Glitter, sewing ahead on 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” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain).

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, Inc. as well as MiniLou and Carta Bella Paper Co. She’s from Salt Lake City.

Emily Tatak is the Assistant Culinary Specialist with Wilton Brands LLC, 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 fabric landscape art, using organic sugar products, and making mini scrapbooks will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.

Sewing expert and designer, Cindy Losekamp will demonstrate how to do landscape art, which is similar to appliqué in that it uses smaller scraps of fabric and uses double stick fusible web to make placement easier. Her company is Sew Artfully Yours, and she’s from Cedar Grove, Indiana.

Pauline McKee is a natural sugar expert and marketing manager for Wholesome Sweeteners, Inc. in Sugarland, Texas. McKee will show how to prepare foods using organic products to ensure you know what your family is consuming.

Maria Nerius says that mini scrapbooks are really “hot” right now because they are less intimidating to make than a full-sized scrapbook. She will show several themed mini scrapbooks for special events and celebrations. She is the Creativity Expert for createforless.com in Portland, Oregon.

Candy melt cupcake toppers

Melt white and colored Candy Melts Candy separately in disposable decorating bags, according to package directions. Place circle cutter in jelly roll cake pan. Use melted white candy in decorating bag. Cut off the tip to fill the cutter about 1/8 inch thick. Use melted colored candy in another decorating bag to pipe five horizontal lines on white candy. Immediately use a toothpick to drag lines of candy from both sides of horizontal line. Remove cutter. Chill until firm, about 10 to 15 minutes. Using a spatula ice plain cupcakes and position candy melt topper on top of icing. Fast and easy to do!

Another easy technique is to use melted candy melts and outline a paper pattern with an initial. Use parchment paper to line a cookie sheet. If using a pattern, place pattern under the parchment paper. Instead of using a decorating tip, using the writing tip and trace the pattern or pipe letter free-hand. Chill in refrigerator 5-8 minutes. Use spatula, carefully lift shape away from parchment and place on a cupcake iced with 1M swirl.

“Creative Living” is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is produced at KENW-TV in Portales and carried by more than 118 PBS stations. Contact her at: [email protected]