One-eyed sea monster?

When a design goes wrong…this is what it looks like! According to my dad, “a one-eyed sea monster!”

My mom and dad were visiting today and I had that naked cake sitting in the fridge. So, during nap time I got it out and my mom and I sat together and played “cake girls”! It was so fun. This is the design I had drawn up and we thought it was so cute. Then my dad came over and said, “It looks like a one-eyed sea monster!” and I was like, “OH! – he’s right!” LOL!! We all got a good laugh out of it. I guess I know what technique to use if I ever need scales! I was trying to get this subtle ruffle/scalloped look but should have used the ball-tool to flatten/ruffle the edges of all the circles to make it more ruffly, lighter and more fabric-like!
Then later my mom said, “It looks like a 40s flapper dress!” So, I don’t know what you see, but it obviously looks different for everyone! I think tomorrow I’ll try making the white band black to break it up a bit and hopefully take the “one-eyed sea monster” out of the equation!
This is one of the flowers I’ve been working on. I love it’s simplicity and hope to use it in the future for other cakes. I haven’t seen it used on cakes really…maybe a subtle version. I actually got the idea from it off all the talented etsy website with these amazing crafters who make such cool fabric flowers.

I might post the cake again tomorrow if I have time to play with it anymore. So, that way you can all tell me if I salvaged it into something a bit more vintage…and less like a sea monster!