January

Wow...  I can't believe how many enquiries I've had over the last few days.  I've even had to turn work away...  and believe me, that hurts, LOL!

Tomorrow, I'm working at the after school club, just for a couple of hours.  Then I have a BSG meeting in Romford at 7.30pm.  I'm really looking forward to this...  the demonstration is on how to make 'wonky' (or as they're also known, 'whimsical' or 'topsy-turvy') cakes.  I love these, yet despite having seen a couple of 'how to' articles on-line, I haven't been brave enough to try one...  perhaps by actually seeing someone do it, it will give me the confidence to have a go?

I've got a cake for Thursday.  It's for my friend; she wants a cake to remember what would have been her baby's 1st birthday.  I can't believe it's almost a year since she lost Isabella {{hugs}}.

23rd I have an order for a football shirt.

I have an order for 24th.  25 cookies and 23 cupcakes with fairies.  

I MIGHT also have a really big booking for the 24th; I'm just waiting to hear.  If it comes off, it's 7 x 3 tier cake dummies, iced.  One of them is to be decorated.  I'll also need to make 120 cupcakes; get 30 boxes; lots of piping nozzles; lots of piping bags; enough icing for 30 girls to decorate the aforementioned 3 tier cakes; enough icing and decorations for 30 girls to each decorate the aforementioned cupcakes and also spend the day in London.  I'll have to drive to the venue (I've never, ever driven into London)  It'll be a lot of work.  A heck of a lot.  But we'll see if it's to go ahead, before I start panicking!

I then have two cakes for the 31st (I didn't originally take two bookings for the same day...  one was supposed to be for the 28th - but then the customer phoned me up to say that although her husband's birthday is the 28th, she actually wants the cake for the weekend....  the 31st)  AND a cake for the following day, 1st Feb.  Actually, I lie.  It's not two cakes for the 31st...  it's three, because I said I'd do a small one for my sister's husband's birthday.  She'll let me know nearer the time how to decorate it, but it's to be a carrot cake.  I said only on the condition I can bake it this week and freeze it.  Otherwise, I don't have the time.  She said OK!!!

Little Mermaid Cake - finished!

I couldn't have done it without my dear friend Kelly's help. As mentioned in yesterday's post, not only did she send me her mold to make the head, body and arms of the mermaid, but she was on the end of numerous emails, texts and even on the end of the phone! Every now and again, it just happens that you get a mental block/panic about doing a certain aspect of a cake... and this happened to me. I couldn't have done it without Kelly! Thanks! {{hugs}}

Happy New Year

Coooo.... 2009 already! Even my 9 year old son said he can't believe how quickly 2008 came and went!

Well, I'm currently working a cake for delivery tomorrow morning. I'm copying it from a friend of mine http://www.craftyconfections.net/ - it's a cake with a model of Ariel on. Kelly very kindly sent me the mold that she made, so that I could use it to make Ariel... but even with that, it's still not easy.

I want to be Kelly when I grow up! ;o) I'm a huge fan of her work!!!

Right. Back to work.