I’ll make this as short and sweet as possible.. mostly because it’s Sunday on Labor Day weekend, and I don’t want to spend a ton of time working. LOL. Anyway, the family and I just got back from the State Fair, and saw something that horrified me so badly, that I think it needs to be addressed ASAP.We saw a few minutes of a cake demonstration, as we were walking through. The person was talking about fondant, and showing how to work with it. At one point, she mentioned about how anyone can go to “Joann’s or Michael’s” to pick some up, and the feeling of dread hit. (more…)

Ok, so I’m pretty much anti-cake topper. (By that, I mean the figurines.. I’m ok with tasteful florals, etc). To me, figuring toppers harken back to the days of the bad 80s cake.. you know, with matched sets of bridesmaids and groomsmen standing on awful plastic stairs jutting down from the main cake? Ugh. Then my good friend Karen mailed me a clip from a magazine – a full page ad for the Paris hotel in Vegas. I just about fell off my chair!! See below.