The cake that almost killed me

This cake was so much work!!! For starters I thought that I pretty much knew how to do it and so I didn't practice any of it before hand, opps. That would have saved a good 10hrs of work. I peeled the fondant off twice and redid it until I got the pleats to look the way I wanted. The flowers were a pain until I finally went and bought some gumpaste instead of trying to just add tylose powder to my fondant. And the stand that I ordered still hasn't come!! So I haven't to improvise a little to use the other stand that I have, which is the same, only smaller. So I have to set the cake on top of the rim instead of down inside it, it has a small lip around the edge. So the base isn't finished in the pic yet. I need to go get some ribbon tomorrow to glue around the edges to you can't see the boards.
So basically I'm exhausted. My ankles and feet look like they belong to Fred Flintstone, and my kitchen is covered in a layer of powdered sugar that may never come off. Here is the original picture that the bride sent me. I think I came pretty close. What do you think. If this is the picture of the cake you wanted would you be happy with the end result? Obviously this is staged much better than mine, Hopefully I can get some good pictures when I go deliver it tomorrow and have the base finished.

Yay for Craigslist

Our latest find on craigslist. $40. Sweet.

Deanna's Cake

My friend Deanna had a 50th Anniversary party today for her parents and asked me if I could make a cake for it. I love the ribbon that she chose and the way it all came together. It is so much fun to do cakes for friends and family, so much better than doing it for a stranger. So here it is :) I love it. I think it's one of my very favorites so far.

Amost half way!!

Wow I can't believe I am almost at 20 weeks! That happened fast. I love this part since I can finally feel the baby moving around a little and I'm finally starting to look pregnant and not just chubby. I used the timer on my camera to take this picture, and was surprised at how big I look already! I didn't think I was showing that much, although I've been in maternity clothes since about 10 weeks so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. But unlike every other pregnancy I haven't gained much weight yet so that's been really nice.


So wondering what we decided about having the baby at home? We decided against it since we're a little farther away from the hospital than we'd like in case of an emergency, that and neither or us really want to have to do the clean up lol. But I found a place that's in between a home birth and a birthing center and we've decided to go there. I'm really excited. Check it out. www.bellanatal.com
We even found a doula that we are going to use and both really like her. So it will be different than the others that's for sure, but hopefully different in a good way. By the way, you should see the birthing tub there, it's huge!!! That pretty much sealed the deal for me.

Halloween

Sorry these pics are so late, but better late than never right?

Heres our Batman and Monkey all ready to do some trick or treating. See the cute trick or treat bags the Grandma Kathy made them?
The donut game, always a classic.

Aaron the pumpkin carver. We grew our own pumpkins this year which was really fun so we had a whole bunch to carve. I even made homemade pumpkin pie one day. I think I've been ruined my canned pumpkin though, I think it taste a lot better for pie than jack o latern pumpkin.Here's the boys before the ward trunk or treat, Kc wore the chicken costume for that.