Four Flower-Filled Hours

I hit a wall today. A wall covered in flowers. About two hours into class I looked at my watch and wanted to cry. I like making the gum paste flowers, I really do, but today I just couldn't imagine making anymore. I think it was because the majority of my day was spent doing little tasks for tomorrow that I felt a little bored and frustrated but hopefully that means that tomorrow will be full of sunshine and roses, err, carnations...

So here is the round up for today...

I dipped the lily bases in cornmeal:


I made carnation bases and more mimosas:


I made azaleas:


I finished my roses with more petals and with bases:


Oh yes, here are the tools that we use to create the gum paste flowers. The red thing is a dense sponge pad that you use to lay the petals on when you are shaping them because it is a soft surface. The little tool is called a dog bone and it is used to thin and shape the gum paste. It is very smooth and allows for detail work. The cutter that is sort of shaped like a big tear drop is for cutting out rose petals. And finally, the rolling pin is made specifically for gum paste/fondant. It allows you to roll out small amounts of fondant and it is smooth so it doesn't wrinkle the fondant.