Lindy’s Classes Winter & Spring 2012
One day workshops with Lindy Smith
To make the most of your day and to ensure you choose the right course for you please read our pre-class information before booking a workshop with us.
TIP: Many of our most popular classes fill up very quickly, so to avoid disappointment, make sure you don’t leave it too long before booking your choice of workshops.
Sugarcraft skills: Designer wedding cookies
All abilities
Designer Wedding Cookies is one of our most popular cookie courses and it’s easy to see why. We all love a wedding and with wedding favours being so utterly chic these days, Lindy’s wedding cookies are just perfect for such an occasion. Pretty and romantic hearts, striking wedding cakes and elegant bridal shoes are the cookies that will be decorated on this workshop. Lindy will teach a range of techniques to create the decoration, you will then have the chance to experiment with embossers, stencils, sugarcraft cutters and piping pearls with royal icing.
“Thank you to Lindy and her lovely team for a great day decorating wedding cookies. As ever, we gained many useful skills and tips and had an enjoyable day! ” Karen Mantle
“I used all I learnt from this class to make the Wedding Favours for my daughters wedding. They looked so beautiful and I got so many lovely comments! Thank you Lindy.” Muriel Lawry
Join us: 24th February 2012
Sugarcraft skills: Texturing techniques
All abilities
Focusing on some fantastic techniques for adding texture to sugarpaste, Lindy will teach you some stunningly and effective methods and then you will have the opportunity to experiment on cupcakes and cookies. Techniques will include embossing, textured fabric flowers and brush embroidery – so beautiful! Action packed and varied this is a must do workshop for anyone wishing to extend their repertoire of sugarcraft skills.
“What a super day! I love stencilling and embossing and it is so good to have a go with Lindy and the team close at hand for support! Thank you so much” Maria Cullen
Join us: 16th March 2012
Modelling: Bride and groom toppers
intermediate ability
A bride and groom topper is a wonderful adornment to put on the top of a wedding cake. This modelling workshop teaches you how to create a permanent keepsake of a bridal couple, a truly special memento. Your figures can be matched to the couples hair, skin, bridal flowers and clothing. The best thing of all is that the topper will be a permanent reminder of a special day! N.B. We will be making the couple from Artista Soft, a wonderful easy to use modelling medium, ideal for this subject.
“This was such a fabulous course – great fun and so much to learn. I thoroughly recommend this course and Lindy’s teaching and can’t wait to go back and learn something else! Thanks for a fab couple of days.” Julie Gibson
Join us: 23rd & 24th March 2012
Carving skills: Wonky style cake
Advanced ability
Learn the secrets of Lindy’s ‘Wonky’ style cake and then create a small 2 tier version of this iconic cake. The course will concentrate on how to carve, cover and stack the tiers. Advice and ideas will also be given for the decoration, although not everyone will get this far!
As seen in Lindy’s ‘Cakes to Inspire and Desire’ book and in her exciting Wonky Cake DVD.
“I had such a good time! I have been raving about it to all my colleagues at work and they couldn’t wait to see what I had done. I definitely feel much more confident about doing another ‘wonky’ and everyone was so helpful.” Becky Herron
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Join us: 30th March 2012
Pretty Flower Posy Cake
Intermediate ability
Lindy Smith’s cake version of the ‘Victorian Kissing Ball’ . This is the perfect class for students who want to learn how to cover a ball cake and create a beautiful cake for a special occasion. On this workshop you will also learn how to stencil a cake board using lustre dust to create a subtle shimmering effect, create the flower decorations using moulds and then finish off with a paste bow. This is a truly beautiful cake.
“Goodness Gracious I can cover a ball shaped cake! Lindy you are a sugarcraft genius! I have had the best day and I cannot wait to do another workshop”
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Join us: 20th April 2012
Carving skills: Designer handbag
Intermediate ability
This is the class where fashion meets cakes – cake couture, what better way is there to learn how to carve cake? A popular Lindy Smith cake carving course where you will learn how to carve your cake effectively to create a handbag with shape and style. Why not treat yourself!!!
“I was on this course yesterday and I can highly recommend it to you. Lindy explains each step and follows through making her bag as her example. Lindy, Jane and Sally were there guiding and assisting at every stage of the masterpiece making. Lunch, ample flow of coffee and cake was delicious and completed what was a perfect day!” Julie Hanif
Join us: 27th April 2012
Introduction to celebration cakes
Foundation level
An essential class for anyone who would like to learn how to cover their cakes with a professional finish. Do you have problems with uneven or crazed sugarpaste? If so this is the course for you!
The course will cover the basics of colouring and handling sugarpaste, covering boards and cakes to achieve a smooth finish. It will also introduce students to some simple yet highly effective ways to decorate their cakes successfully. An essential starting point for anyone interested in cake decorating and sugarcraft.
“Just to say a big thank you to Lindy and the team for a brilliant day I would recommend it to anyone thinking about booking a place. Can’t wait to book my next one!” Tracy Piper
Date to be announced shortly
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