Cookie Garden - unfinished!

Still to do: add raised royal icing transfer bees, ladybirds and butterflies, and flood border cookies in gold. If I waited til that was all done, I'd have missed the challenge deadline!
All the elements were specifically requested by the client, for her father's birthday. These are his favourite flowers, and he raises crested Orpington, aylesbury and mallard ducks.
I used a round coarse file to shape the cookies so they fit really tightly; my recipe is lovely but does spread a little!

So beautiful!!!

I am a HUGE gardener, and I have to say, not only are columbines some of my very favorite flowers, but yours are SPECTACULAR!!! You captured every last detail. I so want to print this one and frame it on my wall.  Or, contact Springbok and have them make a real puzzle out of this scene.  So lovely!  *sigh*

Amazing! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Wonderful set!

A ma zing

Love it!

Beautiful! 

Amazing!!

Totally gorgeous!

This is absolutely the most awesome cookie I have ever seen.  I hope you will post it again when you get it completed.  You are talented for sure.

A very well thought out and executed fantastic idea !!! I love it !!!!!

Whoa - This is amazing! Love your work Lucy.

Absolutely awesome! Such work of art!

your work is gorgeous and inspiring!

Upon my Word Lucy that is absolutely Beautiful and full of so much detail already, I can't wait to see the finished cookies so I can Oooh and Ahhh again! Wondferful Stupendous work as always XX

I love it!!

So beautiful!!

This is exquisitely beautiful Lucy!  I enjoy looking at it (studying it!) so much!!

Jaw dropping, stupendous!  You are one terrific lady, painter...  You have so much vision!  I love this set!  Yeah, yeah, yeah, I have questions but I don't know where to start.  Hmmmmm?  First, ditto to all comments.  It looks like you hand-piped the ducks, tomatoes and flowers, then detailed - right?  Did you hand-cut the pieces or did you use a cutter, then filed down to fit (getting around those curves must have - had to be (is for me lol) very tedious (I usually break them lol).  So unfinished means that you have a few more details to add (as in your comment).  We will see the finished set?  Putting you in a big air balloon for the ride of your life!  You are a favorite.  I know I'll never be displeased by your work. 

Dona, I shall be photographing the finished set properly tomorrow. There's raised elements on top, and a border. I just wanted to get something in for the challenge - it was very nearly just the blank cookies! I shall write up a blog post for my website on all the details soon. Thank you for your comments :-)

WOah, I lost my jaw somewhere on the floor... this is absolutely incredible! I could look at this for hours.

Hermoso!!! Bello y divino!!

Swooning over this breathtakingly beautiful set! Gorgeous details! Missing my Dad today but seeing this brings joy to my spirit and makes me think back fondly to the years we had ducks and all his beautiful gardening! You truly produce exquisite edible art Lucy! ❤️

Lucy, thanks for responding.  Your web site, not youtube?  I have to find your site again.  I've been there but failed to pin it to my favs.  Anyway, if I could I'd put you on a magic carpet and send you awhirl in the sky.  (no belly dancing on that capet lol.)  I always look forward to your posts, pics, tutorials, everything about you and from you.  I know my limits and that I could never do your work. 

You don't have to respond to this comment.  I just like people to know that they aren't ignored. 

Ha ha Dona you make me smile! Yes, my website/blog, honeycatcookies.co.uk, not YouTube, as I've not video'd this set. :-)

So beautiful!

So the finished product/video is on the UK site and will not be here?  Jotting the url   now I have to remember to pin it to my favs   (I thought I had but can't find it;  I pinned someone else  sweetmike (?) and It didn't take, did it again, and it's placed somewhere else -  alas!  woe is me!)     Okay   I love everything you do    I wish I could do it    I hope to only make you smile   thump your chest and roar like a lady lion     lol          and I hope that when I do try your work  I don't make you feel ill    hahhahaaaaaaaaaaaa   

Hi Dona, it's not written up yet, but I shall post photos on here, and write about it on my blog, as my photos aren't suitable for a proper tutorial here.

Wonder!

OH MY STARS LUCY!!! You've raised the bar…this is absolutely incredible. Utterly amazing. Strikingly beautiful… I could go on and on. WOW, I would say I'm speechless but I've rambled on and on haven't I!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!

Like everyone else, I am speechless. Your cookies are fantastic. I don't think I could even cut my cookies to look that nicely. Then to ice, pipe, paint, etc everything that's on them. This work of art is a masterpiece. WOW, that's all I can say now....WOW

Love it!

amazing!

Incredible!

Lucy,  you say it's not finished?  O my gosh, It's absolutely gorgeous!  It's ready for framing!