The Shower!

The shower was a wonderful party and wonderful weather! There were lots of friends there, great buffet, unbelievable desserts, and tons of presents! This is a shot of Duncan and Amanda who were very pleased with their personal pieces! I now also have their blogs to check out as they are going to read this one to see their works in progress! Enjoy and we will see you in October for the wedding.
P.S. We are back at home!

For the wedding shower

I picked up the cupcake from the framer! I think they did a wonderful job! The pink mat matches the pink frosting fiber exactly, and the gold frame accentuates the gold flecks in the canvas! This is a winner for the bride to be cake decorator!

And, for the mother of the bride who is busy planning the wedding shower at the end of July, I did a basket for her to put all her party favors in. I took an existing basket and spray painted it white. Then, I glued white ribbon all around the top edge of basket and glued white ruffle to it. Next, two rows of pink rose trim were glued to the top of the ruffle. I wrapped the handle with white ribbon. On both sides of the basket, I made small bouquets of white flowers with a large handmade pink silk ribbon rose and accented with sprays of small white pearls and crystal encrusted hearts. Last, I tied pink and white ribbons sprays below the bouquets.

The Final Touch

Yes, all great cupcakes need to have sugar crystals! I added pink and iridescent beads to represent the sugar on this cake. This is all ready to take to the framer. I am thinking pink mat.....

The cupcake is finished

I finished the frosting on the cupcake! I used the two shades of Flair and the white Frosty rays. I also switched from the wave stitch to the bargello to get the bigger swirl in the frosting. I like this one. I hope she does!

The liner and a dab of frosting

I finished the cupcake liner using the diagonal Gobelin stitch with the two shades of Gold Rush 18. I also started the very bottom row of the Wave Stitch using dark pink Flair. I am working this piece on an offwhite 18 count canvas that is flecked with gold. I will not be working an additional background behind it as I like the canvas very much like it is as it offsets the liner.

The stitching rotation is working out pretty well for these four pieces. Ecrusheen and the Kimono are both very monochromatic pieces and I hope you are seeing the depth of the fiber combinations in each of those. The iris piece is becoming even more interesting as we start to add the leaves and I am now sure that the leaves will be done before the July meeting starts and we begin the background for it. I think this piece will be a quick finish as well.
Hope you stay tuned!

It is going to be a cupcake!

I have two shades of pink Flair and a white Frosty Rays along side the two shades of Goldrush 18 to create the cupcake!
Here you can see I drew the outline of the cupcake on offwhite 18 count canvas flecked with gold and have started alternating rows of slanted Gobelin with a single strand of the Goldrush. I am alternating the colors so it looks like the scallops that the cupcake paper would have.
This is going to be for a bridal shower at the end of July. The bride to be is a cake decorator and loves cupcakes. Her mother made the suggestion to stitch her a cupcake after I did the shaving brush, number two, for her husband. I think it is a great idea.
This is going to be a lot of fun and a quick stitch too!