Almost done...

So I went into school all this weekend and finished up my work for my buffet and my last two showpieces - and I am almost done!!!  :)  All I have left to do for my buffet is to cut my biscotti and toast the sides.  If I have time I will temper some chocolate and dip them halfway in it.  I made chocolate cupcakes yesterday, but they didn't turn out quite right, so I am going to try to make either the sweet rice cakes or a cookie cup with peanut butter mousse in it, whichever I have time for.  I also have to make some creme chantilly for my swans and cut, fill, and put them together.  Other than that, I mostly just have to finish cutting out candies and decorating a few pieces with chocolate.  Yay!  I also did get my pastillage done - hopefully the royal icing holding it together will be fully dried by today so I can sand the edges down to look a little nicer.  I also got my sugar girl done - yay - though it was tough.  Her skirt broke in like 10 different places, but luckily the pieces stayed big enough that I could just put them right back on.  I cast a base for her to stand/dance on, and I got her head blown as well.  She doesn't have hair... but that is okay.  :)  If I have time I will pain some on.  But she does have arms and they're holding a flower, and I gave her a headpiece too, because I was worried that she wasn't tall enough for the needed measurements, so she is for sure now!  Overall I am pretty happy with how she came out, though I wish I had more time to perfect her.  I am super happy that I got her done though and that she looks like a person (at least I think so!) and didn't wind up having to change my whole idea too, too much.

Today I am going to have lunch at the school restaurant one last time with some girls in my class.  I am super excited, I want the yummy rock fish!  :)  Then it will be off to class for a review for our test and our buffet is due at 7:30pm tonight.  Tomorrow will be out last test, prepping some things for the luncheon on Wednesday, and then cleaning.  It's really almost done now!