Blast from the past

I recently had 2 rolls of film developed and discovered some old pictures of Madeline with Grandpa and Grandma. I'm not exactly sure when these were taken, but Madeline had very short hair. Not much has changed; they still help prepare her food and play with her. But now, she plays so hard with them, they take naps when she does!

Forever plaid, but not 26

I finished this cake yesterday for Stephanie, Jay's assistant's birthday. She just turned 26. She was the one who inspired me to take the cake decorating classes as she has taken them and makes beautiful cakes herself. The flowers are made from colored fondant and painted with cornflower blue icing color.

Official Cake Baker

I can now officially bake cakes (according to Wilton). This was my final cake for my Wilton classes. We practiced the basketweave pattern. Because it can be a time-consuming pattern I chose to do on the smallest cake. This was also my first monochromatic cake. I really enjoyed the classes but I'll enjoy baking cakes for fun even more.