Cake Decorating Preparation

I have my second Wilton cake decorating class tonight so last night I had to get everything prepared for class tonight.  This includes making an 8 inch round cake and using the remaining cake batter to make cupcakes.  Then you have to make the decorator’s icing.  Let me tell you this icing is NOT the least bit healthy, it is almost purely vegetable shortening (Crisco) and powdered sugar, there are a few other ingredients but that is the majority of it.  However, it tastes good surprisingly enough. 

We are making a rainbow cake tonight so we had to color our frosting as well.  We had to make light blue for the sky and then 4 other colors for the rainbow itself.  I will have to post a picture of the finished cake but here is a picture of my colors: 

I love this class!  I am learning so much and it is one of those skills that I will use for the rest of my life I imagine.  My kids will have the best homemade decorated cakes ever!  HAHA!

Now I need to get creating for the next craft fair on December 3^rd.  The last craft fair I sold so much inventory that I really need to get busy making more for the next one.

I hope everyone is doing well, have you guys started any new adventures?  I would love to hear about them!

Christmas at the Crossroads

Yesterday I participated in a craft show at the King of Glory Lutheran Church in Billings, Montana, and it was a SUCCESS!  I was very pleased with how everything went.  I met a ton of people and I got invited to do another show on December 3^rd at the Shrine Auditorium in Billings as well.  This was pretty awesome considering I do not have very much inventory left after this show!  I am going to have to get busy if I am going to be able to do this next show.  I am quite excited to know that my work has caught the eye of others enough to be invited to even more shows!  Not to mention all the wonderful people who actually bought stuff this weekend.

 At first things were a little slow and then they picked up and died down again, though the show only went from 9am – 2 pm.  Just the perfect amount of time I think.  The next one goes from 9am – 8pm.  This could be interesting.  There were a few things I noticed people saying over and over again.  1) I make cards as well, yours are awesome but I just can’t buy them (thinking but you will steal my ideas) and 2) they are really cute! And then they walk away without a purchase!  So crazy!  There was another lady there that was selling cards as well, she said she was not really successful.  So I guess more people were buying my cards instead of hers, so that is a plus I guess.   

How was your guys weekend?  Did you have any fun craft shows that you were in or attended?  What other adventures were happening?  Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

XOXO,

Adventures in Cake Decorating

Well Tuesday night was tons of fun.  It was really fun to learn all the basics of how to bake the best cake, how to fill a cake, make smooth frosting, how to make frosting, etc.  You never really realize how much work goes into something until you give it a go yourself.  I now truly respect the cost of a well decorated cake.  That has been the major eye opener so far, the cost of getting everything you need to be able to do a quarter of what these professionals are able to do!  But in the end, I could be one of these professionals so that is kind of cool and exciting! 

There are 7 people in our class this round.  All but one person is mother-daughter, so that is kind of cool.  My mom is a natural at this stuff!  I was really impressed with her stars on her cookies last night.  Sorry I do not have a picture of her cookies to share, probably best! HAHA!  I’m excited for next week! 

Tuesday night we decorated cookies after she went through all the basic stuff of making the icing and filling the bags and such.  So that was fun. Here is what my first cookies look like: 

Next week we are actually doing a cake, which means that we have to bake a cake for class, make the icing; mind you it also needs to have 5 colors plus the plain white.  This could get interesting.  It is super fun though and if you get the chance I highly suggest that you look into taking a class.  It is a little expensive to get started, but what new hobby isn’t?  I cannot wait to show you my progress through this new adventure in my life. 

Now I need to practice my new skills and prepare for the craft fair this weekend.  I still have quite a bit to do for that as well.  Never a dull moment in the life of a working crafter I suppose. 

Is anyone else out there trying a new craft/hobby?  What are you guys trying? 

XOXO,

I’m Trying My Hand At…

…Cake Decorating!!!  It should be really fun!  I am super excited to try my hand at this new experience.  It starts tonight at 6:30pm mountain time at Michaels.  My mom and I are trying this new adventure together.  It is pretty exciting.  We went and got our materials for the class on Sunday and that night I felt like a child getting ready for their first day of school.  I was putting all my tips, decorating bags, nails, etc in my new case and getting everything ready to go for the first day!  Yeah, I am just a little excited!  

In other news, I will also be doing a craft fair this weekend at the King of Glory Lutheran Church on Grand Avenue in Billings, Montana.  It’s my first official craft fair and I am also super excited for that as well!  I hope to see you all there as well!

Hope everyone is having a great day and I will try to get pictures of my Denver trip up soon.  I have to admit I have not even downloaded them myself.  Yeah, I have been a little busy getting ready for new adventures and the craft fair! 

Stay Tuned! 

XOXO,