Roxy I would also suggest using american buttercream esp the crusting kind rather than SMBC or IMBC, which make a mess with the icing smearing onto the tissue!

AGah! Sorry will have a proper look through rest of thread later, but am having the darndest time arranging the flowers for this wedding cake at the moment :/ She wanted ranunculus, daisies & sweetpeas for a side arrangement and I can't for the life of me get them to look right at the moment...ggrrrr! It's not a flower combo I would have advised but they were adamant so......

Any words of advice?! I was trying to get them in one arrangement and use a pick, but I'm wondering if I should separate them into a couple of bunches placed next to each other instead?

Can you add a picture?

Can you add a picture?

Of the flowers I meant 

Mel sorry I haven't done a bunch of flowers yet on the side of a cake. I do hope you find a way to arrange it though! I can't wait to see the picture!

Mel I think ranunculus is quite big compared with the others - I haven't done one of those but I think I would treat it like a big rose and do them separately.  It doesn't matter as long as their wires are concealed.

Thanks for the advice on stencils - I had another look at mine and there's loads in the envelope - some small ones too.  Although I plan to do royal icing, I am sure I have seen somebody use them like you do with wall stencils from the diy store.  I may have dreamed it but I am convinced I saw somebody dab Trex through the stencil and then colour (dab) it with a brush dipped in tint.  Do you think I can find it again.......no I can't.  So I think I dreamed it!  Got some lovely new silicon moulds today - topiary bushes, wellie boots and a large wine bottle and glass!  I would be playing but I have to pack my suitcase soon - so it'll have to wait.  Has anybody done the bottle one?  I plan to use leaf glaze to make it shiny - not sure if there is something better out there......???

Kathy

ASo today I got to the interview after driving most of the way to Cardiff airport before realising that i had missed a turning and needed to turn back, and then I drove passed head office so again had to turn back... But thankfully I left loads of time so with all the getting lost I was still early!

It went really well and I am now employed as a part time deputy manager for Ty Hafan. No driving, no crazy hours, I can keep doing my church activities and I will be able to keep the business. There is an answer to prayer if ever I had one!

Oh Natt thats brilliant! and a fab place to work!

Hi Natt - was thinking of you.  Well done and really pleased.  What's Ty Hafen? :)

when i said fab i didnt mean it like it sounded :( but have been involved with money raising myself and i know what a fab job they do x

AIts a childrens palliative care charity, they have a hospice and day centres etc for children who aren't expected to live to adulthood.

A

Lol, I knew what you meant! I'm going to be in one of the shops rather than the care centres, but the work they do is fantastic!

Oh it is!

Its funny how on forums you chat to people and get an image of how they look! I just clicked to have a nosey at your fb piccys and i'm assuming thats you {runs before being arrested for stalking} behind the stall 

I may change my avatar to me just for fun! lets see who thinks I look like i sound 

Well done Natt - Great charity.  We do a lot for St Davids here is it a fantastically run charity holds amazing events and a few of us in business support them.

ASo pleased for you Natt.

When do you start?

Anyone used goldleaf/silverleaf on SP? I have circles to cover and wonder if its a nightmare? Shame I cant do it now but will be stuck on the cake barrel.

The base of my cake is only 2" and want to do scallops (in art deco style) sort of 2/3 high any ideas?  Cant locate a scallop shape anyway. It needs to be a sharp cutter.

ive not used leaf but really want to! Have you tried a mould for the scallops?

AWell done Natt

yeah I see your point! But they should be quite easy with a circular cutter...just make a little paper template to get each the same 

I have the patience of a saint but even I couldnt see myself applying 1000 dragees with tweezers!  there has to be an easier way?

well at least you have a bit of play time with it then :) Good luck with the magnolia!

Well done Natt!  That sounds super 

ANatt, that's wonderful! I'm so glad it's worked out for you :)

Chasing, I'd like to know about the gold/silverleaf too. That is a beautiful cake!!! I've mentioned making cutters out of aluminum cans. Perhaps give it a go? What you need is a template of the scallop and shape the aluminum with pliers. There's youtube videos about it. The dragees look like even more of a nightmare- I wonder if you could apply them to the scallop before you apply the scallop to the cake. So put glue where you want the dragees to be and drop a small handful of dragees and just tidy them up. Wait for the glue to set then place on cake. HTH

AChasing, perhaps you could post the question in the How do I section of this forum?

Ok so after weeks of preparation and spending its finally finished!.......... And as this is the reason that I found this lovely uk forum and had my doubts put to rest with some subtle shoving here and there  I thought I would show you a picture of all my hard work...........

My Tiddylicious Cake Room!

ATiddy that room is great, you have done a lovely job! Many great cakes will emerge from this room ;-)

Thank you Jo! I hope so!

haha sorry Natt  that'll teach me to be nosey! I did change my avatar earlier but i think everyone was on a caffeine break lol