What can you make with a bowl full of broken crayons?
A Great Valentine's Day Gift!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Valentine's Day Gift-Scrabble Tile Framed Art
Do you need a very last minute gift? This one was made with three things and took less than ten minutes.
You need: a frame, a piece of background paper, scrabble tiles, and hot glue. That's it!!!!
Personalizing Pre-Fab Picture Frames
These cute heart frames were $1.99 each at Hobby Lobby (unfinished).
They came very plain but it was easy to make them fabulous!
My Second Cake Decorating Class
Happy Valentine's Day! I hope your day is filled with feeling loved and loving other people!
Yesterday, I had my second cake decorating class. It was a ton of fun. I have been practicing using the bags and tips all week and I was ready to tackle a cake!
Being the over eager student that I am, I practiced everything for the week ahead prior to class. (Yep, I am one of those students. I can't deny it). I also found a great resource for learning some basic cake decorating. Did you know that Wilton has its own you tube channel? I am now in love. Here is a link to the main you tube channel.
I watched two videos last week in preparation for class. If you are interested in learning some new skills, these are a great resource to start with.
This is a video on how to ice a cake using the tip 789. It is so much easier and smoother than using a spatula.
The second video that I viewed was how to make Rosettes. I thought these were beautiful and easy to do!
I utilized my new learned skills to decorate my cake in class today. The teacher is great and very helpful so it is nice to try new things in class. I wanted my cake to be decorated for Valentine's Day. I used a transfer technique for the heart, it was my first time so it wasn't perfect. I also want to work on the shells that I did the border along the bottom. They aren't quite right. Other than that, I am very pleased with my first attempt at decorating a cake.
What do you think?
I can't wait to show you some of the ideas I want to try on future cakes.
Yesterday, I had my second cake decorating class. It was a ton of fun. I have been practicing using the bags and tips all week and I was ready to tackle a cake!
Being the over eager student that I am, I practiced everything for the week ahead prior to class. (Yep, I am one of those students. I can't deny it). I also found a great resource for learning some basic cake decorating. Did you know that Wilton has its own you tube channel? I am now in love. Here is a link to the main you tube channel.
I watched two videos last week in preparation for class. If you are interested in learning some new skills, these are a great resource to start with.
This is a video on how to ice a cake using the tip 789. It is so much easier and smoother than using a spatula.
The second video that I viewed was how to make Rosettes. I thought these were beautiful and easy to do!
I utilized my new learned skills to decorate my cake in class today. The teacher is great and very helpful so it is nice to try new things in class. I wanted my cake to be decorated for Valentine's Day. I used a transfer technique for the heart, it was my first time so it wasn't perfect. I also want to work on the shells that I did the border along the bottom. They aren't quite right. Other than that, I am very pleased with my first attempt at decorating a cake.
What do you think?
I can't wait to show you some of the ideas I want to try on future cakes.