Vicky Yorke Designs

Following on from last week's post on chocolate moulds, I thought I would today show you some cake stencils that I have also designed for Sweetly Does It . The stencils provide an easy way to decorate cakes and come in a variety of designs from filigree swirls to 'Happy Birthday' and Christmas motifs. I am not known for my cake decorating skills, so luckily for me a more skillful baker has shown how the stencils can be used to make unique cake designs. It looks so simple perhaps I will actually give it a go...! Images copyright Kitchen Craft 2012

One of the more unusual projects I have undertaken in recent months was designing a set of moulds for chocolate making for 'Sweetly Does It'. Although I have designed lots of craft based products in the past this was particularly interesting as I had to think about how the chocolate would be built up in painted layers to create the finished sweet treats. I really love the process of how my illustrations can become a product, especially craft products where they then help other people to make things. I'm very relieved to see that the moulds work perfectly! Not only is chocolate making a lot of fun to do, but the finished results would also make a lovely homemade gift. Luckily I have also designed some complimentary gift bags, which could be used for presenting the finished chocolates or any sweet treats of your choosing! You can find out more about the moulds and gift bags   here. Images copyright Kitchen Craft 2012.

I was recently browsing online on Amazon when I came across some laptop sleeve designs I created for the Rawsharc brand. I had so much fun with these designs as the brief was for a real lifestyle / surfy feel. They are available in a variety of sizes and the  Rawsharc Floral and Rawsharc Camo designs are also available in co-ordinating pencil cases from Helix. After this discovery I Googled another product that I worked on around the same time called the 'Skoodle' pencil case set. I particularly enjoyed working on this project as I came up with the concept for sketching and doodling on your pencil case following attending focus groups with children where they told me this was something that they really wanted to do. I then came up with packaging and branding - and the really nifty thing about this product is that when the child is bored with their doodle they can pop the case in the washing machine and all the ink is removed ready for them to start a new design. This was a

As I mentioned in my last post, some craft cards and boxes that I made were used to decorate the demonstration area of a craft hour on QVC on Monday. I think it's fair to say that you needed to look quite carefully to spot them among all the lovely cards by other designers that were also on display, but it was still exciting to see my designs on the TV! You can (just about!) see my boxes in this shot:

I recently made a number of craft cards using some embossing boards and craft papers I have previously designed - I'm very excited as they will be shown as part of a craft feature on QVC tomorrow at 4pm! They are a bit fragile though so I just hope they don't fall apart on TV!