ALmao I am peeing myself here! HAHAHAHA!

Ahem. Perfect FOR LEVELLING CUPS AND MEASURING SPOONS!

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wow seriously kuuushi! i have not laughed that much in a long time 

AI'm laughing too and ive told my hubby2b and he's like oh my god, seriously check before you hit post!

Hahah! Fir levelled cups and ignorant spoons. I think that needs to be my tag line hahah!

APetitecat I'm not experienced enough to comment but I'm sure you'd be great - go for it !

Not happy for lots of reasons, sp didn't go well and as I'm trying to grow my nails for a big ball next week I dented it more times than you could shake a stick at !

Anyway used royal to stick those tiny hundreds and thousands on took ages, and I sneakily smeared it over dodgy cracks in sp - glad I changed to white now lol ;-)

I think your cake looks great Jo you've do a lovely job.

That sounds like a good idea to me Petitecat, people are always interested in a deal or promotion go for it it can't do any harm can it.

AYou lot are flipping well crackers!! Your nuts!!

Jean why are you so unsure about going into wedding cakes?

Have to start somewhere, maybe make a dummy one first.

Jo, what the flipping heck is wrong with that? Did you use a sheet to quilt?

AYeah maybe Jean, to launch/ promote the wedding cake part of your business. Leah's school raffled a voucher for a giant cupcake at her fete, that was very successful apparently.

AAw jo you're being too hard on yourself. I'd be chuffed if made that, it's lovely. Hi nanny. :-)

AJo, my first quilting job was a mess! Literally a mess!! That is amazing! Well done!

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Add it your post signature...! ;)

Jo before i add the pearls i use this tool

it gives you a little cross and a dip so its easier to put them in 

ATadaaaaaaa! :D

AAnd on that note, night night everyone! I'm 12 days through fasting! Wooooooop!!

AThanks everyone you are a good remedy for a shakey start at quilting !

Nanny it was pme stitching tool across a folding piece of manilla folder :-/

Tricky if you don't have steady hands !!

Tiddy I did think about using those but I think u rolled sp too thin tbh so was worried I poke through it !!!

Night Kuuushi x

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I know it would cost you, but I'd seriously consider doing one as a prize only, not at cost.

You will still get all the practise you want, the consultation, tasters etc, but you're selling it as a professional product. If you offer at cost, no matter how you word it, for a wedding cake I think it will shout 'I'm not sure of myself'. That's fine for the one person you do it for who is getting a bargain, but imagine you're another prospective client seeing it. A bride wants to know that you know what you're doing, and if they've seen that you're offering something at cost because you aren't sure of yourself, I think that might ring alarm bells.

If you really want to practise instead of jumping in, I'd be inclined to work out a few designs that you feel you would be happy doing, and what you would charge for them, then do your raffle idea with a grand prize of 'one of these beautiful cakes worth £xx'. You can still do the taster for it, you can still have the consult for colours, minor changes, venue questions etc, but you haven't said anywhere that you're doing it to gain experience.

I'm with nanny though, what's making you think you can't just jump in? Honestly, if you get a few dummies under your belt for show, and practise stacking if that's something that concerns you, there's really nothing else to it. I'm the most shy person I know, I hate talking to strangers, and on my first consults I made my hubby stay in the room as a back-up chatter, but as soon as someone asks you a question you go into cake mode and as you know what you're talking about it just kind of flows.

Just my two penneth :-)

AHi all... :)

Tiddy, fab cake as always! :)

Marvel, gorgeous flowers and the rainbow.:smile:

Jo, your cake looks perfect to me. Cannot see anything wrong with that. I have a wedding cake to do with quilting on at the end of the month. I got the mat. So hoping It goes smoothly.:-)

Jean, it is a good idea. But why don't you find a wedding fair near your area and make two or three dummy cakes as well as a small three tier cake, then you can cut this cake and serve as samples? Just a thought. You get to make a cake and sample at the same time! :smile:

AThanks Bashini, it was actually easier than I thought once I got going. My sp cover was my main disappointment but think I might be too hard on myself, considering I'm only £10 for this ballerina choc cake !!!!!!!!!!

Nanny, I'm not too worried about making actual wedding cakes. I just wanted to 'experience' making a cake for a real wedding to give me confidence when taking on wedding cake orders. Just so I asked the right questions about designs, venue, getting to the venue and getting the cake ready on the day, getting my contract right, and so on and so forth. 

If not at cost, maybe 50%? That might come across as more promo like than 'Cake at Cost'! 

Jo I had a bloody nightmare with my MMF tonight too. I don't know why but the first time I made that stuff I thought my SP troubles were over! My MMF tonight was just really tough- so hard to knead. I should have added water I guess. It wouldn't stick to the friggin cake too! Took aaaggeeesss! It's a good thing that it's going to be covered all over otherwise I would have had to start over with new SP. 

Kuushii, the end to the fasting is in sight? Yay!

As usual I am knackered so goodnight folks!

AI know what you mean Jo. Always see something wrong with our cakes.

Anyway, off to bed now. Good Night everyone!! :-)

Bashini, I don't think I can afford a wedding fair right now 

ASorry to hear you struggled too petitecat :-(

Night all xx

Night everyone.

AMorning :)

Yes I'm nearly half way through fasting! It's going slow in the days but overall quickly in the weeks so it's okay! Not as bad as I thought! Pretty sure it's May next year so that a short fast again woop!

Runs me down a little. Guaranteed to get a cold sore when I fast. Ouchy!

Did I mention before that I am going to try grays white choc mud cake next week? I have a birthday cake for a last who loves white chocolate so I think in going to do white choc mud cake with cream and raspberries covered in white ganache with white chocolate shards going around the side. A white anemone on top and a white ribbon. Simple and chic!

AOoooo, cant wait to see that kuuushi.

I made some red roses last night for a last min cake for Sunday, the red was abit dull as lots of icing sugar on them so I air brushed them , look so much nicer.

Got a lovely Gerber cake for next Wed, all pretty pastel colours.

AMorning all. :-)

You're doing well Kuuushi! When does it end?

Isn't it sunny already today nanny? I'm off to Bridgend and porthcawl today with my mam and her dog, Leah doesn't like the dog, won't go near him so were making the most of it before she comes home later. Are the roses for the ruby wedding cake?

AMorning nanny, I can see it in my head and hope I can pull it off as it looks beautiful all locked up in my brain lol! The roses sound lovely! I think I may pick up a dinky doodle at CI, let's see if I can nab me kuuushis card :D

Morning Maisie, hopefully 28th but again it all depends on the moon! Closer to the day I will let everyone know. Lovely that your spending time with your mum. Wish I could spend more time with my mum but she's always working and so am I! :(