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Monday 17 August 2009

THANKS TO EVERYBODY !

Yesterday, August 16th, was my birthday.
I celebrated with a thanksgiving service in church and after church.
As usual, there were a lot of pleasant surprises for me from my family and friends. Thanks to you all , for a wonderful and delightful birthday weekend!
Recieve my appreciation for your presence and support; for the phone calls and texts messages, the gifts , flowers , cards , cakes and especially for your prayers and fellowship.
How can I ever repay you for your love and goodwill?
Thanks to my online friends, for your warm messages.
God bless you all, richly. AMEN.

 

 

 
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Wednesday 12 August 2009

Medley Cake

Cake for Office Party.
3 tier Cherry and vanilla light fruit cake, covered with strips and polka dots.
 
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Chrysanthemum & Feathers Wedding Cake

 
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Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs.Brian Adrian Lee- Carter on your wedding day , in July.
This is the couple's 3-tier wedding cake which I had the honour of making.
It is a rich fruit cake; the 3 tiers covered with layers of blue,pink and white fondant paste. Each tier is separated by a circle of large fuchsia and light pink chrysanthemums. Clusters of flower and boa feathers decorate the cake top and side of cake base.

 
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Friday 7 August 2009

Balloon Flowers

FANTASY DAISIES
These balloon designs are ideal as decorations for walls and pillars, or as attachments to balloon garlands and floating balloon clusters. They are popular designs for children parties and other celebrations or even as home decor to liven up the walls.
How to make balloon Daisies.
To make this design , I used a balloon sizer , balloon pump and 5" Qualatex balloons in gold, dark blue, orange
and green colours and 260Q
balloons.
Method:
1. Inflate 5" balloons to 3" size. Make 5 gold, 1 dark blue , six orange and three green balloons.
 

 
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2. Use gold balloons to make a round cluster of 5 and attach blue in the center to form a 5- petal daisie.
3. Make a round cluster of of 6 orange balloons. Attach a cluster of 3 green in their center .
4. Use 260Q balloons to form bows and attach to daisies.
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Balloon Fantasy Flowers

Balloon Fantasy flowers come in simple and intricate designs, depending on the requirements for the occasion. Roses, lilies , fuchsia tulips and orchids can be made with balloons .
Basically , in balloon artistry, precision and symmetry enhance the beauty of the design .Well-designed balloon decorations do add glamour to a venue when they stand alone or are made into bouquets for table or wall decorations.
How to make a Balloon Fantasy Rose .
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For this design you will need:
1.Set of at least a dozen 11" red latex balloons.
2. 2 dozens 18" floral wire.
3. Floral tape.
4.A packet of 260Q balloons in assorted colours.
5 A packet of leaf-green 8" baloons
METHOD
Bend wire into two and inset into one 11" balloon .
Stretch balloon to base of bent wire and tape balloon base firmly to wire.
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Bend wire in balloon to form rose petal as in picture.
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Make six petals.
To form the centre bud for rose, roll 2 11" red balloons together and snip off their tops. Place in centre of petals and tape them together to form a rose.

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Tape petals and bud together to form rose .
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Be adventurous with colours to make unique designs.
Make at least 2 roses to form a bouquet of balloon fantasy roses.
2nd Rose


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Use 260Q balloons to make curly- wurlys in yellow , navy blue , red and cream colours and balloon ribbons and twirls to match fantasy roses.

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Tape the roses , curly wurlies , balloon leaves and twirls together to form a balloon bouquet.


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This design is ideal as a table centrepiece decoration for banquets and weddings