Last night my husband’s school, St. Thomas More, held its annual fund-raising auction at a beautiful location downtown Portland. Last year I had created the Latin Lady cake for their themed event and raised $600 for the school! This year they asked if I’d take part in the dessert portion again, so of course I […]
Celebration Cakes, Photo Tutorials, Sculptured Cakes
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 […]
Celebration Cakes, Lettering
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 […]
Celebration Cakes, Sculptured Cakes
Is the sea monster gone? Remember my last post of the sea monster?? I changed up the scallops by making them one ribbon like piece and then aligned them together instead of off-setting them. Plus I made the ribbon black instead of white…for some contrast. I think this works better! Although it gives me more […]
Celebration Cakes
When a design goes wrong…this is what it looks like! According to my dad, “a one-eyed sea monster!” My mom and dad were visiting today and I had that naked cake sitting in the fridge. So, during nap time I got it out and my mom and I sat together and played “cake girls”! It […]
Celebration Cakes
I saw some adorable cupcakes on this website (Sugarbloom Cupcakes) and now if you go to flickr and type in “tall cupcakes” there are several people making these. I tried making one to see how long it would take, and even though they take some time I think there are SO many options!! It’s funny […]
Celebration Cakes, Cupcakes
I made this cake! LOL!! I look at it and seriously laugh! I took this pic towards the end of November last year – and I was so proud of my first attempt with fondant. This was my very first attempt at baking a cake, stacking it, filling it and covering it with my very […]
Celebration Cakes, Funny
This morning I had in mind to finish my little wedding cookies and get them up on the blog. What I wasn’t expecting was a WONDERFUL surprise to enhance my little collection! My amazing and incredibly thoughtful sister-in-law showed up on my door step this morning to surprise me in all my glory (pj’s on, […]
Celebration Cakes, Cookies
I’ve seen these little guys before, but never really decorated. So, I decide to try making them myself. Two new things for me…making sugar cookies and making buttercream fondant. There is a trick to getting nicely shaped sugar cookies, so I’ll have to work on that…you can see there is some spreading on that second […]
Celebration Cakes, Cookies
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 […]
Celebration Cakes, Photo Tutorials, Sculptured Cakes