So I spent all last week working on cookies, cupcakes and candies for my daughter's first birthday party. Not only was I running out of storage space, but I was also trying to keep the goodies away from my sweet tooth 3 year old. My mom suggested storing them in the oven. Yeah, well that was a good idea until I turned on the oven to 475 to bake pizza crusts. This was the end result. These were my first real attempt at fancy cookies and cupcakes...was this some sort of foreshadowing or sign for me to give it up and stay away from decorating? Here was the end result...
don't give up! theres so much going on when decorating that everyone spaces out at times. just think of what a great story this'll make at the party!
Sounds like something I would do! I call these my Lucy moments. lol
Good to share your experience with us, but I have to think it's only a matter of time before I do something just as bad!
Last week I sat my plastic cake storage topper on the stove as I was cleaning a space to work on and wouldn't you know the burner was on? Ok, so now I have to buy a new storage container!
Wendy
Don't give up - Take it from someone who's done the same thing!!
Lesson learned from my mechanic husband, Put a note on the handle or by the oven knob that says something is in the oven and don't heat until check and remove.
It's called "tag-out", they use it when they drain all the engine oil out of a tractor - that way someone else won't jump in and start it and blow up a $40,000 engine.
Keep your head up.
Don't give up! It looks like they looked really nice before being twice baked! I once worked on a fondant castle for about five hours, my boss had me place all the pieces in the oven to dry, no heat just the light. That night her daughter preheated the oven for a pizza and cooked all the fondant pieces. An enitre day down the oven. It happens, better luck. And they did look good! 
Grrr....that happens all the time when my kids are around! (ages 19 & 22). All their lives we've stored pans, baking dishes, etc in the oven for lack of space. So its not like its a new concept. I always, always check the oven before I turn it on. Last summer we had a cookout on my son's birthday. I had this new cute platter that we had used and yup my daughter put it in the very top of the oven for storage later. Well, a couple days later when everyone was gone, I turned on the oven and even though I looked, I missed it because it was flat and was up at the very top near the broiler. I kept hearing this popping noise,and when I finally noticed the platter, I realized the popping noise was the paint on it flaking off into a gazillion tiny pieces into my oven. ARGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!
My son's girlfriend was staying with us recently, and one day he stopped by my office on his way to work. He said reluctantly, "um, you're not going to be very happy about this, but....." and he went on to tell me that she turned on the stove but turned on the wrong burner.....and I had been cleaning out my fridge so the big brown tupperware container that I store my flour in, was on top of that burner!! What a mess that was!!! But they cleaned it all up, the melted plastic and the flour mixture that was all over my burner and had dripped down into the oven, ugh. Well now that they've moved to their own apartment, I'm about to give her something "special" as part of their housewarming gift......a smaller version of that brown tupperware container, with some flour in it 
I had a friend who used to store her extra tupperware and Pampered Chef stuff in her oven. On Thanksgiving day she turned on her oven, in preparation for the turkey, forgetting about the storage. Her kitchen caught fire! 
It was quite a disaster, but thankfully no one was hurt.
After hearing that story, I decided not to use the ovens for storage.
I would use a tag with a string...maybe red. Sticky might dry up and fall off.... Then you could just hang it back on... Or take the knob off as stated above... They were really pretty. You have talent. Don't give up! Not a sign to give up baking/decorating... Just a sign re storing things in the oven.
Oh no! I feel terrible for you and can only imagine how frustrated you must have felt at the moment and probably still are. I have never done this before but it has always been a fear so I am taking great heed to your experience and the follow-up posts. I like the idea of taking the knob off if your oven has a knob. Mine is all digital so it wouldn't work for me so guess I'll go the note route.
I am really feeling awful for you!!! It is not easy to bake all that with small children around and you did such a great job decorating!! Pick up the pieces and start over again! Afterall, YOU ARE WOMAN!!!
Lea
They looked as though they were very pretty before the mishap. We have melted and burned so many things in our oven for the same reason- I think everybody's done it- just maybe not with beautiful cakes! I agree with everyone else, start over and they'll come out even prettier than the first batch. You know what we say," practice makes perfect "and this way, you're definitely getting more practice. Not to mention, when everyone is raving about how delicious your treats are, you can tell 'em: "If only you knew what it took make 'em" and you'll have a great (then funny) story to tell!
It must be something about first birthday parties! I had the same thing happen 13 years ago, with two cakes for my son's party. My husband thought he was doing me a favor by warming up the oven to toast bagels. (Our toaster had met an untimely demise in the Northridge earthquake, two weeks earlier, so we were using the oven to toast bread.)Not only did he melt the icing, he melted the trays the cakes were on.
I now have a note that gets put on the oven control panel, covering the on button, which says, DO NOT USE THE OVEN.
RedPanda
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