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Mike Elder - Black Sheep Custom Cakes: October 2012

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Monday, October 29, 2012. Culpability. another life lesson from the cake world. Written in part during my latest travels). Are what we are because of what we've been through. I am a product of the life I lived, and these. Days I'm starting to feel like I might actually come to like this guy! So how the hell does any of this matter to you? What's it got to do with cake mike? Success, even if the reality is that we're all struggling! In general the idea behind what we do is great,. Many people write me and...

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Mike Elder - Black Sheep Custom Cakes: June 2012

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Saturday, June 30, 2012. Has reality Tv killed cake? It even makes me wonder, has it been good for the industry in general? So, as an industry of artist, sharing and learning together, we can't be beat. But TV has changed the way the world, and many people within the cake community view what it is that we do. If success on Tv translated directly to financial gains in business, than I as the supposed champ of a series should be at the top of the price and income brackets, and I wish I was! I've done this ...

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Mike Elder - Black Sheep Custom Cakes: Strength. sometimes it finds you

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Tuesday, January 1, 2013. Strength. sometimes it finds you. I've come to terms with the lifelong reality that my role within my family is to burden the fault. Whether it bear truthfulness, matters not, but by blaming me they seem to be better at moving on. Perhaps it's strength to accept this? The cake business. You've all heard me say it if you've ever read a blog from me before: it's a bitch. I've done some great things this year to be sure! But at this point? Posted by Mike Blacksheep Elder. Mike, you...

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Mike Elder - Black Sheep Custom Cakes: April 2012

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Monday, April 30, 2012. Who's the expert here? When I meet with clients, I frequently look at the many cake pictures they've gathered, I look at the dress, sample their invitations and try to get a feel for the personal style of the client. Many have settled on some sort of design they've created from what is essentially their first and only attempt at cake design. Why would we as cake designers be satisfied with that? Who's the expert here? It's much easier to work on a cake when you feel like the desig...

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Mike Elder - Black Sheep Custom Cakes: August 2012

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012. We Cant all be heros" (KC Cakefest 2013). We've been so busy since the last KC Cakefest that we've seldom had the time to really get down and dirty with the 2013 event, though we have been working on it all the while. We have been laying the ground work for the show and we finally have enough to really run with it! We've talked with some great veterans groups including the Tuskegee Airmen, Commemorative Air force and our sponsored charity Honor Flight! Greatest show in cake.

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Mike Elder - Black Sheep Custom Cakes: May 2012

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Monday, May 14, 2012. Gettin' it up and keepin' it up. why? Shame on you you dirty minded lil' blog reader, for thinking what you're thinking! This blog is about doing cakes, how I got into it and why we're crazy enough to keep doing it! It's my honest story and. My views on the industry and what I've learned about life from my travels in it! It gives me a bit of breathing room when I'm put on the spot and must speak or act. (It's also confusing as hell! Using only the pictures I had taken and my explina...

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Mike Elder - Black Sheep Custom Cakes: September 2012

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Monday, September 24, 2012. For something greater than self. ideas, hopes and dreams. I don't need to go into the exact specifics of what has happened, or tell my life story to get my point across. I wont share too much about what specifically has been happening in the past few weeks or the time leading up to now, as it isn't all my story to tell. I will tell you what I've seen and what I've learned (or maybe just think I have ) about human nature. Why are people so fast to cover pain with anger? How is ...

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Mike Elder - Black Sheep Custom Cakes: A world gone mad....All we need is love

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Monday, January 21, 2013. A world gone mad.All we need is love. Save up all those hugs and kisses for me, as I'm saving mine for you, I'll expect them upon your return home. I do love you so.". I listen to my children as they get excited by a Tv show that's coming on, and I cringe when they say things like "OH BOY Honey Boo Boo"! Everyday I worry about the choices I've made and the impact it has on my kids. Well, we all did, but it's never to late to do something about it! It's worth the time. To the con...

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Mike Elder - Black Sheep Custom Cakes: The night I didn't die

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Saturday, March 23, 2013. The night I didn't die. A few months ago, I dreamt I died…. It was an incredibly powerful dream, completely realistic, yet so similar to a movie plot, I should have realized it was a dream. It was so powerful that it has taken me this long to even write about it, or even to really speak about it much as it brings tears to my eyes…. The dream was just like the plot of many movies, one of my favorites being “Always”…. I watched as he drew, unaware of my presence. It looked great a...