Happy Birthday Tune

This is so far off what I had originally in mind! What I learned: royal icing on a cake board never gets fully hard and the surface cracks easily; giving wafer paper an 'old' look by browning it over a flame makes it brittle, burns it leaving black blobs and warps it so it is difficult to pipe over it; and piping long straight lines is very difficult!

The result is fantastic!

Beautiful!

This cookie and cake board experience might not have turned out like you planned - but honestly, who cares when this is the result? Gorgeous, and creative as usual

Oh Wow Liesbet - This is Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing some of the processes - we all have those sorts of learning curves, trust me, but this is so original and So creative and I LOVE the end result !! 

Lovely! It looks HUGE from here. How big?

Great idea! I love this!

Super creative take on the challenge!  Glad it all worked out, even if not as originally planned.  THAT's why we call it art.  

This is unique and beautiful, I love it !!!!

beautiful    love love love  !!!!!!  

thank you all for the nice comments! 

Julia, the cake board is 36 cm (14 inches) wide/high. I turned it on a corner to allow for two slightly longer music bars.

That is big! Nice work!

The size of this is astounding!!  Huge iced cookies are NOT easy!

Thanks Kelly!  It are only the music notes which are cookies. The background is a cake board covered in royal icing which is then coloured and stamped.

Love it!  Also, thanks for sharing your challenges!

WOW, the things we learn along the way… This is stunning!!! I think you've just created a whole new set of techniques. Very well done!!