*** Current Delivery Times are running 2-3 weeks *** Watercolor Sketch Skull Duvet Bedding Sets Twin Duvet Cover / Cream Twin Starter Set / Cream Twin Standard Set / Cream Full/Queen Duvet Cover / Cream Full/Queen Starter Set / Cream Full/Queen Standard Set / Cream King Duvet Cover Only / Cream King Starter Set / Cream King Standard Set / Cream What is a Duvet Cover?  A Duvet Cover is a protective case for your comforter, similar to how a pillow case works to keep your pillow clean, usually with a snap or zippered closure at the bottom for easy removal.  I do not make comforters or duvets for your Duvet Cover, so if you don’t already have one or have the right size they can easily and inexpensively be purchased at any Big Box Store and come in lots of fills:  down (my personal favorite), polyester, cotton, feather, wool, blends, and more. My fabric has a smooth, quality, sheet-like weight and finish, we use a micro weave 100 GSM weight fabric designed to be lightweight, soft, beautiful, and durable. 

Our Duvet Covers and Pillow cases come with a solid CREAM Color reverse side. I use dye that binds to the fibers of the fabric so it’s fade and bleed resistant, is never stiff or tacky, and is always MACHINE WASHABLE! Our Duvet Covers have a hidden Zipper Closure at the bottom, and ties in the inside corners to keep your duvet from bunching up and slipping around. You may choose just a duvet cover, or a duvet cover and matching pillow case(s), as well as additional decorative pillows.  Wicker Patio Furniture No CushionsFollowing is a list of what is included in each set: Twin Duvet Cover 1 - 68” x 88" Twin Duvet CoverJapanese Lace Car Seat Covers Twin Starter Set 1 - 68" x 88" Twin Duvet Cover 1 - 20" x 30" Standard Lightweight Pillow Case   Twin Standard Set 1 - 68" x 88" Twin Duvet Cover 1 - 20" x 30" Standard Pillow Case 1 - 16” Decorative Pillow   Full Duvet Cover - Our Universal Full/Queen Size will fit a Full bed nicely but you will need to buy or already have an 88” x 88" Comforter Insert to use with our Full/Queen Sets.  Handheld Uv Light Vacuum Cleaner

The Full/Queen size will give you a couple extra inches of covers on each side to share.   Full/Queen Duvet Cover 1 - 88" x 88" Full/Queen Duvet Cover   Full/Queen Starter Set 1 - 88" x 88" Full/Queen Duvet Cover 2 - 20" x 30" Standard Pillow Case Full/Queen Standard Set 1 - 88" x 88" Full/Queen Duvet Cover 2 - 20" x 30" Standard Pillow Case 1 - 18” Decorative Pillow   California King Duvet Cover - Our Standard Standard King Size will fit a Cal King bed nicely but you will need to buy or already have a 104” x 88" Comforter Insert to use with our King Sets.  The Standard King size will give you a couple extra inches of covers on each side to share.   King Duvet Cover 1 - 104" x 88" King Duvet Cover   King Starter Set 1 - 104" x 88" King Duvet Cover 2 - 20'' X 36'' King Pillow Cases King Standard Set 1 - 104" x 88" King Duvet Cover 2 - 20'' X 36''King Pillow Cases 2 - 18" Decorative Pillows Celebrate Day of the Dead with your own sugar skulls! Watch a video about Festive Mexican Sugar Skulls on The Food Network

Want to throw a Sugar Skull Making party? Sugar Skulls are a traditional folk art from Southern Mexico used to celebrate Day of the Dead. Mounds of colorful sugar skulls are sold by Indian vendors in open air village markets during the week preceding the holiday. Spirits of the dead are welcomed back to their homes with beautifully decorated altars made by their loved ones. Sugar skulls, marigolds, candles, incense and special foods adorn home altars. Families take the flowers and sugar skulls to the cemetery to decorate the tombs on November 2. Sugar skulls are colorfully decorated with icing, pieces of bright foil, colored sugars and usually bear the name of the deceased loved one being honored. They are easy to make by children and adults, and if kept dry, they can last a year. 's Angela Villalba is the creator of the original sugar skull mold. We now have wonderful high quality molds - and all the right supplies that you need to create your own fabulous skulls. Check out our kits for large groups.

Make sugar skulls as part of your family tradition to remember your dear, departed loved ones. CAUTION - Do not make sugar skulls on a rainy or high humidity day. They will not turn out. Please don't forget the meringue powder! It's necessary for the sugar skull recipe. Meringue Powder Brand - It matters! Do not use meringue powder from hobby shops or cake supply shops as it's usually diluted and cut way too much for use with heavy granulated sugar. It's OK for icing, just it will not hold together sugar skulls! We get calls daily from teachers & folks who's sugar skulls are "sandy" and not sticking together and have a big mess on their hands and don't have enough time to get new meringue powder and redo the project. Start right from the beginning! After much testing, we recommend and sell CK Products meringue powder as it is very strong and one can count on it to create a good quality sugar skull. The only reliable meringue powder is from CK Products or the one sold in Sur La Table gourmet kitchen shops/ catalog.

Mix together well in large bowl 1 teaspoon Meringue Powder for every cup of granulated sugar used. Step 1 - Mix dry ingredients well. Step 2 - Sprinkle sugar mixture with 1 teaspoon water per cup of sugar used. Variation - Colored Skulls Most people prefer white skulls the first time they make them, but if you'd like colored sugar skulls, add paste food coloring TO THE WATER. For a 5 pound bag of sugar, use 1/4 cup meringue powder and 10 teaspoons of water. Yield 5 large skulls or 20 medium skulls or 100 mini skulls or any combination. For a 10 pound bag of sugar, use 1/2 cup meringue powder and 7 Tablespoons water. Yield 10 large skulls or 40 medium skulls or 200 mini skulls or any combination. Meringue Powder Conversion Table Meringue Powder is a MUST and cannot be omitted. It is difficult to find, but may be ordered in 4 oz, 8 oz or 1 pound packages on our sugar skull molds and supplies page. Meringue powder is what makes the sugar and the icing hard.

Its main ingredient is powdered dry egg whites & starch, but it also includes vegetable gum, cream of tarter, calcium lactate, malic acid & sodium aluminum sulfate. Powdered Sugar for Royal Icing 1 pound box = 3 2 pound bag = 7 cups (do not sift Powdered Sugar) Measurement: 3 teaspoons make a Tablespoon: 4 Tablespoons make 1/4 cup. But on this website, 7 Tablespoons (21 teaspoons) of Meringue Powder = 1/2 cup! (Please don't email me on this!) Sugar Skull making is not an exact science... we like easy measurements! Especially when measuring with kids. To Mix Sugar for Sugar Skulls Mix well with hands until every bit of sugar is moistened. If your fingerprints remain when you squeeze the sugar in your hand, it is ready to mold. It should feel like cool "beach sand." If it doesn't hold together, mixture is too dry. Remember, water sinks, so keep the sugar mixture mixed up frequently as you make your sugar skulls. I am a huge fan of your site and the sugar skull supplies I purchased from you.

Last year, I had a sugar skull decorating party and folks were just thrilled with the activity. I put together a couple of videos on how to make sugar paste and how to mold sugar paste using some molds I purchased from your site. They are pretty straightforward and short -- I thought you might have a use for them on your site. If you like them, please feel free to use them. in the videos because I so believe in the reliability of your products and service. Jennifer Hasegawa from San Francisco To Mold Sugar Skulls Pack sugar mixture FIRMLY into mold with special attention to chins & edges. Use a straight edge to scrape the back of the mold flat. Pack down some more until perfectly tight. Place a stiff cardboard square (approx. 5" x 6") over mold and invert immediately. Lift mold off carefully. Throw any "mistakes" back into your bowl, stir up and try again. If mix is too dry, spritz with a water bottle. Tip - is the sugar mix too wet? If all the sugar mixture does not fall out of mold easily, it is too wet.

Re-mix with a bit more sugar. Hand wash and dry your mold after every 5 skulls to avoid sticking. Most Sugar Skull makers will have a collection of molds to make the molding process more enjoyable. To Dry Sugar SkullsAll sizes of the molded sugar skulls need to air-dry on their card boards from 8 hours to overnight before they are ready to decorate. Medium and Mini skulls may be decorated after they are completely dry. Large skulls require a few more steps. They are a 2-piece mold, and must be "scooped out" after they are partially dry; start checking them in 5-6 hours. When the skulls feel dry enough to handle, hold skulls carefully and hollow both the back and the front out with a spoon, leaving the skull wall 1/2" thick. Do not scoop out the neck area. It's very important to scoop out the larger skulls as they are so thick, they trap moisture - AND they are so heavy that they slide apart if not scooped. Set the hollowed skulls upside down to continue drying until totally dry (approx. 12 hours).

When completely dry, dust off and assemble the front and back of the skull with a 1/4" bead of thick royal icing, either applied with a knife or squeezed from an icing bag (one side only). Align points on the back of the skull with the sides of the neck, and press the two sides together until they are firmly connected. The icing will ooze out a little. Drag your finger over the seam to remove excess icing. Try to do this with just one pass - touching the skull too much will make the icing look bad. Drag your finger across the base of the neck crack to remove excess icing. Lay skull aside to dry. When seam is dry, about 2 hours minimum, it is ready to decorate. Sugar skull blanks may be made up to a year ahead of time awaiting decorating. Just store in "breathable" boxes like cardboard. Not plastic lidded boxes. Sugar Skull Making Tip > Large Skulls The sugar "scoopings" from Large skulls will net about 50%. Sugar will be soft and moist and may be made into smaller skulls. This moist sugar may be stored in plastic tightly-topped box for a day or two.

When you're ready to use sugar, give it the hand-squeeze test. If too dry, spritz with the water bottle until it holds together again. Mix 2/3 cup water, 1/2 cup meringue powder and 2 pounds powdered sugar with an electric/stand mixer until icing peaks (about 9 minutes!) Don't mix up more than 2 pounds at a time. Keep in a tightly covered container. Royal icing is a cement type icing used for gingerbread house construction. It isn't very tasty, but it is strong, dries pretty and lasts. Use ONLY concentrated paste food colorings (NOT liquid food coloring from the grocery store!) Yes, we have 12 great colors on our sugar skull molds and supplies page. And a NEW Electric paste color kit! Mix icing & paste colors in disposable cups. Use pastry bags and metal decorating tips if you are a pro or into cake decorating. Yes, we have great disposable pastry bags on the Molds and Supplies page! Add 2-3 ounces of Royal Icing (no more than 1/4 full). Calculate each 5 pounds of sugar skulls will need 2 pounds of powdered sugar Royal Icing.