Hey There!
So, those of you that still follow this tumblr may be saying to yourselves "Oh yeah- I totally forgot this blog existed." And that would be because I have not posted in over two years.
Let me first apologize for the absence, and then explain:
I started this tumblr as I was getting in to the industry. I was in culinary school to be a pastry chef and had big dreams of becoming a cake decorator. I had gotten my first job in a bakery and was learning the tricks of the trade. I was excited; I ate, slept, and breathed cakes.
Fast foward to 2012. I moved from home for the first time, and got a job as the sole decorator at a small bakery. I was in way over my head, lacked the skills, knowledge, and self confidence to pull it off. I was fired after a month.
I was ashamed and upset, and running this blog did nothing but remind me of that failure. I accepted a terrible soul sucking job. I checked out and came incredibly close to giving up on my dream.
But recently i had a personal tragedy that woke me out of my complacent coma and prompted me to change. I quit that job and got hired at a small bakery downtown as a cake decorator. I also dyed my hair, pierced my nose, ditched the car for a bike, and generally got my shit together.
So now I'm decorating again, and I can honestly say I've never been this happy in my life. I have regained all of the lost self confidence and and learned a ton since the last time. I feel present for the first time in two years. Now that i have found my lost passion for decorating (and life), I can come back to this blog and run it the way it deserves.
So I'm sorry for disappearing. Thanks for sticking around, even if you did so without realizing it, and thanks for reading my story. I hope that I can not only entertain, but nurture the curious and passionate minds of beginning decorators. This blog will welcome submissions as well as any questions you may have about the art of decorating.
Thank you,
Taryn.