Up and coming post!

I am making a birthday cake for my sister-in-law Rachel and her friend, for their combined birthday party on Saturday and I am doing something a little bit different. I got this book:

for Christmas from a gift card my sister gave me. It is very very fun! The authors use butter cream to decorate but they also use these little guys:

They are candy melts, mostly used to make little candies but they uses them to decorate! It is fantastic! Basically they melt it down and draw with it. This is my first cake using this technique, I started doing the decorations yesterday and I think it is going to be pretty cool! So come back Saturday for the finished project!