Sweet tooth! Wilton Cake decorating classes

As a sweet tooth who not only appreciates a tasty cake, but also loves a good-looking cake I'm super excited to attend my first Wilton Cake Decorating class next weekend!

I enrolled in the Wilton Beginners class through my local Le Kitchen store a few of months ago and I can't wait... I'm not sure if you know what 4 months of anticipation (and salivation) looks/feels like but I'm hoping it will result in some beautifully decorated cakes! 

Wilton boasts We make it easy.. you make it amazing offering many ways to learn cake decorating, from comprehensive classes at the Wilton School of Decorating to convenient 4-lesson classes in local craft and food stores. The 4-lesson classes range from Course 1: Beginners to Course 4: Advance Gum Paste Flowers. My Beginners class runs for 4 weeks (8 hours in total) with the last week dedicated to creating your "showcase cake" which demonstrates the various skills and techniques you have learnt throughout the course.

I'll keep you updated on all the tips and tricks I learn!

Aren't these cakes gorgeous?? I'd ♥ to make a princess castle cake one day (practice makes perfect!!) 

All photos are from the Wilton website, click on the individual links for instructions, ingredients and reviews!

♥  Beautiful Bianca wedding cake 

♥ the Princess' Address castle cake 

♥  It's a Blizzard of Fun cupcakes. 

♥ Ultimate Professional Cake decorating set. The most extensive collection of tools for every decorating need from buttercream and royal icing, to gum paste and fondant decorating!

Make sure you check out the Wilton Cake Decorating website as they have so much to offer for inspiration and a great variety of products for you to make it amazing

Learn 2 Screen-print - I did and loved it!

Credit to Red Brick Gallery for this lovely image (one)

Over a year ago I had the pleasure of attending a screen-printing workshop ran by the lovely Laura Day of Learn 2 Screen-print. With over 7 years of screen-printing experience Laura's extensive knowledge and bubbly, enthusiastic personality made the class an absolute dream to attend.

I had no prior screen-printing experience but was super keen to learn a few new techniques. Laura's teaching method is very hands on and I was able to learn a lot about the screen-printing process. All materials were supplied, so all we had to bring was a head full of ideas and the patience to cut out our stencils.We applied our designs to a set of greeting cards, calico tote bag and a cushion cover.

I designed a leafy squirrel silohouette for my tote bag and cushion (I got inspirationg for the squirrel silohuette from shutterstock the night prior and took a print out to the class) and a smaller squirrel for my greeting cards.

Credit to Red Brick Gallery for snapping me in action (two)

I was super happy with my screen-printed goodies and couldn't wait to show my family and friends. It was so refreshing to get my hands a little "dirty" and channel my creativity away from the computer screen. Since the initial beginners workshop I have also attended Laura's intermidate workshop where we focused on printing on canvas (using stencils on ezy cut paper and paint loaded rollers) and I also helped develop a christmas line of greeting cards for Laura in late 2011.

Attending these workshops really opened my eyes to another avenue of the craft movement.. I'm no stitch-mistress so I was feeling a little lost with my lack of involvement... Then screen-printing came along and hooray it's right up my alley! I'm able to combine my skills in design and my desire to be more hands on.

Screen-printing is so versatile and your options are (almost) limitless. I can't wait to start printing my cusion covers (and hopefully much, much more!!) watch this space people! :: wink ::

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Thanks Red Brick Gallery for image one and two. All other photos taken on my iphone.

If you would like to learn more about Laura's Learn 2 Screen-print workshops click here