Happy 4th of July!!

I know I'm posting this a few days late, but here are the 4th of July cookies I made. These are my first try at royal icing cookies, so I'm pretty happy with them.

I've finally gotten back to the scrapbooking, and I'll hopefully be able to post some new layouts later this week.  I think I may also try to make some cards for my stash soon.  There's also a good chance I'll finally be taking the last 2 Wilton cake courses within the next few months... I'll post that work too.

Independence Day!

Happy 4th of July!! I made 3 cakes for the holiday. Well, I started out making a star cake for my parents to take to their friends' 4th of July party, which they have annually.  These friends happen to be from Montreal, so my mom and I decided on Friday night (the party was Saturday) that I should make them a small Canada Day cake as well.  So I did.  Since it was a small cake, I had extra batter and made it into a 1-layer 8" cake for us.  I would have done cupcakes, but decided to do the cake because I've wanted to try the brush embroidery and writing on a cake, not just a practice board.
I'm very happy with all 3 cakes, but my hand got tired on the star cake because the sections were too small to use the 3-star tip.  I think in the future, I'll try an FBCT for something like the maple leaf on the Canada Day cake.