Introduced by Amy
Laura is my oldest sister and we shared a room growing up. Because of that, she deserves an medal. Seriously, I was a slobby little hoarder (I collected...everything.) and I coughed from asthma all through the night--yet she still loved and spoiled me.
Laura is my hero for how calm and patient she is in her home. I've never really seen her lose her temper at her kids; she's probably even pleasant when she yells at them (if she ever yells...she would probably tell you she does, though I've never seen it...haha) She is talented and smart, and though she wouldn't sing a solo for a hundred bucks (too shy), she basically has perfect pitch and can sing any harmony part. And she rocks Irish Dance...another hidden talent! (She probably wants to kill me now! Ha!) I love talking to her, laughing with her, and getting her advice about raising kids, because I want to be a loving mom like her when I grow up!
-Amy
Making cute birthday cakes for my kids has been a real stresser. I always get really excited to decorate a cute cake and then half way through when the kids start fighting, the frosting starts melting because I am not the fastest decorator, then I get so mad because I want to do something that is for ME to work on a creative skill ONCE A YEAR and it turns into the worst part of my kid's birthday instead of the most enjoyable one. Until a week ago!
I saw on a cooking show how to make really cute detailed frosting pictures that you make beforehand, freeze, then toss it onto a frosted cake for a professional looking cake!
Tape it to a cookie sheet.
Tape a piece of wax paper over the page so that you can see the character through the wax paper.
Pipe frosting using a small tip to "trace" over the outlines.
Freeze until hard.
Then spread your coloring frosting over the picture in between the outline.
You know, like you are coloring it with frosting.
Then freeze again.
To make thicker and more sturdy, put a final layer of frosting over the whole thing then freeze again.
When frozen, slowly and carefully peel the wax paper off and flip it over and walaah! A masterpiece that will get tons of compliments that only took 15 minutes!
-Laura