ace of cakes?

I am in love with Duff...the Charm City Cakes man. I am inspired by his work, I love watching his tv show and I also think he is pretty dang sexy! But before I met Duff, I have always had this desire to take a cake decorating class. For years I longed to go to my local Michaels store and sign up for a class. But the price of the class always scared me and I was just too lazy to do it. So a few years ago when I discovered the Ace of Cakes show it really ignited the passion again. I tried my hand at a few things, but this was the best I could do:

L-A-M-E

I lack artistic skill, I lack baking skills, I don't know how to make frosting, and I just basically don't get it. Both of my sisters-in-law have made FABULOUS cakes over the years and quite frankly, I am jealous. A couple of weeks ago I found out that my local Hobby Lobby store offers a cake decorating class...and the price seemed reasonable enough. So I signed up!

Woohoo!

Every Tuesday in September I will be trying my hand at cake decoration. Who knows, maybe I will realize that this is not the thing for me...or maybe I will become a master decorator. Either way, I look forward to the experience. One day, I will make something amazing like this:

...but for now, we are taking baby steps. Wish me luck!