Daily Archives: Monday, June 9, 2008

My aunt turned 60 a little while ago and I made her a cake covered in cream cheese icing along with some cream puffs and chocolate covered strawberries. She loves her dog, Timmy, who is a Jack Russell terrier that is cute from far away, but stay far away.  This is my first fondant puppy – he put on a few pounds.

A couple of months ago my mother-in-law asked if I would help decorate a cake for her brother’s 50th birthday.  I’m just starting to dive into 3D cakes, so we thought a wine bottle would be a hoot since he’s a big wine guy.  I couldn’t find my black icing gel, so I had to combine dark brown with other mucky colors.  I ended up with a light gray for a REALLY long time. Note to self: icing that is … Continue reading →

I got married last September and if you’ve ever been married, you know how hectic it can be.  I like to make things difficult and had to do as much of the crafty stuff as I could possibly fit in a 1-year planning span.  To this day I am still sad I wasn’t able to decorate my wedding cake, only make the gumpaste flowers for them.   But I still managed to fit in the programs, table numbers, invitations, seating cards, … Continue reading →