Gift & bow cake

Well finally here it is.. the disaster that almost didn't make it. This is for my father in laws birthday today. First bow attempted following the tutorial on cc was a disaster. Also the colour came out Terracotta instead of dark brown. Fran saved the day and recommended I use chocolate fondant to get the right brown. Yeah fran. But even with additional info on bows it still didn't come out right, it is still very soft... needless to say not happy. I guess we learn from our mistakes.. better luck next time.