Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Petalsweet Sugar Flower Classes - January Update

Greetings and Happy New Year from Petalsweet!

I hope this message finds you well and having enjoyed a wonderful, joyous and restful Holiday Season! I wanted to share a quick post to give you an update on some of my sugar flower classes for the first quarter of the year! Local classes in San Diego are listed first, and then classes in Savannah, GA are listed second. I also added the classes I am teaching at Cake Love 2011 in Vancouver, BC in September since those have been officially posted on their website.

I will be listing additional classes in the next few weeks, and will blog another message as soon as I have all of the information finalized!

Please visit the respective sites for more information and class registration.


**SAN DIEGO CLASSES**
All of these classes are being held at Ro Z's Sweet Art Studio in San Marcos, CA (760) 744-0447

Ranunculus and Gardenia
Sunday, January 30, 2011
9am – 5pm
Class fee: $195.00 includes the use of all supplies needed
We will take a short lunch break (not provided)

Hydrangea and Filler Flowers
Mon/Tues January 31 – February 1, 2011
9am – 1pm both days
Class fee: $175.00 includes the use of all supplies needed

Open Peony with Stamens
Sat/Sun February 26 – 27, 2011
1pm – 5pm both days
Class fee: $195.00 includes the use of all supplies needed (see photo below)



Springtime Collection: Freesia and Anemone
Sat/Sun March 19 – 20, 2011
1pm – 5pm both days
Class fee: $195.00 includes the use of all supplies needed


**SAVANNAH CLASSES**
All of these classes are being held at Minette Rushing's Custom Cakes in Savannah, GA (912) 356-0072

The Ranunculus Flower
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
1pm – 5pm
Class fee: $85.00 includes the use of all supplies needed

Intro to Sugar Flowers (Gardenia, Quick Rose, Blossom, Sweet Pea)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
9am – 5pm
Class fee: $249.00 includes the use of all supplies needed (see photo below)**This class is FULL**



Peony and Hydrangea Cake Topper
Fri – Sun February 18 – 20, 2011
9am – 5pm
Class fee: $650.00 includes the use of all supplies needed and lunch each day


**Cake Love 2011 – Vancouver, BC**
These classes are being held at the Cake Love 2011 Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia
September 23 – 25, 2011
Please visit the Cake Love site for class dates, information and registration.

The Gorgeous Gardenia
Springtime Freesia
The Peony
Hydrangea and Filler Flowers
How to Arrange Sugar Flowers (demo only)



**Private Instruction**…please contact me for more details and information about private lessons. If you are traveling from out of town for one of my classes, please let me know if you would like to add on a private lesson to learn additional flowers, and to make the most of your time while you are here! I would love to work with you!

I hope to see you soon in class! Thank you for stopping by!

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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Starting the New Year with...Sugar Peonies!

I think it's pretty fitting that the New Year has begun, and I'm already making sugar peonies like crazy! Ever since I attended a fabulous flower class with Ron Ben Israel several years ago, and he demonstrated the gorgeous peony, I have been absolutely smitten with them. They truly are one of my favorite flowers, I will always enjoy making them, and you can be pretty sure they will always be a staple in designs and bouquets at Petalsweet. And while a New Year may call for new flowers...I'm afraid I'm awfully happy with continuing to use peonies...but hopefully in new ways, and then taking lots of new photos of them to share with you.

Here are a few photos from the other day when I was putting some peonies together. These large flowers were made with quite a few petals, and had pretty yellow stamens in the center.

Here are the pieces that make up the pistil:



The stamens added:



Lots of peony petals ready to be taped together into flowers:



The finished product...I just love these:



And a little bouquet I put together to top a small tier...something fresh and sweet to celebrate a good friend:



Thanks so much for stopping by...Happy New Year!

Copyright © 2011 by Jacqueline Butler of Petalsweet Cakes. Content of this blog (including text, photographs and layout) is the property of Jacqueline Butler - please respect copyright laws. If you want to link to my blog, or post any of my photos, please contact me - it would be great to have the opportunity to connect with you. Thank you!