read me like an open book - adding "cake decorating" back onto my resume (with half the pages torn out)

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26 October 2006 @ 01:56 pm

adding "cake decorating" back onto my resume

First one I did, with the drawing tip. It's sloppy because I couldn't get my hand to stop shaking.

I used a different tip for the second one, and when I got to the O, I remembered what ribboning (or whatever the real term is) was. It worked nicely for the lettering (except for the whole falling-over part of the V), but not so much for the curvy shape. (The spot with the missing frosting is not my fault. It got dropped or bumped against something before I even got to it.)

close-up of detail:

veroz did the icing on the blue cake:

And yes,

winniewong, we remembered the TM.

Tags: art, crafts, photo, vox, work

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rahaeli on October 26th, 2006 09:21 pm (UTC)

That is SO FUCKING AWESOME.

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carli on October 26th, 2006 09:26 pm (UTC)

These cakes are really simple and pretty!

I salute those that can ice neatly.

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kurbish on October 26th, 2006 09:31 pm (UTC)

that is too cute.

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gameboyguy13 on October 26th, 2006 10:48 pm (UTC)

Those are fabulous.

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reklamador_ako on October 27th, 2006 09:25 am (UTC)

thats cute ei im using ur lay out now and its great im starting to have my blog frm the scrap wish i had vox account

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chasethestars on October 28th, 2006 03:28 am (UTC)

Vox is open to the public now. You can sign up for free on vox.com

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idonotlikepeas on October 27th, 2006 11:34 am (UTC)

Cool!

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newfashiongirl on October 27th, 2006 02:45 pm (UTC)
I feel like a dork..

...when I post comments in strangers' journals, but you designed the layout I'm using for one of my comms, so I thought I'd take a peek at your journal and noticed this entry. I'm on my way to pastry school myself and thought this was pretty neat. How did you color the frosting? Did you just use food coloring? I have the worst trouble coloring base frosting. I don't know why.

Mind if I add you?

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chasethestars on October 28th, 2006 03:39 am (UTC)
Re: I feel like a dork..

You shouldn't feel like a dork for commenting in strangers' journals, especially when they have commenting from strangers (non-friends) enabled :)
I don't mind at all if you add me. I believe in drama-free friending and/or de-friending :)

I have no formal training, haven't been to pastry school or even taken any classes. I don't even know the correct terminology.

I worked at the local ice cream parlor in high school, and we had this great pastry chef. The cakes he decorated always looked amazing (they tasted great too). I guess I learned from watching him. When he wasn't around and someone wanted something written on a pre-made cake, I'd do it. But that's as much experience I had before this; I'd only written swirly letters before so I'm pretty proud of how I did with the Vox cakes. Pastry school sounds fun though!

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newfashiongirl on October 29th, 2006 07:16 pm (UTC)
Re: I feel like a dork..

Well awesome. I've had a lot of drama the last few times I've defreinded.

That's great, though. I worked at an ice cream shop, too. I miss it, to be honest, but that's probably why I'm going back into pastry.

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(Anonymous) on October 28th, 2006 02:35 am (UTC)

Lettering with those tips is hard - we always used to teeny one at Carvel for cursive - huge fun!

--Colleen
http://www.simplekindoflife.com

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cosmicjohn on October 28th, 2006 02:49 am (UTC)

Hi there, corporate whore! How are you?

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