New Hobby: Cake Decorating

I started thinking about Maddie's birthday months before she turned one.  Either because my little baby girl was turning one and it's a big deal OR this modern marvel known as Pinterest.  I began browsing for ideas and came up with pink ladybugs and then started looking at cakes.  I never want to pay what the bakery charges for a cake but I wanted her to have a cute cake.  So why don't I just do it?  And that's how the idea for cake decorating as a new hobby began. 

For Mother's Day Michael bought be a starter case of tips and some other decorating supplies.  My friend Sara has always wanted to get into cake decorating so we thought it would be fun to take a class at Hobby Lobby.  So every Tuesday evening in August we had a class.  It was fun to get away and do something "adult" and learn the proper decorating techniques.  Although I'll probably just be doing this for birthdays for family, I am really having fun with it!  It is a good creative outlet for me and I am excited to be dabbing my hands in something new. 

This is my cake from our last class. :)