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Native mother and papoose

Just showing the glue and the results.

Goldenvale Native woman and baby

Today I received a 3' tall porcelain Native woman with her papoose. The pair need a lot of work. I've never been a big fan of Goldenvale dolls. They've always seemed cheaply made, but what do you expect for the price? With this pair I found out just how cheaply made they are. The papoose was no longer attached to the back of the mother. The reason for this is that they used a cheap plastic material with flocking on it to create a "suede" look. Then pieces were glued together with what appears to be hot glue. Guess what, that causes the flocking to separate from the material. Unfortunately they also used this glue to hold their headbands in place IN THEIR HAIR. And they used the wrong arms for the woman. Ugh. I knew this would be a project, but I wasn't expecting to replace parts. Anyhow, here they are.

Jessica's Baby Shower

White cake with fondant and buttercream icing.


Chocolate cake with buttercream icing.


Buttercream baby booties.


Buttercream baby rattle.

Wild Spirit feather detail

Grizzly Claw reference
Red-Tail Hawk reference
Cooper's Hawk reference
Eagle reference

Wild Spirit

Finally done with Wild Spirit. I am so happy with how it came out.

Wild Spirit WIP5

Almost done with her. I just need to make some feathers and add them to her.

Wild Spirit WIP4

Small update here. Added the hooves. Just wanted to show what she looked like...naked.

Gymnast

I think I'm done with this. If so all that needs to be done is a clear coat, which I'll do when the Wild Spirit is done.

Wild Spirit WIP3

Did a little more work. Still have some to go.

Gymnast WIP2

Almost done with this. I just want to add a stripe or two to the outfit.

Wild Spirit WIP2

I started this back in February. Finally working on it again. Not sure how much time I spent on this today. I was working on it and the gymnast at the same time.

Gymnastics Cake WIP

I have an order for a gymnastics theme birthday cake for a little girl next month. At first I was simply planning to decorate a cake with icing, making a girl on the balance beam or something. Then I got this wild idea to do a sculpted gymnast out of either modeling chocolate or clay. I couldn't find the chocolate so I got clay. Here is how she is coming along.

Approximately 3 1/2 hours

My day at work

Today I was pretty shocked because Fiona actually let me do some cake decorating! I got to decorate a cake for a 2nd birthday. It looks like this cake, only it is hot orange, hot yellow, turquoise, and hot pink.

I also got to do a cake like this, only the bottom border was white scallop with blue and grey stars in between each one and the star on the field wasn't smooth. It was done with the #5 star tip, just like the other cake's number was.

And I got to do some cupcakes that look like this.

I also made fondant flowers in hot pink, turquoise, bright yellow, and soft yellow that look like the small 5 point pink and purple flowers on this cake.


:D

On some reading thing

So, it seems that if the book is paper it doesn't matter how interesting it is...I'll never finish it. But, if the book is downloaded through Kindle onto my iPhone...I can't put it down. Right now I am reading the Stephanie Plum novels written by Janet Evanovich and loving them. I'm reading half a book a day...and there are 15 numbers books and 4 between the numbers...this could get expensive.   Vnvhe Yvhv Hvtke

Sample Cake

Just a sample of what I have been doing. Just did this at home. I haven't been doing the decorating at work. Just the base and the border on the bottom. Just a little practice piece. It's only 3 1/2" x 4".

Second Day at the Bakery

Today I was scheduled for 12 but was asked to come in at 10. So far I have iced five cakes and put the border around the base of it so Fiona can do the decorating. On 30 min lunch break now. Don't get off until 6. My hand is a little sore from icing and from working at ACE the other day, but not too bad.

After going back I did at least another five cakes. Some single layer, some double layer, some single layer with a tier, some double layer with a tier. Basically, I did a lot of icing lol.

First Day at the Bakery

First day of work yesterday went really well. I helped make butter almond cookies, cake balls, and thumbprint cookies. I also folded boxes and put address labels on things. Took a few orders for cookies and such.

Baby shower!

I filled my first cake order today. :D Amanda's step-sister is also pregnant so her step-mother was throwing a baby shower for both of them and wanted two bellies...one pink and one blue. The pink is a white cake and the blue is a chocolate cake.