I was called upon recently to do a baby shower cake...actually this is the second done in a matter of a couple months! Seems to be bumper crop season for new babes in our church.
Most of my craft making...if not just my imagination..have come from self teaching books. When I started crafting...years ago! Again..we will not mention age here!
We did not have Internet video lesson resources! There is now a multitude of learning tutorials available online! WOW!!! so much to glean! Martha thought she had a handle on the crafting corner of the world...but I'm afraid there are many many talented people out there...and some are just sweet housewives! (my husband tells me I am..so therefore...I guess I can include myself here!)
It all began in How To Books with my cake decorating days. No, Cake Decor for Dummies books then. (these are great books, by the way) I once again do give credit here to a Christian lady whose cake decorating labours I admired and thus compelled me to try my hand at "cake decor". She was a very busy lady and at the time I inquired of some help she lent me a book and a few cake decorating tools she had and said...
"Give it a try!"....and so I did.
This was to be my first child's ..."First Birthday" cake! An extra incentive to do something very special. I'd try...Whinnie the Pooh!
One of the tools of the trade just happen to be a Whinnie the Pooh cake pan!
I read through a little booklet on using a decorating tip that made little stars. I was anxious to get started!
In my beginning steps of cake decor...I didn't think about the full presentation...so my first cake was turned over onto an old browned cookie sheet!
GASP! how horrible! (now in the present tense!)
Yep, I've come a long way now with doilies and silver platters!
Here is just a glimpse of some cakes....
This one is suppose to be an Aircraft Carrier. We used LEGOS for the control tower and the candles pushed down in the cake, made perfect runway lights! Of course one of my son's metal airplanes fit perfect. He was very surprised and happy. An all BOY cake!
The cake below..I actually got paid for making! It is a boat with the little boys name on the flag. Sorry it is blurry. It was a cute Nautical cake. I also made a small round cake to look like a life preserver to match the theme...this was a First Birthday and for the little guy to enjoy all by himself!
I hope you enjoyed the journey into cake land! and inspired to try it yourself. It is so much fun. You can even purchase little plastic figurines at the Dollar Store and put on a cake and decorate around it to bring out a theme. Use your imagination and no telling what you will discover in your crafting journey!
God bless...
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Proverbs 31:27
4 comments:
I've always loved the cakes you've decorated! This is one area I do not have much natural talent in. I've given it a try, but the results weren't very good. For now, I'll just put my orders in with "Hope's Bakery" ;)
You are so good at this! I really like the peas in a pod cake. Too, cute!
oh...you are a multi-talented woman..I am sure because of that..you have saved your family lots of $$$ through the years.
Deby
Okay Pam...HOPE's Bakery and Quilt SHOPPE..serving TEA too!
Elaine...the peas matched the idea of the wallpaper in the baby's room. It was a fun challenge.
Deby...yep...and believe it or not I did not set a price and the man who ordered this cake through my daughter..paid me $65!! of course I had the 1st b'day cake with it.
I was happy!
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