What is the secret of a successful sugarcraft design? There’s certainly no set formula but design is not just something that catches the eye but also that pulls on the invisible, very personal soul strings of our memory and so it is with buttons. Buttons are part of our heritage Do you remember twiddling the […]
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Learning to cover ball cakes with Lindy Smith at a Flower Posy Class
Inspired by the beautiful fresh flower ‘Victorian Kissing Balls’, Lindy has given this ball of flowers the Lindy Smith treatment bringing it bang up to date with her own version. Lindy’s Pretty Flower Posy is vintage inspired but also ultra- modern. Eight students arrived today armed with an arsenal of sugarcraft paraphernalia ready to mould […]
Recollections of a Sugarcraft Teaching Trip to Rome – A helpers viewpoint
Arriving in Rome for my second visit, as Lindy’s assistant, was just as exciting as the first. We were met at the airport by Laura, one of our hosts and driven straight to our hotel to unpack and get ready for the next day’s class. There was lots of talk of snow, but there were no […]
Designer Wedding Cookies Class Feb 2012 Live Blog:
Hurrah the wedding season is coming… don’t we all just love a wedding! Weddings take place every month of the year but here in the UK we tend to associate weddings with the summer months. So as the days warm up and you get the feeling that winter may be behind you just know summer […]
The perfect diary for 2012 and a treat for Christmas!
We love this diary! Beautiful to look at, well laid out and a great size for your bag. Full of ‘cakespiration’… recipes and gorgeous photos and featuring the work of Lindy. As a special Christmas treat we have reduced the price to £6.99 + p&p. (was £9.99) and Lindy will sign it for you with […]
Sugarcraft Inspiration at Cake International 2011
The cake show at the NEC is always very busy, but this year I seemed to have less time than ever to see all the amazing cakes and sugarcraft creations and unfortunately only managed to have a really brief look at some of the tables. Here is a selection of what I saw, I hope […]