Gingerbread House

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This was for a local gingerbread house contest. I won first place. It was my first time building a gingerbread house, so I was really surprised I won. The house is all gingerbread and the decorations are all royal icing and gumpaste. The only non-edible thing is the cotton smoke int he chimney--I planned on using cotton candy, but I could only find pink and blue in the store. I wanted to use all hand-made decorations and no commercial candy, so at least I accomplished my goal (minus the cotton!).

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I made my own templates out of butcher paper--that was probably the hardest part (lots of math--not my strongest subject)!

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Wonderful job! I wonder if you can still buy those little cotton candy machines---I had one when i was little...

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Wow, this is absolutely breathtaking. I love it so much. I'm not a bit surprised you won, I'll bet it was hands-down!

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THIS IS GREAT ! WHAT A GREAT JOB. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO PUT ON TO SAVE FOREVER, I WANT TO MAKE A GINGERBREAD VILLAGE.