The only directions I had were to use the school's colors -red, blue, and gold, the name and the year. Both tiers, 10" and 6", are WASC with buttercream filling and frosting. Accents are buttercream and fondant. The topper is of curly ribbon in the school colors. The girl's name "Sam" is on the front in rolled fondant letters and on the back of the cake is "09" in the same rolled fondant. Thanks for looking.