New things: fondant feathers (so difficult to stay on, as they were a bit heavy), fondant mask (ultimately not used as it dried a bit wider than could fit on the hat), top hat (holy cow was this thing hard to cover in fondant. thank goodness for the yellow "ribbon"), IMBC under the fondant (not sure what happened but it didn't seem like the fondant like the IMBC. the fondant got very wet and melty) Not so new, but learned something: using fresh strawberries with strawberry jam/preserves in the filling seemed to water it down by placing in the fridge and freezer and then thawing out again. most of the filling was soaked into the cake On the upside: this was a cake I made for my husband and I to celebrate our wedding (February14th with the town judge)