TV Appearances

Create and Craft TV can be found on Freeview 36, Sky 674, Virgin 748 and FreeSat 813 - and if you choose your times then you'll be able to see Frances give some amazing demonstrations from a selection of her books.

The first show - aired on Sunday 21st September - seemed to be a great success, the producers were pleased and Frankie's FaceBook pages and email accounts went into melt down for hours afterwards. If you missed that show then you have two more opportunities to see her live - Sunday 2nd November in the afternoon and on December 14th. You can also look out for the re-runs but why not come to say hello at Cake International, the absolutely HUGE show held at the NEC from 7th November until 9th. Frances will be signing books and demonstrating her Tiny Sugar Shoes, Fancy Dress Babies, Sensational Animals and her Wonderful Fairies.

We'd love to see you.

The Latest Class List

Sugarcraft classes with Frances McNaughton in Tunbridge Wells, Kent

• Saturday 29 March     Peony Spray

Beautiful realistic peony with leaves and buds, perfect for using on wedding cakes and for other special occasions.

• Saturday 19 April     Modelling chocolate - Introduction

Easter is here- that must mean CHOCOLATE!! In this class you will learn how to make modelling chocolate, and make chocolate roses and simple models. The big advantage of using modelling chocolate is of course that your cake decorations will also be delicious!

• Saturday 10 May     Tiny Sugar Shoes and Bags- Introduction

Come and make a large selection of tiny shoes and bags. Perfect for anyone who hasn’t tried making miniatures before. Just the right size for cupcakes. Discover how easy it is to use different basic shapes to make different parts for the shoes and bags.

• Saturday 17 May     Buxom Fairy

Make this delightful ‘voluptuous’ fairy. A lovely modelling class in which you can personalise your own fairy with suggestions from Frances.

• Saturday 24 May     Introduction to Royal Icing

Learn how to make Royal Icing, piping bags, basic piping skills including writing. Build your confidence in a skill which is very useful in many styles of cake decorating.

• Saturday 31 May     Fairy Dressmaker’s and shoemaker’s workshop

Let your imagination fly when designing dresses and shoes for fairies. Final designs will be displayed on a tiny dressmaker’s dummy.

• Saturday 7 June      Tiny Sugar Shoes and Bags - Glitz and Bling

Create a gorgeous selection of shoes and bags to include animal prints, edible glitter and ‘bling’. A lovely follow-on class for anyone who has already started making tiny shoes.
 

• Saturday 14 June     Fancy Dress Babies

Make two sweet babies dressed in character ‘onesies’. One is dressed as a tiger, the other as a flower.

• Saturday 21 June     Introduction to Wired Sugar Flowers- Rose and Lily Spray

Learn how to make this delightful wired spray of roses, lily and leaves. This is a good introduction to flowermaking and colouring flowers with realistic powder colours.

• Saturday 28 June     Sugar Dogs

Be the first to come and learn how to make simple sugar dogs with the author following the release of Twenty to make, Sugar Dogs by Frances McNaughton. Great fun for anyone who loves dogs, or who makes cakes and would like to add another set of models to their skills.
 

ALL CLASSES START AT 10 am AND FINISH AT APPROX 4.30pm

MAXIMIUM FOUR PEOPLE PER CLASS

For full details please contact frances.mcnaughton@gmail.com

Dublin Sugarcraft Guild 22-23 March 2014

We'll be in Dublin this weekend for the Sugarcraft Show there - we hope you'll come and say hello as we're looking forward to seeing all our friends and our Irish "family".

Frances said; "I'm looking forward to the Dublin Sugarcraft Exhibitio - I'll be demonstrating this little sleeping baby fairy in the demonstaration room, and the rest of the time I'll be demonstrating other techniques on my stand."

We'll be selling Frances' books, cutters, moulds and the tools she uses for her work and she'll be signing her books at her stand. See you at the City West Hotel at 10 am on Saturday.

Check out the details HERE

Oxted Sugarcraft Club - Fancy Dressed Babies

Industrious...

The lovely Surrey town of Oxted was the backdrop to Frances' Fancy Dressed Baby Workshop today and the class seemed to enjoy their time making babies judging by the laughter and smiles. There were times of concentration and quiet industry, but the conversation level soon rose again as each stage was successfully completed.

This is one of Frances' cutest workshops - these babies definitely have the 'aaah' factor - and are always well received and today was no exception. Each of the students completed their models before the end of the day and we hope they learned many tricks and tips in the use of modelling paste and all the tools.

Seriously aaaah!

The book is available HERE with stage by stage photographs and a full equipment and tool list. There are also demonstrations on Frankie's YouTube Chanel HERE.

Watch out for more news of Classes, Demonstrations and Workshops on this Blog and on Frances' Facebook page HERE

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.

YouTube Tutorials

Just a reminder to all of Frankie's Fans, there are tutorials available on her YouTube Chanel, just search for Frankly Sweet.

Many more will be added in the future so why not subscribe and be informed directly when new tutorials are released

Season's Greetings

To all my wonderful fans and friends all over the world, thank you for all your support in 2012.

I wish you all a merry and peaceful Christmas wherever you may be and a Wonderful 2013. See you all somewhere in the New Year.

Here's a very quick version of my Santa Baby....Cute and fun....

...and the Eartha Kitt version.....

A very happy Christmas to you all

Frances.....

Bristol Workshop

Jo's Tiger Baby...

In recent weeks, the West Country has been suffering, once again, from incessant wet weather. The rain has been virtually constant and rivers, streams and fields are waterlogged as ever more rain falls on already saturated land. One had to feel sorry for those people who are cleaning out flooded homes for the third time in as many weeks, but by whose demeanour one would never guess the despair they must certainly be feeling, a cheerful face put towards the TV cameras that broadcast their plight across the nation.

The lunches were fantastic

We drove towards this unfolding story on Friday, as Frances had arranged another weekend of classes and workshops at The Aztec Centre in Bristol; one day making a  Fancy Dressed Tiger Baby and some tiny Sugar Shoes and the next day spent creating Lily The Pink Fairies. Whilst the rain continued to pour outside, the ladies laughed and worked their way through the two days, enjoying the company and certainly the lunches, but also leaving with some high class pieces that they had created with a little help from Frankie.

The time flew by and the laughter gradually subsided as each of the students packed away their creations, preparing themselves for the damp and dark journey home. As always we hope the weekend was enjoyed by all and we look forward to meeting our new friends and old again in the future.

Another lunch...and Laura's stray Hubbie...

Patchwork Cutter Weekend

Jan's Autumn Fairy

 What a Wonderful Weekend!

We had been invited to The Wirrall by Marion and Gerry Frost of Patchwork Cutters who often run demonstration and Workshop weekends at their fantastic complex near Greasby. We both loved the Countryside and the weather held well until the aftermath of Hurricane Nadine hit the UK on our journey home. The traffic was disrupted as the skies opened, unleashing oceans of rain and gale force winds across the South which steadily moved northwards meeting us on our way back to Kent.

...and the fire escapes are...

It didn't matter though, the journey was well worth it - we were treated like guests by Marion, Gerry and all the friendly ladies who attended. Northern Hospitality is all we could have wished for - we felt like Royalty - and I have no talent, remember!

Gerry and Frankie at Red Rocks

The demonstrations and the Workshops were fully booked covering Tiny Shoes, Fancy Dressed Babies and Fairies from Frankie and some intricate cutter pieces from Marion. The finished work was excellent and everybody took a completed fairy home. Many ladies also made the most of Frankie's new book having arrived just the day before we left and signed copies were eagerly purchased to compliment the Tiny Shoe Cutter Set.

Finished  Fairies

Our huge thanks to Gerry, Marion and everybody who made our weekend memorable and fun. Even Nadine couldn't take the edge of our enjoyment.

wonderful work ladies...

Sugarcraft Weekend - Maidstone

A collection of Lily The Pink Fairies

This was another wonderful weekend that sold out quickly; the opportunity to make Tiny Shoes, Fancy Dressed Babies and The Lily The Pink Fairy. The two days were busy but each student completed the pieces  and took them home with them.

The great thing about these groups and workshops is the camaraderie that develops during the day. By the late afternoon, Facebook, Twitter and e-mail addresses were being exchanged, not just between Franc and the class members, but also among themselves and trying to get them all to go home was a challenge itself.

We sincerely hope that everyone was proud of their work and enjoyed the weekend as much as we did.