I got mine today too!! 
Can't wait to watch it!! 
I haven't checked the mail yet. I hope I got it! I can't wait to watch it!
Okay, I watched mine last night - and thought it was very interesting. Has anyone else tried this stacking method? I have always used the hidden plates that snap into the legs that are pushed into the cakes - I am just wondering if sugarshack's method is better/more stable then this. I really want to try it as I have many many weddings coming up this summer but I guess that I am a little scared to try something new on somone else's wedding cake. Just curious if anyone has used maybe both of these methods and have one that they prefer. thanks BY THE WAY sharon, your cakes are absolutely AMAZING. I think that you need to do an instructional dvd on how to do a topsy turvy cake, I hate those cakes and they are so popular 
Okay, I watched mine last night - and thought it was very interesting. Has anyone else tried this stacking method? I have always used the hidden plates that snap into the legs that are pushed into the cakes - I am just wondering if sugarshack's method is better/more stable then this. I really want to try it as I have many many weddings coming up this summer but I guess that I am a little scared to try something new on somone else's wedding cake. Just curious if anyone has used maybe both of these methods and have one that they prefer. thanks BY THE WAY sharon, your cakes are absolutely AMAZING. I think that you need to do an instructional dvd on how to do a topsy turvy cake, I hate those cakes and they are so popular
Hi Bear, I am glad you liked it. I have never used the plates and pillar system for large wedding cakes, so I cannot give you a comparison. But I can tell you that all the same techniques I showed in the DVD can be applied to that system of stacking if you desire to stick with that.
As far as the other question, this method of stacking has been very sturdy for me with no failures. ( knock on wood.) Just be SURE you have enough dowels (straws) and they are all level.
Please let me know if you have any further qauestions. And thank you.
Edited to add: the principles shown in the DVD can be used (with slight modifications) if using plates and pillars, stress free rings, cardboards and dowels, etc....
thanks.
Ok, I finally got to sit down and watch it last night. I thought it was great. As ususal Sharon gave very clear step by step instructions that even a newbie like myself could understand. I can't wait to use her method on my husband's 40th birthday cake. I'm definitely feeling a little more confident about it now.
Thank's again Sharon for putting together another wonderful DVD!! I can't wait to see what you'll put out next!! I have to agree with tdybear1978, I would love to see a "How To" on Topsy Turvy cakes.
Melony
Thank you Melony, you are a sweetie to say such nice things!
I got mine yesterday...and I watched twice...and took notes...
Same as the 'buttercream' one...an eye opener!
I've learned so much already!
THANK YOU SHARON!!! YOU ROCK!!!!
Okay I finally got to watch mine yesterday (yippeeee!!) Now I do have a question -- if you were using the dowels as opposed to the straws, would you do the same "sinking" technique on the lower tiers? (If this was addressed in the video I missed it...) 
yes, Bob you can use that technique with plates and pillars, stress frees, dowels, etc...
Thank you all! SO glad you like it!
Wooo Hooo!
Finally got to watch mine this weekend, and I just love it!. 
The different ways to prepare the boards is just great. I am using the hidden board for fondant cakes method on my biggest cake yet this weekend. I'm not nearly as nervous as I was just a few days ago, and it's really going to enhance the look of my cake.
You are making us look better and better every day!
Thanks Sharon! 
Pat
I am asking for this as a Mother's day gift, let's hope dh takes the hint 
and doesn't get something I don't really want instead 
Sharon-I loved your buttercream dvd, I don't do fondant so I didn't get that one (although I would like to have a complete set ) and I'm just dying to have this one. If dh doesn't get it for me, then I'm definately ordering as soon as I get some money for myself (hard to do with 6 kids, lol). I just want to thank you for offering all of your expertice. You are truly a blessing!
Where do you buy the Bubble tea straws?
I just did a quick search on-line (never heard of bubble tea straws before 
) and found these sites:
http://www.bubbleteasupply.com/store/store.php3?item_id=2
http://www.tentea.com/jumbubteastr.html
http://www.bubbleteastore.com/bubbleteastore_accessories.shtml
http://www.bobateadirect.com/product.php?productid=418&cat=0
http://www.bobateadirect.com/Bag-of-Large-Straws-for-Bubble-Tea-Individually-Wrapped-pr-900.html
I've also asked for all of the DVD's for Mother's Day - keeping my fingers crossed.
Just a quick question to Sharon, would any sturdy straws work, like the McDonald's or Wendy's? Quite a few of my students use just straws and so far no issues. I use lollipop sticks b/c I can break them, no cutting involved. Again, love the DVD's, I have them all! I need to take notes b/c I forget when I'm in the kitchen, you have SO many tips!!!!
Thanks again! You're awesome!
ginger
Thanks evryone!
Ginger I have never used any other kind of straw, so I don't want to give any bad advice I can't attest to personally. I just know I feel very safe with the wide diameter of the bubble straws.
And I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your kind words!
HTH!
Hi, I thought I read once that there was a discount for CC members? If so, how do we use it? I am asking for these for Mother's Day from my husband. I can't wait, you all are always so excited about them and I can't wait to see my first "improved" cake! If they work, I might buy a set for my sister, and some friends, too. TIA.
Sorry, but no, unfortuntely there is no discount at this time. (They are priced pretty rock bottom now.)
Thanks!
So what's your next venture Sugarshack?? Gumpaste flowers? Shoe box cakes?
I also have all 3 DVDs and love them all! I highly recommend them. I'm making my neice's wedding cake in June. It will be my first wedding cake, so the DVD came out just in time. I have about an hour drive and some of the roads are pretty twisty, so I need something very, very sturdy! I've watched the Stacking DVD a couple of times and will probably watch it again before I do the cake! Thanks Sharon! Oh, and I would love to see a DVD for you package cakes and any other goodies you might be able to come up with!
Jean
Oh Sharon, how about gumpaste flowers like bobwonderbuns mentioned! I just bought the lovely Wilton gumpaste pastel GP tools and they look so fun except that I have no clue how to use them!!!!
Packaging cakes sounds good too, all my family lives in florida! Also fondant figures, I can always use help there!
Quick question, on your beach ball cake (lovely, lovely, lovely) how did you get your ball SO ROUND??? My balls always go flat on the bottom. Sometimes I will mold chocolate in the bottom of the ball pan and then set the cake in the mold and then cover it with fondant so that it can't go flat. I'm sure you have a much easier way of doing it.
Anywho, as you can see we are all anxious for your next creation!!!!
ginger
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