Lavender Wedding

My mom knew someone having a very small wedding and wanted them to have a little wedding cake. I made this white cake and frosted it. Then I piped on flowers and used a paint brush to make it look like embroidery. I made a lavender ribbon and bow to add the bride's color. It was very simple but turned out nice.

We wanted the bride to have a bouquet also. I have helped my sister do flowers and know just enough about it to come up with a simple bouquet and a boutonniere. I just went to Sam's club and had to work with the flowers they had on hand. This is what I came up with.

February Cakes

Last week I made two cakes that I had done before. This flower cake was for a little girl's dress up tea party. The girls came to pick it up with their mom and were so cute in their fancy dresses. This cake is turning into a favorite.

I also made a cake for twin boys that were getting baptized. Their mom had won the cake in an auction I had donated to, to help a friend's dad with medical expenses. I was so glad to help.

Catching Up Again!!

Here we are at December and January.  Seems like some crazy, busy times, but it really was that I had a touch of walking pneumonia and couldn't do much at all for the whole month of December.  I didn't get any of my Christmas goodies made, which was very disappointing to me!  Well I won't get that way again!!

In Arco the first weekend in December, is a Festival of Trees.  The Elementary children come in at different times to sing for the people coming to the festival.  Here is Carlee's (she's in the middle) preschool class on stage, singing....kind of!!  They mostly just moved back and forth to the music and once in a while you can see a mouth moving.  The class did a few songs and then did one dance.  Sure was cute!!

 

Santa was there to greet them as the class walked out the door to go back to the bus.  Carlee is with her teacher, Mrs. Snyder.  This is the first year Carlee wasn't afraid of Santa!!  Yeah!!

Collin is in the first grade.  Here they combined other the first grade classes.  Darn it!!  Can't see Collin at all!!  He's right behind Belle...the girl in the polka dot dress.

 

The second weekend, Kami had a cookie exchange party. Cute invitation!!

 

We each brought five dozen cookies to share.  It was a lot of fun!!

 

This is one of my favorite pictures that I took from my back window this winter.

I never did get any pictures of our Christmas party or Christmas morning!  Sheesh!!  I was also hoping that Kami would upload her pictures for me to borrow, but they are still in her camera.  She's way behind in blogging too!

These are the cupcakes that Collin and I made for the Christmas Eve party!  He's really getting good at making swirls!!

For News Years Eve we had our usual get together at Kami and Eric's house with lots of people, kids and food!!  I tried to make my first cake balls, but I didn't like how they came out looking!  So I took the ones I had left over and fixed them up some.

These are the ones I did later.  I love how they look this way.  I did a blog on how to make them here!

January is always bridal show month.  I only did one this year.

This is me, Courtney and Amy in our booth at the Red Lion in Idaho Falls.

 

I love how this turned out!!  I didn't put a topper on it, but I'm still going to make one with roses.  I'll take pics of it again then.

  

I brought the cake the I took to the Eastern Idaho Sugar Art Show last September.

  

And I made a winter snowflake cake.  It's a redo of the pink daisy, stucco cake that I did last year.  

A dear friend (Dorothy) asked if I would make a small wedding cake for her hubby's cousin. 

  

It's a carrot cake with buttercream and Dorothy did fresh flowers on top.

On the 30th, I did this cake for some friends.  It's a FBCT, but I had so much trouble doing the princesses!!  I had to do them twice because the first ones looked like a two year old did them!

  

So here it is.  The princesses have big mouths and I left a letter out!!!  DANG IT!!!

Collin also had his first Pinewood Derby on the 30th also.  Of course no pictures!!  He came in first place and was very proud and I think all of the boys had a good time!!

Nataly's Cake

I made this strawberry cake for a little girl who was turning 5. She had a flower theme party. I made the flowers and leaves out of marshmallow fondant and covered wire in green fondant. I attached them with water and they actually stuck together really well. The cake turned out cute and the birthday girl loved it.

Purple Roses Cake

I know I always say that I don't do wedding cakes, but when a regular customer asked me to make a small cake for her wedding I agreed to do it. She only needed 40 servings, so I thought I would just tell myself it was a floral birthday cake. The roses are made of fondant and the strawberry cake is frosted with white buttercream with ivory scroll work and ruffles.

I'm Still Here!!

I bet everyone is thinking that I have fallen off the face of the earth!!  I haven't blogged since early October!!  Wow!!  I need to get my act together.  It's just been a very hectic last few months. 

Here is just a little of what has been going on for the months of October and November.....

After we had Carlee's birthday, Joe and I went to Milwaukee for a Team Leadership Convention.  I was one of the most worthwhile things that we have ever done!!  We have the greatest leaders on Team that are top rated and are there to always help guide and direct us in all aspects of our lives.  Have you ever heard of any millionaire that would teach you their secrets of how to become like them?!!  You won't find that anywhere!!  I'm really looking forward to going to the Leadership convention in St. Louis in February!! 

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 Now it's back to family time!!  Here everyone is carving their pumpkins for Halloween.  We had mexican food to eat and then on to the carving!!  We always have a blast when we get together.

I kind of had trouble carving my pumpkin and gave up.  I picked a design that was too intricate.  Oh well I still had fun and that was more pumpkin seeds for me!!

Can't go without the Halloween cookies!!

 

This Halloween Kami and Carlee dressed as sailor girls and you can tell what the guys are!

 

 Tina and I dressed up as the Ghostly or Ghouly Grannies.  Blaaaa!!  Now I know what I'll look like with gray hair!!!

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In November, I did a wedding cake for Cayd and Brinn.  Cayd grew up in our area, so I have known him since he was a wee one.  I was so happy that they asked me to do their wedding cake!

 

Aren't they so cute!!

 

 The cake was all chocolate with Dulce De Leches filling and cookies and cream filling.

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 Here is a cake that I did for my niece's 1st birthday.  It's a frozen buttercream transfer.  If you would like to know how to do one, click here.

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I don't have any pics from Thanks giving!!  We had a house full at Kami's place of course.  Lots of food, playing games, and just having fun being around each other.    I do have my cake picture though!

 

I have always wanted to do a roasted turkey cake!  So here is my first one.  It's okay, but I now know what to do to make the next one better!!  Here is how I made it. 

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Until next time!!!!

Jolynn's Wedding Cake

My sister, Jolynn, disregarded my intense fear of making wedding cakes and asked me to make hers. She found a picture of a cake she loved online. The cake was inspired by a china pattern, hence the woodland animals and horse heads. I finally gave in and said I would make it. Things went fairly well, until the drive to the church. The cake started sliding off the cake board in the car and I was trying to hold it together and was screaming the whole way. When we got there, I had to do a few repairs but it all turned out and Jolynn loved it.


The flavors were a layer of red velvet, a layer of white, and a layer of chocolate. People really loved the red velvet and kept asking for it, but it ran out quickly.