STRESSED spelled backwards is DESSERTS.

So....my first post. Kinda exciting, right? Not exactly - I am such a perfectionist, I expect everything I do to be PERFECT. Which in this case, includes my blog. I have stressed over creating this blog for weeks now, deciding what angle I want to go with, how I am going to design it, and what I am going to write. And then there is my fretting over my lack of photography skills, which plays a HUGE part in presenting my product to my customers! I finally came to the conclusion that I had better just jump right in and just get started...and be myself!

...so now here I am. Lets just start at the beginning...the beginning does excite me.

I have always enjoyed baking. Cakes, cupcakes, cookies, muffins, breads...I love to try new recipes, and work on old ones. And I am naturally artistic, creating is in my nature. I have always been drawn to wanting to learn how to decorate cakes for special occasions, and to have everyone 'ooh' and 'ahh' my presented masterpiece. Being a perfectionist, I would be lying if I said I didn't sometimes (harshly) critique some of the work I have seen at the supermarket bakeries, even at weddings! I dabbled in small birthday cakes, the occasional cupcake, but I was missing something. The know-how to create my masterpiece! I studies Food Network shows like Challenge and Cupcake Wars, and I knew I could be as good one day, that I WOULD be as good. I had talked about wanting to take cake decorating classes for about a year, and found that Michaels and Hobby Lobby offered classes through Wilton. Honestly, I thought that would be kinda cheesy going through Michaels, but that's just me...and yet I was too lazy to attend Culinary Arts school. Well, last year for Christmas, Lane (my husband) surprised me with classes at Cake Crafts. Ooh, was I excited! I got registered, and the rest is history!

So whats my next step? Practice, practice, practice! I am developing my own business, specializing in cupcakes and special occasion cakes. I am so excited for what is in store for me. Which is lots of work, pounds of frosting and lots of trial and error until perfection is achieved!