Indulge in Macarons this Valentine!

Macarons, macarons and macarons...! I've been making down-sized macarons (not round, but heart shape) for Valentine's day since it's near the corner :)
However being the first time making miniature macarons, I actually took many days to make them; doing experiments with different clays, getting the correct colour tone before they became desirable :X

Here it is, an overview of the many macarons laying around; the colorful macarons on the top left were the first and second batches, followed by the third batch of macarons (pink and purple color) on the bottom right, which were more desirable, waiting to be filled with buttercream... :) 

Overview of heart-shape macarons to be filled with buttercream

Close-up view of the 'passed' macarons

After some degree of  'quality checks', these were the failed macarons with undesirable texture and tone of color... Haven't thought of what to do about them but the effect of putting them together like this,

Overview of the 'failed' macarons

Close-up view of the 'failed' macarons

has put on a smile on my face :) I like the combination which gave a rainbow color effect! *Hee*

At different angles, the macarons filled with buttercream look like that:

Pink and purple macarons (front view)

Pink and purple macarons (top view)

Pink and purple macarons (side view)

I also decorated a mini box to put these lovely macarons in it!

Self-decorated transparent box for macarons

Self-decorated transparent box for macarons (front view)

Last but not least... In the world of miniatures, I think crafted items will be better if it's useful! Hence I've transformed the heart-shape macarons to something wearable - earrings! :)

Dessert earrings: A pair of sweet macaron earrings

Dessert earrings: A pair of sweet macaron earrings (front view)

Well this isn't all... *haha* I'm making more macarons of different colors and flavours! 
Hope you like what I've made so far! :)

Bon appétit!

Berries Hopping Waffles!

Dear readers,

I just bought a rabbit waffle mold which got from online! Like it so much as I didn't see this type of waffle shape :D Anyway I thought of making a series of mini waffles of different shapes (already did the heart shape waffles). I'm using Hearty air dry clay this time round which doesn't stick to the mold as much than the Resin air dry clay I used previously.

However the coloring process really requires that extra patience... As I mentioned before, I think Hearty was quite difficult to be painted especially after the clay has dried. I wasted my first rabbit waffle as the color became too dark=failed product.  Initially I thought the coloring process would be similar to that of how I painted other types of clay. But I was wrong... The color became darker and was difficult to be wiped off for repaint; even if I used moist towel to wipe away the coat, it was still unsuitable to be repainted. Thus for my second attempt I tried to paint it in a different way, though the result was still not to satisfactory, yet still better than the first *hehe*. 

I snapshot process of making the decorated waffles different stages in case I might ruin the whole plate of waffles at any point of time; especially during the process of doing the 'strawberry topping which I usually don't get a nice natural flow *Ooops*...

Here they are! :)

1. I decorated the white plate with slices of orange and lemon

2. Whipped the cream and placed slices of strawberries at the side of the dish

Wow! Lastly,

3. Topped the waffles with strawberry sauce to sweeten the plate of hopping waffles!!

Ta da...! There you go...

100% Non-Fat Dessert for the day! *Sweeeet*!

Hope this plate of Berries Hopping Waffles sweeten your day ahead..!! :D

Honey Glazed Waffles - Valentine 2010

Four more days to Valentine! To this romantic occasion, I've crafted Honey Glazed Waffles companied by Icy Mountain Berry with a tinge of floral note ... Woosh! Cool and Sweeeet! *haha* While describing, I've the urge to 'taste' them.

It took me two days to finish this set of waffles which I called: Berry Love (since pinkish strawberry is the theme for the set?) Anyway the drink was made from trial and errors to get the correct color tone. During my first mixing of color, the pink was too bright and the drink became opaque as I added too much color into the epoxy resin. So I've to redo and yup, I somehow got the impression I want... somehow... though not exactly ... 


Feel free to comment on my handicrafts so I can make improvement ya! :) hee...

This year is special as Chinese Lunar New Year and Valentine fall on the same day :)  Goodies and... awesome time spent together with our love ones! Hereby, I wish you an early Sweety Romantic Chinese New Year!!!  =D 

Cheers! :)