Mary Corbett's Needle & Thread arrives in my e-mail inbox every day. She asked the question: "Do you have other crafts and hobbies that you pursue, in addition to embroidery?". Yes I do, my other wonderful hobby is cake decorating, especially making sugar flowers. Here's examples of some that I have made.
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Here are sugar calla lilies, and underneath calla lilies in stumpwork |
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These are sugar hydrangeas |
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And here and below are stumpwork hydrangeas |
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This is a sugar cherry blossom tree |
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A silk ribbon rose tree |
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A sugar wild rose, or briar rose |
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And a silk ribbon rose |
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These are sugar hybrid tea roses |
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And these are ribbon roses |
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And finally some sugar pansies just waiting to be included in a spray for a cake. |
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Silk ribbon pansies |
One thing I realize is that I love flowers - sugar, silk and real!
Wow!!! And you do an amazing job in both "hobbies"! The lilies on the first cake are stunning - they're ALL beautiful! I love the line-up of the decoration on the cake and then the similar embroidery! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI LOVED this post Diane!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous flowers, Diane! I've done some cake decorating, but I haven't done any sugar flowers. Yours are beautiful! Stitched, or sugared!!
ReplyDeleteBoth your sugar and embroidered flowers are so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love the wild roses, the lilies, the... well, all of them :)
Have a nice weekend!
These are all so beautiful, you are very talented. Betty
ReplyDeleteWhat amazing talents you have, Diane! I loved this post! Hugs, Cathy
ReplyDeleteOh, they're LOVELY!
ReplyDeleteYour cakes are as beautiful as your stitchery!
ReplyDeletehugs,
Betsy