Posts by bellacakecreations

Thanks AZ and everyone else....I think I just needed to vent to people who would understand that even decorated dummys take time and money not to mention I take pride in my work and I want them to be happy with it. Just not at the...

cai0311 I usually only do sketches as well but she asked specifically for a dummy. Lol didn't know I was going to end up being the dummy :)   Lfredden there is absolutely a contract in place with a deposit....

I know AZCouture....that meeting was the first aside from the email asking for it and like I said I just figured it was nerves. She did pay a deposit and I'm sure that I can easily pull off the wedding cake but I'm not sure anything...

No I'm not charging her and I really should have. I've never had anyone ask me to do one for them and I just figured her nerves were shot (blah, blah, blah) so I would do one and she would be ok. WRONG!! I think it just bothers me...

Never had to do this before but 2 weeks ago I had a bride approach me about a cake for early January and provided me with a thumbnail picture from the internet. I found a larger version of the cake and made a dummy "mock up" that she...

I used royal icing over a crusting buttercream with no problem just make sure the royal is thick and the buttercream has set. There are plenty of stencils out there....this is a pic of a royal icing stenciled cake I did. It was practice...

I have used non edible bling on a cake though I don't recommend it to anyone ordering a cake. I made sure that they knew what to remove and how to remove it. And I made sure there was a note about it in the contract. The bride wanted...

Ganache especially for a topsy turvy it just gives it more strength and is easy to use.

Yeah I am expecting that call. Truth is I was horrified when she said she didn't like it. But as soon as "it's too small" came out as the only thing she could criticize and knowing I showed her the dummies as an example I started to...

It was for a quinceanera and yes she signed off on the design. Everything was exactly as we agreed. We agreed to meet there at 4 and when she wasn't there I called....and nothing. When I texted her she said she couldn't talk and the...