Spring is here and I can't wait to get my flowers planted in my flower beds. I've already started working out in the yard doing clean up, but it's still a bit too early to do any real palnting. However, I have created some cards for my design team for Tickle Trunk Memories that have flowers popping up on them and full of "spring". I loved createing these.

Another hobby I have is cake decorating.  I have been doing cakes for quite a few years, but recently I have been taking the Wilton cake decorating courses.  I'd like to share some of the things I have learned with you.  The cupcakes below were done for a couple that recently got married and I was asked to make something to celebrate their marriage at our church as they got married out of town.  I learned how to do these flowers at the 2nd course I took.

I am currently taking the 3rd Wilton cake decorating course and these are some of the flowers that I am learning to make out of gum paste and fondant.  I am having a lot of fun making these flowers.  I think they look so real and delicate and I love the process of making them.  One is a rose (which I think you already figured out) and the other is a carnation.  I love how real these flowers can look.  Enjoy.

This is a special card I did for a couple we know that is celebrating their 50th anniversary.  I know that usually gold is the symbol for 50, but I am a bit more partial to the silver and I had a vision in my mind for this card.