((Thanks)) everyone...he really loved it! First thing he did was take a photo and put it on his phone LOL! He didn't get home till quite late Sunday night so he didn't cut it till last night but said it tasted great. I'm glad he got a kick out of it and thanks again for all the nice comments. Taigen

I found some instructions online...I'll give you a link. But I didn't do mine like the instructions. To start off I took the middle blue piece and sewed like a finger out of a glove then stuffed a little of the scrap insid it. Then I cut a piece of the white long enough to wrap around the finger (+ 1/4 inch seam on each side) and wide enough to reach almost to the top of the finger and back down again after being folded. (after it is folded it should be almost as high as the finger) The next piece is blue and I followed the same directions as above. When the piece is folded it should wrap around , have 1/4 inch for seam on each end) and be almost as tall as the white. I did that until it was as fat as I wanted it to be..the put the folded cuff part on the outside so it would look like the cup cake paper. I ended up with five "sleeves" and the outer "cup cake paper" Trim them to be even at the bottom...(or tuck it up inside) Then I made loose stitch in the bottom of the "cup cake paper sleeve" and pulled it. Kind of gathering it so it wrapped around the bottom I took a piece of cardboard and cut a circle to fit bottom,but a little smaller. Then cut a piece of the sweater that match the outside a little larger than the circle. Tucked the edges of the sweater around the circle of cardboard and hand stitched the covered circle to the bottom of the "cake". The bottom of my "cake" is about two inches across. I cut the circle about an inch across... I hope that helps. Here is a link that might be useful: online instructions

Kcc - Don't know whether or not you're in the minority here, but you are not alone! If you're concerned that the gray is drab and will make you feel claustrophobic, listen to your instincts. Just because gray is the chic color of the moment does not mean that it's right for you or your room. Gray is a very difficult color. It will make a room look like the interior of a submarine if the furnishings and other colors are not close to perfectly done. In addition, you have that large beautiful window. What kind of climate do you have? Gray days, rainy days? Imagine being in a home with dogs and a small child on a gray drizzly day with gray walls (and brown drapes) framing the view. I would paint all the walls, except for that nice red one in your dining room, a rich, deep cream - or, as others have suggested, a gold that would look good with your tan furniture. Those colors would keep the room bright and cheerful. Are you very attached to that rug? Could you put it somewhere else in your home? IMO it's the one element that's throwing everything else off. The colors and style don't coordinate with the rest of your furnishings and wall colors. Could you try going with bare floors for awhile? Then eventually get an oriental rug that contains all your colors - gold and tan and red and some blue/green. This would pull everything together and warm up the space. And it would also better hide what the doggies and baby might do to it!

Gorgeous, Gillian! I want to see the other cake, too. Hey, it has to be better than one I saw last week for a baby shower- it showed a woman actually giving birth! It's too graphic to even link to, but if a person googled "shower cake labor Olivia" I bet they'd find it.