I've been getting into flowers lately :)

This time i tried putting what i learnt at Pearsons into practice. I couldn't help wait till Floristry Wednesday to post this up :p

My favorite look of this bouquet is how pink ribbon ties around the stem of the flowers. Don't you think its a pretty good first try for an amateur florist??

All about 

..........................pink......................

Here's my next batch of model cakes for my new website! 

I wanted something lovely and sweet for the brides to choose from so i went with this idea. The inspiration pretty much came from a couple of cake pictures i saw on flickr (i can't remember who and which site) but i'd just like to give credits them for the wonderful inspirations.

Stay tune! More model cakes to come :) 

green's my next color~

Winter's finally here. 

It's been so cold lately. Not that it is a bad thing, I love the cold and the rain especially on the days where i have no intention of leaving the house. Most of the time when it rains, it makes me wonder, makes me think, makes me dream. and also makes me hungry :)

ps: don't get me wrong but i love summer too!! 

Here's how Chico snuggles up during winter, under my bed in his little cubby hole 

Remember in my last post about baby booties, rattle and teddies?

Its done! M collected it this morning and she absolutely loved it! :)

Baby Booties

Mini Baby Booties

Baby Rattle

Stay tune for another baby cake next week!

Remember my previous post on CCNSW BMT event?

Yes, it's finally here this week!!! 

Although i cannot host a morning tea myself but this year i've decided to donate some of my cupcakes (free of course!) to others who are holding the event at their business, community and etc. I wish them all good luck for the event! :)

I'm making a massive 350 cupcakes!! My very great helper Jan Nee (the one who inpires me to bake and does heaps of baking herself) and I are going to work all night Tuesday and all day Wednesday

To those of you that i couldn't help out, perhaps next year, if i get more helpers, i would be able to provide more free cupcakes for the event! 

From this

To this!

The cupcake toppers (i made like 350 of these! that's how busy i was)

Baby teapot with chocolate cuppie

Vanilla and rose water frosting cuppie with my attempt of daffodils

Vanilla and rose water cuppie with yummie little marshmallow tops

These are the picture i promised!

I practically did a all round 360 shot of this cake. A good way to make full use of my new Nikon baby ;p

I've used the roses i made yesterday as the topper with purple butterflies. What do u think of it? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Pink and purple Christening Cake with butterflies

I've been questioned several times on how the cakes are stacked and i thought i'll give a little insight on how i do mine :)

First we start by covering the board with fondant and use your favorite ribbon to cover the ends. The board will then look like this

Close up on the ribbon i used. I bought this from Lindcraft at the lace section. Like it? I think it gives it a very classy touch to it.

My ribbon box. Have a dig!

First i covered the bottom tier with fondant

The smoothen it out with a smoother to get a finishing look.

The top tier

I've use two dowels (they are actually really thick skewers which i called dowel) in insert them into your bottom tier like this

Then use royal icing to cover the skewers which also helps to stick the top tier to the bottom tier

Last step is to place your top tier on top of the royal icing bits

Finally start decorating!

Purple butterflies

Name plaque

Oh yes! and of course these cakes are my very own favorite chocolate mud with ganache. This has actually been my popular sell out at the moment

Toodles~

Lilia

This is week, I'm working on a baby girl's christening and the theme is butterflies and roses! I found out that fondant modeling is pretty fun. Although it is a little time consuming but it was all worth it when i saw the end result :)

Oh yes! Did i mention that i finally got my hand on a D90? Yes! A brand spanking new SLR for my delight. I've been capturing heaps of pictures of everything and anything! :p

Its my first time using fondant to making butterflies, don't you think they look awesome?

I've used a preset in light room to produce some of these photos. Presets' made by Rebecca and visit her blog at Our Family Journal

An antique wash

This is how the original picture looks like.

A better view of the butterflies on the roses

I like this shot (Warm washout)

Here's one picture with two different presets. Don't you think they look great?

Stay tune! More pictures to come next~

Toodles~

Lilia