Bunga baru

Finally!! After many postponements, I managed to arrange a time with the famous Kak Jun of cupcakekasih for a gumpaste flower modelling class! .. I've been wanting to attend Kak Jun's class since middle of last year.. but our schedule asyik clash ajer.. So, on 3/2, I managed to get Kak Jun's time, and arranged the children's transportation for the day. Seharian bersama Kak Jun.. siap baca doa penerang hati so that ingat apa yang Kak Jun ajar, cepat tangkap ilmu yang diajar and so that Kak Jun tak bosan ngan I.. LOL... Banyak tips yang diberi, and I highly recommend her class to anyone anytime.. Kak Jun, semoga dilimpahkan kesihatan yang memuaskan dan rezeki yang berpanjangan.. Lepas aje belajar from Kak Jun the techniques.. apa lagi, terus buat the gumpaste and start making flowers.. Bukan apa.. takut lupa apa yang diajar.. Selain dari itu, start shopping for tools!! Merata pergi... Of course, my collection at this moment is not as extensive as Kak Jun's, but I don't wait to complete everything to start something.. Whatever I have and I can find, I do that first.. So far, out of 10 types of flowers learnt, I have made big roses, Kak Jun's roses, calla lily with ribbon, carnations and fillers.. Alhamdulillah I have customers yang have faith in me and let me explore even on their hantaran!! I would like to specially thank Zarina who always have the faith in me, Lina - congratulations dear on your engagement! And Allyza who is my first time customer who allow me to explore on her hantaran with carnations.. and Shayna with her ayat standard : tak kisah la Kak Shaz, janji lawa... Below are some pics.. Ada tu, I mix with store-bought flowers... sbb tak sempat,... Mana taknya, this week I've been working so hard to complete the flowers before 230pm.. Motivation to work fast: sebelum Iskandar pulang (exact words from Juriah..).. He really 'LIKES' to help.. :-D

and these are the final products...

oh... yang ni bunga beli dari kedai... tak sempat dah nak buat sendiri...

all in all, even though this has been a very hectic week, I am truly happy for having to implement what I've learnt from Kak Jun (Allah bless you, sister!) I look forward to my next victim (kidding!) so I can apply orchids, magnolia and camelia pulak.. Till then folks!

Guitar cake and Mermaid

Sebenarnyakan, I have loads of previous pictures to show you guys.. but I am too excited to show you my latest masterpiece. These 2 cakes were ordered by Sya for her darling hubby, Syam and her eldest daughter, Betty. Sya told me that Syam is into guitar these days.. nope, not the guitar kapak one... but the electronic guitar! I guess, pretty soon Sya kena renovate la rumah tu - buat jamming studio.. Tomo hanya layak menyumbangkan suara saja.. tapi, Tomo tak rock la! He is such a jiwang type..so Anuar Zain and B Marantika (I dunno how to spell his name.. ).. I usually go to Artisan.Cake.Craft to rent my shaped cake pan, and to my dismay, the guitar pan (yang macam I buat Hannah Montana's guitar tu) was no longer available. Then, I head towards ICCA.Section.14, but guitar pan was not for rental, only for sale.. only the famous shaped ones, like Barney, Tweety and the sorts are for rental.. and I am not sure if I want to purchase the pan that would cost me RM65.. bukan selalu orang order guitar So, I've to think out of the box. There are 2 ways that I could think of - 1) Bake a 2 kg cake and carve it to the shape of guitar, or 2) 1kg enough, and use cupcakes to make the handle (is it called handle?? ). Sya loved the 2nd idea.. And the best thing about Sya.. she let me do what I want.. Sure is one super-cool friend! She sent me a pic of Syam's guitar and I painstakingly followed it closely.. with hubby reminding me that it is just an impression of the guitar that is important.. tak payah 100% sama.. :-p Yo lah tu

And for 8 y.o Betty, Sya gave me this picca. This is the only doll yang cantik kat BWY.. Yang lain rambut panjang ala2 punk - purple and brown! Boleh?

To Sya, thanks so much for the experience! Love u babe!

Speed Posting - Assorted designs

Today, while waiting for Mr Hubby to wake up for breakfast, I decided to post old pictures (stories sudah pastinya tak ingat dah.. serves me well huh!?). I have new pictures too.. Tapi, memory card reader entah ke mana and I need to charge my battery for my camera to get the pics there.. Tawakkal aje amik gambar pakai my handphone.. leceh nak edit and all. At the same time, I'm praying that my wifi will not give up on me.. so, I can work quickly and efficiently.

Here are some cakes ordered last year.. I think around July ke bila.. Just to feast your eyes and to let you know that I am still actively baking despite my big tummy yang I kena belajar adjust so that tak kena cream everytime I decorate :-p..

Ada yang request to have number cakes other than no 1, honestly, I do not have the tin to bake those.. The number 1 tu, I guna technique cut and well, paste.. LOL. I believe you can do that for other numbers, tapi, gue tak terer gitu.. So, for other numbers than 1, I would draw them. :-D.. aci tak? kalau customer kata, aci.. aci la.. Customer is always right, kan?

The Lego themed cuppies, rasanya lagi cantik dibuat guna fondant topper gitu.. baru nampak 3D effectnya. However, some customers prefer the cream ones, and I try the best I can to materialise the lego with cream. (gambar ni kecik la pulak.. nampak tak the dots?)

This Bob the Builder was ordered by Heida.. Heida is one talented baker tau... I like her creations!

And Mr Bean! Of course guna edible image lagi cun compared to my drawing.. But, since some prefers the cream, so ...

Mr Bean boleh la draw... tu pun the Mr Bean the cartoon.. the person, of course not.. same goes to disney princesses.. sungguhpun cartoon.. takut jadi hantu nanti.. :-D. BTW, I noticed kat kedai2 bakery pun dah ada ready made edible images for Princesses, Ben 10, Upin and Ipin, Spiderman.. So, if I am using the ready made ones, the price of the cake is a lot cheaper compared to the pre-ordered images..

Well, till then..

Happy Nurses' Day

Oh dear me! I noticed I still have not posted this yet.. This is for the nurses at University Hospital (nama dulu.. skg dah tukar nama, kan?).. Eid ordered this in conjuction of Nurses' Day last year, together with a Thank You card for the dedicated nurses. I was expecting to find a 'Happy Nurses Day' card, but takde langsung. Alhamdulillah jumpa card ni, which I believed would convey the message effectively. As of date, Isa is still in the hospital.. InsyaAllah he'll be home soon... Amin.. Eid, jangan marah lambat benor nak post this entry.. :-p

Babies

Well, I rarely have time to update my blog these days.. With the new year, all cakes have to be ready before the kids come back from school. I intend to spend more time with them and less time with cakes.. (as if!).. Anyways, while waiting for Nurin to clear up her books, I decided to post something... and realised that they are still many pictures from this old PC that are yet to be uploaded... (sebenarnya terkenangkan gambar2 lain yang tersimpan dalam laptop yang dicuri... hmmm... gambar2 yang bagus nak ditambahkan ke dalam resume.. oh well... don't dwell).. So, I am choosing this pic to be uploaded in this blog this time.. Sesungguhnya tersangat lama... Ni birthday babies for Feb, March, April 2009!!! LOL!.. Anyways... hope to feast your eyes in some ways.. Nanti I cari gambar lain ya.. Oh ya! Happy New Year to all! Let's make this year a better one!.. xoxo..