ayonecan-cook

I have been terribly busy......with experiments as much as with actual projects. But to cut my silence and absence here are some photos of what I have been up to lately. This is a a peony I made yesterday. It took a whole day to complete because I had to wait for each row of petals to dry before i could move on tot he next. Each petal had to be painted with petal dust and then attached. I used Colette Peters peony cutters which i had bought online. It came with instructions which I did not like. They were skimpy and had an illustration of a finished flower that did not look appealing. But the cutters were great and I highly recommend them. I had also used a poppy veiner that I had bought from the Cake Connection.  Here's a great link that I referred to while making the peony....   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyXsU0TNX2k&feature=player_embedded I followed the first 3 parts to a T then deviated a little because i wanted my peony to be a little more full at the centre. And...