I wanted to do some baking the other day because I had some baking bits from my friend on my birthday.
Here are some of the things I used...
Milk Chocolate
Edible wafer daisies
In they went...
Before
After
If your interested I followed this recipe but I made lemon Icing and did bits of white choc within the cake but you could try the other way depending on your preference. This recipe has done the opposite to what I did.
For the cupcakes:
120g butter, softened
150g caster sugar
Grated zest of 1 lemon
2 large eggs, room temperature (we used Ella Valentine eggs)
200g self-raising flour
1tsp baking powder
125ml milk
For the white chocolate buttercream:
120g butter, softened
200g icing sugar, sifted
50g white chocolate, melted
You'll also need:
12-hole muffin tin
12 cupcake cases
For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 180˚C/350˚F/gas 4. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with cases.
Sift the flour and baking powder together in a large, clean bowl and set aside.
In a separate large, clean bowl cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then add in the lemon zest.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add half the flour, then half the milk and fold in. Repeat with adding the remaining flour and milk, then fold in again.
Spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases filling ¾ of the way and bake for 18 mins or until a cocktail stick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove the cupcakes from the oven and place on wire racks to cool completely.
For the white chocolate buttercream: In a large, clean bowl cream the butter, then gradually add and stir in the sugar until smooth and creamy.
Add the cooled, melted chocolate and continue creaming until fully combined.
Pipe the buttercream onto the cupcakes using a piping bag and then, garnish with lemon zest and grated white chocolate.
Decoupage is the name of two things, one is where you build up one image to make it 3D, the other is overlapping several peices of tissue like paper on a surface. That's what the final G.I.C.W is gunna be!
You can find the special papers for Decoupage at craft stores like Hobby Craft or The Range...
Make things like this,
A letter of your name
Love these bangles!!!
Funky stool,
On boxes
Comic Table x
Atlases are a cheap alternatetive to the tissues
Old Clocks
Here are the supplies to buy!
the glue/varnish
a surface
the paper
OR
Instead of the papers use
Tissue Paper (very cheap to buy)
Atlases
Newspaper
Comics
Music Note paper
Anything thin enough will do
and then,
Dry-clear Pva
Varnish or clear nail varnish (watered down)
That's all for the Get Into Craft Week. Remember there are loads more crafts out there!
I've only recently got into quilting, and it's a really nice craft that creates a nice air-loom. You can make various patterns-big or small all with your 'stamp' on it...
There are some great ideas for quilts online and in books so if your short of inspiration check them out! They look great on beds and are deffinatly cosy.
Look at this video for an idea to do with jelly rolls...
Also you can do this with your jelly rolls,
love it!
I'm making a quilt using this pack but in 6x6 squares.