For Mum & Dad - - -

This week I have been working on the Flowers for my Parents 

Diamond Wedding Anniversary Cake.

And I have had a few frustrating hurdles to overcome...

#1 Faulty products:- The realisation that my tub of pre-mixed flower-paste didn't actually have flower-paste in it! Flower paste has an ingredient to make the work set very hard - very quickly.  So, when my flowers were still malleable 2 weeks after being made... you know there is something really wrong!

#2 Lost Instructions:- One of my online groups has a thread running at the moment about not being able to find things in our sewing rooms.... At least there you can get someone to help you look for it - BUT somewhere in my head there is the instructions for making Roses.... I just needed to ... remember... where I put them!

# 3 Petal Dust:-
This makes your flowers come to life - but it gets everywhere!
... and unfortunately I missed some when cleaning up and promptly got green in my white Icing...
amongst other places.....

Putting all the mess aside -
It is satisfying to watch some plain pale green icing slowly change into something that actually looks like a Rose Leaf.

#4 Breakages:-
Oh well - at least it was a sample, and not a very good one at that ...
... but nevertheless it is a good example of why you should place your finished work somewhere safe.



So - Having sorted all of the above I then was able to sit down to the fun part of wiring the spray.





All I need to do now is take what I had made...

Add a bit of "Bling"
Yes there are 60 of these 'diamonds' scattered throughout the bouquet -
(because my Dad will count them!)

Decide on a design

... (I really needed more Roses)




Until finally I got the finished spray.

It isn't quite the semi-heart that I was after - but I don't think Mum & Dad will mind....

Now all I need is a cake to put under it!