February 4, 2012

Video clip – planning your wedding cake

As part of the extras on my recently launched cake decorating DVDs , there is a small section where I have a chat with a wonderful wedding planner called Tammy Wilson. Tammy is an amazing person – I thought I was organised but now I know that to a few, like Tammy, it is an art at which they simply excel!

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Lindy Smith’s new DVDs now despatched

It’s been a huge task but we done it! – So thank you everyone who pitched in. So much paperwork to organise, DVDs to pack, sacks of parcels to fill etc. – A bit of a marathon but we’ve almost got to the end, as I write it’s just the despatch notes to send….

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video snippets: Lindy’s cake jewellery DVD

I’ve had some great feedback regards the wonky cake dvd snippets I uploaded yesterday, so thank you…..but there’s more….here is the taster for the cake jewellery DVD.  The running time of the dvd itself is 135 minutes on disc one plus extras of 24 minutes on disc two, this clip is only just over 7 minutes long so it only contains a very small fraction of the overall material… Continue reading

Video snippets of Lindy’s Wonky cake DVD

Well we’re almost there!

We’ve just set the release date for the DVDs  - it’s next Monday (8th June)

All the pre-ordered DVDs will be sent out on a strictly first come first sent basic, so please be patient with us as its going to take us a few days!!!!

However in the meantime we thought you’d like to see a few snippets from… Continue reading

Lindy’s DVD duplication – in action

Just returned from a visit to the DVD duplication company – it’s another world! We were given a guided tour and were informed that they are the UK leading DVD duplicating company - I can see why, all very impressive!

We were taken through the various rooms where all the different processes happen. The most impressive was the litho printers in action, this is how my discs are… Continue reading

Lindy’s Cake decorating DVDs – The covers

I know some of you are eagerly waiting for my DVDs to arrive – not long to go now! They are currently in the process of being duplicated so I thought I’d treat you to a preview of the covers. I’m really pleased with them – hope you like them too.

Lindy's Wonky Celebration Cakes DVD

DVD interview – Rough cut

There is something a little bizarre about watching yourself over and over again on film!!! But this is exactly what I’ve been doing over the last few days. The interview section is an extra on my DVDs but even so I want it to look right. I must say that after the fourth time of viewing I’m a little fed up with all the “ums” but having listened to the… Continue reading

DVD release date – Early June

Not long to wait now! I know some of you are very eager to see the DVD’s so I’ll give you a realease date as soon as I can. A few of you have told us that you were a little disappointed to read in the Lindy’s Cakes May Newsletter yesterday that my DVDs will not be ready until June. However this is only a 2 week delay and… Continue reading

Cake jewellery DVD photoshoot

Yesterday I took the main cake jewellery cakes from my cake jewellery gems DVD  to be professionally photographed. It was such a lovely day that we decided to create a lifestyle shot of one of the cakes and enjoy the sunshine at the same time….lovely!  Getting set up always takes ages. Here is Vicki in action, ascertaining the best angle to shoot from.

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Cake jewellery DVD – Rough Cut

How exciting – I’ve just seen the rough cut of my cake jewellery DVD! The film company say it’s   “…..a bit like offering a taste of a cake before its even half cooked” but who doesn’t like raw cake mixture?  I certainly have enjoyed seeing the ‘half baked’ DVD – just me in action, no graphics, music or cake close ups! It’s been very reassuring to… Continue reading

Pre-Order Lindy’s Cake DVD’s today!

I’m very pleased to announce that both my wonky cake and cake jewellery DVD’s are now available to pre-order.  As regular readers of this blog will know, filming was very successful, see previous posts for details. I’m now told by the production company that the 19 hours of tape that the 3 camera shot has been digitised, so it’s now onto the creative and exciting process of editing……I

Cake DVD’s Title competition winners

Thank you to everyone who took the time and effort to enter our cake DVD title competition. We loved reading through your all suggestions, some of them were very clever, some made us laugh, quite a few were inspired by Roald Dahl  – ‘Wonky Cake Factory’ or other books – ‘Jewels in the Crown’, for  the cake jewellery DVD title there was quite a bit of

DVD Filming – Day Three – The Extras

Cake DVD filming – day three – this was my favourite day, because at long last I had the time to sit back and watch the crew at work, to appreciate their skills and learn more about what they actually do. The day started with Tammy from Magic Dust wedding planning, asking me cake questions that her brides often ask, Tammy is a wonderfully bubbly person 

DVD Filming – Day Two – Wonky Cakes

Day two of filming and this time it was Wonky Cakes, my signature cake shape. I made my first wonky wedding cake for my brothers wedding back in 2003. Back then, the internet was a fairly new tool, so globally each country still had their own distinct recognisable style of cakes. At the time we were planning his cake, I had just obtained a couple of Australian wedding

DVD Filming – Day One – Cake Jewellery

Excited but a little nervous, would probably be the best way to described how I felt on Tuesday morning, my first day of filming.  I have been filmed quite a few times before, however I never find getting started easy, its just seems totaly unnatural to talk to large black hole, rather than a friendly person! This is what faced me…..

Lights Camera Action!