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Elise87
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Joined: Mar 12, 2009
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Location: Australia
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Wed May 06, 2009 1:35 am |
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OMG  Rylan that lodge is awesome, i LOVE it!
Here is mine from last year, it is my second gingerbread house i have done so not as nice as some on here, not even as good as some firsts on here either LOL I didn't have much time to do it so i kept it semi simple |
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Win
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Wed May 06, 2009 8:44 am |
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Elise! That's so precious! |
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Elise87
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Location: Australia
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Wed May 06, 2009 10:08 pm |
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thank you very much win  I absolutely love your spring gingerbread potting shed, it is just so pretty and detailed! |
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Rylan
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Joined: Feb 19, 2009
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Location: Las Vegas
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Wed May 20, 2009 3:59 pm |
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Thanks Elise.
Yours is beautiful! I love love love the structure! I wonder how you got it so perfect. You better share your secrets this upcoming Xmas |
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bobwonderbuns
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Mon May 25, 2009 3:31 pm |
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cinderspritzer
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Location: Denver
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Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:53 pm |
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This one hasn't been bumped in a while.
I plan to do a Haunted Gingerbread Mansion this year (even though I've never done a little one before, I'm ambitious. lol for Halloween, and then, depending on how terribly that goes, I might enter one in a competition in November.
I actually came looking for book recommendations, but BWB has mostly taken care of that for me.
Anyone else planning anything this year? |
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Win
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Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:28 pm |
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That is so funny! I was just coming in to refresh this topic myself! You beat me to it cinderspritzer!!! I am hoping to do a Halloween House for the kids I baby-sit... I have a bazillion birthdays in October so I was thinking of starting now which would be fine, I'm sure, since my Spring House was baked for Christmas (never got around to doing it for Christmas so I switched to a Spring theme) and the gingerbread held fine for at least 4 months. Once it got humid, I had to toss it.  I figure, we are moving out of the humidity again so I should be able to bake and keep it from wilting before Halloween.
As well, I will start planning my Christmas houses in November. Each year, my husband's family gathers on a large scale and I produce a house to be given away to the family who is hosting that year. Then I make little houses to give to all my kiddos --very traditional houses loaded with candy easy to pick off and pop into little mouths.
My main goal for my family this year is a Victorian Mansion. I found the pattern in a 1960's Good Housekeeping magazine (which by the way is a great source for old patterns... they used to feature one each Christmas.)
Happy Baking, gingerbread friends! |
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Rylan
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bobwonderbuns
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:19 pm |
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Thanks for sharing that Rylan!!  |
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Rylan
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:21 pm |
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No problem bobwonderbuns! =] |
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bobwonderbuns
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Win
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Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:15 am |
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I got notification through my email there had been a reply to this topic, but it did not show up in my "watched topics" box here on cc  |
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Win
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Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:20 am |
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I checked the other posting as well. Gingerbread is a vital sugar art... does anyone else think this original thread should be nominated as a "sticky?'" It's chock-full-o vital information for gingerbread enthusiasts. |
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MBoyd
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Joined: Sep 12, 2007
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Location: Chicago suburbs
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Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:27 am |
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Didn't have time to read the whole thread, but I thought I'd throw these in here. I LOVE doing gingerbread competitions, but don't know if I'll have time this year. ( There's a gorgeous 1920's hotel on the river near where I live that I've been wanting to re-create in gingerbread for about 3 years now... oh well, there's always next year.... |
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-Tubbs
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Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:23 pm |
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Great thread!! I'm amazed by the wonderful structures you've all shared. Thanks!
I'm going to be making a gingerbread house to show and raffle off at a Christmas fair coming up at the end of November. I have my design ready, but I have a question: Does anyone know how to make a curved roof? I mean, so the slope has a whimisical curve to it. (not sure if that's clear... am thinking a little like a Japanese pagoda..?)
I'm wondering if I bake the gingerbread flat, take it out of the oven, quickly re-cut to get nice, clean lines, and then rest on a flexible cutting mat set at the right curve. Does that sound like it would work?
Thanks for any input from those more experienced than I!! |
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