My attempt at cake decorating!

Right after Christmas, Ashlynn decided on this Strawberry Shortcake birthday party. A few days after her decision, we found a great cake pan on clearance at Hobby Lobby. Since then, I have been thinking about making her cake myself. I have only decorated one cake in my life (10 years ago!), but I do remember helping my Granny J with cakes as a child. Today I decided since it was a stormy day, and we couldn't do much else, I would do a practice run on the cake. After working off and on for 4 hours, I got it finished. There were a few problems along the way, but at the end I was pretty pleased for my first attempt! I now know what to do to make the cake for her party. Thanks to Nick for keeping the kids occupied and away from the kitchen! He was such a big help!