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awesome2_2

Hi

Sorry to intrude but can anyone recommend either a good dvd or book showing how to do sugarpaste people? I have trawelled youtube can find loads of faces, animals, hair etc but no people.
I want to make a lady (diva) for a bithday cake for my dd but think I may have to give up on the idea if I cannot find any info.

Thanks

stardrops42

awesome2 wrote: »

Hi

Sorry to intrude but can anyone recommend either a good dvd or book showing how to do sugarpaste people? I have trawelled youtube can find loads of faces, animals, hair etc but no people.
I want to make a lady (diva) for a bithday cake for my dd but think I may have to give up on the idea if I cannot find any info.

Thanks

Hi awesome

I've just purchased a few tutorials from Lorraine Mckay's website. I've been meaning to buy some for ages as her figures are fantastic and everyone raves about her tutorials. Her website is called "Extra Icing". It does state on the website that they won't be sent until 3rd June though HTH

gazpacho_uk

Just recieved an email from Amazon advertising a classikool 8 tier acrylic cupcake stand for £50 which includes postage. I checked online and other retailers are selling this for over £100 ! As it can be arranged to use whatever amount of tiers you require, i decided to take the plunge and purchase one ........ It should come in handy !
I dont know if I can post the link here, so if you are interested, just PM me and I will forward you the link

gazpacho_uk

stardrops42 wrote: »

Hi awesome

I've just purchased a few tutorials from Lorraine Mckay's website. I've been meaning to buy some for ages as her figures are fantastic and everyone raves about her tutorials. Her website is called "Extra Icing". It does state on the website that they won't be sent until 3rd June though HTH

Thanks for this Stardrops. An amazing site .... I have joined up !

awesome2_2

Hi Stardrops42

Thanks for you reply I have looked at these tutorials previously and cannot decide whether to take the plunge. There doesnt seem to be any specific to what I want. Which ones have you ordered? Can you let me know your opinion when you ha elooked at them please. I wanted something more like your lady you put on this



Thnaks so much

gazpacho_uk

missed the tutorials "two for one" offer by just a cpl of weeks on the EXTRA ICING site !!!!! just my luck. The individual tutorials seem a little steep, but form what people are saying, they are very detailed and worth it......I may wait a while to see if they repeat the offer

awesome2_2

gazpacho_uk wrote: »

Just recieved an email from Amazon advertising a classikool 8 tier acrylic cupcake stand for £50 which includes postage. I checked online and other retailers are selling this for over £100 ! As it can be arranged to use whatever amount of tiers you require, i decided to take the plunge and purchase one ........ It should come in handy !
I dont know if I can post the link here, so if you are interested, just PM me and I will forward you the link

I have just ordered a simillar one to this but a 5 tier carnt wait for it to come

stardrops42

awesome - I have received the tutorials and they are brilliant! I bought, mum to be, snow time, victorian lady and I received the baby topper free:D Very detailed step by step instructions with photographs of each stage. If I was you I would go for the mum to be tutorial as it's exactly what you want just don't give it a pregnant belly;)

gazpacho - The tutorials are really good and I would say they are well worth the money as they will save you lots of time and error.

ETA - awesome the figure on my cake was my first attempt and wasn't very good, it's head was too big and heavy which gave the figure a humped back! I do seem to have problems getting the proportions right on my figures lol

moo2moo

Finally got round to doing my Level 2 food safety (catering) to comply with the regs. Did it through virtual college via Quidco as recommended by environmental health which works out at £25 once I get the cashback. The course was fairly well laid and and easy to follow but a bit dumbed down and seemed to amiss a couple of things. The site reckons 2-3 hours to complete and lets you have 5 attempts at the test to get a 75% pass mark although I completely the lot in a little over an hour once I'd turned the really irritating and very distracting voice over off since it simply repeated what was on the screen word for word.

Going to my first market in person this weekend armed with a vast array of stuff in the hoes of figuring out what sells.

awesome2_2

stardrops42 wrote: »

awesome - I have received the tutorials and they are brilliant! I bought, mum to be, snow time, victorian lady and I received the baby topper free:D Very detailed step by step instructions with photographs of each stage. If I was you I would go for the mum to be tutorial as it's exactly what you want just don't give it a pregnant belly;)

gazpacho - The tutorials are really good and I would say they are well worth the money as they will save you lots of time and error.

ETA - awesome the figure on my cake was my first attempt and wasn't very good, it's head was too big and heavy which gave the figure a humped back! I do seem to have problems getting the proportions right on my figures lol

Thanks Stardrops think I will have another look