Nicholas Lodge and Margaret Ford present their unique "Sugar facts"
video-assisted teaching aid for sugarcrafters!

                Five Files and three Videos!

                    (1) Bridal Flowers : 62pp, sugar flowers & foliage for wedding cakes

                    (2) Floral Sprays : 18pp, making bouquets & post sprays
                    (3) Cake Design : 64pp, theory of design and 12 sample cakes
                    (4) The Countryside : 48pp, wild flowers, trees, birds and animals
                    (5) The Cottage Garden : 48pp, gardens flowers, cottage, bird box etc.

                    3 one hour videos (Bridal Flowers, Countryside and Cottage Garden) 

                   ** The complete Sugar facts package (5 Files and 3 videos) may still be available
                       for a Special Price of only £50 (plus postage) - check it out NOW! 
                                       

File1 : Bridal Flowers

This section of Sugar facts shows how to make a special collection of sugar flowers and foliage for wedding cakes and sprays :

Main flowers - Rose, Gardenia, Alstromeria, Longi- florum Lily, Calla Lily, Rubrem Lily, Casablanca Lily, Cymbidium Orchid, Dendrobium Orchid, Cattleya Orchid and Moth Orchid

Smaller flowers - Jasmine, Spray Carnation, Freesia, Stephanotis, Soloman's Seal, Daisy, Gypsophila, Mimosa, Bouvardia, Lilac, Lily of the Valley, Chinchirinchee, the Delphinium and the Agapanthus

Foliage Selection - Ivy, Eucalyptus, Ferns, Ruscus, Hosta & Spider plant

  
(NB. Video 1 has 17 clips which relate to File 1. The clips are a collection of techniques - the Rose is covered completely, whilst only the more difficult parts of making, colouring or assembly of other flowers are included).

 File2 : Floral Sprays

This supplement to File 1 is step by step guide to making bouquet and posy sprays, and small corsage sprays to decorate the wedding cake knife, table napkins etc.

There are details on making ribbon loops, paste ribbons & bows, with notes on arranging flowers in sprays, on cakes and in cake tops etc.

(NB. This File is a free supplement to File 1 and is not available separately)

 File3 : Cake Design

This section covers the theory of design through step by step guidance on decorating 12 different celebration cakes!
  
Two Wedding cakes, two Anniversary cakes, a Christening cake, a child's Birthday cake, two adult Birthday cakes (for male and female), a Christmas cake, a Mother's Day cake, and Engagement cake and a Father's Day cake are featured, together with suggested variations. Useful notes on shape, use of colour, etc. are also included.

Sugar facts Feature1! A special guest contribution by Eunice Borchers (South Africa) on Calligraphy and Borders is added - this 10 page section gives advice and help with writing and lettering on cakes etc.

File4 : The Countryside

A selection of wild flowers, trees, birds, animals and insects from countryside settings (eg. hedgerow, riverbank) are featured, together with some ideas for cake designs.
  
The Iris, Wild Orchid, Clover, Mouse Ear, Red Campion, Marsh Marigold, Oak & Acorn, Mushroom, Bullrushes, Pine, Chestnut, Wren, Kingfisher, Owl, Pheasant, Rabbit, Mouse, Squirrel, Snail, Beetles, Frog, Ladybird, Butterfly, Moth, and Dragonfly are covered, with selected clips on making flowers, foliage and bird/animal modelling on the Video 2.

Sugar facts Feature2! A special guest contribution by Nadene Hurst on making Plaques and run-outs is added - this 10 page section gives advice and help with some royal icing techniques, and features step by step instructions on plaques for Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

File5 : The Cottage Garden

In Sugar facts File 5, there are details on a range of garden flowers!
  
The Peony, Michaelmas Daisy, Lupin, Foxglove, Pansy, Heartsease, Geranium, Petunia, Bramble, Sunflower, Scabious, Phlox, Hydrangea and Apple blossom are all described in detail.
  
It comes with or without a new video, and has instructions on a Cottage cake and other cake designs (eg hanging basket, bird box, terrace & window box), fishpond and wall projects, piping mini flowers and making many other garden accents, including planters, stone wall, bluetit and hedgehog etc.

Video 3 complements this File, showing flower making and associated modelling.