Hey Everyone,
I was wondering where other decorators get there inspiration from when they create designs and ideas? How do you pick a theme for a cake?
I love looking through coloring books. The books without a theme are good b/c they have a little bit of everything, and when I'm looking for a specific character, the themed books are good. They also make good templates for frozen buttercream transfers.
I'm not sure I have "theme" cakes. A bride brings in a picture of a cake she likes, or she goes thru my albums. closest thing I have to a "Theme" cake is my M&M cake. (My niece is an M&M collector.)
I tell brides that picking a wedding cake design is a cut-n-paste process. That set up, this border, those flowers, that ribbon accent, etc.
When they have no idea, we start the process of elimination: Cake-on-cake or pillars? If pillars, do you want them between all tiers or just under the top tier? round or square? plain icing or basketweave? ribbon or icing borders? plain? If no, scrolls or flowers? If flowers, icing or silk or real? etc., etc., etc.
Maybe I do it all the time and just don't know it. Maybe the above process IS "designing" a cake. 
First time I heard the term "cake designer", I honestly thought "Is that a real job?" because I figured every time you made a wedding cake, you "designed" it for the bride. No wedding cake is exactly the same .... similar, close to, kinda looks like .... but never exactly the same.
I will confess that since I've been on CC, I see things in a different light. My 14 year old went to her first dance and while we (me, her and future daughter in law) were dress shopping, I pulled a dress out of the rack and said, "Wow! Look at that!" Both of them hated the dress and I said, "Not for the dance! For a CAKE!!!" (yes, they made fun of me!)
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