Candy Spam!

[dawn_felagund]

Here are the latest projects on which I've been working for the past few days. I got an order earlier this week from my coworker to make a Mother's Day basket for his mom-in-law, so I've been busy this week with that. I bought some new molds and really got to experiment with my mold painters, with pleasing results.

For Easter, I made a sorbet pie that was chocolate sorbet layered over raspberry sorbet with a chocolate graham cracker crust. For decoration, I used a parade of chocolate ladybugs filled with chocolate rum sauce. (They were yummy!)



For my sister--who does not like raspberry and is straight-edge and so avoids alcohol--I made a mini-pie with chocolate sorbet over chocolate graham cracker crust. Her ladybugs were filled with plain chocolate sauce, which unfortunately froze solid. (But it's the thought that counts, right? :^D)



For Mother's Day, I treated myself to some new molds. I didn't really like the Mother's Day molds they had, so I went more for a summer theme. Here is a sampling of the results.

Butterflies and snails; the snail shells require a bit more practice:



Butterflies and mushrooms that came out with very pretty (i.e. colorful) results:



And my personal favorites: the happy daisies! It often happens that the simplest designs turn out the best. These are the easiest to make but ended up with a very clean look, imho, compared to the others. But the leaves allowed a bit of experimentation with two colors of green chocolate, making things a bit more intricate.



All of this--along with about two dozen filled candies--I put together into the final project. The basket was prettied up with some checkered ribbon, some silk flowers, and a cream-colored cloth napkin (that came from Target...shhhh....) I was hoping to go for a summery, picnic idea. The first shows the detail of the basket decoration better:



While the second shows the finished presentation of the candy, with all the plain, boring ones hidden beneath:



And for you Feanatics out there, a special treat: a star of Feanor, done with fire coloration. (I'm going to try to blend the colors better next time, but this time, I simply wasn't brave enough):

Comments

[callirhoe.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmrrrhhaaaaaah.

It all looks beautiful and delicious, and *SQUEE* for the Feanor-star! :-D You're pretty much amazing, that's what I say.

[sinneahtes.livejournal.com]

Ooh! I can't decide whether they look absolutely delicious or too cute to eat! (I guess that's why it makes sense to take pictures of them before they get eaten :D)

My mom would totally love the parade of ladybugs. ^_^

[nienna-weeper.livejournal.com]

aw, adorable! You are so good at this!

*squees over Feanor's star*

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Those are very, very pretty (and look very, very tasty!) I'm partial towards the Fëanorian star, of course, but the daisies and the wee ladybugs come in a close second! And of course, the rest looks lovely, too.
*drools a bit*

[aramel-calawen.livejournal.com]

The ladybugs are quite cute, though the snails and butterflies are a bit... pink (for some reason, I have an aversion to pink). As for the star of Feanor...

*mega-squee*

Is there a way to colour it silvery-grey? (Or maybe white if it's not possible) just so it looks more like the emblem?

[frenchpony.livejournal.com]

Pretty candy! I like the idea of candy baskets as holiday gifts. Perhaps I shall have to run run run to our local Good Candy Shoppe.

[1lady-so-divine.livejournal.com]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm,candy:)

[atanwende.livejournal.com]

Oh, the butterflies! The snails (so cute!)! The flowers! That's all sooo cute. Not to mention the star of Feanor... :)

Is that all chocolate? And how do you make the pretty colours?

[tarion-anarore.livejournal.com]

Awesome!!!!! Those are so cute. And the star of Feanor is pretty awesome! (Though I won't say cute...I like my body parts in working order, thanks!)

[digdigil.livejournal.com]

They're all beautiful! I love your new molds. Now I wish I'd ordered Mother's Day candy. Oh well. I'll have to order some for my b'day in September and treat myself.

Btw, I am NOT waiting any longer for you to get PayPal! I sent off a cheque and some other stuff to you on Friday via Snail Mail. Eru knows when you'll get it, though.

[ann-arien.livejournal.com]

Gods, Dawn, the candy is absolutely adorable! It's so beautiful and cute that I'd be reluctant to spoil it by eating. But I'll bet it is so delicious that I could not resisit but feast on it. Great stuff and you are a artist.

And the star... Well, whould you believed that Feanor squeed in the most girly and undignified manner when he saw it? Loved it!