I am working on one of my OSSAS entry's today and I am not having a great day with this cake! I'm so incredibly bummed I just want to cry! 
My cake is supposed to be a tall elegant teapot but is looking more like a lumpy sided giant chess peice. It is a sculpted cake (one of my first) and covered with satin ice. Because of the spout I had a hard time arranging and smoothing the fondant when I was putting it on which led to me cutting off one whole portion on fondant re-rolling it and patching it back on! 
This has left me with two top to bottom seams. I have smoothed over them the best I can with a little water so that the seams are gone but I'm left with this nasty bumpy surface. 
I had planned to have a flower motif brush emb. on each side of the cake and I think that will cover up part of this mess 
but deffinatly not all. 
I don't have the option of scraping it off and starting over as I don't have enough to cover it again. At this point I'm considering covering the whole cake or at least a good portion in brush emb. what do ya'll think?
Advice anyone? (Before I go hide under my covers).
~Truly
Ack! Sounds like a bad day. You're an awesome cake decorator for just trying a teapot. If I ever try one, I'm sure it would turn into a deflated basketball.
Umm, if you think embroidery would cover it up then that would work. If you could post a pic of it, it would definitely give everyone some more ideas. (Plus we'll all know how awesome it really looks!!! 
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Or maybe do some patchwork on it with some extra fondant. Make it look like a lovingly used and tattered teapot? Paint a few cracks on it with luster dust or something?
Good luck! I'm sure it'll turn out great.
Thanks for the encouragement aswartzw! I'm feeling a bit better now that I've set it aside and begun on my second cake. But I know I'll have to go back to it later...
I'll see about posting a picture later tonight, I've been taking plenty as I have to turn in three to the judges to show progression. But right now the natives are getting restless so I'd better go make dinner! 
More later...
~Truly
trulyscrumptious I hope you have a better time with the teapot cake after you take a breather from it - good luck with it and your other entry. I love your user name by the way - I've got the song from Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang stuck in my head now!
moydear77 I think that is the best motto -
It is not about how good your are...it is about how well you hide your flaws
- you can apply it to just about anything!
vonnie99- muhhhahaha! 
My evil plan is working! *giggles* no really, thanks! I like it too! chitty, chitty, bang, bang is one of my favorite musicals and that song is defenatly my favorite from the movie! So it seemed like a natural choice when I was looking for a name! Thanks for the encouragement on the cake, after an appointment out this morning I'm getting ready to tackle the whole thing again.
moydear77 I think that is the best motto - Quote:
It is not about how good your are...it is about how well you hide your flaws
I think that is great too! When I read it I said to myself I'm sure going to like meeting that lady! So hopefuly I'll find you at the show! (If you don't mind that is. )
jbart- thanks for the kind words!
Finally got the pics of the cake together... Lets see if I can manage to get these posted.
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