{"id":9,"date":"2014-12-11T05:26:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T05:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ticklebellyhillbakers.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2016-11-08T17:15:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T01:15:30","slug":"9-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ticklebellyhillbakers.com\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ticklebellyhillbakers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/main-headshot-SFC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-368\" src=\"http:\/\/ticklebellyhillbakers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/main-headshot-SFC-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"main-headshot-sfc\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ticklebellyhillbakers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/main-headshot-SFC-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/ticklebellyhillbakers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/main-headshot-SFC-763x1024.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have always been\u00a0an enthusiastic baker, but in 2010\u00a0I starting playing around with and getting serious about fondant. \u00a0My 5yr old at the time wanted fairy cupcakes. \u00a0 I envisioned\u00a0a plastic fairy head on a toothpick that I could put into\u00a0a frosting body.\u00a0 Unfortunately,\u00a0after an exhaustive search, I couldn&#8217;t find what I was looking for. \u00a0So, on a whim, I decided to make the fairies myself. \u00a0One thing led to another, and now\u00a0\u00a0the creations for both daughters have taken on a life of their own.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a true labor of love, and it takes me months to think about and create each theme. \u00a0And even then, after drawings and prototypes, I&#8217;m never quite sure how (or if!) the \u00a0finished product will turn out.<\/p>\n<p>The delight on my daughters&#8217; \u00a0faces during the whole process, and certainly when they see the finished product, is worth every second of any fondant angst.<\/p>\n<p>When I&#8217;m not elbow deep in fondant, I&#8217;m an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherhiatt.com\" target=\"_blank\">actor<\/a> and feel lucky that I have found ways to express my creativity in ways that thrill me!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=TickleBellySF\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have always been\u00a0an enthusiastic baker, but in 2010\u00a0I starting playing around with and getting serious about fondant. \u00a0My 5yr old at the time wanted fairy cupcakes. \u00a0 I envisioned\u00a0a plastic fairy head on a toothpick that I could put into\u00a0a frosting body.\u00a0 Unfortunately,\u00a0after an exhaustive search, I couldn&#8217;t find what I was looking for. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticklebellyhillbakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticklebellyhillbakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticklebellyhillbakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticklebellyhillbakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ticklebellyhillbakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ticklebellyhillbakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/ticklebellyhillbakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ticklebellyhillbakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}