A Little Handbag Cake

With all the word blocks I've been doing lately, I bet you are wondering if I do anything else! I promise, I truly am a schizophrenic crafter - like all of them and can't just focus on one! I do have to admit I've been having a great time with all the different designs with word blocks. However my little girl's 9th birthday forced me to focus on something else: a cake, a little purse cake to be exact:

I just wanted to encourage all you crafters to break out into new ground, if you haven't already! I have heard people say: "oh, I couldn't possibly do that". Whether the "that" is decorating cakes or painting, I want to encourage you to give it a try. No, you may never be Michelangelo, but I think you just might surprise yourself!

Take cakes for instance. No, I don't think I'd ever want to do it professionally, but it sure has expanded my horizons and stretched me! Like almost anything now days, there are some great tutorials on-line. With that and a little willingness to expand your horizons, I think you will surprise yourself. Here are a couple of other recent cakes I've done:

I wish I would have thought to take pictures of the process, but I wasn't thinking "tutorial" at the time. I was thinking "I've got to hurry up and get this cake done before the party!"

When I branched out into fondant, I discovered the pre-made kind that you can purchase is pretty expensive and not all that great tasting. Then I found a great recipe for fondant using marshmallows! Here is the link to that tutorial from the Cake Journal.

One thing I've learned through playing around with my kiddo's birthday cakes and fondant is that if you want the frosting to  be stiff, you need to use gum paste. I do purchase gum paste pre-made because it's not something your going to eat - it hardens up quite nicely. You buy the gumpaste in "white" and then can just mix your food coloring paste into it to get the desired color.

Ok, I hope I've inspired you to just try something you never thought you could do. You just might surprise yourself!

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