Wednesday Club 25th November

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We are doing unwired sugar flowers for christmas

Just bring some marzipan or modelling paste or flower paste, a poly pocket.

A board and box for the finished item

A little royal icing or sugar glue to fix them together.

Any relevant leaf or flower petal cutters for christmas flowers, or we can make without cutters.

Many apologies

Rhianydd

Wednesday Club

The next session is on Wednesday the 18th of November 7 - 9pm (Only for those already attending, please see post below if you are new)

I will be buttercreaming and sugarpaste icing a sponge and demonstrating some side designs.

Nothing to bring except a notepad and pen :D

Final Club dates before Christmas and New Year:

Wednesday 25th November 7 - 9pm Topc to Be decided (1 week early instead of 2/12)
Wednesday 9th December 7- 9pm Topic to be decided
Wednesday 16th December 7 - 9pm Topic to be decided
Wednesday 6th January 7 - 9pm Topic to be decided

Get your thinking caps on what you need covered before Christmas!

Sugarcraft Club

I have had a number of enquiries about joining the Sugarcraft club, and currently have a waiting list.

I have decided that 8 is a nice number to have in each club, so the first club is full.

We meet every other Wednesday 7 - 9pm.

If you would like to join the waiting list, when it reaches 8, I will run another club on the alternate Wednesday evenings.

Email me with your name and telephone number and I will contact you either by phone or email when a start date is organised

Current Wednesday club.

Our next meet is on Wednesday the 18th of November

It is a demonstration night, so bring your pad and pen.

I will demonstrate buttercreaming and sugarpasting/icing a sponge cake, then demonstrate various side designs

Wednesday sugarcraft

For all those already attending

The next session is Wednesday the 4th of November 7 - 9pm

We will be doing marzipan roses.

All you need to bring

Marzipan (natural)
food colouring
a new poly pocket
icing sugar
small sharp scissors
A board or box to put them in

Bring your usual tools with you too in case we have time for anything else

NIACE Inspire Tutor Awards

I was absolutely delighted to be invited to attend a presentation at the Rhondda Heritage Park and was presented with my certificate by Lynnette El-Khatib, head of Adult Learning at Rhondda Cynon Taff Council.

I do have to thank all of my college students for their wonderful support and never-ending enthusiasm, they do make teaching enjoyable! It really doesn't seem like work!

Below is the write-up from the Rhondda Cynon Taff Website

Inspirational Tutor Nominated for Award - Taf

Inspiring sugar craft tutor, Rhianydd Easton, 37 from Pontypridd, has been nominated for an award in the prestigious Niace Inspire Adult Learners Awards 2009.
The annual awards, which are organised by NIACE Dysgu Cymru, advocates of adult learning in Wales, aim to celebrate the commitment, knowledge and communication skills that inspire adult learners every day across Wales.
Rhianydd who teaches classes throughout Rhondda Cynon Taf was nominated by the Council’s Adult Education Team as a result of her hard work and dedication.
Lynnette El-Khatib, Head of Adult Learning at Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, said; “Rhianydd is our Sugar craft Adult Education Tutor with 4 years experience. It was agreed in July that Rhianydd would run 3 courses per week, but due to high demand whilst enrolling the Council agreed to put on another class.
“Two of these courses are new ventures for Rhianydd – Chocolate Craft that is proving very popular. Rhianydd is an extremely well liked tutor who motivates her group to perform to a high standard; she is encouraging, friendly, very informative and sensitive towards her students.
“Rhianydd owns her own shop Dragons and Daffodils where she makes beautiful cakes, she has given some of her students the opportunity to work alongside her in her shop in order to further enhance their newly acquired skills.
“Rhianydd was runner-up for “Celebration Cake Maker of the year 2007” at the British Baking Industry Awards and also demonstrates for the British Sugar craft guild and “Squires Kitchen”, teaching at International exhibitions, and writing articles for their magazine on “How to”.
“Whilst doing all these things Rhianydd finds time to inspire and motivate her students and encourages them to make the most out of their learning experience her past students make special cakes for their own families, some students have sold their cakes and one of her students has had multiple features in a magazine.
“Rhianydd is a wonderful advert for Adult Education and makes the learning journey both pleasurable for the students and the Adult Education team that work along side her.”
Councillor Eudine Hanagan, Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, said: “Adult Education provides a vital service to the County Borough, helping students to access education, up-skill themselves and reach their full potential, this is especially important in the current economic climate. The fact that these tutors have been nominated for this prestigious award shows just how high the quality of the provision we provide within Rhondda Cynon Taf is. I would like to congratulate all the tutors on their nominations, which are a sign of their inspiration to learners.”
For more information and advice on adult learning and the courses available in Rhondda Cynon Taf or about the Inspire awards contact the Council’s Adult Education Team on 01443 741 332.

Sugarcraft Courses

The new term is nearly upon us!

All college courses are now full, but we still have places on our Studio courses

Visit our website for more details.

We will send out an equipment list when you send in your form, so if the course is due to start soon, please ring for an Equipment list.

We also have a Sugarcraft Club for all levels on a Wednesday evening. visit the webite and click on Studio courses, and sugarcraft club for more details.

Below is a list of the courses on offer:

23rd Sept 09 Wed Beginners Sugar Flowers £50

(23rd Sept, 29th Sept & 7th Oct) 10:30 - 12:30pm

26th Sept 09 Sat Modelling for Beginners £50

Any level 10- 4pm 4 Places left

4th October 09 Sun Bride & Groom Modelled Figures £50

Intermediate-Advanced 10 - 4pm Places Left

14th October 09 Wed Intermediate Sugar Flowers £50

(14th Oct, 21st Oct & 4th Nov) ntermediate 10:30 - 12:30pm Places Left

7th November 09 Sat Swarovski Crystal Jewellery for Cakes £60

Any 10 - 4pm 4 Places Left

**Awaiting new date** Sun Welsh Themed Modelling £50

Any 10 - 4pm

11th November 09 Wed Advanced Sugar Flowers £50

(11th, 18th 25th November 09) £50 Advanced 10:30 - 12:30pm Places left

14th November 09 Sat Side Designs for Cakes £50

Any 10 - 4pm Places left

5th December 09 Sat Christmas Modelling £50

Any 10 - 4pm 4 Places Left

6th December 09 Sun Christmas Sugar Flower Spray £50

Any 10 - 4pm Places left

Big changes to the website

Please bear with us while we revamp the website.

We are trying to condense it down and make it easier to navigate, it just got too big!

We have so many customers busy ordering their cakes that we couldn't take it down for the 2 - 3 weeks it would take to do, so we chose to leave it there while we worked. Apologies for any inconvenience this causes.

We are aiming for all the galleries to look the same as the two new iced galleries, back to the good old days where you could click on a photo and get an information page.

The site just grew too large for that to happen anymore, but we would prefer it that way rather than you having to go back and forth to the information pages, we wouldn't the individual information for each cake readily at hand.

We also have a large number of new cake designs to go up.

The estimated date for all this work to be completed is in time for the September Consultation dates 6th September onwards.

But if you notice any broken links as we work, please let us know and we will repair them.