Cakeycakecakecake.....

 A busy Sunday afternoon.....

Lemon crunch cupcakes with homemade chocolate butterflies.....I think I'm getting quite good at this!

More Cakes and Tasty Things....

Yes. I love cake.


This is the next lot of silly cupcakes.

Yummy.

I can't remember if I've mentioned before (so sorry if I have), but I am currently partaking in a Sugarcraft Flower Making Course......ie, you know on nice wedding cakes you get amazing roses and lilies etc made of icing....I'm learning to make them. Not as easy as you'd think!! Thus far I have lots of buds, and a dozen delicate lily petals. I will upload photos once they actually look like something.......

Private View and A Lot of Tasty Cake.....

So Sunday was the day that Hannah and I have been working towards all year - the Private View. Yes, we do things a little differently at the Garden - what with Private Views traditionally happening before the opening, as opposed to a month after...... but we like the Garden to look it's best - and that's pretty much now.


Artists, clients (both Hannah's and Anthony's), important people and so on descended on the Garden to view the spectacular new collection and to eat the delicious cakes Hannah had bought.


Photos.....well, you can see my priorities...

Here we have the lovely Lorraine and Monika...

And here is some of Neil Wilkin's work (wish I had my real camera, as the shaft of light looked incredible!)

That's it. 

Bits and Bobbitybobs...

So what have I been up to?


Well, sculpture garden wise....it has carried on being absolutely manic. We opened on Saturday (and sold something that afternoon...great start!). I have been working on a film which will be shown on the website and in the reception, and will be for sale as part of this year's DVD (ahhh pressure!). I have also made a new series of postcards to be sold.....and they all have my name on the back :D

6 postcards...

Ok, so it's not readable in this photo, but the bottom line says 'Photograph: Vikki Leedham'

Ha.

I've also been getting going on the whole cake decoration malarkey. The Gotto's gave me lots of cake making stuff and a lovely book as my leaving present, and the following day Mother Leedham gave me two cake books as well! So I'd better take the hint....

This is the first batch of fancy cakes... 

(obviously only showing one....I made 12 but some were a little questionable....)

So there we go. Exciting stuff.