Wednesday 18 April 2012

Fondant Rose Coloured Glasses (and hands!)

Do you have something that you do when you're feeling anxious and stressed? Some way of relaxing yourself when you're tense? I wish I knew my 'thing' that I need to do to be calm when I get that way. You would think after so many years of anxiety and depression I would have developed some kind of coping mechanism...sometimes small things work for a while but then I find the effect wears thin and I need to find something else. I guess that means I haven't found anything truly effective yet! When all else fails, a hot shower and a warm drink usually does the trick, I have even found crochet to be very relaxing for me!

 One thing I do enjoy to settle down a little and calm my nerves is try something new! It gives me something to focus on, and oddly enough instead of frustrating me when I get it wrong the first time round (and that happens more often than not!), I just seem to keep at it then all of a sudden it comes together and I feel so much better! Gives me a sense of accomplishment when everything else seems sort of hopeless.

 So tonight when I found myself feeling particularly stressed and hormonal and awful and just plain tense (no reason...sometimes I just get this way, the hubby is also out thisevening so I don't have my normal comfort cuddles to go to!) I thought I'd have a dig through the pantry in search of some fondant. It's my little sisters' 19th birthday this coming Sunday and hubby and I are making a trip to the coast to see my family. I thought how nice it would be to make some mini rainbow layer cakes with fondant roses with us as a gift! I haven't really made roses before, I tried once with a soft icing sugar mixture but found that wasn't very effective so last shop I made sure I bought some white icing. So I popped a Disney movie on (A Bug's Life, one of my favourites) set about making a right royal mess!

everything is all set up and ready to go!
Im in my element around mess!
Making the petals
Here are my roses in the making! Not too bad for a first attempt!
An awfully grainy self portrait of my somewhat slightly less stressed self!
My lovely pink food dye stained hands!
12 lovely little pink roses!
The excess icing sugar I can dust off later when they've set
I won't make the cupcakes until tomorrow, I don't think my patience would hold out that far tonight! I'm not sure how I'm going to make them yet, or what the end result will be but tomorrow is another day and I'm sure after a good nights' sleep I'll be more willing to tackle the things I need to! Now I'm off for a nice hot shower which will hopefully ease the rest of the nerves that are niggling at me and then it'll be time to settle down under a blanket with some wool and a crochet hook. Dear oh dear my brain (and my hands now!) can be a mess sometimes!! BUT I have learnt a new nifty little skill, it could do with some perfecting but it still feels great to have given it a try :o)




p.s after I finished the roses and was about to go to bed, I decided I wasn't tired and made these too

12 comments:

  1. These are beautiful but seems like a lot of work and patience to make!

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    1. Thanks Jenelle :) They're suprisingly easy to do, just a case of squishing and wrapping basically!

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  2. wow! you did great with those, I'm so impressed! I'm doing well just to get a box mix of cupcakes to come out right! I still have trouble with finding something to settle me when I'm anxious...but I do better when I'm alone. A hot shower, listening to some of my favorite music, sometimes those help. I try to walk everyday and that takes the anxiety out of my day before things get too out of control.

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    1. Thankyou so much!
      Do you really do better on your own? I find myself torn between sometimes wanting to be alone to just listen to music or something and wanting to be with my husband. It really depends on the situation I guess. I really should start walking again everyday, now that I finally have a new pair of headphones for my iPod I've run out of excuses not to!

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  3. Wow those are so pretty!! That's amazing!!

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    1. Thats kind of you Jessica :) Now that I know how to do them I want to make them for everything!

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  4. Those are gorgeous! I have no desire to craft in the kitchen, so much mess! I love the finished product though. Great job, and it is awesome you knew how to reliever your own stress!

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    1. Thankyou Melanie! I adore cooking :) My husband doesn't like me creating in the kitchen though, I do tend to make a lot of mess and sometimes forget to clean it back up again.

      I always try to keep a lookout for new ways to relieve my stress and lower my anxiety levels, if I come across something that works I try to stick to it!

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  5. it is not fair that you can do them that well. lol. I wish I have those roses right now...they are gorgeous.

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  6. These are AMAZING! I love em! Wish I could be so crafty!

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  7. These look like so much fun to make! I can just see the mess that I would have with the kids helping. Christmas time, when we make sugar cookies, my kitchen is one BIG cookie mess!

    Great job,
    Bobbie Anne

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  8. Wow they are amazing, I can't wait to see the cupcakes!

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Thanks a bunch of bananas for the comments lovelies! I sure do appreciate it you spunky thing you :o)