Fun with Cake

My daughter-in-law's mother is turning 60 this weekend. The family is having a big "Luau" to celebrate and I have been asked to make the birthday cake. I am really excited to do this and I can hardly wait to work on it. I took a cake decorating class years ago and have enjoyed making cakes for many special occasions. I am certainly not a professional, but I do alright.
This cake will have 3 tiers. It will be covered with blue buttercream and I will edge it with white "waves". I made palm trees and sea shells by melting colored white chocolate into candy forms that I will adhere to the sides of the cake and I will pipe some flowers on the sides of the cake, also. I found a small ceramic flamingo for the topper. I think it will be very nice.
If I could afford to follow a dream, I would turn my garage into a bakery and try to make cakes for a living! For now, I will have to be content with making special occasion cakes for my family.