give me a sign

Hey! Where are you going? Ever get lost? Sometimes i do, even with map on lap and googled directions printed off.... well you can't help it if you haven't read the last crucial page of directions as it's dark in the car and.....well.... we would never have met that nice french man with his iphone or seen the castle all lit up........ so alls well that ends well..... Now if there had just been a nice big SIGN then hey we'd never have got lost in the first place!!

school's out!

Do you remember those last days of school before the holidays? Hey hey!! I do, a lovely feeling, and no work on the last day.... yes quite a while ago now, but i do just about remember!! What was it like for teachers tho? I guess they had the same holiday feeling, but i never did wonder what teachers did in thier school holidays... well no need to wonder, now i know!! They get married of course!!

Yes an apple for teacher, and some books..... now speaking of apples and in my very best teacher voice i do say 'eat your greens'!!! Oh yes, you just can't ever get enough veg.....

i predict a riot!

This groom is well prepared for married life i think!! Full body armour will certainly do the trick!!

Now i have done a few caketops for members of the police force, but this is the first time i've made a fellow in full on riot gear! He's a happy chap, and looks like a proper action man with his body armour and i have to say i was particularly pleased with his riot shield! I'm sure the guests had a few giggles when they saw this atop the cake. I suspect it was the most well behaved wedding reception ever.....!!!!

A good catch

Sometimes you just never know what you may hook when out fishing!! This groom got lucky i think, found himself a bride!!! Just as well she didn't have her boxing gloves on tho, or there may have been trouble getting her ashore.....

another day for clay

Jenny from Invergarry Lodge is a creative soul and quite fancied having a go at pottery. Genius idea i thought!! Matt searched out Penny at Loch-an-Eilein Pottery in Aviemore and last week Jenny, Shell and i spent a messy but very enjoyable afternoon learning a few basics on the wheel, and we got extra technical by adding spouts and handles onto our wee jugs! It remains to be seen just how well they pour, and in my case, if the handle will stay on.....!!

Much more practice is needed for sure, but already we could tell just how satisfying pottery can be. Penny was a charming teacher and host and her work on display in her gallery was much admired- all the more so after we had given it a go ourselves!!

I think we are all keen for more, and i'm sure ebay has had a recent peak on searches for bargain potter's wheels.......

AND HERE ARE THE FINISHED GLAZED POTS!!! TA DAAAAA!!!

completely clay....

Hello hello! Long time no type, i have no excuses... over at Invergarry Lodge they have been blogging like mad, about time i caught up.... unfortunatley i have no tall tales of kayaks, mountain bike movies or devilish eggs, and i'm not even considered 95 % brilliant.......

However what i do have is some nice photos of a snowboarding ewok. Oh yes!! Thanks to Kay who is a photographer for the RAF, she spotted the wee ewok i made as a Christmas pressie for a lovely fella (who bears more than a slight resemblance to one, some would say....) and took him along to her studio for his photo oppertunity....the ewok not the fella....

How lovely to have some professional shiny glossy snaps hey hey!! Makes a change from my attempts with point and shoot, wobbly lamp and tea towel background... but hey, i shouldn't let out my trade secrets eh??

Wee ewok fella was made completely from clay, and that's not something i do all too often. Takes alot of time.... i do a few commissions a year for LVCC in clay and every now and again i might be persuaded to do something in clay for a customer if clay happens to be the best way to achieve thier request. On this note i've just finished a cake top for a couple who wanted to be depicted wearing thier desert army camoflage gear. This sounded like a good challenge to me and i thought it would work well, so i was happy to give it a go.... Groom is in the Royal Signals so he has an ariel sticking out of his backpack, while the bride is a doctor and has her red cross armband on.

Still time to make your orders for a cake top should you be thinking of one... i am off on a wee break from 24th May to around the 10th June, but if you get in touch now i can still cover those dates!!

May the force be with you...

Hey there!! It's spring!! Or so they say, still a bit on the wintery side I think. There is so much snow here in the Highlands, well, you just wouldn't believe it!! Check out Matt & Jenny's flickr page for snowy shots of Highland mountains and ice and such like. Hey that's all just in the back garden you know!

Oh but caketop making is good for keeping the fingers warm and nimble!! The feet do get a bit cold right enough, but then that's what slippers are for... This time last year I do believe I was knee deep in pheasants and labradors, a wee run of country pursuit themed caketops there was. Well this is 2010 they tell me and I've seen plenty pheasant (easy to spot against the snow) but none in the house this year. Instead I have been surrounded and under house arrest by men and women of the law. Honest as the day is long I am, so no worries... still best to stay on their good side I say...