Icing Class

Last Saturday I headed off for Christchurch at 6.20am.  I had a all day class to go to learning some skills and how to make a Bride and Groom.
I dropped off the cake that I had made from my earlier post and made it to my class 25 minutes early but that was a bonus as i got to have a good chat to Lindy our tutor and have a look at some fantastic magazines that she had.
Lindy supplied morning and afternoon tea and also lunch - I wish I had taken a photo of the cupcake's that she made OMG they were good!  They were white chocolate and Lime - SO delicious! (and I now have the recipie!)
Anyway after a full day here is what I made:

Now the grooms head is a little small as the instructions were wrong and it looks like the bride has a bulging neck (which is because I was not happy with what i had done and did a crap job of fixing it as it was nearly set) but all in all I was very happy with what I did.  I learnt SO many tricks, techniques and just fun things really!  Take a look at the detail on the brides dress and those flowers which look fantastic and were so easy to make:

I was the first there and the last to leave because Lindy now has her whole shop in Christchurch so I was like a kid in a candy shop!
From class I went out for tea with two gorgeous friends who Bronwyn and I met at SENZ a few years back.  I didn't take any photos with them which is a shame, but because the next day was my birthday they had a little treat for me - take a look at these fantastic cards:

This photo does not do these cards justice, Elvina's purse is patchwork and is just stunning (just like the patchwork that she does on material)  Anne did the butterfly/flower card the flowers are done in flower soft with the butterfly popped up.  I know how many hours goes into making these cards and girls - LOVE you to bits.  And check out the presents they gave me:

Do you think that they might just know me?  

AND we went out to tea - OMG it was Divine - it was at the Bush Inn, I can't remember what it was called but it was something "spice".  I ate 3 courses (PIGGY I KNOW)  I had prawn and banana filo triangles with a yummy sauce that Phillip and I drank!  For mains we had stir fry chicken and cashew nuts - now this was a cross between Tai, Indian and Chinese it was Delicious.  Desert I had a tiramisu OMG again SO delicious!

I can very much reccomend you go and try it out!

Anne was very NAUGHTY and paid for my meal so to say I was SPOILT is an understatement!

Anne's daughter Emma and her son Harry came out to tea, what a wee darling Harry is - he is 18 months old and such a good boy!  Harry also made me a card and gave me a pressie - a bag of chocolates and he gave up a packet of his favourite tiny teddies ;-)

Didn't he do a fantastic job - stickers and all!

So I had a great day and made it home to Timaru around 11pm - I left Christchurch just ahead of the rugby traffic so it was a nice smooth run home!

Thanks again for stopping in :-)