Have you ever made a gingerbread house? If so, you can appreciate all the work that went into creating the world’s largest gingerbread pirate ship. The S.S. Ginger Amelia was on display at the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island. The S.S. Ginger Amelia The S.S. Ginger Amelia was a tribute for the legends and lore of […]
Dress up your holiday table with a beautiful carved vegetable candle arrangement that you can make yourself. This pretty carved vegetable candle arrangement was made by student/customer Nandita Dasgupta. The orange, yellow and white colors are perfect for decorating your Thanksgiving table. You can change the colors to fit the occasion. White candles and greenery […]
Here is a series of photos showing how to carve a melon snowflake starting with a super simple pattern and adding more carving to make it fancier. You can see a variety of beautiful snowflake melon carvings in our previous post. You can use the snowflake design pattern that is available in our Holiday Carving Pattern set. Or […]
I stumbled across this fascinating video showing close up photos of snowflakes and it inspired me to make a couple of snowflake melon carvings. Before scrolling down to see my carved snowflake designs, take a look at this short (1:12 minutes) video. It’s pretty amazing to see the variety of snowflake crystals that exist in nature. Nature […]
Yesterday while at my chiropractor’s office, I saw a live poinsettia plant that has the same colors as poinsettias carved from watermelons. It inspired me to write this post and share some watermelon poinsettia carvings by students and me. Watermelon Colored Real Poinsettia Watermelon Poinsettias carved by Learners Here are a few of the watermelon […]
It’s fun and easy to make a peppermint candy plate. Candy plates are a lovely way to add a personal touch to holiday parties and gifts. Over the past few years I’ve shared my own ideas as well as the creations of some of my readers and students. Learn to make your own candy plate […]
Here is a charming cupid watermelon carving that is perfect for Valentine’s day. Or, it could be used for an engagement or even a wedding. Want to get this cupid pattern so that you can carve it today? If so, click here. 5 Ways to Use a Cupid Watermelon Carving Like This Arrange with vases […]
In this post, you’ll find a whole bunch of Christmas carving ideas. Most of them were done by students of my various lessons. Many of these were sent to me last year and I didn’t have time to post them. I thought that you would enjoy seeing them this year. These will give you all […]
This holiday season, I received some photos of Christmas candy plates and bowls that a couple of people made after watching my free lesson. It’s always fun to see how people take an idea and add their own twists of creativity. Pedestal Christmas Candy Plates Blog reader and Facebook fan Najwa Dorgalli took the Christmas […]
This article will show you a variety of fun December Holiday Carving Ideas done by a variety of creative people. Carved Candles Idea for Christmas or Hanukkah This first candle carving idea created by one of my customers, Yiota Thoma could be adapted for either Christmas or Hanukkah. Turn a melon on it’s side, carve […]
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