Saturday, November 15, 2008

The Perfect Gift


by Amy


Not long ago my dad told me he had a surprise he planned on mailing me. I tried to probe and figure out what it could be, but his lips were sealed. Well, last weekend a box arrived....My dad mailed me the manuel and supplies needed for a Wiltons' Cake Decorating class!! I love to decorate cakes for my kids' birthdays or special occasions, but I've never taken a class. I've never even had the cool icing tips or know how to use them. Now I have the instruction manuel!

So, this past week the kids helped me make some sugar cookies. I figured cookies would be a great way to practice many of the techniques in my manuel, since flowers, stars, bears, shells, and bows might not all make it on one cake. So Wednesday night, Brad took the kids out to eat some local food and I decorated cookies for them to eat when they came home. It's definitely not as easy as it looks in the book, but it's really fun! Then, yesterday, we made half a cake and I decorated it as a rainbow. We shared it today with some friends that came over.

So, here are a few pics ~ Thanks Dad!!






1 comment:

Matthew said...

Wow, you did great on those! You are such an amazing and talented person. Foremost, you are a great friend to many, many people!

Miss your family!