The War of the Roses!
This week was my last class for the Wilton Decorating Class 1! And I can say that I conquered the roses!! Well, they still may not look perfect but they are pretty close! I was hoping to get more of a streaked look but really it just looks like I didn’t mix the color in well enough – but other than that I am perfectly content with my “final project”.
I am hoping to get into a Fondant class in a couple of weeks – it’s closed now but I am the first on the waiting list {fingers crossed}. And I am scheduled to take a another decorating class starting in January. this time it will be with a local cake supply store that I frequently visit and love the ladies that work there! So I will have more posts to show you guys what I am working on 
!
To see my journey through the Wilton Class 1 (and my war with the Roses) click HERE!
And of course, you can always leave a comment telling me how wonderful I did on this week’s assignment:-)!
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Bring In the Clowns!
It is so frustrating for me not to be good at something. Especially something that I am totally interested in. But once again this week I was not the head of the class, nor was I second…remember from last week, I mentioned they’re are only three of us.
My roses are getting a little better. Not much, but I am content, until next week when I have to have a rose on my final project.
My favorite thing of this week’s class was learning how to make the clowns. I’m not too impressed with plastic heads on cakes, but these turned out better than I thought they would. And I know the boys are going to love them. I wanted to get the scarecrow heads but our local cake supply store was sold out. So I was stuck with the clowns. I decided before hand to have the clowns match the paper cups of the cupcakes and I think the bright colors really look festive.
But to show that I am okay with not being the best in my class here is a pic of what I am STILL struggling with. The reason I took the class was to learn the “shell”. Because for Carter’s birthday cake, it was supposed to have cow heads – using the “shell” technique. I couldn’t figure it out then, and I STILL can’t get it right. The instructor tried to show me 3 times, but to no avail! The second cupcake was my attempt to make a pumpkin using the said “shell” technique. And as you can clearly see…it doesn’t resemble a pumpkin whatsoever.
And finally, my wonderful husband, who after I showed him my cupcakes and explained that I suck could use some more practice, asked, “But you are enjoying yourself, right?”
“What do you think? I am not the best in my class!” Competitive? Nah! Enjoying myself? Slightly!
What? I’m NOT Perfect?
I decided to take the Wilton Cake Decorating Classes because of my obsession with my sons birthday cakes (click HERE, HERE and HERE if you would like to see what I have done so far). I thought it would be fun! It would be if a.) I had more time to spend practicing and b.) If I wasn’t such a perfectionist.
So for my first assignment, everything that could go wrong did, but some who know me would be proud, I just went with it and showed up to class with a “not-so-great” iced cake. More details about that in an upcoming post, along with pics from my first assignment.
But we did our first roses last night. I thought to myself, I can do this. I have always been great with small motor skills with my hands and hand-eye coordination. Well, needless to say, I was put in my place. Out of the 3 of us, mine were not the best, nor were they the second best, so for you smart ones out there, that left me, where? Yep, I admit it, at the bottom of my class {sniff, sniff, are you feeling sorry for me yet?}
So here is proof, because you know I always bring my camera for blogging opportunities. Yes, the other ladies were probably wondering why I was taking pics of this!! Only if they knew !
My first, second and third attempt at a Wilton Rose. So I have to come to grips with not being perfect all the time. And let’s face it, when do I have time to practice with TWO toddlers running around? I guess I will be staying up late nights practicing. {Maybe}
But I could use some encouragement . You can at least tell me they look great, even if you don’t mean it! And by the way, the petals on the pink one-suppose to be smooth-oops!
