Unusual critter in our kitchen..

The model for a requested little boy's birthday cake.

The formed reptile..

The crumb-coat to hold it all together...

The fondant covered critter; scary teeth and spiny back and tail and all.

A little boy's dream cake..  

~He really liked it a lot!~

Alyssa's Birthday

Her Rose.

Cashew Chicken..her meal pick.

Her birthday candles smoking.

Amy and Ana  with the birthday girl.

The gumpaste flowers..where they ended up..

The beautiful cake with the gumpaste topper.

 Ana with the topper and side gumpaste flowers.

 The bride's entrance... escorted by her dad.

 Check the bride's bouquet............. 

Check out the bridesmaids' bouquets around-about

the wedding cake.

They all match.

The Importance of Our Choices Each Day

A lovely wedding we recently attended!

 The setting..

 Quiet wonder..

  

Ready and waiting..

The joining...

 Afterwards...

.......................................

There are a good many things which would not be worth bothering about

if I were going to live only 70 years,

but which I had better bother about very seriously

 if I am going to live forever. 

~ C. S. Lewis

MERE CHRISTIANITY

Gumpaste Flowers

The latest project we have been working on a little each day: making Calla Lilies in hopes to get some realistic looking creations to make a wedding cake topper for a friend.

 This is the initial step of making the shape and letting them dry.

 The color being applied.

 More time to hang and dry.

These are not totally finished..they still need some fine tuning and some Luster Dust application.

Next some roses and berries need to be made to add to the Calla Lilies for the cake topper.

New Year's Day....

full moon ..in the northwest sky

 The calendar is different but the day seems a lot like yesterday.

a New Year's cake ...

spreading the topping..

There are new opportunities each and every day. ....

...make the most of them ... aim not to waste them!

Waste = To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
antonyms of waste= save, rescue, reclaim, redeem, deliver... 

These are some things I am thinking about these days.