Much Maligned Christmas Accoutrements

Truly Scrumptious · 12-17-2011, 01:52 PM

Okay, I admit to being a fruitcake maligner from way back, but I may have to change my tune.

The Great Fruitcake Recycling Project (http://www.fruitcakerecycling.com/)
has some fabulously crafty ideas for unwanted fruitcake. My favourites are:

hollowing it out and using as a festive picture frame
making a kitchen untensil caddy
making a Christmas wreath (beats the one we made out of trash bags)

I will definitely try this one:
Take out those bits of candied fruit nobody wants to eat and arrange them on foil. Spray them with Crystal Clear Acrylic to crystalize them. Then pour a clear casting resin over them and let it set. I'm going to make a mosaic with them.

Cin · 12-17-2011, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Truly Scrumptious

I will definitely try this one:
Take out those bits of candied fruit nobody wants to eat and arrange them on foil. Spray them with Crystal Clear Acrylic to crystalize them. Then pour a clear casting resin over them and let it set. I'm going to make a mosaic with them.

Not with my fruitcake you're not!!

Liam · 12-17-2011, 02:06 PM

I like fruitcake, I've never had any with frosting, so perhaps I should qualify that and say I like fruitcake without frosting. The gelled texture of the candied fruit combined with the crunchiness of pecans makes some good candy in my opinion; fruitcake is super sweet, a little goes a long way.

12-17-2011, 01:52 PM	#1
Truly Scrumptious Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: She's my mirror twin, my next of kin Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse Posts: 667 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,047 Thanked 1,757 Times in 548 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Fruitcake crafts! Okay, I admit to being a fruitcake maligner from way back, but I may have to change my tune. The Great Fruitcake Recycling Project (http://www.fruitcakerecycling.com/) has some fabulously crafty ideas for unwanted fruitcake. My favourites are: hollowing it out and using as a festive picture frame making a kitchen untensil caddy making a Christmas wreath (beats the one we made out of trash bags) I will definitely try this one: Take out those bits of candied fruit nobody wants to eat and arrange them on foil. Spray them with Crystal Clear Acrylic to crystalize them. Then pour a clear casting resin over them and let it set. I'm going to make a mosaic with them.

12-17-2011, 02:06 PM	#3
Liam Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Guy Preferred Pronoun?: He, Him, His Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Evergreen State Posts: 2,269 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 14,865 Thanked 6,875 Times in 1,861 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I like fruitcake, I've never had any with frosting, so perhaps I should qualify that and say I like fruitcake without frosting. The gelled texture of the candied fruit combined with the crunchiness of pecans makes some good candy in my opinion; fruitcake is super sweet, a little goes a long way. __________________ <3 Love is weird.