Borden: Glitter projects on upcoming show

Information on making projects with glitter, teaching kids to sew, and using candy melts as cupcake toppers will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon.

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Barbara Trombley is President of Art Institute Glitter, Inc., and she’s going to show how to use various glitter products to decorate plates, ornaments, books, candles, candle holders and even tissue boxes. Trombley lives in Cottonwood, Arizona.

Creative director and designer, Carina Gardner will demonstrate a variety of projects and patterns that are easy for kids to do as parents help them learn to sew. Gardner’s businesses include Carina Gardner as well as MiniLou and Carta Bella Paper Company. She’s from Salt Lake City, Utah.

Emily Tatak is the assistant culinary specialist with Wilton Brands and she’s going to demonstrate how to use candy melts as cupcake toppers. This is such an easy technique yet it gives one more use for delicious candy melt candies. She’s from Woodridge, Illinois.

Information on children’s books, creating a soothing home sanctuary, and making personal changes in our lives will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at noon and on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Rowena Fullinwider, owner of Rowena’s Foods in Norfolk, Virginia, is not only a great cook and the head of a large food company, she also writes children’s books based on the author’s real gourmet Jam and Jelly Factory.

Jill Roe, consultant with PartyLite, will focus on ways to transform an ordinary living space into a soothing home sanctuary that will rejuvenate the mind, body and soul with candles, fragrance, color and soothing music. She lives in Houston, Texas.

Author and motivational speaker Judi Moreo will talk about her newest book, “You Are More Than Enough” and tell how a person can change themselves beginning with their own personal feelings. She’ll discuss the “worry trap,” mentors, choices, goal setting, and other positive factors in our lives. Her company is Turning Points International and she lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Candy Melt Cupcake Toppers

• Melt your choice of colors of candy melts in disposable decorating bag, according to package directions. Melt a second color separately in another disposable bag.

• Line cookie pan with parchment paper. Place a 3-inch circle cutter on parchment. Use the first bag, with the end cut out, to fill the center of the cutter about 1/8-inch thick.

• Use the second bag, also with the end cut out, to pipe horizontal lines on the first candy. Then use a toothpick to drag lines through the candy in alternating directions.

• Place the pan in the refrigerator for 8-10 minutes, or until toppers begin to set. Carefully remove the cutter. Carefully remove the topper from the parchment with angled spatula.

• Fill a disposable decorating bag with the round 2A tip and buttercream icing. Pipe a small mound on top of a cupcake and then place the topper on the cupcake.

“Creative Living" is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations in the U.S., Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico and is distributed by Westlink.