Day #2

Wow, what a day.  I am not as exhausted today but I am feeling a little sore.  Sore you ask?  How could someone who is spending their days playing with icing and cake be sore?  I bet I got up out of my chair 50-60 times, and I am trying my best to sit up straight.  That is killing me.  My feet hurt too, but I have new tennis shoes to make it better. 

Today we did some more borders, with a lot of string work.  String work is delicate strands of icing that fall on the cake.  It looks easy, but let me tell you, I am going to have to practice, practice, practice.  Once I think I have it down, Sandy tells me..."Ooops, better work on this bit here".   My favorite thing we did today was the basketweave.  This is another one I thought looked difficult, but it is really easy.  All of us seem to be having issues with the "Shell" border.  The shell is used a lot in many different ways.  My hope is to master this by the end of the week. 

Tonight I attended a fondant figure class.  We covered a round cake board in green fondant, split it into three seperate sections, and then put some embelishments on two of the sections.  One will be a farm yard, another the beach, and then a grassy area.  After this we made a monkey and a lion.  This was so, so fun.  It was like playing with play-doh, only for big kids. 

Check out today's pictures.  And again, thanks for keeping up with me.  I miss you all!

Reverse Shell

Still a work in progress.

Basketweave #1

Basketweave #2

Rope Border

String work

Chandelier Scroll Border

Zigzag Ruffle Garland

Ruffled Garland

(I didn't do this one - the teacher did)

Here is my monkey with a missing arm. :)

There he is with a tail and fuzzy hair.

Still no arm...

My fierce lion.

He went to the beauty shop.

Isn't he just so cute?