A behind-the-scenes look at Ashley’s 28th birthday.Tumblr (3.0; @buildingabirthday)http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m50riq19pl1rxxcimo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The completed Wonka Bar cake.</p>http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24301946892http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24301946892Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:13:38 -0500<p>Cake: Done<br/> Cards: Ready<br/> Gifts: Ready</p>http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24255578941http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24255578941Sat, 02 Jun 2012 06:50:11 -0500<p>So I went to get the cake so I could add Wonka&#8217;s hat and the word, &#8220;bar&#8221; and found a surprise. The moisture from the water used to stick &#8220;Wonka&#8221; was still there, giving the cake a weird look. Now, I have the hat and &#8220;bar&#8221; on the cake with a fan blowing. Fingers crossed!</p>http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24245966470http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24245966470Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:42:38 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m59mehlz4l1rxxcimo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m59mehlz4l1rxxcimo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Using a fan to attempt to dry up the excess water on the fondant. I may or may not have used WAY more than was needed.</p>http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24631202589http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24631202589Fri, 01 Jun 2012 22:50:00 -0500fondantcakewilly wonkabirthday<p>Added the &#8220;Wonka&#8221; and the brown label to the cake. It&#8217;s actually looking much better!</p>http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24236445337http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24236445337Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:48:43 -0500<p><ul><li>Finish the Wonka Bar cake, with the rest of the label.</li> <li>Create candy &#8220;toadstools&#8221;</li> <li>Finish lollipops.</li> </ul></p>http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24199505071http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24199505071Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:20:28 -0500<p>The slideshow/montage is finally completed after weeks of selecting videos, recording new videos, and finding music and photos. Uploading to youtube and testing to ensure it will work.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4y5973pSt1r9lp3l.jpg"/></p>http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24199417894http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24199417894Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:18:24 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4y54d0AOo1rxxcimo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Picked up this doughnut cake as a gift/treat from our nephew. They put A LOT of buttercream on it.</p>http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24199255157http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24199255157Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:34:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4y4n2mV1N1rxxcimo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Covered a cake in fondant for the first time! This is the start of the Wonka Bar.</p>http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24198821673http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24198821673Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:04:00 -0500<p>Using fondant for the first time and realizing how much talent my wife has with this stuff. Starts off hard to knead then turns into chewing gum and then tears. I went through a series of mixed emotions doing this.</p>http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24199966140http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24199966140Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:30:00 -0500<p>We recorded the Star Wars battle for the slideshow. Epic things happened and I lost.</p>http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24201102079http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24201102079Mon, 28 May 2012 18:28:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4y5zrz5jk1rxxcimo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Emerson holding his Happy Birthday sign from today!</p>http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24200080371http://buildingabirthday.tumblr.com/post/24200080371Mon, 28 May 2012 17:25:00 -0500