Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts

Monday, April 20, 2015

Macarons and other things I love


I know y'all love my macaron recipe and for the first time ever it's available in print with the latest issue of Tickle the Imagination magazine.

Tickle the Imagination magazine celebrates all things handmade and  creative in Australia and you can purchase a hard copy or online download HERE.

And I know I have been a bit quiet lately, we've been having some family time. I'n contrast to the fleeting love of a macaron Mr Sweet and I recently celebrated our lasting love with our 22nd wedding anniversary and had some photo's taken by Naomi V Photography:


Happy 22nd Wedding Anniversary to us! Photo by Naomi V Photography


This is our Happily Ever After girls dresses by Mischka Aoki photo by Naomi V Photography

Thanks to Jordan from @Honey and Gold for writing our sign.
Xx


Linda Vandermeer is a blogger, baker, maker and author of the cookbook ' Sweets on a Stick': More than 150 kid friendly recipes for cakes, candies, cookies and pies on the go!. Published in the US the book is available at most online book stores.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Sweet Love Stacked Cookies for Valentines


Just a quick post to show some pictures of these Sweet Love Valentines cookies I whipped up.

I'll be showing how to make similar stacked cookies at the home made wedding treats demonstration at the Bleeding Heart cafe in Brisbane on the 27th of April 2013. Click here for booking details (you'll need to scroll right to the bottom and it's called Wedding Favours with Linda Vandermeer0.


Also at the demo I will talk about making and baking cupcakes, demonstrate how to decorate cupcakes and demonstrate decorating a few different types of cookies (including stacked cookies). Handout will include cookie cutout recipe.


My book Sweets on a Stick will be available to purchase from the Bleeding Heart on the day :)


Linda Vandermeer is a blogger, baker, maker and author of the cookbook ' Sweets on a Stick': More than 150 kid friendly recipes for cakes, candies, cookies and pies on the go!. Published in the US the book is available at most online book stores:

Link to Amazon:

Or at Fishpond (free shipping Australia)
Sweets on a Stick: More Than 150 Kid-Friendly Recipes for Cakes, Candies, Cookies, and Pies on the Go! 


Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Wedding Cake Sugar cookies and a Handmade Wedding DIY shoot with Luminoso Blu and Naomi V


A little while ago, I made some treats for Luminoso Blu for a 'Handmade' Wedding shoot for the Queensland Brides magazine to accompany an article Renee from Luminoso Blu wrote.


I provided some simple swirl cupcakes, upside down cake pops decorated with a white fondant sugar heart, rustic stacked trio of cookies and large wedding cake shaped cookies decorated with red hearts.


All photo's by Naomi V Photography.

Tissue paper bouquet: Ah-Tissue

The cookies are a great idea for a DIY bride as they can easily be made a week and a half before, placed in cello bags with ribbon and card or boxed and stored in large airtight containers. Just make sure everything is super clean when you are making them and that you give them a chance to set/dry before you bag them.


To make the large wedding cake cookies I simply made a batch of sugar cookie dough (click here for a link to my sugar cookie recipe). Cut out the cookies with a large cake shaped cookie cutter, baked and allowed to cool. Then I rolled out the ready roll fondant on a cornflower/ cornstarch dusted workbench (I use Bakels ready to roll fondant it's available online at specialty cake stores try Cakes Around Town or Baking Pleasures) and using the large cake shaped cookie cutter I cut out fondant and adhered it to the already baked and cooled cookie using a small amount of clean water and a brush you only use for food purposes.

Then I used a small amount of fondant coloured red with gel food colour (knead the colour into the fondant very well, try and do the night before for best results) rolled it out thinly and cut out hearts with 2 different sized heart cutters. I carefully pinched the ends and pulled them to the side to give the heart a bit of a funky look. I adhered the hearts to the white fondant covered cookies with a tiny amount of water and allowed them to set uncovered.


Like I said perfect DIY and you can easily change the colours to match your own special event.

Invitations and table place cards: Kijaro Invitations

Here is a list of the lovely contributors


DIY crafting and styling: Luminoso Blu Events
Photography: Naomi V Photography
Invitations and table place cards: Kijaro Invitations
Cake: Miss Jane's Cakes
Cookies, cake pops and cupcakes: Bubble and Sweet
Tissue paper bouquet: Ah-Tissue
Milk Glass: Hummingbird Vintage Hire
Flowers: A Sculpted Leaf 

 
This is just a quick shot I took myself before the shoot to show the stacked cookies up close

and a quick link to my book of kid friendly cooking and decorating available for pre order for December release.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

C & J's wedding


I have been a bit of a poor blogger at the moment. Life has been a bit crazy as life is.

One of the things I have been busy with is making the cake, figurines and cupcakes for my cousin's wedding.

It's not really something I do for people, or am particularly great at, but the bride is adorable and was the flower girl at my wedding years ago.

Plus she is the total opposite of a bridzilla, more of a sweeterella and wanted a really relaxed yet elegant looking cupcake tower.

The tower was 80 vanilla cupcakes and with a one tier chocolate mudcake topped with figurines I made myself out of ready roll fondant. In the darkish reception it looked pretty good.

C & J wishing you a lifetime of joy, happiness, health and sweetness ♥
 

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Invite with Style shoot


I just had to share some pictures with you of  Invite with Style's new range of wedding stationery.


I made some of the treats scattered around the shots.

 
 I guess I don't have much to say about this other than WOW it all looks so pretty.


Oh and of course head on over to Invite with Style not only do they design elegant and beautiful wedding stationery they also have a range of children's invitations and a graphic design business called Design with Style. I know super talented (and nice as well)!


I am thinking of popping up some tutorials on the wedding cookies I made, then you can make your own treats to match the stationery, how cool would that be.

Credits

Invite with Style beautiful stationery

Photography Deep Grey 

Styling Imbue Weddings