As promised, here are photos of my Threadcakes contest entry, complete with the redone design on top.

Many thanks to racerxmachina for alerting me to the contest!

I chose a design called "Sees the Day":


( And here's what I did with it )

If you'd like to see my contest entry page - which has many more pics of the process - check it out here.

Yet another cake disaster last night, folks. Luckily, this one was fixable (if not easily).

As I previously mentioned, I'm submitting an entry for the Threadcakes decorating contest. I decided to do yet another Frozen Buttercream Transfer, as I am usually very pleased with the results of that technique. Because I am crazy, I chose a design with lots of tiny details on it that had to be done with the #1 decorating tip - AKA "the writing tip," AKA "the tip with an opening the size of a flippin' pinhole." Piping frosting out of this tip is NOT easy. Doing the detail work for this design took well over an hour, even though it was only one color, between fighting to squeeze out the icing and resting my aching hand. Eventually, though, I had the details done, the background frosted, and the transfer in the freezer.

A few hours later, I took the FBT out of the freezer to put on top of my cake. I was working to loosen it from the plastic wrap, didn't realize I wasn't supporting the transfer, and ...

Splat.

Half of the FBT snapped off and hit the floor, breaking into several more pieces. I was shocked, stunned, and couldn't believe I had been so careless. And then, the realization hit me: I was going to have to do that slog of a design ... that painful frosting job ... all ... over ... again. Today I've actually been getting shooting pains in my hand and arm from squeezing than damn icing bag so hard.

Thank heavens for Tom. He calmed me down, first of all - I'd have probably been a sobbing wreck if not for him. Then he mixed up more frosting for the background while I re-did the detail work, washed all the dishes and cleaned the counters, AND massaged my aching hand. (And, like all good boyfriends, told me he was sure the second one would turn out even better than the first one, anyway.) I love that man. :-)

So, tonight I'll CAREFULLY place the new FBT atop the cake and finish decorating it. Photos tomorrow!