Posted by: Alysten on: March 31, 2011
Eustace is almost at the stage of done enough for travel tomorrow. I have a 24″ x 24″ x 4″ rice crispy block, 3-4 pounds of gumpaste and 3 gallons of royal icing left to make before tomorrow. I need to cover one arm, both hands and his neck, so they can dry before the [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: March 31, 2011
More progress has been made on the sleeve beading. All of the spangles are on and the applique is 100% complete. I am just working on the fill. The bodice has been sewn and fitted. All that is remaining is attaching the skirt to the bodice and the rest of the beading on the sleeve [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: March 23, 2011
This is a dress that is my part of a barter. I am getting a seriously stripey knitted hat, she is getting an embroidered dress. The Swan Dress is based roughly on this dress. I really don’t like beading. Makes me all sorts of not right in the head. Fortunately for me, Swabian dresses usually [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: March 20, 2011
I have been working on cleaning up Eustace’s head and it is almost completely covered. I have also started working on his other parts, including hands, arms and dinner. This will get a nice sugar coating in the next few days. You can see the basic shape of the chicken and his paw. Here is [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: March 20, 2011
I have started the construction of a framework for Eustace. I had to modify the look just a bit to handle the head. A little bit of hardware from Home Depot and I was ready to go. The cake frame + board was just under $20. Step 1- Marking out the base Step 2- Placing [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: March 16, 2011
Went shopping at home depot for cake parts. That’s right… Home. Depot. Cake needs to be supported. I picked up a 3/4″ 2 x 2 piece of ply wood, several 2′ lengths of PVC pipe, 90 and 45 degree elbows, a floor flange and a bunch of wood screws.I am all set to build the [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: March 10, 2011
HRH Jana has announced that there will be a Sculpted Cake Decorating Contest at Coronation. There is a specified height requirement of a minimum of two feet and a maximum of four feet. There is also a “carrying” component, where cakes must be moved. This class is designed to help the novice baker understand what [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: March 9, 2011
The last post was suppose to be about Eustace and ended up being about sugar paste. Well this is what this project journal is suppose to be about. A nice place for me to store random project thoughts for future reference. So… back to Eustace. Eustace’s head, arms and chicken will be the rice treats [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: March 9, 2011
All of my projects need names. All of my sugar pieces have been ‘named’ and most of rapier armor has been ‘named’. The grotesque has been named Eustace after the patron saint of hunters. Eustace is going to be 80% cake and 10% period gum paste and 10% rice cereal treats. Since this is a [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: March 9, 2011
I have decided to go in a different direction with this project. The gingerbread, while still will get done eventually, has been put on the back burner for now. I am doing a modern yellow cake with period flavors. The spice mixture is tailed pepper, mace, clove and ceylon cinnamon. I have 4, 10″ x [...]
