Fun Week

I had such a fun week this week.  I did a cake that I think is my new favorite!  Even the little smash cake was so much fun to do.  The base cake is our white almond sour cream with chocolate ganache filling.  The ladybug cake is our white almond sour cream with strawberry filling.  Two of my favorite combinations!  Have a wonderful 1st birthday, Evey!

And Julia is turning 13, so her mom ordered cupcakes to bring to the event.  I matched the stand to the cupcakes.

And a baptism cake for Samuel....

My mom was down for a visit a few weeks ago.  We came over to visit the Westerville shop, as she hadn't seen it yet.  Here is the prettiest picture of my mom with her great-granddaughter, Emma!

Have a great week!!!

And finally...some cakes!!!

See, I told you I actually had real work this weekend!  :)  Between visiting my sweet grandbaby Emma, working on cakes, and working on this shop, this has been one heck of a week.  Productive though...the shop floor is finally done, which means we can start moving in equipment, etc, while we await the many required inspections.  My hubby is there as I type, putting the trim back up, so I'll take pictures next time I'm out.  It's looking good!

I had so much fun making this cake.  For some reason, modeled monkeys have always been a little difficult for me.  They never seem to look just quite right. So I was very happy when this one turned out exactly as I had hoped!  Thank you for the order Tiffany...I'll see you in October!

Another fun order for Rachel, for her daughter's 7th birthday.  Rachel really trusted me as far as design goes, so I hope she likes it! 

And an order for a great customer, Liz.  Liz actually just finished up the work on my new logo, business card, and label.  Wait until you see them!  It all looks amazing!!!!

And an order for the Clark family, who will be very happy when I open the shop, as they drive from the Westerville area to get their cakes now! 

And that's it!  I'm off to drag my daughter out of the hospital for a good meal and to snuggle with my grandbaby for awhile!  Hopefully I'll have some updates on the shop to share by Monday.  Have a great weekend!!!

What a great week!

Isn't it nice when you can say you had a great week at work?!  That's definitely what I had.  My orders this week were all so much fun to work on.  AND - we found a great retail location in Westerville that we are sooo excited about!  It's not 100% yet - we have to check on some zoning issues - but if that works out, we'll be going retail!!!!

My first order for this week was for a great customer, Amy.  She always comes up with such fun things for her sons' birthdays.  The hats on these were made out of white chocolate, so they are totally edible.

I also had an order for Emily's 14th birthday.  She's a big fan of the Cake Boss, so I'm hoping that I managed to live up to her expectations.  The cheetah print is hand painted.

This one still needs to be delivered, so I'm hoping Kimberly doesn't pop on here.  She's probably too busy getting ready for the party anyways!  :) 

And cookies to match...

Have a great weekend, everyone!  And check back often for updates on the shop.  You know how much I love posting pics.  If it's a go, I'll definitely take "in progress" pictures as we remodel! 

Happy Friday!

I'm almost shocked to realize this, but here it is, 2pm on a friday afternoon, and I just finished up my last cake AND cleaned up all the mess!  That means I'm free all weekend.  I don't even know how to act!  :)

On Thursday, I shipped out an order of cookies for one of my favorite customers in Kentucky.  Her son is turning six and wanted a basketball themed party.

I never thought I'd type these words together, but next up is a pretty pink skull cake for Diamond, who is turning 8.  :)  The cake matched her party invitation.  We also matched the cupcakes by adding hearts and white chocolate coins.

And finally, happy 1st birthday to Ean!!!  His cake also matches his party invitations, which are totally adorable.  His mom is placing the cake on a very cool cake stand that has the black and white checkered pattern. 

Time has really been flying.  Next Sunday is Mother's Day already!  And I'm doing my first graduation cake of the season.  It's so hard to believe its that time already!  And...my mom is coming down for a visit.  I'm so excited!  I haven't seen her since Thanksgiving, so having her down is a great Mother's Day gift for me!  :)

Have a great weekend, everyone!  Hopefully we can get the rain to stay away for a day or two!

Bridal Showers

For some reason,  I don't normally get many orders for bridal showers.  I had two for this past weekend, so that was unique!  :)

First was an order for my friend Cathy in New York.  She's hosting her daughter's bridal shower, and although she's a cake decorator and makes FANTASTIC cookies herself, she just didn't have time to do them with everything else she had going on.  Understandable!  :)  The fact that she trusted me to do the cookies meant alot to me, and I really hope she loved them!

And a close up....the shells are made of white chocolate, which I think went well with the theme!

And a bridal shower cake, made to match the invitations.

Oh, I also did this cake last week.  It kinda reminded me of my mom...she took a class in making glass beads, so for awhile, she made us some really cool jewelry! 

Have a great week!!!!!

Finished Kitchen!

We are sooo happy to have this project done!  And we absolutely love our new kitchen.  We still need to buy a couple of bar stools, since we spend all of our time here now!  :)

And now that the kitchen looks so nice, it's making us want to redo other parts of the house!  It's going to be a never ending project, I just know it!

And some cookies that I shipped to Kentucky to celebrate Madison's 10th birthday:

I have such a busy week this week.  Good thing, right?  And THREE baby shower cakes in one week!  I just love it!  :)

Pretty in Pink...

I'm a little late in posting last weeks cakes.  I finally have my kitchen back, so I've been seriously enjoying cooking, and baking, and decorating it!  :)  I'm waiting on a couple of final items to come in, then I'll post pics.  It's so beautiful!!!!

This is my favorite cake from last week.  My customer was looking for a Barbie cake, which we can't do due to copyright issues.  So we went more with a princess theme.  Everything on the cake is edible...the crown and jewels are made out of white chocolate, and the pearls are white chocolate clay.  I really hope McKayla liked her cake!

I just love it when customers order cookies that match their cakes.  They are so much fun to do!  Below are the cookies and the cake to go with it....

And I have a bit of good news!  Anyone who has followed my blog has heard me talk about our grandchildren in Florida.  We go down for visits twice a year and I send them goodies at almost every holiday.  Well, the entire family has decided to relocate up here by us!!!!  So instead of seeing them twice a year, we'll get to be full time grandparents.  We're so absolutely thrilled!!!!  Below is a pic of me with the grandkids at the zoo during our last visit....aren't they just too cute for words?!  :)

Hope you all have a fantastic week!!!!

Valentine's

...is just around the corner!  Be sure to get your order in this week.  Surprise your sweetie with a delicious treat!

My wonderful friend, Diane, turned 50 last week, so I just had to mail her out some cookies, done in her favorite colors. 

And of course, lots of work on Valentine's Day cookies.  This first picture has a cookie that I entered into a contest, so pop on over to Haniela's and vote for mine!  (Or your favorite....I guess!)  :)  There's a Wilton set as a prize that I want to win for my daughter, who has finally decided to start decorating cookies!  Finally!  :)

I'm really excited....I should be receiving my cookies from our cookie swap this week!  I will post them as soon as I get them.  I think our mail carrier is starting to think I have a crush on her....I've been staring longingly at her all week, hoping she was bringing my cookies!  :) 

Have a great weekend!

Slooow January....

January has always been my very slowest month for cakes.  It gives me time to get my taxes done, get caught up on house work, all things I don't really want to do!  :)  So needless to say, I dread January!  LOL!

I did have a couple of fun orders last week.  One was for Leah's 25th birthday...I really liked how the cake came out.  Her husband was really great to work with.

I also did some cookies for a baby shower.  I added the little flowers as a last minute touch.

And a cute soccer themed cake for twins.  I don't know why soccer is always a hard theme, but I really like the way the soccer ball turned out on this one!

And since I have some spare time, I've been able to play around with some hand made cards.  I love Valentine's Day...all pink and red and hearts and cuteness!

Have a great week!!!!

Cookie Day 27!

Well, we braved the crowds and finally did some Christmas shopping last night!  I figure I'm about halfway done.  My goal is to be totally finished this weekend.  I know its not going to happen, but I think I can come close.  Wouldn't it be nice if this guy really did deliver all the presents and we didn't have to shop?!

And a couple more cake orders from this week:

Off to relax for a bit this morning before I head out into the cold to shop!  :)

One of my Favorite Weeks

I think this has to be one of my favorite weeks of work in awhile.  I had so many orders for interesting cakes this week.  Work becomes fun when I have orders like this.  I have to be one of the luckiest people ever to get to do something I love so much for a living.   

I think this one is my very favorite.  It's just so bright and cheerful and happy!  The lettering was inspired by my friend, Diane, a fellow cake decorator in Conneticut.

I have another one I had planned on posting but I just remembered its for a surprise party!  The chances of the customer looking at my blog is pretty slim, but I think I'll be cautious and wait until tomorrow.

My cookie of the day is the cutest little polar bear, inspired by my friend Lisa (bearfootbaker on Flickr).  I totally fell in love with hers, so I just had to order a polar bear cutter and give him a try!  Thanks to Lisa for always being so willing to share her work!  :) 

Another fun one for this week.  I love the bright colors on this one as well.  Its nice to see such bright colors, especially when its been so dreary and cold here!

And one final one.  This is for a woman graduating from nursing school.  Congratulations Kristie!!!  What a huge accomplishment!

And that's it for today!  I'll have a few more tomorrow....like I said, busy week!  :)  I'm off now to do a little Christmas shopping and quality time with my daughter!