Hey guys, it’s Ro!
I want to make an update video because I have so many things going on and I wanted
to keep you guys in the loop!
The first update is a very personal update, it’s very near and dear to my heart,
and that is…. My parents have moved to California, and I am so happy!
Not so long ago my sister moved down, and now my parents are here. And it’s awesome
because we are a super close family, and we used to have to Skype all the time, and
now they are here, in person, and it is the coolest thing ever!
Just the other night we went over to their house for dinner, and we played cards
and it just felt like old times, it was so, so nice.
And 1 of their lifelong goals was to live by the beach and now they are right there
on the beach in sunny California, great weather, and I’m just so happy for them!
And I’m happy their here, and I just wanted to share that with you guys.
It’s just a very personal thing that I’m happy that my family is together!
For my second update, me and my sister Mo were invited to Wilton Headquarters.
For those of you who don’t know, Wilton is 1 of my favorite baking companies,
I have been using their products since I was a little kid, and I love them.
I have used their products on so many different episodes of Nerdy Nummies, so I
felt like a kid in a candy store!
We were greeted with a custom Nerdy Nummies cake, it had Mo and I up at the top.
And then it was rainbow and had the galaxy on there for my love of space,
Nerdy Nummies cookies, got the 2 dinos on there, and it even had little puppy Cookie!
Ohhhhh, do-do-do-do-do! So cute!
We spent a couple days going to their baking school and cake lab, it was just so fun
to spend time with a group of people, a company, who nerds out on
baking as much as I do!
Some of the things we did were: We toured the baking school, we played with
decorating dough for the first time, it’s very similar to fondant, but it’s a little
bit easier to work with, I actually loved it. And we made our own little
Cookie dogs! Mine didn’t look so much like her, but it’s OK!
I even learned the science of how they tested their frosting bags, I was always
wondering how they tested these, and I actually got to work the machine that tests
them, so it was pretty cool! I felt like I was in High School science class again.
We decorated some mustache cookies, we made fondant cupcake toppers like the periodic
table, we played with candy melts, made some candy bars, we also made some
succulents out of gum paste.
Gum paste is new to me, I have never worked with this material before, and now,
I love it! It gave me so many more ideas of what I can do on Nerdy Nummies!
And, last but not least, we also learned how to make a cupcake rose, the signature
Wilton rose. I actually asked them how to do it because my name
means rose, and I’ve been wanting to learn how to make a rose cupcake for
a really long time, and now I know how!
Now that we are back from the trip, I have some exciting news! We just partnered
with Wilton to make some baking videos! Some of those videos will be on my channel,
and some of the videos will be on Wilton’s channel.
We are gonna make decorating videos, some how to videos, and instructional videos.
Anything that we thought would be fun or helpful for you guys. I am so excited!
And as soon as those videos go up, I will be putting out all the links!
I’m excited!
Next update is that I have had some awesome guests come bake with me on
Nerdy Nummies, and if you missed those collabs, I wanted to put a link down below for
you to go check ‘em out! The first guest that I had was Astrophysicist Neil Degrasse
Tyson! He is my favorite Astrophysicist, and we made a Star Trek cake together,
and it was amazing! I love Star Trek, he loves Star Trek and it was like,
so fun! Oh my gosh!
And, he’s actually really good in the kitchen, he’s a good baker!
And the second guest that I had was Michelle Phan! She’s so talented and inspiring,
and seriously, like, the sweetest person ever, I love her!
We made Super Smash Bros. Cupcakes, they were so cute!
She made Peach, I made Kirby, and we made cupcake magic!
I’ll put a link to both of those collabs down below, if you haven’t seen ‘em
you can check ‘em out!
Moving on to the 4th update, I’ve been getting a lot of requests from you guys for
some behind the scenes footage of my first music video Perfect Together, and, I’ve
got some good news! My friend Greg Aronowitz who directed and produced the music
video, he just released a behind the scenes video on his channel, so I’ll put a
link down below if you want to go check that out.
Also, I have a little bit of behind the scenes footage. And I’ve been getting a lot
of questions from you guys, like, where did I film the music video? So I am here
to answer those questions for you!
1 of the most frequently asked questions was, where did you film Perfect Together?
And the answer is I filmed at the YouTube Space LA on Stage 1, which is their
largest soundstage. Greg the producer and director of the video did an amazing
job of transforming the space from a blank soundstage, into a gorgeous
French Ballroom!
Another frequently asked question was about me falling down the stairs, and the
answer is, that was not actually me falling down the stairs, that was a professional
stunt double. This was so cool, because this was the first project, in my whole
life, where I’ve ever worked with a stunt double. And Sydney was amazing!
It was so cool, and I learned so much about how that process works!
Got a lot of questions about where the dance in Perfect Together came from.
You guys wanted to know, was it an original dance, or, was it an old traditional
dance? And the answer is Marissa the choreographer made this custom dance for this
song. It was based off a waltz, and it was just a very beautiful simple dance.
It was so cool because I got to work with 30 professional dancers, the dancers
brought so much life to the video, because what’s the point of a ballroom without
ballroom dancers?
You guys also asked where I found the dresses in the music video Perfect Together,
and the answer is Etsy! My sister and I were looking online for 17-1800 style
Marie Antoinette-like dresses and we found this Etsy store, and I fell in love with them!
The dresses were so cute! Fun fact, I bought the dresses before we had confirmed
that we were actually going to be making and doing a ballroom music video.
I just fell in love with the idea! So, which came first, the dresses or the
music video? The dresses did!
Fifth update, in Cookie news, Cookie can actually go down the stairs now!
Now she can go up and down, and all over! I really gotta keep my eye on that
little nugget! She’s like… The Juggernaut!
She just, she, you just can’t stop her. She, just the other day ran through
my screen door! Just knocked it right out! She didn’t even hesitate!
So, I have to get that replaced!
That girl’s on fire, I can’t stop her!
Lastly, is just a big thank you to everyone who has made covers of my first song
Perfect Together, they are so cool! I love hearing them.
And, a big thank you to everyone who has been requesting my song on the radio,
I actually heard the song twice on the Radio last week, and it was so surreal!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!
And thanks for watching this update video and behind the scenes!
Alright, bye!