I have been doing this for some time and not that I think I am a "pro" or anything. I do a decent job. I have never had any wilton courses or any formal training in this. I do however have all the wilton course books and have done everything in them and understand all the manuals etc that I buy and I practice constantly.I have prob. 100 cake decorating books and refer to them always and try to learn from other decorators as much as i can...Does anynoe have any idea as to whether or not EVERYONE needs those courses? IO have a friend who took them all but doesnt do very well at all...it might have been the teacher she had tho...any input is welcome!
I'm a hands on person so the Wilton courses helped me a lot! All I did before I took the courses was make a cake & plop some icing on it & use the hard candies to decorate it. I learned a lot from my teacher. She is really good! Now I can look at a techinique in a book & if I practice enough I can figure it out eventually LOL! I'm starting a gumpaste class on Monday & I can't wait!!!!! The classes are through a cake supply store that my friends own.
I guess each story is different. Like I said I'm a hands on person so it helped me. Others might not need classes. Everyone is different~
By the way... Your cakes are really good!
I say go for it. I found them helpful. My instructor was great! She's been decorating for about twice as long as I've been alive and she was CONSTANTLY giving as all sort of little extra tips. Of course, Wilton signed her paycheck, so she taught us the Wilton methos for everything. Then, she'd show us another way if she liked it better or thought it was easier. But she always made sure to tell us to do what works for us.
I took my classes at Michaels and they often run all sorts of specials on thier class prices. So they end up not being very expensive at all. I am supposed to start the gumpaste class next week and paid $12.50 for all four classes. I think that's about what I paid for all of them expect the one that was free when I bought my class kit.
Honestly, worst case scenario, it can't HURT anything. Best case, of course, you walk out learning a lot that you didn't find in the books.
Chrisrich, we can compare teachers & what we've learned!! I can't wait for the classes! How about you?
Hi KayDay...I think your cakes are beautiful! I can't imagine the Wilton courses teaching you much more than you already know...maybe the last course if your not required to take them in sequence. Still...it might be nice to take all 3. I'm sure you'll meet wonderful people and make new friends. It could only help. Plus, if you take all the classes then you could teach the classes if you wanted.
If you really want to, I say go for it. However, looking at your cakes I don't really see what you will learn, really. You could most definately skip Course 1.
Also--if you've gone through all the course books on your own--do you really think you need to spend the $$ to take them formally?
I don't know--I've been tossing around the idea of taking Course 2 and 3 but I'm in the same boat. I'm trying to decide between taking the courses and just doing the books.
Lisa
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