Friends and Family
I wanted to thank everyone that has chatted with me, helped me and worked with me through out the years.. thanks everyone!!!
Below I have photo's of some great cake buddies and friends..
My Mother Sherry..on the right and my sister Margo on the left. I would not be where I am today in the cake world, had it not been for my Mother... She is one of my biggest supporters and fan,,, she is always there to pick me up when times get hard,, and she is always there when I need someone to lean on... she is always in my heart and in my mind evey day.... I love her dearly!!!!!!!! She is a great person.....she has always given me books to learn new techniques and has given me great advice too.. my father Bill has been a great support to me also,, i have him on the right hand side of the page..
Above in photo is Dominic, Julie (me) Susan,,,,,,Dominic is a fun guy,, we met through his companies advertisement selling his silicone plastique products.. from there I made a fondant dummy cake for him to take to ICES so that he could show how his products work and look, and we have kept in contact sense...
Susan Oboyle jacobson, this is a gal that I met when putting on an event in Columbus Ohio that I was in charge of,, I had emailed Susan to ask her if she would like to teach and do a demonstration for us,, and she agreed very quickly,, which was very nice seeing how she is sooooo busy,, Susan just got back from Russia training a staff of bakers how to do cakes american style and then she came to do our event.. from there she left to do the Food Network Candy Castle challenge and acatually won the 10,000.00 grand prize,, but sadly susan passed away two days later from a massive heart attack,, this was such sad news to us all, because we were planning another event together, and susan was soooo loved by many and was such a talented artist... we will miss you susan...
Below my other friend Cindy in OHIO "Hog Wild BBQ"
Collette Peter's and I,, she is my idol.. she is wonderful,, funny, hilarious,, and she swears just like me,,hahah and I love it!!!! one day, I hope to have just a thimble of her talent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks Collette for showing me how to make your peonie flowers!!!!
Jame Brooks from Cincinatti Bengals, who was loven our Cakes!! We were invited to do an event with celeberity waiters,, I met Mr. Brooks at this event,, he found me,, he was amazed at my work, and even nice enough to push our pastries , and sat on my friend cindy's lap and got a back rub,, and talked bbq,,, we laughed and had a great time,, Mr. Brooks was very sweet,,, and not to badly built either!!hahahahahahahah
Her I am with Keith Ryder, a wonderful and funny man,, who is very gifted in the Cake World,, he teaches so many sugar techniques and I am proud to know him...
Norm Davis,, what a gentle ,sweet loving soul.. So talented in the cake world,, owner of "TheSweetLife.com" cake company,, Norm is a decorator,teacher,and T.V.personality....Food network and ultimate cake off and lots more!!!
Celebrity waiters event 2007 Icky Woods and James Brook!
This is my Father Bill and my brother Billy,,, My father has been a great support in my business, my father has been a business man all his life and has such a great knack for it, and is very successful in his own buisness,, and is always there when I need him, and is a huge fan of my work of course,:) I'm so happy that my dad is only a phone call away,, ..Thanks DAD! Love you!
Bronwen Weber
Autumn and her mom Vi at our 3 day weekend of sharing, in Columbus OHIO for Cake people like me.
BillyBonesBBQ.com
here is Mike McCarey from Mikes amazing cakes,, he is what you see what you get also,, very funny , sweet , down to earth man,,
Zane Beg,, Norm's business partner,, what a nice person too, very gifted and sweet.. has been doing cakes for over 16 years,, also teaches, and decorates, and is a T.V.personality on the Food network channel.. and has been on Ultimate Cake off Challenge too!