No class?! No problem!

Do you want the good news first or the bad news?  Good news is....we have an extra week to perfect our skills!  Our cake decorating master teacher had a family emergency and cancelled the class, but we didn't get the message until we showed up with our frosting tools and cupcake dreams.  I convinced the manager at Michael's that it would be in the best interest of their company to open up the classroom for us anyway so I could spend extra time studying their cake manual and practicing my technique.  The bad news is....I am not entirely convinced it made any difference.

Jacobi's Funny Farm

I was pretty sure my flowers were not going to look like the pictures in our handy dandy manual, even though I tried to follow exact instructions.  So I rebelled a little, or went a bit crazy. exploiting the freedom of having the room to ourselves without the pressure of our sweet instructor looking worriedly over our shoulders.  You can't see them well in the picture, but the white rosettes on my sad silly sheep were actually, 'woolly' pretty, even though she doesn't seem to think so.  The cow was quite as angry as she looks since I mutilated the top of the cupcake with my too stiff frosting.  Hey, my squashed chicken kinda reminds me of my husband Doug after his angioplasty!  I finally had to stop after the poor piggy pleaded for help.



Robin's Pretty Garden

I have since been diligently trying to follow Robin's obedient example and will make sure to follow the rules next time so she won't be embarrassed my me.  We should be having a make up class with the same assignment next week so I have a chance to redeem myself.  However, after making more than 50 drop flowers on my practice board this morning, only one would have looked at home on one of Robin's beautifully executed cupcakes.

Jacobi