Some tips on how the chalkboard was made…

To write the words with a “chalk” look, I just broke a super white candy melt in half and wrote with it on black fondant (mixed with a little tylose to stiffen it up).

But then, it wasn’t QUITE as bright as I wanted it to be, so I mixed some white petal dust with some Everclear (or vodka works) and painted over it.
Worked great and just gave it that bit of extra brightness I was looking for.

When cutting the fondant strips around the edge of the chalkboard, I overlapped them and then cut through BOTH strips at an angle to get the perfect corner.

Additional Tips:

I was concerned the apple and book would add too much weight and push down on the top of the cake.
So, I added bubble tea straw supports cut to the right size,
cut down a cake card (used underneath cakes) to a small rectangle that would hide nicely under the book,
and then placed the card on top of the supports.
I then glued (with water) the book to the card and placed the apple on top (glued, again, with water).