As the new ‘school’ term gets underway in the UK so does a new collection of Lindy Smith sugarcraft workshops. In these times of austerity and the ‘make do and mend’ reminders everywhere it certainly does seem that people are tapping into their creative side and choosing to go ‘hand made’ over ‘bought’. I’ve written […]
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Step by step photography – Lindy’s ‘creative colour’ cake book photoshoot
I know from what my students and customers tell me that many of you don’t actually READ my books per se, you tend to look at the step by step pictures and revert to the text only when you want clarification!! This means that when I plan the step by step photography for my books […]
Wonky wedding cake cookie inspiration by Lindy Smith
I simply love decorating cookies – cookies are all about having fun in the kitchen creating gorgeous tasty treats that everyone loves! Serve them with coffee or place them in clear cookie bags or decorative boxes and give to friends and family or use as wedding favours! When it comes to decorating cookies, there are […]
Cupake and cookie – texturing technique class with Lindy Smith March 2012
Lindy is constantly striving to create new and fresh designs and ideas and this class is a great example of that. The Texturing Technique class is a new blend of sugarcraft ideas and techniques which focus on embossing, brush embroidery and fabric flowers. Our 10 lovely students arrived with cupcakes, cookies and an arsenal of […]
Introduction to Celebration Cakes Workshop 27th Jan 2012
We’ve all got to start somewhere and Lindy’s ‘beginners’ class is a brilliant way to get you started with Sugarcraft. This is back-to-basics stuff but as Lindy is quick to point out “even if you have many covered cakes before this class will help you achieve that sometimes elusive professional finish”. I am writing this […]
Lindy’s NEW cake bible book goes down a treat
I had a feeling that my new book ‘The contemporary cake decorating bible’ was going to prove popular with my students, fans and fellow cake decorators but nothing had prepared me for quite how popular it was to be at last weekends ‘Cake International 2011’ show at the NEC. I have never in my life […]