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Tea Party Cake

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This one is a very feminine, whimsical cake. One I've been wanting to make for a while. I started out with four-inch round funfetti cake and stacked it with vanilla American buttercream.  Then I crumb-coated the cake.  And frosted it again.  Then I rolled out some pale lavender fondant.  And I covered the cake with it. But instead of smoothing it onto the cake, I left the folds in it and just trimmed it at the bottom so that it looked a little like a tablecloth.  Then I cut out a square of white fondant.  And pressed some flower texture into it.  And laid it over the cake like a second tablecloth.  Then I got out some gum paste. I rolled a ball. And cut out some small circles.  I also rolled a snake of gum paste and formed a handle and spout of the tea pot.  I placed one circle on the bottom of the tea pot and one on top to be the lid as well as a tiny ball to be the lid handle. Then I cut out four more ci...