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peter rabbit (2)

uploaded by flourgirl2007 July 18, 2008 at 07:35 am
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this guy gave me the fits....but I finally got him pretty darn good (on my 10th and final try!!!) if I do say so myself!

I really am so pleased with how he turned out - made of white gumpaste then hand painted to give that same feeling of the Beatrix Potter illustrations - this is a cake topper for a baby shower later this week - I got carried away, this wasn't in the budget!

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flourgirl2007

at 18:26 on July 18th, 2008

Beatrix Potter's influence - in particular her character of Peter Rabbit is still going strong today. Her popular stories are well loved by mothers and children alike - hence why the theme of Peter Rabbit is a wonderful choice for a baby shower.
Being inspired by her fabulous watercolour images, I created this entirely edible sugar Peter as a cake topper to a baby shower cupcake tower. The entire figure was first created in white, then hand painted using edible food paints in order to capture the feel of the famous watercolours done by Ms. Potter.
Each cupcake was adorned with a hand painted vegetable from Mr. McGreggor's garden.