Photo Friday #48 - Take My Breath Away

Show Stopper, Bow Topper

I created the below gum paste bow tutorial over three years ago. THREE! I know, I am waayy overdue for sharing this. I was preggo with my youngest child at the time and shot the entire thing three cameras ago when all I had was a pocket Canon Powershot G10 - unbelievable when I think about it now. I had zero knowledge of shutter speed (hence, the occasional blurry photo) and even less knowledge of photoshop. It is what it is. 

While I'm a big fan of tylose and cmc powder for sugar flowers, I am a firm believer that the bow stands at attention and holds shape best when created with gum paste. If a picture truly is worth a thousand words, than no narration should be necessary. However, I do have a fully printable .PDF file including written instructions/tips and if you would like a copy, please email me at: andrea@andreahowarcakes.com and I will email it to you. Please include in your subject line: Cake Tutorial. 

Happy Caking!  

Preview!

Last December I took a good long look at my business and evaluated where I was and where I wanted to be. Many of you may remember that my initial business involved not only cakes, but catering as well. Somewhere in the middle of assembling hors d'oeuvres for 250 people while caring for a six week old baby I realized that as much as I love to cook, the art of cuisine loses its luster when stuffing 600 mushrooms and prepping the same number of crab cakes in between a baby's nursing schedule. It was a sleepless summer. I still love to cook, entertain, and share my recipes on this blog, but my true passion is art and my mediums of choice are cake, sugar, fondant - you get the picture.  My business model got a facelift for 2013 and I haven't looked back - I love my job! I know it is a huge blessing to find work pleasurable and I don't take it for granted. 

Thanks to a sweet family member who recently married and agreed to don her wedding gown once more for a photo shoot, I now have these beautiful photo's that I can't stop looking at! You can check out our model, Lael, on her blog: High Heels and High Notes and find the fabulous white leather sofa over at Mood Party Rentals.

Here's a peek at a few photo's from our shoot....

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