Or do others go through this same emotional roller coaster?
I worry that orders will stop coming in.
Then I get an order and I get so excited...like an expectant mother.
Then I think "what was I thinking....can I really do that?"
Then I bake, decorate and fuss over it until it leaves my hands.
Then I worry that they won't be happy with it!
Then I start worrying that the next order won't come in.
I feel your pain!!!!! I was just about to post a simliar topic!! I have two kids a two year old and a two month old, and I am feeling completely overwhelmed!!! I have sooooo many cake ideas, but I feel like I dont have the time to really do my best work! I am always second guessing my talent or ablilty, Its a pain in the butt being a perfectionist!!!! I guess sometimes you have to let go and know that you cant please everyone, that everything will not turn out perfectly, and that most people do not notice the imperfections you may see! But, im in the same boat, do you tend to worry a lot in general?
Oh you are not alone for sure!
Just part of the club 
thanks for posting this!! now i know that i dont suffer from some wierd complex.....or maybe i do, but i'm not alone, haha
i worry about the excact same thing, and your right, it is a roller coaster ride, every time.
melody
I wasn't sure if it was a lack of confidence or what, but I'm glad to know I'm not alone! 
Or do others go through this same emotional roller coaster?
Then I get an order and I get so excited...like an expectant mother.
Then I think "what was I thinking....can I really do that?"
Then I bake, decorate and fuss over it until it leaves my hands.
I worry over these three ones especialy.....! Mainly fussing over the cake until it leaves my hands.
Like, oh man, I could've gotten it smoother, or more even, or more this and that.... YIKES!!!
Me too!!! Sometimes I wonder... is this worth all the stress and fuss??? Until someone gushes over my cake, and then I am back to excited. 
I know the feeling. Many of you might remember reading that I was thinking about giving up because that particular week, I had 6 orders. Now I'm in a dry spell. I have a cake due Saturday but then what? I know exactly how you feel. You are definitely not alone!
Nana 2 three reading how you feel was like reading about myself. Yes, yes, yes!!!! I go through the same thing. Right now I'm in the waiting stage. Just finished several cakes last week and I'm eagerly waiting for my next gig! When I'm doing cakes I'm totally in my element. When things are slow I get anxious. And yes once the cakes are finished and delivered I find myself constantly thinking, did they like the cakes? Hope the icing wasn't too sweet or not sweet enough, or hope the cake was moist enough, should have done this or should have done that!! lol
I think we're on to something here! Maybe a PCSD??? Post Cake Stress Disorder??
Oh gosh! I worry every time a cake leaves my hands about what will happen to it. Like maybe I will have one of those awful air bubbles under the icing (the "blow-out" kind) or a layer shifting or, God forbid, a HAIR - Gross! (even though I am especially careful to tie mine back!) And even though I get TONS of praise over my cakes, if I don't hear back from someone I worry that they didn't like it or something dreadful happened to it. And no one has EVER complained to me - but I still feel that maybe that is just because they didn't want to. Where's the confidence???????????????
I have EXACTLY the same worries. MY DH says I am too "emotionally involved, it's a business" HA! I say, what does he know! 
But it feels liek people are juding ME when they are judging my cookies...
So we made a comment card to include with the orders. One day I got one back with the quality/taste portion marked as "good". The choices were poor, fair, good, excellent. So how neurotic am I that I was SO bummed by good?
My husband has the right idea (never admit it though 
) just how to accomplish the emotional detactment I'll never know!
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