Jasamu dikenang...catatan istimewa utk 2 insan istimewa...

Jika hari ini seorang perdana menteri berkuasa,
Jika hari ini seorang raja menaiki takhta,
Jika hari ini seorang presiden sebuah negara,
Jika hari ini seorang ulamak mulia,
Jika hari ini seorang peguam menang bicara,
Jika hari ini seorang penulis terkemuka,
Jika hari ini siapa sahaja menjadi dewasa,
Sejarahnya bermula dari seorang guru biasa....

Salam buat semua...kata2 puitis diatas memang menyentuh perasaan and i'm not sure siapa penulisnya..but ia begitu menyentuh perasaan...walau apa sekalipun kita..setinggi mana kita berada..semuanya bermula dari seorang guru biasa...tanpa mereka kita kita iarat layang2 putus tali..terbang tanpa hala tujuan..to all the teachers...semuga Allah memberkati segala usaha mendidik anak bangsa menjadi seorang manusia....




Well...this wedding cake dibuat istimewa untuk sepasang suami isteri yg sungguh istimewa and banyak berjasa to me...Cikgu Haji Zainudin Mah Jilis dan Cikgu Hajah Rohaya Alias...bekas cikgu MRSM Muar dan sekarang mengajar di MRSM Pontian...and they were my two advisors in MRSM Muar dari form 1 hingga form 5..kiranya macam ibu and ayah kami di MRSM..and there was one bad incident which tarnished my name but my dad..Cikgu Zainudin was the one yg membela I coz he knew I didn't commit the offense and till now I really appreciate the trust that he had in me...Banyak and besar sungguh jasa kedua2 mereka didalam proses pembelajaran and pembesaran I...and tidak terbalas budi mereka..so when their eldest daughter kahwin..i offered to do the wedding cake for them as a token of my love and appreciation for this two insan yg sgt istimewa...terima kasih cikgu...and by the way..i had known both of them dari zaman bujang mereka...and when they announced they were getting married we were so happy..so actually i had known both of them way before the pengantin was born..oh dear...i'm so old already...lol


Since both of them are very special to me...I decided to buat something very special and this was the first time I came up with life size flowers spray...and I chose Cathaleya orchid as the main flowers and accompanied with other wild flowers and berries..and leaves and I tried my best to make them as realistic as I could...tak lah susah sgt buat bunga2 ni..yg penting kena canai senipis yg boleh and mengikut bunga yg asal...I decided to choose a white cathaleya with some pinkish lips..and purple wild flowers and some orange berries...supaya complement dgn tema perkahwinan...purple...


And in this spray..i gunakan few techniques which i learned from brother Shahril in making flowers...dusting, airbrushing n lot more..and I also refer to Alan Dunns book...trust me...tak perlukan seorag yg kreatif to come up with this flower..sesiapa sahaja boleh buat..asalkan sabar and yg penting punya keinginan..pls jangan mengalah sebelum mencuba...we won't go far if we keep on saying to ourself or to others that we are not creative..once u said that, it will block evry capability that u hv..so dear friends always mencuba and always believe we can do it...


There was a story behing this my first spray...it took me from morning till afternoon to complete the arrangement.maklumlah orng baru..sterkial2 dibuatnya..sakit juga tangan memintal the wires...I had to make sure the arrangement tersusun cantik and in place..bukan caca merba...Actually i memang tak pernah susun bunga...I don't like to do floral arrangement..rasa mcm tangan kayu aje...ut as i said earlier...do not use it as an alasan..think positive..and alhamdulillah, I was very satisfied with the arrangement...When everything was finished and i was so lega..so I decided to keep it in my cabinet coz nak solat zuhur..letak sahaja.."bump"..i tak perasan ada satu kayu tebal kat tepi cabinet tu..mybe my kids yg letak...and it falled right on my spray....terhenti nafas I for few seconds..rasa nak menangis..coz it hit my main flowers..one of the petal patah...nasib baik bukan the lips...and few others also patah...sedih sgt...tk sempat ambil gamar..bayangkan dah penat buat n patah dalam sekelip mata....so lepas solat zuhur, I buka balik semula spray ni...buat balik petal yg baru and buang bunga yg patah..ganti yg baru..nasib baik ada buat lebih...and redo balik....and this time it took me only about 10 minutes to complete the spray coz maklumlah dah tahu mcm mana kedudukannya...alhamdulillah...but sedihlah juga...


For this special cake, i decided to do some painting at the sites and the colours senanda dgn warna2 spray i...pink, orange, purple and hijau. Semuanya dilukis tangan dgn menggunakan berus number 1 and 3/10..ada dijual dikedai stationery or craftshop. I didn't use any templates..everything was freehand and base on imagination..and i wanted every pieces to be different from each design...mye painting is another thing which we can just let go all the imaginations that we hv...By the way..i gunakan color Wilton..



This was a two tier set..and this time I used different hues of purple for each tier..yg bawah huenya lebih gelap sikit and both of them i airbrushed dgn pearl sheen..as for the borders...i gunakan purple yg lebih gelap n tried to make it as simple as i could coz I wanted the spray to be the main attraction..and kali ni susunan kek pun semuanya kebelakang untuk memberi ruang for the spray...and the spray was assembled at the venue..coz i didn't dare to take the risk of it jatuh during transportation infact all the way to the venue, I pegang spray tu..mcm baby pulak...he..he..he...



So the spray diletakkan di atas kek bila sampai dilokasi..by the way...i did balutkan bawahnya dgn aluminium foil dan juga flower pick yg i buat sendiri...ha..ha..ha..save my money....no need to buy the expensive one..and i owe this to my darling munchkin creativeness..what he did was..he cut the buble tea straw...and bentukkan sperti flower pick...it's important to use a flower pick or aluminium foil bila we want to cucukkan bunga..during my early days..i admitted..i just prick the flowers to the cake..maklumle belajar sendiri..but actually we are not supposed to do like that...so now every of my flowers mesti i gunakan aluminium foil untuk balutan and my homemade flower pick...then baru dicucuk pada kek...and now i always pesan pada my customers..do not eat the flowers..penat buat...and lagi satu ia boleh dijadikan kenangan perkahwinan..if disimpan betul..ia boleh tahan bertahun lamanya...syarat jgn kena air or simpan ditempat lembab..and for my fecorator friends..i find a way to simpan my flowers..walau hujan lebat macam mana pun ia tak akan "layu" or sweating..and no aircond..simpan didalam kabinet or bekas yg tertutup..or dlm kotak...and insyaalah ia akan tahan..




So alhamdulillah...mission accomplished..frankly speaking, berdebar juga buat cake ni..maklumlah, this the first time i menggunakan this kind of design ..takut people won't appreciate it and yg paling mendebarkan I...this cake was for my cikgu...he..he..he...i do not know why...wlaupun usia i dah tua..tp bila dealing with my ex-teachers I masih lagi rasa that i'm still under their pengawasan...to me, teachers always have special place in my life...mcm mana tinggi pun ilmu kita and sekaya mana kita pun..always remember...we owe it to our dearest cikgu2 yg pernah mendidik and membimbing kita...I was so happy to meet my "dad" and "mum" for the first time after 23 years...and alhamdulillah they like the cake..so that means...i passed....ha...ha..ha..mcm exam pulak...





Well before i quit...will like to extend my thank you to both Cikgu Haji Zinuddin and Cikgu Hajah Rohaya...maybe i never say this before to both of u..but terima kasih yg tidak terhingga diatas segala jasa cikgu berdua didalam mendidik dan membimbing saya...menjadikan saya sebagai seorang manusia...terima kasih tidak terhingga..halalkan segala ilmu dan bimbingan yg dierikan...tiada apa yng boleh diberikan bagi membalas budi baik cikgu walaupun segunung intan dan emas permata..hanya doa kepada Allah supaya dipanjangkan umur cikgu berdua, diberi kesihatan yg elok dan semuga sentiasa dirahmati and diberkati Allah..jasa dan budi baik cikgu akan saya bawa sehingga mati..terima kasih cikgu...

Gadis dan bunga

Salam buat semua..semuga semuanya berada didalam rahmat Allah...alhamdulillah i'm recovering from my backache and going back to Kota Tinggi ....ribuan ampun dan maaf pada tempahan yg terpaksa ditolak..This is the week which I spent most of my time infront of TV with laptop on my lap...bukannya tenguk apa...sekarang kan sedang demam piala Thomas...so I was following the games too...but too bad, watching the game now macam dah something missing...dah tak ada "mmph" lagi...can still remember during my childhood days..if ada game badminton..zaman2 Misbun Sidek, Razif and Jailani and Foo Kok Keong...bersemangat sangat tengok..penuh suspen and banyak kejutan...there was a game which I couldn't forget...masa tu Malaysia VS musuh tradisi Indonesia and berada dalam perlawanan penentuan...game yg akan menentukan pasukan mana yang akan mara..and the game was played by our Foo Kok Keong...a very veteran player...one thing yg buat I tak lupa was his fighting spirit...he was running all alround the court like a tiger to fight and he never gave up...he let out all his energy and spirit and in the end he was the Wira Malaysia..we won the game...Watching Hafiz Hashim playing yesterday..nothing compared to Foo Kok Keong..he played with real fighting spirit and masa tu tiada langsung imbuhan lumayan yang ditawarkan..apa yg ada adalah semangat untuk menjulang nama Malaysia..and talking about fighting spirit..mesti ada yg sudah lihat satu iklan yg memaparkan Datuk Soh Chin Aun..bintang bola sepak lagenda negara...looking at the iklan..bagai kembali semula to my childhood years too..antara kata2 Dato SCA dlm iklan tu ialah.."before the game..we were so scared and so nervous that we will loose and when u went out from the tunnel"...."and when you are in the field u go in like a tiger and wanting to win the game" and his words at the end begitu bermakna..."there is no point of telling everybody that we are playing for the country..the most important show it"


Maybe ada yg tertanya2 apa yg cuba I nak perkatakan tentang iklan Datuk Soh Chin Aun...ha..ha..ha.. he is not my uncle kay...tapi let's talk about cake dulu before i merepek lagi jauh tentang iklan tu...This hantaran cake was ordered by my dearest Nurul ..my first customer in the baking industry..she ordered 20 loafs each of marble and banana cakes..that was then my first jump into the baking industry..and there wasn't any slightest hint that I would try my hand in cake decorating...and now I'm more into cake decorating than baking...and i'm enjoying every seconds of my work...Nurul wanted a special hantaran cake for adik iparnya..and since she was my first customer ..I planned to do something very special for her..it had to be something beautiful but different....yup I always love to make a cake which does not look like a cake..I love to be different...why we have to be the same as others when we can be different?


So this time round I buatkan bunga2 combination of pink, purple and white
..and ofcourse my favorite flower..roses. Dibandingkan dgn bunga lain ...roses memang bunga yang paling sesuai untuk dijadikan hiasan berbanding dgn bunga lain..sesuai dgn gelaran ratu bunga...Cuma kali ni sebagai bunga "penyibuk"...dibuatkan juga carnation and few other small flowers...All the flowers were airbrushed..and kali ni I gunakan pearl, purple, pink and green sheen..can see the difference ..sungguh ketara sekali...bunga yg diairbrush dgn sheen nampak berkilat mcm bunga porcelain....cuba bandingkan dgn bunga dibawah...which i used luster dust applied manually dgn berus...See the differences? With luster dust..tak semua bahagian bunga dapat disapu and it took longer time to siapkan..





Maybe ada yg ingat,I dah pernah buat bunga dlm bakul...and kali ni I buat juga bunga dalam bakul but different presentation..if dulu my bakul was so "biasa"..kali ni bakulnya ada bentuk dibawah...Actually I didn't carve this cake..sayang pula kalau dipotong...what I did was..baked the cake in my barbie's doll pan..and terus dapat shape mcm tu..b ut of course kena potong bahagian bawah sikit untuk lebih stabil lagi...And anyaman bakul adalh dari fondant..kena buat satu persatu...he..he..he..ni kes terover excited lah ni..sebenarnya boleh guna roller yg ada basket texture..but I guessed I just wanted to have a natural looking rattan basket..and tell u all the satisfaction after seeing the hasil of my work really made me forget about penat menganyam..Actually masa buat bakul ni, I encountered a big problem..kerja yg sepatutnya cepat dah jadi lambat disebabkan oleh fondant yg I gunakan..normally I gunakan Bakel's Pettinice but there was no stock in Melaka..so no choice..terpaksa guna a local brand..which cost me almost the same as Bakel's but quality wise..cukuplah I cakap..I do not want to use that brand lagi..ha..ha..ha..tak boleh tahan..kena cakap juga...it's not white, it's not pliable, it's not halus and it's so difficult to mix the colors..and texturenya macam tpung kuih pau tak jadi..bottom line..NO WAY I'm going to use that brand again walau murah mcm mana pun sekali harganya...I was so furious with that brand..immediately rang up bos King Hin and let him know about that...he..he..he..now ke knows already and always have Bakels for me..tq Mr Lim if not kena pergi KL to get my stock..



Ok..back to this bakul...kali ni ..dibuatkan juga tangkainya...untuk menjadikan tangkai ni lebih kukuh...takut patah ditengah jalan..since ia akan dibawa pulang ke Kelantan...I gunakan wayar ..Bentukkan dulu wayar tu sebelum dilingkar dgn fondat..ukur dulu panjang mana yg kita hendak..So bila dah puas hati, lingkar sahaja wayar tu dgn lingkaran fondant..but peringatan..everytime kita menggunakan bahan yg tidak boleh dimakan untuk hiasan kek kita..we hv to let our customers know..so mereka akan berhati2 takut dimakan oleh kanak2...there was one customer of mind yg called me up and tanya.."kak shikin, lilin tu edible tak?"...masa tu I gunakan fancy candles..since everything boleh dibuat dari fondant, the customer ingat lilin pun I buat..So sepatutnya kita harus tunggu tangkainya kering baru dicucukkan pada kek supaya tangkai dapat berdiri dengan senang disebabkan tiada tekanan berat, tapi sebab I mengejar masa terus cucuk sahaja..lepas dibalutkan tangkainya dgn fondant, dihias pula dgn riben fondant juga...Masa buat bakul ni, bibik I asyik perhati aje...tiba2 dia tanya "Ibu, bakul ini boleh diangkat atau tidak jika dipegang tangkainya?" Tergelak I dengar soalan dia...tapi suspen juga mana tahu tiba2 dia angkat bakul tu...Ha..ha..ha..rupanya bila hantar bakul ni, soalan yg serupa juga diaju oleh tuan rumah " Boleh ke angkat bakul ni?"..Memang bakul bunga ni nampak real..ramai yg terperanjat bila diberitahu sebenarnya ia adalah kek..Thank you Allah for giving me the idea..alhamdulillah.




So semua bunga disusun and my father was sitting beside me masa tu..bagi advise mcm mana nak susun bunga..he..he..he..my dad is also one of the person yg selalu bagi moral support in my cake decorating work..infact he was the one yg cadangkan supaya I gunakan lingakaran wayar untuk mengukuhkan tangkai bakul..He also said..jgn susun bunga mendatar..biar turun naik...ha..ha..ha..he is an expert...coz masa hayat my mum, my mum loved to buat and ubah bunga..she was so good and creative..and there was this one time during raya..our house penuh dgn bunga riben hasil seni my mother..setiap ruang atas meja semua dipenuhi dgn bunga riben..infact sampai kena letak vase atas lantai..org nak beli dia tak nak jual..sayang sgt katanya..can understand her feeling..but I had no choice..bunga tahan lama..tapi kalau kek? But everytime nak "berpisah" dgn my artwork mesti ada perasaan sedih...maklumlah dah berhari2 kita mengadapnya..tiba2 diserahkan pd org lain and tahu pula ia akan dipotong..hu..hu..hu...




So here is the final artwork...was so satisfied with the result..and the customer was so happy too..masa deliver this flower basket...ramai yg terpegun...and ada yg terperanjat when they got to know it was a cake..and all the flowers were edible..



Ok..before I end this entry just wanna continue a little bit about iklan Datuk SCA in the beginning of the entry..we have to be like tigers..fight with a spirit..punya keazaman yg tinggi tak kira dlam bidang apa juga yang kita ceburi..tak kisah lah kita surirumah tangga ke, tukang sapu tepi jalan ke, pegawai besar di pejabat..cake decorator..student..semua yg kita lakukan haruslah bersemangat bukan suku hati or separuh hati...give our full commitment..and jgn takut or risau dgn ketidakupayaan kita..coz "ketidakupayaan" or "ketidakbolehan" kita hanyalah illusi dlm kepala kita yg akan membantutkan kebolehan dan kreativiti kita..jgn terus kata tidak boleh...jgn terus matikan langkah sebelum kita cuba mengangkat kaki masuk ke gelanggang..cuba dulu..give our best try..jadikan halangan sebagai pemangkin yg dapat membakar semangat kita...bila kita sudah cuba dgn memberi sepenuh commitment kita..if tidak menjadi seperti apa yg kita harapkan at least kita puas hati..and jangan kita asyik kata kita akan give our best but in reality..ia hanya words at in our mouth..cakap and buat..tunjuk pada semua..so to my decorator friends especially for my best buddy Elaine who is having big project this coming June..always believe u can do it..give yr best walaupun upahnya tak seberapa..coz ia akan menjadi pemangkin for yr future artwork..if u never try u will never know...ha..ha..ha..fight like a tiger..if kecundang kita puas hati at lest kita dah mengeluarkan cakaran yg hebat...if u all notice..pasangan beregu negara..dipanggil sebagai pasangan bidan terjun..kedua2nya gempal...first time international appearance for one of them...berjumpa dgn pasangan terbaik Eropah...and see how they fought..they fought like real Malaysian warriors..kudos to them..walaupun kalah..their fighting spirit was superb...so to all..stay positive and fly high eventhough sometimes we do not hv the wings...To Nurul and her MIL..thank you for the trust...will be happy to do the wedding cake nanti..hint..hint...;)

Jambangan hati pengukuh kasih

Well, this entry is to menjawab entry sebelum ini yg didedikasikan kepada Evi andriati...sememangnya kek istimewa ini dapat dihasilkan dgn tunjuk ajar Evi...walaupun hanya melalui tunjuk cara langkah demi langkah melalui internet...Alhamdulillah Evi telah menyusun tunjuk caranya dgn penuh teratur sehingga I didn't have any problems to follow..terima kasih tidak terhingga kepada Evi..hanya allah yg dapat mebalas budi baiknya...

Kek istimewa ini telah ditempah khas oleh cik Nadia khas untuk majlis pertunangan kawannya...di Muar..I know that Nadia had a very high expectation for her cake...she only mentioned that theme should be purple and pink...actually Nadia got my number from Fathiah...tq for your kind recommendation.



Memang I was so excited masa nak buat kek ni..I rasa mesti ramai yg dah dapat teka bagaimana rupa kek yg I nak persembahkan kali ni...yup..u got it right...a box cake...so bila Nadia buat aje tempahan...I terus terbayang bagaimana I nak buatkan keknya...but of courselah it is not a shoe box cake...maybe after this...anybody interested? Suka sgt sebab dapat buat kek kotak bulat yg penuh dgn bunga2an...and for the first time, I decided to do other flowers other than roses...actually the swan cake was done after this cake....so I buatkan all the flowers yg I rasa sesuai untuk dipenuhi didalam cake box ni....infact some of the flowers I tak tahu pun namanya...and I was so happy bila Nadia perasan yg bunga2an kali ni adalah bunga2
baru..



Part yg paling challenging was to attach the lid to the cake..and for info..the lid sebenarnya adalah real cake..i tak guna dummy...This cake sebenarnya dari 2 biji kek choc ukuran 7 inci...dipotong kepada 4 bahagian...dan 1 bahagian dijadikan sebagai penutup kotak....Yg buat I berpeluh ialah untuk tidak memastikan penutupnya tergelincir or mendap..maybe ada yg tertanya2 macam mana I buat...first of all..kena cucukkan batang dowel about 1 1/2 inch dari bahagian depan kek..untuk lebih kukuh lagi, I gunakan 4 dowel di bahagian depan..and potong dowel tu 1 inci dr tinggi permukaan...Kek yg dijadikan penutup diletak atas cake board..so bila kita letakkan atas basenya..dowel tidak akan dapat menembusi kek..

Bahagian belakang, pada mulanya I hanya lekatkan dgn royal icing sahaja..but bila I noticed the lid mula slide...kena buka semula pentutpnya..and cucukkan 2 dowel dibahagian belakang yg lebih kurang sama tinggi dgn kek so..berat kek tidak akan menekan kek bahagian bawah...



So, sebenarnya kek ini adalah seperti sebuah kotak bulat yg terbuka penutupnya lebih kurang 1 inci tinggi dibahagian hadapan..., I selitkan dgn kuntuman bunga2 ...dimana warnanya senada dgn permintaan Nadia...seronok buat cake ni terutamanya sewaktu menghiasi ruang yg terbuka....habis I penuhkan dgn semua bunga2 yg I buat..puas hati bila tenguk semuanya tersusun cantik





Nadia datang sendiri mengambil kek ni bersama dgn shikin who happened to have the same name as me and nama bapa pun sama...Kek ni sengaja I letakkan diatas meja diruang tamu ..and they were very suprised when they got to know actually inilah kek mereka...mereka tidak menyangka yg sebenarnya ini adalah kek...seronok tenguk muka suprise mereka...si Nadia tidak habis2 ambil gambar gunakan hp. Tapi I lebih terperanjat lagi bila dapat tahua ctually kek ni hendak dibawa ke bukit Gambir Muar...bukan apa..takut lidnya tersembam jatuh..but alhamdulillah selamat sampai...memang susah hendak transport kek yg bertingkat or ada fragile item or figurine diatasnya ke destinasi..kena bawa kereta mcm semut..



By the way, bahagian "penutup kotak" memang I sengaja buat design begini so..nampak exclusive..with all the linkaran loves and also the silver beads...my munchkin kata namapak mahal...

Well, I was glad that I dapat penuhi harapan Nadia yg begitu tinggi...seram sejuk bila I ternampak nota Nadia kat my Chat Box..mengatakan dia tak sabar nak tenguk kek dia....alhamdulillah harapan terlaksana...Tq again for yr trust in my artwork...don't worry akak boleh buatkan untuk u...tapi mcm akak cakaplah..u tak boleh rempit..kena drive mcm siput...;)...sampai jumpa lagi....salam pada semua...

Sejambak kasih..pembuka bicara cinta

Salam untuk semua. Last week memang minggu yg benar2 mencabar untuk I...Alhamdulillah dgn izin Allah, semua permintaan dapat ditunaikan tepat pada masanya...dan insyaAllah semua penerima gembira dgn hasil kerja I..itulah harga termahal dlm menghasilkan hasil karya...membuat org lain gembira dan terpegun...selalunya memang I tak akan cakap dgn sipenerima bagaimana design or layout yg I akan buat, mereka hanya cakap apa yg mereka hendak...I will ask lots of questions...so that apa yg dihasilkan mempunyai nilai peribadi yg tinggi..and selalunya mesti I excited nak tenguk firts reaction mereka bila menerima kek yg ditempah...

So today..(actually banyak lagi kerja ni...but somebody request to see my latest work)..this cake is specially made for sis Fathiah..ditempah khas untuk adiknya...untuk majlis perkahwinan...oleh kerana mereka tidak membuat acara memotong kek..so Fathiah minta I buatkan kek hantaran istimewa bertemakan warna ungu and pink. This time she place the order one month ahead....he..he..he...coz masa bertunang dulu dia request I buatkan kek hantaran untuk tunang..but malangnya majlis tersebut dilangsungkan pada hari raya ke-3 or ke-4 and I masih di Johor lagi..so terpaksalah tolak...bukan nak sombong tapi memang tak boleh buat...



so dlam masa sebulan tu, banyak lah idea yg difikirkan...and as usual..since I'm still new in cake decorating, mesti nak buat something different..mungkin pada org lain ia biasa aje..tapi sebab I tak pernah buat..so excited sgt nak cuba...Seperti biasa, lain yg I rancang..lain yg jadi...this idea memang datang last minute...atas cadangan my darling munchkin..why don't u do a cushion cake...it would be something different ...he..he..he..for us in Melaka lah....in KL org dah tak heran lagi. Sebenarnya I rancang nak buat benda lain..siap dah buatkan bunga warna purple untuk hiasan...so bila tukar idea..cepat2 cepat kena buat bunga yg lain...dahlah dalam waktu cuaca begini....bila hujan lambat sgt nak keras..siang keras...bila malam..hujan turun and udara jadi lembab..maka bkelopak2 bunga akan jadi terkulai...panik jugak I..tapi alhamdulillah..I masuk forum My Cake decoration forum and tanya semua kat sana mcm mana nak buat...so atas nasihat mereka...letak dalam bilik air-cond...so setiap malam bunga2 I akan diletakkan dlm bilik air-cond..alhamdulillah..tq to all my dearest friend in MCDC..walaupun tak pernah berjumpa..tapi mereka tak lokek nak kongsi ilmu..how I wish semua manusia mcm ni...tak kira bangsa or agama...



So as usual..as someone who loves roses so much...to me bunga ros mempunyai ciri2 kelembutan, keayuan, kasih sayang and juga romantis...so I adunkan tiga warna berdasarkan warna pink..and diselitkan dgn bunga sisipan warna putih untuk menaikkan seri..bila buat bunga ros...I will try my best to dapatkan kelopaknya senipis yg mungkin..so bila digubah..ia akan nampak mcm real....sebenarnya, tak susah sgt
nak buat bunga ros ni....trust me..senang saja..tak perlukan kreativiti or tangan yg terlalu lembut..sesiapa aje boleh buat..termasuk anak2 I...he..he...he...disebabkan I kesuntukan masa akibat lari dari rancangan asal...I ajar my daughter and my second SON yg baru berumur tujuh tahun untuk buatkan bunga untuk I...to them mcm main dgn playdoh...but tangan harus bersih..coz ia adalah makanan...so merekalah yg menolong I "mengalunkan" kelopak bunga...and sekejap sja mereka dah dapat mencorakkan kelopak yg sgt nipis dan beralun lembut...kerja I..mengubahkan kelopak2 tersebut menjadi bunga...terima kasih sgt2 pada these two darling of mind..senang banyak kerja I. Maybe oneday, if ada masa I boleh masukkan tutorial mcm mana nak buat bunga ros step by step..it's so easy...

For a beginner mcm I, susah juga nak buat kek cushion ni...mesti ada yg nak tahu kat mana I belajar....I hanya belajar dari internet..serious !! Internet is my class...I akan google untuk cari step by step on how to do something..dari situ I akan cuba fahami..walaupun kadangkala mereka tak beritau semua detail..but insyaAllah dgn akal yg Allah kurniakan kita boleh menghasilkan hasil kerja berdasarkan tutorial ringkas. Masa buat kek ni..berpeluh juga I...sebab tak pernah buat..tak pernah lihat org buat..so cuba ajele...Kek ni..sebenarnya 2 biji kek yg dicantumkan dgn buttercream...and dipotong mengikut bentuk cushion yg kita hendak...so for this cushion...bawahnya warna very light purple..and atas nya light purple. Tasslenya I buat sendiri...dan renda tepi..i guna pencetak renda...finally I dapat gunakan..senang banyak kerja I jadinya...tali pun i pintalkan sendiri...terpaksalah gelek sendiri...ni yg buat tangan gatal nak gi ICCA cari alat yg boleh mudahkan kerja..hmmm...Disebabkan nak nampak cushion tu mcm real...i buatkan seolah2 macam quilted cushion..pun kena lorekkan one by one baru diletak manik emas..actully kerja menghias kek ni perlukan ketelitian and kesabaran...barulah kita dapat hasil yg cantik



By the way, cushion ni memang berkilat...I sapukan dgn luster dust..tq to nancy form Cake Connection KL...I beli online sahaja...nak gi KL tak sempat..Nancy yg berusaha spaya I dapat secepat mungkin...sebagai memudahkan Fathiah...I buatkan skirting sekali ..as if cushion tu terletak atas kain satin berkilat yg terlipat2...the kain dari fondant juga..and untuk menampakkan istimewa..I taburkan dgn kelopak2 lembut mawar..dari fondant juga...so tak payahlah nak dihias lagi..terus aje dipersembahkan



Finally untuk santapan mata semua...inilah hasilnya...masa hantar ke rumah Fathiah, ramai yg sibuk merewang...she was so happy with this cushion cake...she never expected that I would do this design for her...I yg patut berterima kasih pada dia..coz I was able to upgrade my skill and try something new and different for my portfilo...and ada satu lagi sebab she was so happy and suprise...nanti I beritahu in the next entry...Ada juga yg nak tempah kek masa tu juga..malu juga I masa tu..tapi happy bila tenguk other people happy with our artwork..bukan tu saja...bila our artwork boleh membuat org yg menerimanya rasa istimewa sgt..that's the best price for me...




To Fathiah, tq so much for the trust that u have in me and pada penagantin..so sorry tak sempat nak tanya siapa nama...sekalung doa supaya jodoh sampai keakhirat..dikurniakan permata2 hati yg solleh sollehah yg akan mendoakan kedua ibubapanya...semuga sabar dgn segala asam garam kehidupan berumahtangga...Amin