Autumn Wreath

One year the beautiful colours of Autumn inspired me to have a go making my firsth wreath. I twisted long willow twigs together and wound them round a wire coat hanger for shape and threaded them with all sorts of Autumn goodies.

I wored small conkers and fir cones, and used twigs with acorns, Hawthorn berries, rose hips, viburnum berries, sloes, blackberries and ivy berries and leaves.

For a first attempt I was quite pleased but the proportion was a bit off as it could have done with being a bit fuller in places.

Natural Candle Holder

I love all the natural berries and leaves of Autumn so after my success at an Autumn wreath I had a go at making a candle holder. I used some thin, bendy willow twigs and wound them together whilst twisting to get the right size. Then I threaded berries and leaves into the gaps.

Chocolate Cake Pops

I recently made a cake for a friend and froze the trimmings for use at a later date. We were expecting friends over one evening so I thought I'd have a go at cake pops as something to offer them.

First I cut the frozen trimmings into cubes and put on cocktail sticks.

Then I dipped them into chocolate melted with butter.

As they cooled I dipped some into hundreds and thousands and put them in foil covered polystyrene to display.

The others I dusted with edible lustre powder when they had fully set and cooled.

I was surprised how long the choclate took to set before I could set them down and then the chocolate suddenly thickened so much I had to re-melt it to use on the rest. It was also easier when to the cake was fully frozen.

First Birthday Cake

I had the honour of being nominated to make the birthday cake for the joint 1st party of our NCT group. I decided to make a train and have a carriage for each child.

Dedication Cake

When we got Mischief dedicated at the Salvation Army I decided to make a cake as the centre piece of the celebration.