Wired Sugar Lily - With Frankly Sweet Tiny Shoe Cutters

As promised, another new tutorial from Frances is available to watch on her YouTube Channel. This time, how to make wonderful lilies using the petal shaped cutter from her Tiny Shoe Cutter set

We very much hope you enjoy it.....

Twenty To Make Sugar Scaries

Frankie's new book in the 20 To Make Series is now available....you can order it HERE, or you can catch us at Brighton Racecourse this Saturday 18th May.....

A Trip To Sweden - Kakburken

Recently, Frankie was invited to Sweden by Camilla of KakBurken - her Facebook page is HERE - to teach Tiny Shoes, Fairies and Fancy Dress Babies for a weekend.

It was a wonderful few days for Frances and she was very well looked after and welcomed by the Swedish enthusiasts. The results in all three workshops were beautiful and the models made were proudly displayed at the end of each session. Judging by the comments on Facebook and Twitter it would seem that the students enjoyed themselves too.

Frances didn't get to see too much of the Swedish Countryside due to a flight delay, but the hospitality of her Swedish hosts left nothing to be desired and left an abiding memory of friendly faces and bright, warm sunshine.

Frankie's present from Sweden

Huge thanks to Camilla, Jonas and Cordelia for their assiduous attention to Frankie's comfort and for looking after her so well.

Holland Sugar Art Show

It was time to go back to visit our Dutch friends and to attend the 6th Sugar Art Show in Boskoop. Run by Bart Van Vliet - the marzipan specialist - the show has been run at a fairly low local level but has attracted many visitors over the years.

We've been lucky enough to be involved in most of the shows, but we've noticed two things over those years:

Firstly, we've seen the standard of the work rise at an impressive rate. The competition pieces are very well constructed and thought out and over the period we have been travelling to Holland, the ideas have been very well executed.

...some fantastic work....

Unfortunately, in the last couple of years, attendance levels have dropped, especially since the show grew too large for the original venue in Alphen Am Den Rijn. This is sad because it does not correspond with a drop in enthusiasm or Popularity for Cake and Sugar Craft.

As a forager, this was one of my favourites

We were not very busy over the weekend, but as always, the crowd were friendly and generous with their comments and time. It was fantastic to see our some returning fans and Bart gave us an evening to remember on Saturday night. So no complaints here....