I am new to blogging so please forgive me if I am all over the place.

I am a "do it myself" kind of girl. I see something I like and my brain starts breaking it down so I can rebuild it my self. This post is about my Sister's wedding cake (three years ago). I am using this post as my kick off because I think this was my first really ambitious "do it myself" project.

It started with my sister getting engaged. I am 11 years older so I was super excited that my sister was getting married. I immediately volunteered to make the wedding cake to save money and because I was so excited. Keep in mind that at the time I had never made anything close to a wedding cake and had no idea how to.

I started by searching wedding cake images and saving hundreds of them. I settled on the right idea and began the process of learning how to decorate a wedding cake. I took a cake decorating class at Hobby Lobby which was very helpful in teaching the basics. After I got the hang of homemade frosting and how to spread it smoothly I was ready to practice on my own. I started very small with a friends birthday cake, just to see if I could get frosting right. This is my first cake

After this cake turned out I decided to move on to fondant. I did not take a class for this I just bought the fondant and YouTube became my best friend. I learned how to make roses and this is my first cake with fondant.

I learned how to make Calli Lillies on YouTube because that was the flower my sister wanted. I became the "go to" friend for birthday cakes which provided me with more practice.

I was really nervous when it got down to the wire because what if I ruined my sisters cake all because I opened my big mouth and said "I will make the cake!" Luckily my sister was just really happy and bridezilla was not in her vocab. The day before the wedding I worked for hours rolling out fondant and making fondant flowers (with the help of the bridesmaids! Thank You!). I had rolled so much fondant that I had bruises up both arms that had to be covered with make up the next day because I was also in the wedding party. Here is the finished product.

The cake was flawed but I am happy that it didn't look completely amateur. I would recommend that if you have ever wanted to try cake decorating find your closest Hobby Lobby store and get the ball rolling. If you don't have the availability to take a class YouTube is the next best thing. Thanks for reading my intro blog. I have some project going everyday so I will get a new post on here at least once a week.

Thank You!