I’ve been interested in taking a formal decorating class for awhile now, but never felt that I had enough time. Now that Hubby is going back to night-school, that leaves me with a couple of free nights every week. After a couple of weeks of watching movies on the couch every Monday and Wednesday evening, I decided to go ahead and dive in head first to the Wilton Method (not that watching movies every Monday and Wednesday is a bad thing, since I get to catch up on all the chick-flicks I’ve been missing out on!).

The Jo-Ann’s near my house was offering the course for only $22.50 (saweeeeet!), so I signed right up and now have plans every Tuesday evening for the month of October. Although, this still doesn’t help with my Monday/Wednesday movie night problem.

Sari with Toba Garrett, Ron Ben-Israel, and Bronwyn Weber

My first class was last night. Our instructor is Sari McIntyre (pictured above) with Sari’s Flair. Sari took up cake decorating and sugarcraft about 6 years ago, and has travelled the country, learning from the likes of Bronwyn Weber (!), Ron Ben-Israel (!!), and even Toba Garrett (!!!!!). I swear, I start drooling every time I open up Toba Garrett’s website. Oh, if only I could afford to take one of her private classes…

Anywho, the first class was interesting. We went over a lot of the basics, although I did learn a few great little tips from Sari (more on those later). I love that Sari isn’t a “Wilton Nazi”, like some other Wilton instructors I’ve read about on other blogs. She’s pretty laid back, encouraging, and is all about having fun and making it your cake. Other Wilton instructors I’ve read about won’t even let you choose different icing colors than what’s in the book! All in all, it should be a great class. Next week we make our first cake - the “Rainbow Cake”. I’ll keep you posted!