made for a one-year-old boy's 1st birthday

Oh my, this is so cute...looks "lifelike"

thank you! :)

Wow, amazing.

I know the feeling. I've a few disasters myself. Almost makes you want to give up. Your figures are just beautiful.

Great job on your gumpaste figures!

great job,every fault make you better and you learn from your mistakes. Thank for sharing.

Thank you, thank you everyone for the encouraging comments. Thinking at least I learned from this experience was exactly how I mentally picked myself up. (Plus of course, a lot of research on how to avoid the same mistakes.) :)