A Masterpiece!!

Wow, three beautiful cakes made, decorated, & delivered. We didn't get much sleep this weekend & we had some trying times with the kids but all went well in the end. It really is funny when people ask us if we can do a cake. They think that we don't have a life sometimes & should just be able to do these with no problem, wrong. I mean there was a lot going on this weekend, mainly on Deb's side, that we had to work around. We figured that two cakes we can work with but three is pushing it. If we don't have anything else to do & if we're getting paid then fine we'll squeeze in another one, but in reality three was a bit much.

This cake we started yesterday. It was for Douglas' 9th birthday, which happens to be today. He wanted a Pokemon, so we did Pikachu. We did one of these in May which turned out really good but the frosting kept falling off the sides so this time we frosted the whole cake instead of using our star tip for the whole thing. I don't know what it was about this cake but I kept sticking my arm into it. This morning I was doing something & I ended up putting my pants into it too. I know it sounds weird & I'm not sure how I did it but it did happen.

We baked Matt's cake yesterday & decorated it today. Deb did most of it & then I finished it off while she was at a meeting. Schane' comes in & looks at the cake & said "wow mom, you're doing a great job without Deb". I almost wanted to scream. I couldn't believe she said that to me. She's seen my cakes & my flowers that I have made without Deb & here she tells me that. Luckily she's only 8 so I just smile & say thanks. Everybody else that I have told got a great laugh out of it though, including me, now.

So Matt's cake is Wall-E. I highly recommend this movie if you haven't seen it. While we were at Michael's the other day Matt said that he wants a Spongebob cake for next year. Deb & I said that we would add that to the list that is going to change about a million times between now & then. I told Deb yesterday that I actually do have a Spongebob cake pan so at least we wouldn't have to buy one. And yes, we made cupcakes too, in all our spare time.

I saved the best for last. We are so proud of our masterpiece. We call it that because we haven't done anything like it before. We didn't even read the directions, just went totally off of a picture.

We found the picture off of the Wilton website & knew that this is what we wanted to attempt. I am going to post the pics that lead up to the final outcome. It's called A Planter's Paradise.

Deb working on the seed packet.

Seed packet & flowers all into place.

The shovel, clay pot, & seed packet all in place. The leaves are lined up on the bottom.

Our masterpiece, A Planter's Paradise.

These are two close ups that I thought that you might like. You probably have a zillion questions so let me answer a few for you. Practically

everything is edible. The only thing you can't eat is the wire that is holding the flowers & clay pot up. Yup, that's right, it's all edible. Everything is made out of fondant. We had to start this Friday night because there was so much to do & we needed it to get hard. The "dirt" in the pot & on the shovel is a cupcake. The creative genius behind the whole thing, Deb. The look, PRICELESS.

I crack myself up. I can just hear Deb telling me what a dork I am. Ah, who cares. This last cake is for my roommate, Joan. Tomorrow or it might be today already is her birthday. She is the big "60". HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOAN!!!