Martha's 60th Birthday

December 27, 2009
One of our 3rd grade teacher's, Rebecca, threw her mother a 60th birthday party. I decided to go with poinsettia's since it was a burgundy and gold color scheme. This was the first time I had ever made butter cream poinsettias. I used an extra large leaf tip. I used a double shell border for the top of both tiers to give a more classic look.

Barnyard 1st Birthday

December 10, 2009

My sister is credited for helping me get this cake. She shared my name with a coworker who's nephew was turning one. The barnyard theme was taken from the plates and party supplies. The small "patty" had a dog on it because Rakin loves dogs. I do want to thank Maysee for helping bail me out at the last minute. You're the best!

Vintage Mickey Baby Shower

December 5, 2009I am very blessed to have friends, family and coworkers spread the news of my cakes. Our ESL Director, Susan. lined up this cake for a shower her daughter was throwing. The cake was designed from a vintage Mickey Mouse baby bedding set. I printed a picture from the baby quilt then free handed the image out of butter cream. I was very proud of it.

Leah's Baby shower cake

November 19, 2009

Our ESL Data manager was expecting her 2nd child, a girl, so I was asked to make a baby shower cake for her. The cake matched the invitations. I was very pleased with the stripes on the side. I used various sized round tips to create different size stripes.

Strawberry Shortcake

October 11, 2009

Natalie turned 3. She had a Strawberry Shortcake party. Now I am a true blue Strawberry Shortcake fan. I'm not diggin the red-head in jeans being passed of for S.S. But I wouldn't let my personal opinions stand in the way of making a cake. :)

Amy found the inspiration picture on the Internet. I use the pictures as a jumping off point to include my own personal touch. The challenge for this cake was the overlay. i had never done one before. The picture just had the overlay cut and hanging over. I wanted to "dress it up" a bit, so I worked on making scalloped edged. I didn't get it perfect, but I thought the scalloped edge made a nice effect.

A Surprise "Operation"

October 10, 2009

I used to play this game as a kid. So when Sheila said she wanted to cake for her daughter's 30th birthday I was excited. I tried to find a way to get the nose to light up, but I didn't have any luck. I had seen on "Ace of Cakes" where they used light up body jewelry to make stars on a cake. I was able to find a tongue ring, but it was blue. the lady at Spencer's thought I was crazy when I said I wanted a tongue ring for a cake instead of my mouth. But nevertheless I am very happy how this cake turned out.

Nurse Karen's birthday

October 1, 2009
I was walking into school one day this week and a parent stopped me and asked, "if I made cakes for other people". I said, "sure". Pretty random way to get a cake order. He said he saw me carrying cakes into school in the mornings when he would drop his son off. The cake was for his wife's birthday. Karen is a nurse, so I added a stethoscope and a nurse's hat. I was told she loves lemon; so I made a lemon cake with lemon butter cream. Of course I didn't get to taste it, but it smelled awfully good.