WOW it’s been a great Christmas season! The blessings are raining down at Covered with Icing and I am thrilled to share a few with you. Let me start by saying it’s not every day that a decorator is able to see the awesome power of love working magically throughout a wedding ceremony. It’s also a rare treat to hear a bride and groom sing to one another through their smiles and tears and it’s almost unheard of to watch Vince Gill choke up while singing to the happy couple, along with the bride’s amazingly talented brother and sister. To witness all of these incredible events in a single wedding was something that wedding dreams are made of, yet on December 20th, 2009, my incredibly handsome husband and I were a part of that wedding dream.

The beautiful, perky and talented Michelle Bommarito was back in Nashville this week to teach more of her cake tips and techniques.  For those of you who don’t know, Michelle has competed in several Food Network cake challenges in the past few years and worked for Martha Stewart.  She has been featured in wedding magazines and prominent wedding across [...]

Kathy Wise of Sweetwise, Nashville’s Premier Cake, Candy, and Pastry Supply Store, hosted the 2009 Tennessee Cake Festival at the Music Valley Events Center February 28-March 1.  My weekend started on Friday, February 27 when I drove to Sweetwise to bring some display cakes that were not being judged.  I walked in and began talking [...]