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!

The Hazards of Cake Decorating

So, cake decorating sounds like a pretty harmless hobby/business, right?  Well, not if you're concerned with your waist line, it's not!  :)  I am never actually tempted to snack on cake anymore.  I've been doing this for 15 years now, so the craving for cake has definitely wore off.  But....

I had an order for this adorable little truck cake this week.  And guess what I had left over?

 M&M's!  Who can resist M&M's???

And then, I had an order for this baby shower.   It had THE cutest theme...milk and cookies!  So the main cake is our white almond sour cream with cookies n' cream filling.  And the cupcakes are chocolate with cookie dough icing.  The cake as pictured isn't complete...the party planner was going to add some cookies around the base to finish it off.  She is being so kind as to share photos with me, so hopefully I'll have a couple to post.  And of course, anytime I make cookies n' cream filling, what am I left with?

Oreos!  I don't even like Oreos that much anymore, but when they're sitting on my counter, they just call to me. 

And finally, I made this platter for a donation to be auctioned off at a benefit.  I really hope it went well and helped the family in need.

And...yup, you guessed it.  With this, I was left with extra buckeyes.  Chocolate and peanut butter...who could possibly have the will power to NOT eat one of these?!

So, it's been a rough week.  I'm envisioning an extra run (or two) this week, to attempt to make up for all of my indiscretions.  :)  But hey, everyone should be allowed to splurge occasionally, right?!

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!!!!

The Day After - and Cookie Day 12?

I'm starting to lose track of the days!  :)

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and I hope all of you did too.  This is the very first Thanksgiving we've had at home.  We've traveled every year since we've been married....16 years!  This year, my mom and her husband Dave came down, so we actually got to have our own Thanksgiving dinner.  And I must say...it was pretty darn good!  My husband did an incredible job with the turkey.  I had the perfect biscuit day too, which is a rare and beautiful thing. 

My beautiful mother, me, and my two gorgeous daughters, Tessa and Chelsey.  (Not a shabby looking lot, right?)  :)

And of course, we have the "big game" approaching, so you'll be seeing lots of these:

And on to the cookie of the day.   These were both inspired by ornaments.  The cookie sheet I found at Hallmark...they have some adorable baking ornaments this year!  I'm going to put them all on a little tree in my kitchen.  :)  And the other was inspired by an ornament my friend Diane found and drew me a sketch of!  I used fondant for the little rolling pin. 

Maybe this will inspire you to start your holiday baking....or order your holiday cookies!  :)

Go Bucks!

If you live anywhere near Columbus, Ohio this time of year, it is all about OSU football! I've never lived anywhere where the fans are so dedicated. It's pretty cool. So, of course, we get a ton of requests for cookies and cakes that are OSU themed. It gets difficult to come up with anything new, but I did recently find this buckeye leaf cutter that I think looks great. The jersey is also new, and I finally found a way to do a more simple helmet to keep the cost down. What fan wouldn't love a package of these?!

On a side note, we're going to look at a building for rent in Clintonville this evening. I would LOVE to know how my customers feel about that area, whether you'd be willing to travel there for cake pick ups. We've looked all over Hilliard and just can't find anything that will work for us. :( Feel free to leave a comment or send me an email!