch I made, according to the bride’s wishes( the things on the side were ideas for  cake toppers). I have made 7-8 more designs on paper, but she chose this one. I have used her wedding colors- hot…

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