I love the colors of Christmas, and was inspired when I saw a picture of Christmas colored half-timber buildings in Germany. I wanted to go big & put to use all the new techniques I've learned over the past year. Village Shoppes is 100% edible, made of construction grade gingerbread & covered in baked gingerbread bricks & stones. The half-timbers are made of gingerclay. The trees are gingerclay glued with isomalt onto ice cream cones with cinnamon stick trunks. Includes a toy store, pub & bakery.