As the days start to get longer and the sun currently doing his best to shine brightly in the winter sky, wouldn’t it be great to take a drive out of the city in a lovingly restored vintage car with the top down, soaking up the sunshine with the promise of spring just around the corner? We could gather some wild mushrooms for supper and take time to smell the flowers. Then on the way home stop off at the beach, gather seashells, and let the dogs out for a run to chase the seagulls. Then as the sun makes his premature departure, we can go home, stoke up the fire and snuggle down with the cats, and do some knitting. However, if the sun refuses to shine and the thought of riding in an open top car during the pine pollen season just makes you want to sneeze, then you can always create the fantasy at home while dreaming of brighter days.

This week we have a collection of new silicone craft moulds instore that can help you create the romantic dream of a pleasure trip to the country and seaside in an open top vintage car.

We have three new vintage car silicone craft moulds. These silicone craft moulds are not only great for use with fondant and polymer clay, but they can also be used to cast low melting temperature metals such as pewter. The food-safe silicone moulds will withstand temperatures of up to 350 degree Celsius.

Vintage Car Silicone Craft Mould For Cake, Sugar, Polymer Clay & Resin Craft

Vintage Car Silicone Craft Mould For Cake, Sugar, Polymer Clay & Resin Craft

Vintage Car Silicone Craft Mould For Cake, Sugar, Polymer Clay & Resin Craft

We have added a new small three rose silicone mould to our popular rose mould collection, as well as a mushroom mould and a small daisy soap/chocolate mould.

Roses x 3 Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating, Clay & Resin Crafts

Three Mushroom Fungi Silicone Craft Mould For Sugar, Cakes, Chocolate & Clay Crafts

Daisy Flower Silicone Craft Mould For Chocolate Fondant Soap Clay & Resin Craft

We have added a seven puppy dog face mould, as well as a bone and paw print mould, and a six cat & kitten themed mould to our  Animal, Fish & Pet Silicone Moulds sub-section.

 

Puppy Dog Face Silicone Craft Mould For Cake, Clay, & Resin Crafts

Paw & Bone Dog, Cat Silicone Craft Mould

Cats & Kitten Silicone Craft Mould For Cake, Sugar, Clay & Resin Craft Projects

Staying with the cat-theme we have added a new cat chocolate mould to our Chocolate Making sub-section, which consists of one large cat and six smaller sized cats.

Cat Kitten Silicone Craft Mould For Chocolate, Cake, Sugar, Clay & Resin Crafts

Inside our Nautical Sea Themed sub-section, we have a new seagull silicone mould and a new seashell mould.

Seagull Bird Silicone Craft Mould For Cake, Sugar, Chocolate, Clay & Resin Craft

Seashell Silicone Craft Mould For Clay, Resin, Sugar & Cake Craft Projects

We also have a collection of four different knitted patterned silicone texture moulds. These moulds are great for creating an interesting textured background. Impress and/or roll your fondant/clay onto the moulds, then cut out with an interesting shaped cookie cutter, and add embellishments on top made from any of our other silicone moulds.

Knitting Texture Silicone Impression Mould For Cupcake Decorating & Polymer Clay

 

Lastly, we have added two new tissue cut polymer clay blades. These thin flexible cutting blades are perfect for thinly slicing off layers of clay when creating faux wood, stone, marbling patterned clay or for cutting slices from your beautiful jelly rolls.

Long Flexible Stainless Steel Clay Cutting Blades 2PC Set 10 cm x 20 cm

 

Did you know that some of the first cakes baked where small loaves of sweet bread? Look how far we have come. Home bakers should not be intimidated by the elaborate cakes being made today. You do not need to be a pastry chef to make beautiful cakes, you just need the know-how and practice. Of course, the right tools will go a long way in your cake decorating endeavours. Here are a few ideas you might like to try.

 

Every cake worth merit starts with a smooth icing. The cake needs to cool completely before it is iced and decorated. To keep crumbs from ending up in your icing and ruining the look of your cake, start with a thin base coat of frosting that is not quite as stiff as the regular layer will be. Jam thinned with water is also a good option. Once this coat is on, set the cake in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. This will set the icing and any crumbs will be caught in this first layer. Now you can spread a regular layer of icing without worrying about crumbs.

Fondant Cake Icing Polisher & Smoother

Use an icing spatula to apply and smooth the second coat of icing. Once the icing is on the cake, start smoothing on the sides by running the spatula around the perimeter of the cake. One trick for smoothing the frosting is to dip a metal icing spatula in cold water, this will aid in smoothing the frosting. To smooth the top, dip the spatula in cold water and holding it horizontally over the top of the cake. Start at the point farthest from you, holding the spatula in both hands, skim the top of the icing by bringing the spatula straight toward you.

Cake Making Plastic Scrapper Tool Set – 3 Piece Set

Stainless Steel Dough/Pastry Scraper & Ruler – 2nd

Simple Designs

Some cake decorators say learning to smooth the icing is the hardest part of cake decorating. Practice will make you a pro in no time. Once you have it down, show it off, even a cake without many decorations that is clean and smooth will make a perfectly elegant offering. A cake decorating turntable helps ensure all sides of your iced cake are evenly finished.

Food Grade Plastic Turntable For Cake Decorating & Sugar Craft

 

To apply a textured look for your buttercream cake icing, use a saw-tooth comb, available from Horoeka House online craft store.

Saw-Tooth Triangle Icing Scraper

 

Instead of icing, cake tops can be dusted with powdered sugar. You can choose to use a stencil for a more decorated appearance, or just the powdered sugar for a clean look. Horoeka House has a new range of cake decorating stencils due in store in September.

Fondant a smooth white paste is used in professional cake decorating. Fondant is kneaded and rolled to cover cakes with a sleek smooth layer of icing. It is also used to make designs that are 3-D. It is less tasty than buttercream, but the cake will look sleek and elegant

Food-safe silicone craft moulds make it easy to create edible fondant decorations. The use of sprinkles, candy, nuts, and coconut pressed into the icing before it sets, will make your cake stand out.

 

 

Fondant cutters are another simple way to add simple yet pretty embellishments to your cakes. You can get as complex or simple as you desire. A fondant shape cut out with one of the many metal cookies cutter stocked by Horoeka House, with a simple fondant plum blossom flower or lace bow can make the simplest of cupcakes look beautiful.

Metal Cookie Cutters / Mould

Plum Spring Flower Blossom Fondant Craft 4pc Plastic Punch Cutter Set

Lacey Bow Cut & Emboss Cake & Clay Craft Cutter Set

 

This week we have a new selection of silicone craft moulds in as well as peony flower fondant cutting tools, needle felting tools, aromatherapy pendants, jewellery making tweezers and clay modelling tools.

First up is a new roll-up peony flower and leaf fondant cutting set. This set is very similar to the popular roll-up rose making cutter set.  The roll up flower cutters create stunning larger size blooms for your cakes and this new peony set has the handy addition of a leaf cutter.

Roll-Up Peony Flower & Leaf 3PC Plastic Cutter Set

Keeping with the peony theme, we have a new set of three peony leaf stainless steel cutters, which work well with the stainless steel peony petal cutters.

3PC Peony Leaf Stainless Steel Cookie Cutter Set

For general craft work or jewellery making and beading, we have a new set of long nose curved tweezers instore, which making delicate jobs and picking up those tiny beads much easier.

Curved Jewellery Long Nose Tweezers For Beading & General Craftwork

For clay sculptors, we have two new stainless steel modelling tools in store. A stainless steel wire brush tool and a stainless steel needle tool.  These tools can be purchased individually and work well the six small loop cutting tools we already sell. They have a rough textured grip which helps when your hands are wet or slippery. These tools are also very handy for fondant modelling and sugarcraft work.

Stainless Steel Needle Tool For Modelling & Sculpting Clay & Other Craft Mediums

Stainless Steel Brush Tool For Clay & Polymer Clay Modelling

We also have just in some longer size flexible cutting blades which are perfect for cutting your polymer clay canes.

Long Flexible Stainless Steel Clay Cutting Blades 2PC Set 10 cm x 20 cm

 

Inside the Horoeka House Jewellery Store, we have some new aromatherapy pendants. These cute pendants come with a small felt ball that you add a few drops of your favourite essential oil or fragrance onto, so you can get the benefit and enjoyment all day from wearing and personalised scent around your neck. The charms come with a 60cm chain but you can also remove the charms from the chain and add to your favourite bracelet or earrings.

Aromatherapy Diffuser 60cm Pendant – Elephant Design With Multi-Coloured Pompom

Aromatherapy Diffuser 60cm Pendant – Dove Design With Multi-Coloured Pompom

Aromatherapy Diffuser 60cm Pendant – Bee Design With Multi-Coloured Pompom

Aromatherapy Diffuser 60cm Pendant – Heart Design With Multi-Coloured Pompom

For needle felters who are looking to work on larger projects we have an eight needle wooden felting tool just in. The tool unscrews and the needles can be easily replaced when they have worn or broken. You find replacement needles inside our needle felting subsection.

8 x Needle Wooden Felting Tool For Needle Felting

The new silicone craft moulds in include, sunflowers, roses and blossom/bird themed collection moulds. You can use these versatile theme silicone moulds to create small embellishments for cupcakes or gift cards or larger more elaborate tiered celebration cakes.

Birds & Blossom Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating & Clay Crafts

Rose Flower Stems Silicone Craft Mould For Sugar Craft, Cakes & Polymer Clay

Sunflower Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating & Clay Crafts

We also have a selection of new leaf designs which are also handy additions to your craft supply collection. Leaves can be used as a stand-alone decoration or as part of a larger design.

Leaves Silicone Craft Mould For Sugar & Cake Craft As Well As Polymer Clay

 

Fern Leaf Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating & Polymer Clay Craft

Leaf Silicone Craft Mould For Fondant, Polymer Clay & Other Craft Mediums

Check out our Leaf & Petal Silicone Craft Mould subsection for more designs.

For fun, we have added a larger sized hot air balloon mould and a handsome horse in full gallop.

Hot Air Balloon Silicone Polymer Clay Cake Craft Mould – Large Size

Horse Silicone Craft Mould For Cake Decorating, Sugar Craft & Polymer Clay Craft

We are constantly bringing in new craft products to help and inspire you, so check in again soon to see what new products we have in store, and subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to receive news or coupon deals and sale notices along with handy crafting tips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Needle Punch Tool has arrived back in store this week. This tool comes with two threading tools and is a fun tool to learn needle punch embroidery with.

Needle Punch Tool with 2 x Needle Threaders

 

50% off the popular Turtle Silicone Craft Mould

25% off Love & Romance Silicone Craft Moulds

25% off all Silicone Ice Moulds

 

To commemorate Saturday night’s Super Moon and the Perseid Meteor Shower event on Monday & Tuesday, Horoeka House has reduced the price on silicone ice moulds, our popular turtle mould, and all love and romance silicone craft moulds.

The full moon is traditionally seen as a time when emotions run high and especially beneficial for love. Horoeka House has a large range of heart shaped silicone craft moulds ranging in size from small to large. Whether you want to create a polymer clay trinket for gift cards or a quick fondant heart for the top of your cupcakes, wedding keepsakes, romantic cameo jewellery, or vintage handmade soap you will find a craft mould to suit your purpose inside the online Horoeka House Craft Stores Heart & Love Themed Silicone Mould subsection.

I Love U Rose Heart Silicone Craft Mold For Sugar Craft & Soap Making

Decorative Floral Heart Silicone Craft Mold

Bride & Groom Wedding Silicone Cake Craft & Polymer Clay Mold

Heart Shaped Silicone Soap & Baking Craft Mould

Heart Alphabet Letter Silicone Cake & Polymer Clay Craft Mould

Cherub Silicone Cameo Craft & Fondant Mould

Heart Shaped Silicone Baking Muffin Cups – 6pc

The Perseid meteor shower will be visible in New Zealand on Monday, August 13^th & Tuesday 14^th. If you fancy planning a get-together to view the meteor shower you will find an interesting range of silicone ice moulds inside the Horoeka House Ice Cube Tray subsection.

Perhaps you fancy some night owl ice cubes or frosty vampire teeth in your drink of choice while you watch the meteor shower, or rather you may prefer a chocolate spoon in your hot chocolate to ward off the chilly winter night.

Spoon 6 Cavity Silicone Chocolate Craft Mould

Vampire False Teeth Silicone Craft Mould

Owl Cavity Silicone Craft Mould

The Perseid meteor shower is comprised of fragments from Comet Swift Turtle so we have also reduced the price of our popular turtle silicone mould by 50% for this weekend only, but be quick as stock is limited.

Silicone Sea Turtle Craft Fondant Mould

If you would like to find out more about viewing the Perseid Meteor Shower click on the link below to view an interactive map of the sky showing the position of the meteor shower over Auckland.

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/perseid.html

 Sale starts Saturday 11^th August 2018

Sale ends Wednesday 15^th August 2018

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• Sale price is limited to stock    available in store only