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circle of 8 inches in diameter. While the candy is delicate pink and wrapped around the handle. The still soft, the criss-cross indentations are added by bow is made up ahead of time on a piece of sugar pressing with the blade of a knife. The edges are then candy. After hardening, it is fastened to the top of the fluted up as you would the edges of a pie. For the basket as illustrated. handle of the basket, a heavy clothes hanger was
OPEN SWAN To be used as a centerpiece for weddings or showers.The swan is made up of four sections. The neck ispulled out of a piece of candy to about 12 inches longand then cut off at a 45 angle. Using your fingersand thumb, the head is formed from this 45 cutoff.The long piece of candy is shaped in a question markas illustrated. The two wings are 9 inches long and4 inches wide at the longest points. These are rolledout of sugar and cut to form this leaf. Before hard-ening they are shaped into a curved effect. The base is slightly smaller than the wings and is turned up at theend. After the four sections are hardened the neck isstuck to the base. The two wings are stuck to the neck.Feathers are placed on beginning at the back of thewing and working forward. They resemble long fineleaves. A dainty pink bow with streamers was tiedaround the neck of the swan. Pastel pink roses wereworked around the base. This swan has an open back. |
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