Sugar burns

Oh, the blisters! We did pulled sugar last night. Even with 2 pairs of gloves, I burned my thumb and first two fingers as soon as I started working my sugar. Of course, you need your thumb to shape the rose petals and leaves we had to make, so I spent about 2 hours pressing my blistered thumb into a mass of hot sugar, while a heat lamp burned the top of my fingers. I feel like such a wimp.

Here are some of the roses we made.

We did lots of pretty ribbons.

I love this ribbon. I wish I had made it.