My theme is that landlubbers get Captain Whitebeard mixed up with Santa Claus. He is an alternate reality of Santa. He returns loot and booty to his not so nice islanders once a year and this rowdy crew gets attacked by an underwater beast. They do end up defeating it and celebrate by busting out the rum! My gingerbread components include the kraken head, ship and retention pieces “underwater”. Outside the ship, the tentacles and pirates are fondant and gum paste. The water and gems are isomalt.

This is our 20th year using GingerBread By Design (and its original website) patterns. We decided on the Gable design, increasing pattern size by 2x. We used the 3rd layout choosing to caddie corner the two houses. We used fondant for the stone lined windows, a candy chocolate rock path, and lots of gingerbread men details. The glass as always is poured boiled sugar/corn syrup which we feel makes the warmest glow with the 100 fairy lights. The roof is made with Bordeaux cookies and jimmies.

Wanted to do something whimsical this year. I used kisses, gum drops, chocolate candy drops, candy canes and fondant. Smoke stacks made of rock candy. Windows are gel sheets. The weather vanes on top of turret and front roof are make from rice paper, color printed on edible food color printer, then cut with Cricut machine. The court yard has gingerbread children ice skating and others watching from the balconies.

This is our home in Baldwin City Kansas. EVERYTHING except the lights is edible. Stonework was carved using a Dremel and enhanced with food coloring and tinted royal icing mortar. The windows are isomalt and the shrubs, edible moss. The deck railing is thin gingerbread and squid ink pasta. The siding, roof, snow and figures are fondant. The 2 figures are my girls enjoying their favorite winter activities. The cardinals are in memory of my father and mother-in-law who passed recently.

My entry is a scaled down replica of the Nutcracker stage I made last year for a televised competition. I didn't get to finish all the planned details, so this is my completed vision. Clara is sleeping and dreaming of dancing with the Nutcracker prince and the snowflake ballerinas. The stage, trees, furniture, walkway, fireplace and nutcrackers are made from various colors of gingerbread. Figures and drapes are fondant, while the puzzle reindeer are gingerclay. Royal icing holds it all together!

House is made entirely of gingerbread with the edition of wafer paper windows . The gingerbread was baked at longer lengths of times to vary colors along with varying amounts of food gel . The wafer paper windows were painted with food gel, glycerin and powdered food color.

I'll be Home for Christmas
themed similar to my home
Using gingerbread, chocolate, cast sugar, gum paste, royal icing

Completely edible and decorated all 4 sides.
Gingerbread, Fondant, Royal Icing, and Chocolate.
All handmade no forms.

Inspired by music and grand pianos. All edible. Gingerbread and Royal icing, edible marker

Santa's Workshop is dedicated to my three grandchildren, believers in Santa. It is a 360° display of Santa going over his naughty and nice list, Mrs. Claus making her gingerbread cookies, and the elves making the toys, all while the reindeer are having fun outside before the big day. It is made of gingerbread, fondant, isomalt, and royal icing. Everything on the display is 100% edible.

Inspired by Sonny Lee Robinson, this is my third attempt and second successful gingerbread house construction. Used Sugar Geek gingerbread recipe and candy canes, ribbon candy, starlights, royal icing, gumballs, gumdrops, candy sticks, lollipops, melted candy, fondant, skittles, it is 3 stories and 31” high.

Candy factory that grows candy on the tree then the factory makes the big candy into smaller candies. For the design I found a pretty mandala dots design that reminded me of little candies and then kept finding more for each side of the buildings. I also turned my original design of a clock tower into and stained glass tower.
I just love how colorful and bright this turned out and the intricacies of the designs.

The penguins and gingerbread folks have come together to enjoy all their favorite holiday activities! A dip in the hot tub, exploring the Northern light geode cavern, climbing the rock candy wall, ice sculpting w/ a tiny chainsaw and peeping out the windows to take in all the holiday fun. Windows, hot tub and ice sculpture are isomalt, the geode cavern/rock wall are dyed rock candy. Shingles are fondant. All characters are Wilton sugar decorations. Happy Holidays!

The inspiration for my house comes from the traditional Christmas Eve when Santa has arrived to deliver his gift's. My house is 2’ x 2’ and is 2 1/2 feet tall made of gingerbread. The roof is made from wheat thin crackers. I used Milano cookies for the benches, as well as Rolo’s for their legs. The porch is made of graham crackers and pretzels.
Windows are made of isomalt and trimmed with an assortment of candies. Trees are made from sugar cones. The wood pow is made from pretzel rods.

Santa’s sleigh awaits him after tending to his beloved reindeer stocking stuffers, and after welcoming the Odenton, Md. Black Bears hockey team to the North Pole! Structures are gingerbread, roofs are shredded wheat & pecans. Other accents: pretzels, licorice, peppermints. Mrs. Kringle loves her poinsettias and greenery touches!

Virginia Colonial being restored by a relative. Built in 1938

Backgrounds are all gingerbread. The star, trough water and well water are isomalt. Olive tree is made of modeling chocolate and wafer paper leaves. The Palm is gum paste and wafer paper. All characters and animals are gingerbread. Little people are gumpaste. Garden Wall and Arch is fondant. Fondant covers the end and upper room. The sand dunes are different sugars and cocoa powder. The shepherd's field is alfalfa and sage.

Mostly gingerbread barn, hill, sleigh & gifts, outline of pond - also incorporating marshmallow fondant for penguins with royal icing to finish

Deep in the woods, the forest gnomes hide. Their secret world of mushrooms houses, and fairy tales. Sneak in and you just may catch one!
The structure is made of Gingerbread, covered in pastillage. The forest floor is a mix of teas, seeds and nuts. The gnomes are gum paste and modeling chocolate. The ropes for the swing are corn husk, and the blonde gnome's hair is the corn silk. Other materials include gelatin for the half open window, a cereal/Gelatin/royal icing mix to fill the mushroom cap.

Gingerbread Carousel 2023. All is made of Gingerbread except the mirrors and the gold frames. I bought a 7" turn table (used for small item displays). The colors were an inspiration off the Hallmark Channel. (giggles) I used Fairy light underneath the top.