Sweetopia
Blog URL http://www.sweetopia.net
Located Barrie, Ontario Canada
Tags cookie decorating, cupcakes, cake decorating, sugar art, confectionary art, cookies, sweets, cute, gingerbread houses
Sweetopia is a site about women's lifestyle, home decor, fashion, finding balance and living a fulfilling life, and lastly but especially, my passion with sugar art.
Latest Blog Posts
- Peggy Porschen Interview (and Cake Chic Giveaway too!) on Nov 16, 2009 in Books Misc book giveaway cake chic cake chic giveaway give-away giveaway giveway for cake chic book interview with peggy porschen peggy porschen peggy porschen cake chic peggy porschen interview pretty party cakes www.sweetopia.net
She’s my ‘cake idol’, one of my favorite inspirations, she’s Peggy Porschen and she’s got a new book out! I am thrilled to announce that I had the opportunity to interview Peggy and will be sharing that interview with you here. I’m als...
- Halloween Decorated Cookies on Oct 27, 2009 in Decorated Cookies 300XK Kopycake Projector cookie decorating cookie decorating ideas cookie decoration cookies cookies to decorate decorated cookie decorated Halloween cookies decorated royal icing cookies Halloween cookie Halloween cookies how to use isomalt isomalt kopykake kopykake projector kopykake projector 300XK melted isomalt sugar substitute www.sweetopia.net
I finally got around to making my Halloween cookies with a few days to spare. It’s no secret that I usually need a little help in the drawing department, so I pulled out the KopyKake drawing projector and scrapbooking tags for my decorated Ha...
- “Blog Candy” Winners! on Oct 18, 2009 in More Misc confetti cakes for kids gumball giveaway winner planet cake sweetopia sweetopia blog sweetopia.net www.sweetopia.net
It’s time to announce the winners of the Planet Cake and Confetti Cakes For Kidsbooks! So, how many gumballs were in the ‘jar’? There were 222 gumballs! (I say were because I’ve been enjoying chewing them all week). ...
- Guess the Gumballs Giveaway on Oct 12, 2009 in Misc Other Sweets amy atlas cookie decorating ideas cookie decoration cookies decorate sugar cookies Decorated Cookies decorated royal icing cookies decorated sugar cookies decorating cookies flood cookie flood icing flooding gumball giveaway gumballs hand decorated cookies sweetopia blog sweetopia.net www.sweetopia.net
I’ve been seeing candy inspiration everywhere lately, however my favorite source so far has been Amy Atlas’ site on event planning. Here is just a glimpse of one of her signatures; the candy buffet. Her images moved me to visit...
- How to Prevent Your Icing from Bleeding – 7 Tips on Oct 9, 2009 in Decorated Cookies Tutorials americolor americolor soft gels any secret tips on bleeding black bleeding bleeding colors bleeding icing brown colorflow colors bleeding into each other colours consistency cookie cookie decorating cookie decorating ideas cookie decoration cookies cookies decoration cookies gingerbread dark colors decorate sugar cookies decorated cookie decorated royal icing cookies decorated sugar cookies decorating cookies decorating cookies for decorating icing decorating sugar cookie decorating sugar cookies deep colors diffuse edible art flood cookie flood icing flooding flooding technique flow icing hand decorated cookies how can I prevent icing from bleeding how do I prevent bleeding icing how do you stop colors from bleeding into eachother in royal icing how to decorate cookies how to decorate sugar cookies how to prevent your icing from bleeding how to prevent your icing from bleeding - top 7 tips how to stop colors from bleeding in royal icing how to stop flow icing from bleeding how to stop your colors from spreading into each other humidity icing icing cookies keeping icing colors from bleeding into eachother marian prevent colors from bleeding together red risk of color bleeding royal icing royal icing bleeding run icing secrets seepage seeping spread spreading sugar art sugar cookie icing sugar cookies sweating sweet sweet art sweetopia sweetopia blog sweetopia cookies sweetopia.net sweets tips tips on colorflow and bold colors tips on how to stop color flow from bleeding into eachother tips on how to stop colors from bleeding in royal icing tips on how to stop icing from bleeding top 7 tips tricks tutorial vanilla cookies white why are my colors bleeding why are my royal icing colors bleeding into each other www.sweetopia.net
As decorators, we know how frustrating bleeding icing can be… I remember it being one of my biggest pet peeves when I first began. It turns out that learning some tips and tricks on piping is only one step to having an enjoyable cookie decor...
- How to Decorate Cookies with Royal Icing – Top 10 Tips on Sep 20, 2009 in Decorated Cookies Tutorials 10 second rule air bubbles americolor antonia74 royal icing recipe bubbles cookie cookie decorating cookie decorating 101 cookie decorating ideas cookie decorating supplies cookie decorating tips cookie decorating tricks cookie decoration cookies cookies decoration cookies gingerbread cookies to decorate cute decorate cookies decorate sugar cookies decorated cookie decorated cookies icing decorated cookies icing recipe decorated royal icing cookies decorated sugar cookies decorating cookies decorating cookies for decorating sugar cookie decorating sugar cookies detailed tutorial easy gifts edible art favorite cookie decorating tips favorite cookie decorating tricks favorite cookie flooding tips favourite cookie decorating tips favourite cookie flooding tips flood cookie flood icing flood royal icing recipe flooding flooding a cookie with royal icing flooding technique flow flow decorated cookies flow icing flow royal icing flow royal icing recipe hand decorated cookies how do I make royal icing how do you make runny royal icing how to how to decorate cookies how to decorate cookies by hand how to decorate sugar cookies how to decorated cookies with royal icing how to flood cookies how to flood with royal icing how to flood your gingerbread cookies how to hand decorate cookies how to make beautiful cookies how to make flow icing cookies how to make iced cookies how to make icing for decorated cookies how to make pretty cookies how to pipe icing how to pipe royal icing how to pipe with flood icing how to pipe with runny icing how to use flood icing icing cookies learn learn how to decorate beautiful cookies learn how to decorate cookies learn how to improve your piping learn how to pipe royal icing marian peggy porschen piping tip number 2 piping tips pop air bubbles practice piping professional professional cookie decorating tips professional cookie decorating tricks royal icing royal icing recipe runny icing runny royal icing runny royal icing recipe sugar art sugar cookie decorating tips sugar cookie icing sugar cookies sweet sweet art sweetopia sweetopia blog sweetopia cookies sweetopia.net sweets tip tips tips for decorating beautiful cookies tips for decorating piped icing cookies tips for decorating pretty cookies tips for decorating with royal icing to to flood your sugar cookies Top 10 cookie decorating tips top 10 tips top tips for cookie decorating tricks vanilla cookies what icing do you use to decorate cookies www.sweetopia.net
I’ve had many questions regarding decorated cookies since I began 7-ish years ago, so I thought I’d share some of my favorite decorating tips I’ve learned over time. By no means am I an expert, but I hope you find my top 10 sugg...
- Halloween Gingerbread House on Sep 12, 2009 in Books Gingerbread Houses awesome gingerbread book best gingerbread book best gingerbread book ever cookies gingerbread decorated royal icing cookies gingerbread author gingerbread book collection Gingerbread for all Seasons gingerbread queen Halloween halloween gingerbread facade halloween gingerbread house Happy Halloween how to make a gingerbread house sweetopia sweetopia blog sweetopia.net sweets Theresa Layman www.sweetopia.net
Have you heard of Teresa Layman? None of my friends or family have, that’s for sure, but to the gingerbread enthusiast, the name is usually familiar. Who exactly is she? Only the best gingerbread house author out there! (Kudos to other author...
