Baseball diamond grave

For a 60th birthday... this shape was a little more tricky to get than I first expected, but I got it eventually. I painted the green on, thinking the paint strokes would add a cool texture to the grass.

Sk8 Park

Ayden is amazing. Did you know he can do a back flip? He showed me. I've never been able to do a back flip. Ever. Not even on a trampoline and this kid just did it from a standing jump on the floor. Impressive. Ayden is also an 8 year old skater boy. Happy birthday Ayden! I didn't get a picture with the cake after McKell put little skateboards all over it but it looked really cool with or without them, if I do say so myself (and quite often I'm saying so myself LOL). I think I nailed the concrete color, which was pure luck on the first try ha ha.

What goes better with Saint's football than ESPN on a flatscreen TV? We had lots of flavors going on in these cakes. Carrot cake, chocolate chip cookie cake, vanilla cheesecake cake, and spice cake. Still not a fan of my helmet carving abilities, but it's a better shape than my last one. which is a good sign that my next will be better too :).

Seattle Seahawks

A neighbor wanted this for her son's 20th birthday... he's avid into the Seahawks. My first helmet... I needed to cut the length in half, it's very elongated. As luck has it, I have another football cake, this time for the Saints, coming up, so I get to try it again. This time I'll have a better idea of how to carve it. Overall I'm happy with the logo and the field. I made the face mask out of gumpaste and let it dry over night, but it turned out that wasn't long enough. I broke when I tried to put it on the next morning. And crumbled with all my efforts to put it together again. With my neighbor coming to pick it up I was able to use a support of florist wire and toothpicks to make a fresh face mask. This cake was a good learning experience!