My "boxes And Bows" Dvd Is Here!!!
Decorating By 4Gifts4Lisa Updated 22 Apr 2009 , 5:43pm by destinyrn
My DVD's came in yesterday afternoon - just in time to open the package and then have to put them down and walk out the door to go out to eat for Valentine's Day with our 4 year old granddaughter (and I look longingly at the DVD's stacked up on the table...)
Finally go to look at part of the Boxes and Bows DVD about 11:30 pm last night - couldn't wait - just had to have a look! Anyway, this morning after sending the granddaughter home and DH out the door to do whatever he wanted, I finally got some time to myself and had an all day marathon of cake decorating with Sharon!!! Woohoo...
I am absolutely in awe of Sharon and her techniques and I learned so much that I can't begin to thank her enough for taking the time to produce the DVD's. I purchased all 3 at the same time and this is the best money I have ever spent on cake decorating media - bar none. I love my books, but the DVD's are so hands on and in real time that I was able to absorb so many things that I can't wait to get out some stuff and start decorating!!!
Thank you, Sharon. I look forward to watching many more!
My DVD's came in yesterday afternoon - just in time to open the package and then have to put them down and walk out the door to go out to eat for Valentine's Day with our 4 year old granddaughter (and I look longingly at the DVD's stacked up on the table...)
Finally go to look at part of the Boxes and Bows DVD about 11:30 pm last night - couldn't wait - just had to have a look! Anyway, this morning after sending the granddaughter home and DH out the door to do whatever he wanted, I finally got some time to myself and had an all day marathon of cake decorating with Sharon!!! Woohoo...
I am absolutely in awe of Sharon and her techniques and I learned so much that I can't begin to thank her enough for taking the time to produce the DVD's. I purchased all 3 at the same time and this is the best money I have ever spent on cake decorating media - bar none. I love my books, but the DVD's are so hands on and in real time that I was able to absorb so many things that I can't wait to get out some stuff and start decorating!!!
Thank you, Sharon. I look forward to watching many more!
I laughed at that to I was waiting for Sharon to say you fip it over before you flip your lid
Especially after that first one kind of slid off the board Thats when I waited for it ! Hey Sharon with all those "out takes "
Do I see a blooper dvd in the works
I have only had a chance to watch some of it but so far its AWESOME !!
I never even realized i said "flip your lid" like that till you just mentioned it, LOL. Funny. I wanna flip my lid a a lot when doing cakes, HAHA
I keep saying I am going to put a blooper reel together just for fun and load it to my site. Have to go back and look at all the old tapes and put it together.
Maybe I will add a few bloopers at the end of the topsy turvy dvd dince that is kind of a wacky theme anyway. Think that's too unprefessional? Like after the credits?
ptanyer, I thank you for that wonderful review. I am humbled by your praise and kind words. I am thrilled that you are happy with them. I remember how I struggled in my early days ( and still do on some things), and I try to inlcude in them anything I can think of that will be helpful to keep the stress level down if posible for you guys.
Cake decoarting is not an easy skill to master. If I am helping a bit (and helping my KS cause) I am beyond thrilled.
Thank you again.
I also got my Boxes and Bows DVD yesterday. It was the best Valentines Day gift! I've already watched it twice and can't wait to play with my new claygun. I am in awe at how talented Sharon is, she is my cake guru!!! 
I will be a lifelong customer and I keep hoping that she will teach a class in Southern California one day so I can go! I can't wait for her Topsy Turvy DVD to come out!! Hurry, hurry, hurry!!! =)
I do have a couple of questions, maybe someone can help..maybe Sharon????
How does Sharon get the "love" and "forever" words imprinted into her fondant that covers her boards? Are they stamps? That is so cute!
Do you disassemble the Valentines Box cake before serving?
How do you stack multiple box cakes in a tiered format? Do you put a dowel through all the tiers for stability? Would this damage the box lids?
I was also wondering what brand of gumpaste and tylose Sharon recommends?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with all of us!
I also got my Boxes and Bows DVD yesterday. It was the best Valentines Day gift! I've already watched it twice and can't wait to play with my new claygun. I am in awe at how talented Sharon is, she is my cake guru!!!
I will be a lifelong customer and I keep hoping that she will teach a class in Southern California one day so I can go! I can't wait for her Topsy Turvy DVD to come out!! Hurry, hurry, hurry!!! =)Thank you so much! I apprecite it. Topsy Turvy is coming; just hang tight!
I do have a couple of questions, maybe someone can help..maybe Sharon????
How does Sharon get the "love" and "forever" words imprinted into her fondant that covers her boards? Are they stamps? That is so cute!
Those are those clear scrapbooking stamps u can get at craft stores. I am not sure if they are food safe, so I use them only on the boards at this time.
Do you disassemble the Valentines Box cake before serving?
I would not attempt that as it will destroy the cake. I would take all the goodies out the box and then just cut with a super sharp pointy tipped non serrated knife. It should cut thru the panels. There is no way a cake like this will cut without a bit of mess. It is just part of the deal, LOL
How do you stack multiple box cakes in a tiered format? Do you put a dowel through all the tiers for stability? Would this damage the box lids?
before you inseet your dowels into the 4 panels box top lid, vut a hole with your exacto knife in the lid for the dwel to go into. do not try to shove the dowel into the paneled lid, it will destroy it. stack your nexy cake on top and then put the center dowel thru before you assemble the top lid on the top cake. make the dowel tip very shrap and it will go thru the underneath lid fine. I have done it on many cakes. see the cakes at the end of the dvd that have stacked paneled lid cakes.
HTH and thank you!
I was also wondering what brand of gumpaste and tylose Sharon recommends?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with all of us!
I Highly prefer nic lodge home made recipe or ready made.
any brand of tylose is fine.
Sharon I have all of your DVD's and love them! It is nice to be able to review a cake before I try it on my own. I have never been able to make a loop bow pretty but I am going to try again now that Iknow you can turn the loops a couple different ways and the accent loops to help it pop will be fun to try also. I do have a couple of questions for you though. You refer to gumpaste several times in the video is it pure gumpaste or 1/2 gumpaste, 1/2 fondant? The other question is do you use candy melts for your chocolate "glue"?
Thanks
Melissa
OOPS one more -
Are you selling the pasta roller if not what is the best type to get?
If I say gumpaste in the video I am using 100% gumpaste, but I am not opposed to 50/50. Totally up to you. I like pure gumpaste for the more delicate dressy bows cuz you can get it so thin and life like.
yes, candy melts for glue. the cheap stuff is fine for that.
I have the Atlas pasta roller from bed, bath and beyond.
HTH and thank you!!
Oh girls, you are making me want to put in an order! What would Dave Ramsey say? We are on his "beans and rice, rice and beans" plan. Ha Ha! I might just have to wait until my birthday in June. Sharon, I noticed you said it was for a limited time only. I hope you still have some! I need to add to my SugarEd DVD collection.
Limited time only on the free templates. DVD will be around forever....lol
Thank you!
Whew! Thanks Sharon, though it is hard to give up free stuff!
keep saying I am going to put a blooper reel together just for fun and load it to my site. Have to go back and look at all the old tapes and put it together
OH MY. thats all I can say right now on that topic.
As for the DVDs well even though i was there during the shoot i still watch the finished product and STILL learn something new each time.
Talent just ooses through these dvds ya'll.
I ordered mine some time ago and got the e-mail that it is coming, but I don't have it yet. Maybe it's sitting in customs at the border - that would be about right! Can't wait until it gets here!!
They are on the way I promise! I hope you guys like it! Thanks!
I just got my 4 DVD's. They were a birthday present from my DH. So far I LOVE THEM. I can't wait to watch all of them, then of course run out and start making cakes to use all the wonderful tips. Thank you SO MUCH for making these.
Hey, what about one on Topsy Turvy cakes? I love he look of them, but am terrified to try.
~Christina
I got my DVD, it is wonderful. Can't wait to use some of the techniques. I did not get any templates, what were they templates of??? I ordered my in time to get them. Will have to check. Please keep the DVD coming.
What kind of extruder gun do you use Sugarshack.
THanks
Mine arrived just at the end of the day today - hoooooooray! I haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but I am making time asap. Thanks, Sharon! 
I got my DVD, it is wonderful. Can't wait to use some of the techniques. I did not get any templates, what were they templates of??? I ordered my in time to get them. Will have to check. Please keep the DVD coming.
What kind of extruder gun do you use Sugarshack.
THanks
templates are a folded paper inside the DVD case.
I use the Sugar c raft brand red and black gun... see the supply list in the case.
Thank you all so very very much!!
I agree with Wendy....talent oooozes out of those DVD's (and Sharon). I just finished watching the Box and Bowes DVD - I LOVE IT! Even though I took Sharon's class with one of the boxes and bow - I still learned more. I love all the pictures at the end - It shows you how many different ways you can incorporate all that you have learned in this DVD.
Sharon - I think you rocked this DVD. You packeted in so much information! Perfect add to my SugarEd collections. Can't wait for more.
OK, so I just got and watched my Fondant dvd and ... wow. I see where I've been going wrong all along! I love that Sharon showed how to 'fix' certain things and I also see that my 'perception' of what a 1/4" thinkness is, is far from the truth! (Maybe I should have invested in a ruler! ). Now I see why I felt like such an idiot when I couldn't get Satin Ice on a cake without it ripping to shreds... sillyme!!!
OK, I'm off to order Boxes and Bows!
Sharon, did I understand right? Are you making a Topsy Turvy dvd? Ohhhhh I can't wait!
Thanks so much Mrs Planeflyer!
chilz.... your little birdie might be right!
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