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An Accumulation of Teacups!

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My Mother has a collection of special teacups and just recently asked me what she should do with them... Of course my first thought was to make a pretty display with them like the one above.  But a GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH made me realize there are so many wonderful things she could do with them! Here are teacups as birdbaths, candles, lamps, planters, pincushions (this one by the wonderfully creative Mimi Kirchner), cupcake and dessert holders, wineglasses and last but not least costumes!  Anyone else care to add to the ideas???  

All images found on Google Images.

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Saturday, December 19, 2009 in Fairy Tale Style, Food and Drink, INSPIRATION | Permalink | Comments (2)

Polish Bridal Couple in Paper...

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This truly delightful paper collage is from Poland, and was created in the early 1930's.  It shows a bridal couple and bridesmaid.  Researching the folk costume reveals that it is from Warsaw.  How wonderful that the artist used photos for the faces, along with printed papers for the clothing.  I adore the flowers around the couple as much as the costumes.    
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Saturday, September 05, 2009 in Food and Drink, INSPIRATION, Paper Art | Permalink | Comments (3)

Garden Cakes!

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Lori Ann Blethen creates these glorious and edible cakes that look like they are freshly picked from the garden.  Each blossom is hand made from gum paste, and then hand colored with pigment powders and watercolors.  The woven baskets or decorated boxes, also edible, encase the cake, while the flowers become the decoration.  Watch this Video for a indepth view of her process and techniques.  Who wouldn't LOVE a cake like this on their table???  

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Sunday, February 01, 2009 in Fairy Tale Style, Food and Drink, INSPIRATION | Permalink | Comments (15)

Chocolate Ormolu Box!

Recently John McRae of the CASTLE created this amazing Chocolate Ormolu Box! Look closely, nothing is as it appears... Mouthwatering delicacies are crafted from shiny paper and glass glitter, pick one up and secret compartments appear! The 'glass' is in fact sheets of Mica, and the delicate 'Ormolu', antiqued paper dresden. Truly this is a masterwork by the 'Master of Dresden' himself! BRAVO!!! (size approx. 1 foot square)

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Friday, August 29, 2008 in Castle News, Fairy Tale Style, Food and Drink, INSPIRATION, Paper Art | Permalink | Comments (4)

SWEET ROMANCE

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A few edible lovlies from Le Cupcake. Her sense of color and design is wonderful, and seems to hark of Paris, rather than 'down under'...


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Thursday, October 05, 2006 in Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (4)

SWEET TEMPTATIONS

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Oh my gosh, here is a Class I would LOVE to take, on how to make 'Historic Sugarwork and Confectionary' given by Ivan Day of Historic Food! Just look at this flower bouquet, it's made from a special cake decorating technique called pastillage, and those fruit are handcrafted from almond paste! If I hadn't of told you, would you have guessed??? The baskets have been molded out of sugar from centuries old designs. The last drawing is a design for a 'pastillage pièce montée' in the form of a putto in a chariot being drawn by a hunting poodle (watercolour 1820s). This websight is full of wonderful photos, images and inspirtation sure to whet your appitite and make you wish for a meal a few centuries back... or a trip to England!!!

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Definition: 1. frosting with gelatin: frosting made mainly of icing sugar and gelatin or gum, particularly suitable for rolling out and making into cake decorations

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Definition: (from French, literally "assembled piece" or "mounted piece," plural pièces montées) is a kind of decorative confectionary centerpiece in an architectural or sculptural form used for formal banquets and made of materials such as confectioner's paste, nougat, marzipan, and spun sugar. Although the ingredients were typically edible, their purpose was purely decorative and they were often not really meant to be consumed.


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Sunday, September 10, 2006 in Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (6)

PASSION FOR FOOD

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I am a bit of a closet foodie! I love eating and cooking but don't get the chance to do the latter as much as the former. I lust for a 6-burner Viking range, and a KitchenAid Red Mixer, but do OK with my ol' Amana Stove and 12 year old Cuisinart! I adore cookbooks and any stories and novels with recipies in them, they pile up over the fridge, and next to my bed. I write in the margins, and don't worry about stains... Lately I have really been into FOOD BLOGS too (see sidebar to the right, below 'Beautiful Blogs'), dreaming of parties and events to serve such decadence...

While looking up 'edible art' I found this marvelous link to The Edible Monument: The Art of Food for Festivals at the Getty Museum. Unfortunately the show is long over, but we can still enjoy the wonderful old images on this sight. These were the days when anything was possible for feasts and festivals if one were rich and royal! I love looking at the imaginative displays like the first image that looked like whole towns on a dining table... The second image, of napkin folding is a real delight, chickens and cabbages in cloth! And I really like the last image too, the tools of the trade for a confectioner, I think it would be bliss to sit in such a room and play with these toys...

What are your food fantasies???

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Thursday, September 07, 2006 in Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (6)

Princess Cakes

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These delightful illustrations were in Cleo Papanikolas 'image books' seen while taking her class last weekend. The top one has a lady made out of paper doilies! Marie Antoinette Cakes anyone???

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 in Fairy Tale Style, Food and Drink, INSPIRATION | Permalink | Comments (9)

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