Courses on making things

Taplledraw

I recently went on a tiara making day at Monkton Elm Garden Centre near Taunton it is near me and was in a bridal magazine. They were very helpful and it cost £25 but this included a tiara base and beads, wire etc I am now finishing making my own tiara (one Bride finished hers and it was lovely mine is a little more complicated!!)and will sew a few of the matching beads on my dress. I took one of my Bridesmaids along so she is doing her own and I will do the other 3 hopefully with her help. It means I have the tiarra I want at a fraction of the price and have learnt a new skill. I wondered if there is a good place to look for courses as I fancy making my own cupcakes but would like to be shown how to decorate them. The Paper Shop have a wedding coordinator who will show you wedding card making for free as they obviously hope you buy the stuff for them ! There is one in Clarkes Village Street Somerset and they were very helpful.

Horace

Try a catering college or cookery school if you want to learn how to make cakes and ice them. Cupcakes are fairly easy anyway - just use a sponge mixture and as for icing - butter icing blobbed on the top with a pallet knife does the trick.

Also try looking at your local craft centres as they too may offer courses. I know of one that offers millinery (Fridays only) and one of the shops within the craft centre has certain nights where they will show you how to make chocolate truffles.

Taplledraw

Thank you I hadn't thought of looking at local colleges I wonder if they do one day learning to tie bouquet courses too. I have looked in books but being very dyspraxic often need to see it done first. Thanks again.

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Taplledraw wrote: »

Thank you I hadn't thought of looking at local colleges I wonder if they do one day learning to tie bouquet courses too. I have looked in books but being very dyspraxic often need to see it done first. Thanks again.

For learning to tie bouquet i found this
http://www.howdini.com/howdini-video-6672795.html

page_e

I've just started to think about making my own wedding cake. I'm going to have a practise i've told my little girl that her birthday cake is going to look very much like a wedding cake (same goes for my 2 boys and hubby to be):rotfl:

Taplledraw

page_e wrote: »

For learning to tie bouquet i found this
http://www.howdini.com/howdini-video-6672795.html

Thank you so much for this . I think I will be off to Mr Ts to get some flowers to have a test run I can give them to my friend for a birthday present in true MSE style!!

Stephb1986_2

I've bought loads of cake,cupcake books in the last few weeks because i wanted to get into cooking your more than welcome to borrow some

Steph xx

Taplledraw

Thank you I am scouring the charity shops for them as well. My son and husband to be will be testing them when I finish purreeing apples and making chutney!!

Stephb1986_2

Just remembered that in sainsburies mag this month there is a section on cupcakes and also a chance to win a cupcake class with this woman who's super posh cant remember her name, But i have the mag i can rip the comp out if you want coz i cant enter it as i'm away on the dates that she's doing the course.

Steph xx

p.s but if you win a want a cupcake!