The first project is oh-so-simple, but they will make a lovely addition to your next tea party!  A sweet little garden of flowering sugar cubes.  Pretty and petite, perfect for stirring into your best English Breakfast or Earl Grey.

* Brown or white sugar cubes
* Small, edible royal icing flowers (click here for our selection)
* Edible “glue” ~ royal icing, melting wafers, and clear scripting gel work nicely

A very simply project, indeed.  Simply apply a dot of your “glue” to a sugar cube and gently press the sugar flower on top.  Royal icing should dry in a few hours.  Melting wafers will harden within 30 minutes.  The clear gel needs to sit overnight, (and may not dry completely solid in heavy humidity, you’ll have to experiment with that.)  I used the clear gel because it is hands-down the quickest!  Ready to use right out of the tube.  If you are going to package the sugar cubes for gift-giving, royal icing would be your best option – and wouldn’t a little bag of these make a perfectly charming gift?

One lump or two?  Of course I had to try them out myself, and they certainly sweeten your tea in a most delightful way.  Sometimes, and you never know quite when it will happen, the sugar dissolves just right and the little flower will float to the surface, drifting gently and quietly in your teacup.

I doubt you could find anything more magical.  Except, maybe in Wonderland.