Posts by Annie Holland
The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination
The commencement speech of J.K Rowling at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association”This is one of the best and most inspiring speeches I’ve ever heard! Not that I am fan of J.K Rowling, but especially considering it as a commencement speech ( usually the speaker is as bored as the audience), it brought…
Read MoreThe Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination
The commencement speech of J.K Rowling at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association”This is one of the best and most inspiring speeches I’ve ever heard! Not that I am fan of J.K Rowling, but especially considering it as a commencement speech ( usually the speaker is as bored as the audience), it brought…
Read MoreWhen Monday is Tuesday
Did I say I was going to throw a party when this month is over? No?! Hm, I thought I did, but maybe this is one of the gazillion things I’ve forgotten lately.9:00 pm- I am seating peacefully ( for the first time today) at the table, eating ice cream and thinking how I am…
Read MoreWhen Monday is Tuesday
Did I say I was going to throw a party when this month is over? No?! Hm, I thought I did, but maybe this is one of the gazillion things I’ve forgotten lately.9:00 pm- I am seating peacefully ( for the first time today) at the table, eating ice cream and thinking how I am…
Read MoreThe suffering of my Lightning McQueen cake
I have never thought I could feel so sick and be able to actually do a fine work as a fondant figure!A friend of mine asked me to make her son’s birthday cake and I was happy to do it, until I got sick( not contagious thing, no worries)! I could barely stand on my…
Read MoreThe suffering of my Lightning McQueen cake
I have never thought I could feel so sick and be able to actually do a fine work as a fondant figure!A friend of mine asked me to make her son’s birthday cake and I was happy to do it, until I got sick( not contagious thing, no worries)! I could barely stand on my…
Read MoreA Buzz Lightyear cake – tribute to Buzz, the best space ranger ever -Part 2
A little pre-history if you are interested in keeping the chronology:– the first posting about how to make a Buzz Lightyear from fondant– the second posting about the finished Buzz Lightyear figure-the first posting about baking the Buzz space ship cakeHere you are going to see how I made the small parts for the cake.…
Read MoreA Buzz Lightyear cake – tribute to Buzz, the best space ranger ever -Part 2
A little pre-history if you are interested in keeping the chronology:– the first posting about how to make a Buzz Lightyear from fondant– the second posting about the finished Buzz Lightyear figure-the first posting about baking the Buzz space ship cakeHere you are going to see how I made the small parts for the cake.…
Read MoreA Buzz Lightyear cake – tribute to Buzz, the best space ranger ever -Part 1
In the first posting about Buzz I showed you how I made the “skeleton” for Buzz, in the second posting I showed you how I made the body and the whole shebang, now is the time to show you how I made the cake and then you are going to see the whole cake setting…
Read MoreA Buzz Lightyear cake – tribute to Buzz, the best space ranger ever -Part 1
In the first posting about Buzz I showed you how I made the “skeleton” for Buzz, in the second posting I showed you how I made the body and the whole shebang, now is the time to show you how I made the cake and then you are going to see the whole cake setting…
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