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March is National Crafty Month! Now you have even more reason to whip out some fun crafts this month! I’m SO excited to share with you a NEW craft I just picked up!! Don’t worry…this won’t take the place of cake decorating just yet, but it is slowly becoming an obsession! Oh, Pinterest…why do you […]
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Good morning friends! Are you ready for some buttercream cake inspiration!??!! – Ombre’ style?? I have a new cake crush. It’s buttercream. I don’t know if it loves me…but I really want it to. I’m not very good at it yet…but I really really want to be. I feel a little beat up after playing […]
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Hi friends! I have a treat for you! I’m going to show you how to remove fondant from a cake dummy!! – and with a video tutorial to boot!! Plus, BONUS!! – You get to see my crazy kids help me take apart a few cakes!! – it’s that easy! I created 16 cakes for […]
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“Wonder Woman!” sang loudly to the song! I LOVE super heroes! I love watching super heroes and imagining myself being one some day! I know…I’m weird like that but it’s okay. You can judge me!! LOL! I wish I could fly, have an invisible jet, be strong enough to lift cars and throw them across […]
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Hi friends! Today I get to share with you a super cute clutch purse cake I made for one of my daughter’s friends! It was a last minute cake but so quick and fun to make. I even took a few pictures of the process for you all! This was my first time doing a […]
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Hi friends! Today is the day!! Learn over 20 Elegant Cake Textures Now!! My fifth Craftsy class has launched…FIVE!! Craziness! If you would have told me almost three years ago when first started working with Craftsy that I’d have five classes today, I would have laughed in your face!! Haha!!! But..alas…it’s here and it’s called, “The Clean & […]
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Hi friends! I have a treat for you! I’m going to show you how to remove fondant from a cake dummy!! – and with a video tutorial to boot!! Plus, BONUS!! – You get to see my crazy kids help me take apart a few cakes!! – it’s that easy! I created 16 cakes for […]
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“Wonder Woman!” sang loudly to the song! I LOVE super heroes! I love watching super heroes and imagining myself being one some day! I know…I’m weird like that but it’s okay. You can judge me!! LOL! I wish I could fly, have an invisible jet, be strong enough to lift cars and throw them across […]
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Hi friends! Today I get to share with you a super cute clutch purse cake I made for one of my daughter’s friends! It was a last minute cake but so quick and fun to make. I even took a few pictures of the process for you all! This was my first time doing a […]
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Hi friends! I have another treat for you!! A wafer paper flower tutorial + basketweave cake! If you’ve taken my new online class, “The Clean & Simple Collection: Playful Techniques” you’ve seen the “Woven” lesson which showcases how to make this beautiful basketweave cake. But we couldn’t fit the colorful wafer paper flowers into the class! I […]
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Hi friends!! I’m excited to share with you a beautiful gold metallic fondant stripe video tutorial today!! I used this technique for the top of my Metallic Mermaid Cake that I made for my newest Craftsy class, “The Clean & Simple Collection: Playful Techniques“. This class was SO full of techniques (over 30 to be […]
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I had the privilege of being apart of an amazing group of talented cake designers for a Christmas Cake Collaboration. We each took a day of Christmas from the song “12 Days of Christmas” and made a cake inspired by it. I got “Seven Swans A Swimming” and here is the cake I created inspired […]
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Hi friends!! Tutorial Alert!! Today I get to share with you a FREE tree cake tutorial!! Yippie!!! I had the pleasure of making this “Seven Swans A Swimming” Christmas cake for a 12 Days of Christmas Cake collaboration. And, for this post, I’m going to show you how I made the beautiful tree you see […]
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Hi friends!! I had the pleasure of making this “Seven Swans A Swimming” Christmas cake for a 12 Days of Christmas Cake collaboration. And, for this post, I’m going to show you how I made the fondant grass!!!! If you want to check out the original post where I talk about what this whole thing […]
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I am SO excited to share with you my latest cake!! SO excited!! This is my FAVORITE cake to date…oh my!! “On the 7th Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…seven swans a swimming!” YES! It’s a Christmas Swan Cake!! Can you find all seven swans?!??! I was asked by my sweet friend […]
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Happy Friday friends!! Today I get to show you my sweet Polka Dot Chalkboard Cake!! This week I had the privilege to celebrate two birthdays with some of my besties!!! My sweet sweet friends Suzanne and Sarah both had birthdays this month so we got an amazing group of friends together to celebrate! Suzanne has […]
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I love this simple idea for a beautiful open rose on top of a cupcake. Make the petals individually and press them into the buttercream to make a big, beautiful open rose. Thank you to Sweet Revelation for this great tutorial!! GORGEOUS!! And, for another rose cake/cupcake idea, look at these beauties by Debbie […]
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Hi sweet friends!! I have a treat for you today!!TWO tutorials!!! Yippie!! It’s been so fun to get back to creating cakes for fun and sharing the how-tos behind them! Ahhhh…so fun! I’ve hooked up with Australian Cake Decorating Network for part of this cake. They asked if I’d contribute a flower tutorial for the […]
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Hi friends! I’m so happy I get to share with you my latest cake and a quick little tutorial!! The secretary at my son’s school…aka: the glue that holds our school together…is having a baby in a few weeks and some of the parents/teachers threw her a baby shower. It was a camping theme’d shower […]
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My sweet baby girl turned 9 years old last week!! OH my goodness…NINE!! Life, time, treasured moments, babies cuddling in my arms, sweet girls drawing me pictures, my adorable son wanting to marry me…all those precious moments are passing so quickly before my eyes it’s incredible!! Even more now than ever I feel like I […]
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I saw this darling little cake on Pinterest and had to share!! It’s by Icing on the Cake NYC!!! Click HERE for her site!! Whooooo’s gonna try to make it??? LOL!!
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My sweet sweet baby girl turned 3 years old yesterday!!! I can’t believe it!! Time is FLYING by right now!!! People tell me all the time, “It happens so fast!!” – and I’m really really starting to believe it. Especially when I look at my almost 9 year old with her beautiful face, amazing heart […]
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This has become one of my new favorite cakes!! I made this cake for a sweet sweet friend of mine who is having her third baby girl…a very very big surprise!! We celebrated Dana this past weekend and ate some incredible food sitting out looking over the river with some beautiful women inside and out!! […]
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Happy Birthday to my sweet boy!! He turned SIX last week!! WOW, how time flies!! Am I old enough to have three kids…really!? Hmmm…life is moving too quickly! I keep thinking I’m still 24!! LOL! – for the 13th time! I am so thankful to be Easton’s mommy!! He is such a gift to our […]
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Happy Birthday to my sweet sweet friend Alyssa!!! You are SUCH a joy to me and I have treasured our friendship over these past years!! I pray immense blessings upon your life and the lives of your sweet girls and wonderful husband! You are such a light, have such a generous heart, love the […]
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Hello beautiful Star…shining in the dark night sky! This December, I had the opportunity to make a cake for Half Baked – The Cake Blog . Carrie was gearing up for their 12 Cakes of Christmas and asked me to be apart of an amazing group of talented and wonderful cake designers! I was […]
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Six days ago, my sweet baby girl turned 2 years old!! Oh my, how time has flown by! Harper Joy is SUCH a little entertainer…full of life, tons of joy and LOTS of passion…both good and bad! :) She is full-blooded two years old right now in every way! But everyday gets more fun because […]
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I love love love graphics!! The only problem is some graphics are almost impossible to create on a cake!! – until now!! I have seen this offset chevron design only once on a pillow. I LOVED how unique it was. Chevron…but with a twist! Now, how do you put this on a cake and get […]
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Happy Birthday Maddie!!! My sweet friend Summer’s daughter is having an Egyptian Birthday party on Saturday!! A few months back, Summer asked if I’d make her a cake again. I made her daughter a Fashionista birthday cake last year (see here and the full party here) which has become real popular in the cake world! […]
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One of my sweetest, most beautiful mommy friends turned 40 this past week. It’s crazy that I’m nearing 40 too…what’s happened! I thought I just turned 25 last year!! LOL!!! I guess 40 isn’t old at all…because we’re not getting old…just classically wise and beautiful…right?! :) 40 must be the new 30 because I remember […]
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Today was my daughter’s last day of 1st grade…and her teacher’s birthday! Her teacher has been incredible this year! Very in tune to the kiddos, open with the parents and especially sweet to my princess! It was a special day that called for a cake!! However, this cake almost didn’t come to be. […]
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My sweet little guy turned 5 this weekend!! It’s crazy he’s 5…time has FLOWN by! He is SUCH a sweet heart and loves his mama so much…it makes me feel so blessed! He’s still really really into all things trucks and all things construction. I think every cake I’ve made for him for the past […]
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How’s that for a title! One of my sweet sweet friends is adopting a beautiful baby from Uganda! We are SO thrilled and excited for this amazing family!!! In just over a month, he will be in their arms forever! This baby boy is going to be SO blessed to grow up with a mama […]
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A few days ago I had the privilege of making this superman cake and some cupcakes for little man turning 5 years old! His mama is a friend of mine who has been battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma since November. She was officially diagnosed when her fourth baby was only four months old. Can you imagine that? […]
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There are certain people in life that just glow…that exude a sweetness and light that is so attractive and so secure that it draws people. Jennifer is a person like that. She’s a mom at my daughter’s school that I’ve had the privilege to get to know this past year and a half. My daughter […]
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I am so excited to share with you all my new favorite cake! :) I am so happy with how this cake turned out…it was better than my expectations and I am thrilled that even though there were plenty of challenges, the Lord was faithful and gave me the wisdom to move forward at every […]
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I have a treat for you!! – A tutorial on how to make a purse cake! A few months ago I received a phone call from my mother-in-law’s sweet friend Karin. She was organizing a women’s retreat and wanted to know if I’d come down and do a cake demo after lunch and talk about […]
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I’m so happy to share this beautiful baby shower with you!! My sweet cousin, Ashley, is having her third baby, but first baby girl!! We are SO excited for her!! She is the most amazing woman!! She’s ALL girl, yet puts on her boots and goes hunting with her husband! She took her two boys […]
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Happy Birthday Kendra!!!! Last weekend my family and I had the privilege to spend a few hours with the amazing Jamie Zanotti of JAZ Photography out of Eugene, OR. She is not only an incredible photographer, but she LOVES Jesus with her whole heart, adores people and capturing their memories, is an amazing wife and […]
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I have a sweet friend…her name is Summer. She is a little ray of sunshine like her name! – and she’s my cake buddy. We’ve only made cakes together a couple of times, but we spend LOTS of time sharing ideas, tips, techniques, dreams and future plans together. She is SO incredibly smart in all […]
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Happy 4th of July!! What an awesome country we live in!! I’m soo thankful for our country (despite the yuckiness that goes on) for we are truly blessed to be free!! I am so thankful for the men and women who have fought for the freedom I enjoy!! A friend of mine asked if I’d […]
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This was a first for me…a musical instrument!! A violin – complete with the scroll, the bridge and hand painted curly-ques on the body. What a fun, and challenging cake! My daughter and I have had the privilege of knowing an incredible woman we call Mrs. A this past year! – she was my daughter’s […]
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Happy Birthday JENNY-JEN!!!! My sweet sweet friend turned 40 today! What’s crazy is that I’m getting closer to 40 and realizing that it’s such a young number!!!!!!! We’ve only lived half our lives…and most of it was spent messing up!!!! – and learning what NOT to do! Now it feels like we’re figuring things out […]
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Here it is…my son’s 4-year monster truck cake! This cake turned out to be quite fun! I’m happy with the end result!! The bottom tier is chocolate cake with Reeses peanut butter cup butter cream. The top tier is vanilla cake with Butterfinger butter cream. Both were SO yummy!The checkerboard pattern was created with edible […]
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Hi everyone! Whew…this week was CRAZY!!!!!!!!! I first off have to apologize for the lack of pictures I’m going to show you! I had planned on taking a lot of pics, step by step, to show you all the entire process of making the truck. But time slipped away this week! I had two interior […]
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I’m creating a monster truck themed cake for my son’s 4th birthday coming up in four days! YIKES! – I can’t believe my sweet baby boy will be four!!!!!! I’ve got the sketch done and a plan of attack ready to go! This is my first vehicle/car/truck type cake, so I’m nervous!!!! I’m learning as […]
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My husband and I love strategy board games!!! We own over a hundred games! It’s a hobby and a passion and has given us many fun evenings with family and friends. We play a lot of games with one couple in particular, Ian and Mindy. Ian’s birthday is today and Mindy comes over on Wednesdays […]
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I had the privilege to take part in the 55th anniversary gala event for Holt International. I made a cake that they will be putting up for auction tomorrow night! Holt International is a wonderful adoption agency that has been finding homes for children for the past 55 years!! We have several nephews and a […]
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Today I said good-bye to a sweet friend who is moving away next weekend! I made her a suitcase cake to celebrate their new adventure that awaits them as they transition south about 5 hours from us. I have been wanting to make a suitcase for a while and had a 9″ single round from […]
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What a privilege it is to celebrate the 4th of July and our Independence! Praise the Lord we have a country where we have religious freedom and can worship without fear!! Last November I took part in an auction for the Quiet Waters Outreach organization. I put up a future cake for auction in hopes […]
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Happy Birthday to my amazing daughter!! She turned 5 yesterday…I can hardly believe it! She wanted a princess dress cake, so that’s what she got! I wanted something a little different than the traditional barbie doll princess cakes, so I went for a 18th century inspired dress form cake…on a pedestal! There was more detail […]
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Happy December! And, Happy Holidays!! I had the pleasure of creating a cake for a friend of mine at church who is teaching a bible study to the college girls through Proverbs 31. This Saturday the teaching is based on Proverbs 31:16-19… how woman can bless their families with the talents and skills God has […]
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY AMAZING HUSBAND!!!!!!!!! I have THE best husband in the world!!! I am SO blessed that God allowed me to marry this man – he is the man of my dreams!!! He is the best daddy, the most loving and patient man I know!! I love you and wish you the best […]
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I was delighted to make this sweet garden birthday cake for a little 3 year old girl from Corvallis! Her mom is a friend of mine from college and I remember 3 years ago visiting her at the hospital when Bekah was born very prematurely. She and her mommy had lots of complications and we […]
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Happy Birthday to my sweet friend Sara!!! – tomorrow! I couldn’t wait to share the cake I made for her because I already took it to her tonight!! I just love Sara…again, another amazing woman in my life! She has such strength, such sweetness, such a heart for her family, so much love for the […]
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A sweet sweet friend of mine just made some big changes in her life! She quit her job and is pursuing her passion…sewing, knitting and all things fabric!! She is SO amazing and her craftsmanship is phenomenal!! I wish her Soooo much success in this new chapter of her life. So, to celebrate, I made […]
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I had put a request out on the blog a week or two ago mentioning I wanted to make a stiletto type shoe and shoe box for someone! Well, I got someone who wanted JUST the shoe I wanted to make!! Thank you thank you thank you Jen! This was SO fun to make and […]
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY NEPHEW RYDER!!!!! He had a Mario Kart themed birthday party complete with two Wii machines set up with Mario Kart on them. It was a GREAT party! Onto the cake! – This was the hardest cake I’ve ever made!!! – and the FUNNEST! It felt like at every curve, something went […]
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Today is my sweet friend Jen’s birthday!! She turned 29 again for the 9th time! Hehe!! Happy Birthday Jenny!! We love you!! This was my first time making flowers!! They were “ribbon” roses…because you don’t make each individual petal (as the pros do)…you basically create a thin thin ribbon from fondant and roll it up […]
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I had the pleasure of creating this butterfly cake for a sweet sweet friend! WOW, I have been so blessed with the most amazing, wonderful, talented, loving and gracious group of woman in my life…I praise God for that! My friend Mindy is expecting her second baby, and first little girl! She is so excited […]
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A few weeks ago my daughter and I watched “The Gabby Douglas Story” on Netflix. We both don’t have any experience or particular interest in gymnastics (although it’s my favorite Olympic sport to watch), but my sweet girl had heard about Gabby and the things she overcame to be a world famous, Olympic gold medalist, so, […]
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Good day sweet friends! Have you all brushed your teeth today?!?! :) We are supposed to brush our teeth every morning and every night, right?! ;) And if we are really good to our teeth, we gargle, rinse and floss those pearly whites too! As I was doing this last night (the brushing part mind you…not […]
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