This is a pic of the fireplace that was part of my 'Gingerbread Creation' that I made. At the 'zeum where I work, there's an annual event at Christmas. I made this from 'lego candy blocs', fire is made from pretzels with coconut strand flames (tinted with red and orange food coloring), candles are rice paper and fondant with coconut flame, base and mantle are gingerbread covered with fondant, clock is gingerbread and fondant with spaghetti hands, Stockings are fondant, Tree is an ice cream cone on a cinnamon stick stuck in a chopped off flat bottomed ice cream cone. Fireplace tools are fondant and cereal. The nativity scene is made from gingerbread and fondant, Baby Jesus is a rice krispie wrapped in swaddeling fondant. The wise men and Mary and Joseph are made from fondant and gum drops with rice krispie heads.
Gramma and Grampa have apple heads with rice krispie/marshmallow bodies covered with fondant clothing. Gramma has blue tinted coconut hair, Grampa is bald except for a fringe of peel that I left on when I carved the apple. It looks neat! They are sitting on a Rice krispie/ marshmallow covered with fondant couch. The gramaphone is a small ice cream cone, g'bread covered with fondant and pretzels for trim and legs.
Close up of the kitty and mouse. They both have wee presents.
"Old Time Christmas Love" All put together and complete. The log holder is fondant with pretzel logs. On the g'bread coffee table, there are wine glasses made from rice paper and chocolate covered strawberries (Candy) on a fondant tray. There is also a poinsettia in a pot in there too, in front of the gramaphone. It's on a wee table. Coffee table and wee table both have rice paper 'tablecloths'.
This lablor of love took just a few months of working on it in my spare time. It was so much fun to do! A friend helped me with the fireplace and she made the rug that is on the G'bread floor. It won the visitors choice, I was just tickled about that! And it brought in 50$ for the silent auction too.
Any ideas what I should do for next years?
I haven't stopped by your blog in a long time and can't believe that I missed this! What an awesome piece of work! It's brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mrs. Clay! I had so much fun making it. Was disappointed to learn that we won't be continuing the contest next year for lack of participants. We only had a few entries this year. I think that people don't want to invest that much money in them. Those things aren't cheap to make! I figure 'what the heck, I've spent my money on stupider stuff than that!!' Haha!! Thanks again, I love it when someone likes my creations, makes it all worthwhile.
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