My mother-in-law is a huge coffe drinker so my husband suggested I make her a vase behind a coffe mug. It did not turn out as well as I would have liked. I did not have the shortening to make the icing so I ended up using all butter(Which is NOT my choice of how to make, but I had to make due.) The icing was too soft and did not hold up as well as I needed to do what I wanted, which was make smaller and a more variety of them. But all-in-all it is ok and my mother-in-law liked it....