The Pink Princess Cake to End All Pink Princess Cakes

Once again Facebook has been the bane of my businesses existance and the sourse of so many cake orders for me. I got a cake order way back like 6 wks ago from a woman who wanted a baby shower cake for herself. She wanted the cake to be pink & girlish & flowery & pretty & ultra-ultra-feminine and i thought this would be fun. I knew i could go pretty over the top since that was the vibe i got from the mother-to-be. I relished the idea of going over the top & really driving home this pink feminine fantasy--Made me think of Jayne Mansfield. I announced this cake to be "The Pink Princess Cake to End All Pink Princess Cakes".  I made the announcement not sure if it really would be TPPCTEAPPC's" --i just thought it sounded dramatic  & eye-catching--but there is something about the power of suggestion & the spoken word--its powerful & effective. So anyway I thought "Tiara, Butterflies, Flowers and Pink Pink Pink!" I knew i wanted butterflies so i made those first. They broke on me 3 times....i just kept making them over & over again. I was determined to have butterflies on this cake. And as ive said before it was like a rehearsal before the show. You try it, make your mistakes, figure out what youre doing wrong then get it right at showtime. I love the idea of words spelled out in flowers too so i knew i would incorporate that idea as well....i honestly didnt know if id have room for them on the cake but i made them anyway. The babys name is Honey Ann and thats alotta letters on a cake but i just figured i'd do it then worry about the placing later. I went to the baking supply store before i even started decorating and bought about a dozen pink roses not sure if i needed that many & not even sure what i was gonna do with them, i just figured 'how can anyone make a pink girly cake w/o adding some pink flowers to it?'  I knew i wanted to do the polka dot/striped motif--i also knew i wanted to add my trusty old Damask pattern on there. Damask just adds a touch of class & sofistication to any cake--it is my secret weapon. I also knew i wanted this cake to be more than pink. I saw a photo of some cupcakes that were pink & lavender and i jut thought they would be a great combo so i added lavender to the mix. I thought the colors went together like a hand to glove. So as i was putting all the components to the cake together--the stripes, the dots, the damask, the butterflies, the roses, the letters, the tiara--i started to see art. i saw something original forming that i honestly felt was a bit beyond me. It just came together & i still feel like i was guided. Becaue i honestly had no real idea what this cake would look like. I had no real plan.  I just made things that i thought sounded pretty & when i brought them all together--this beautiful structure appeared. I love this cake.