Radish and Turnip flowers by student Allan Jarvis

This blog post features the lovely fruit and vegetable carvings of one of my student/customers, Allan Jarvis. Allan is in Queensland, Australia. In one of Allan’s first emails to me he told me that he was introduced to fruit and vegetable carving many years ago in Thailand but had not done too much until recently. He wrote, “The book I bought in Thailand is great but not enough steps… ” Shortly after, Allan joined our video lessons.

With spring celebrations like Easter, Songkran Festival and the Indian Festival, Holi coming up you might see some ideas here that you can use. continue reading…

Hindu New Year Festivities in India

New Year wishes in April? No, I’m not four months late ringing in 2012! Although here in the West, we welcomed the New Year on January 1st, there are many cultures, religions and countries around the world that celebrate a New Year in April.

In this sense, the New Year may not mark the beginning of a new calendar year that many of us are familiar with; instead, the New Year may symbolize the start of a new beginning in one’s life and a letting go of the past. I thought that this would be a fitting topic to share with you since it coincides with the arrival of Spring and the new life that comes with this Season! continue reading…

Cantaloupe bunny by Jean Geraldo Silva

In a recent post, I wrote about Melon Bunny carvings. Since then I have received several more photos of creative carved melon bunnies made my students and blog readers. So, here they are, just in time for Easter.

Maybe their photos will give you some new ideas for your own melon bunny carvings.

Creative and Whimsical Melon Bunny Carvings

I love how some readers have taken the melon bunny idea and ran with it! The melon bunny carving that I teach in my video lesson is great for serving fruit, but you can also use the melon bunny theme as a centerpiece for decorating purposes. (You can see the continue reading…

I love vegetable and fruit carving for Spring.

Vegetable and Fruit Carvings - that are Perfect for Spring

Probably because Spring is my favorite time of the year. It comes with lovely spring flowers blooming everywhere, bright happy colors, days that are warm and sunny, butterflies, birds nesting, and new life everywhere. Even if spring is not yet warm and sunny in your part of the world, you can brighten up your table with fresh spring vegetable and fruit carvings. Here are a few spring vegetable and fruit carving ideas. continue reading…

Some of my viewers have sent emails telling me that “Your carvings are so beautiful, it’s kind of intimidating to try them”.

That is why I created a video about how to carve a honeydew into a bunny. It’s a simple project that you can make with knives you already own. It’s cute and fun. Simple.

Some of my students told me that they planned to make the honeydew bunny basket for Easter parties.

I heard from one of them, Michelle,  the day before Easter. She said, “I just want you to know that I am making the bunny basket and I LOVE IT! It’s INSTANT GRATIFICATION.”

Then the day on Easter, Michelle let me know that she had brought it to her church for an Easter potluck and lots of people complimented her on the bunny. They said things like, “You made that?” “How did you do it”. It’s adorable.” and more. Then when she was picking up her empty bunny to go home, one of Michelle’s friends rushed up to her and asked if she could buy the empty bunny. She told Michelle that she was going to two more Easter parties that day and wanted to refill the bunny with fruit salad and reuse it. Generously, Michelle simply gave her the basket.

Michelle isn’t the only one who’s bunny basket got used more than once. Another viewer told me that she made two honeydew bunnies. One to use the night before Easter and one to use on Easter and refill for a second party that same day. She also got lots of ooooos and aaaaahs and people couldn’t believe that she made it.

Just goes to show you that these simple carvings really are admired and enjoyed by others.

You’ll be amazed at the responses that you will get!

P.S. By the way, if you don’t have honeydew available to you, this bunny can be made with any other type of melon just as easily.

Get your DVD instructions showing how to make a melon bunny here: