Wedding Weekend!!!!

So when Melissa asked me to do her and Kevin's wedding cake, all I kept thinking was "How in the WORLD am I going to do this!?" They were quite trusting of me :) Melissa is my boyfriend, Jeff's, sister. Their wedding was last night, and it was a blast!! Even amidst the 3 a.m. cake-tastrophe that had me baking a whole new middle tier, and the fact that I had to miss the ceremony because I could only deliver it to the reception hall at that time period, my first wedding cake turned out pretty darn well, and I heard nothing but good things about it. It was a great feeling. I was so nervous that I would hear critiques about the cake, which would have been super awkward since I was at the wedding, but nothing like that happened, thank goodness! :)

Did I mention Melissa asked me to make a surprise groom's cake for Kevin? He plays bass guitar and saxophone, and is quite the music buff from what Melissa told me.

Here's the new Mr. and Mrs. Wright cutting their cake:

It was a wonderful party and celebration last night you two, and I hope you are enjoying the beach this week!! Thanks for trusting me with the cake! :) CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES KEVIN & MELISSA!!!!!

A week Late

Sara, I'm so sorry I haven't posted your cake yet!!!

Sara turned 13 last week and her mom asked me to do a friend cake (the ipod touch) and her family cake (the 13). She said for the family cake that Sara likes green, blue, and purple, and to just roll from there! Sara dances for Seton as well, on the Junior team, so I was more than happy to do the cakes for a Seton dancer :) Hope your birthday was great, miss teenage Sara!!

It's A Girl!!!

So I've mentioned the Vaughns on my blog before...one of the greatest and sweetest little families I know. Well Julie had her baby this past week!! They didn't find out if any of their kids were a boy or a girl, and this one was no different. Karli was born on March 3rd! Maddie and Luke wanted to make a cake for their new brother or sister. They decided on all the colors, designs, flavors, everything. They remembered all the details of what she looked like from when they saw her the night before, and they wanted to recreate her on the cake. Rolling and cutting the fondant was the highlight of their decorating experience. It was so fun watching them make this cake for baby Karli. Maddie even wrote the "it's a girl!" in the bottom corner... I think she did a fantastic job for a second grader! Vaughns, I love you guys, and as always, thanks for letting me be a part of your family! And welcome beautiful baby Karli! Happy Birthday!!

Just a year too late

My cousin Luke has been DYING for me to make him my chocolate cake with chocolate icing. I didn't get to for his birthday last year, so he's been anxiously awaiting since then. Every weekend we were at my grandma's or a family party he would ask me when his cake was coming. So I finally got to do it! Luke is a great musician, especially with drums, performing with multiple bands at his high school. He's super talented! So my aunt asked me to make his cake into a drum. (not my best fondant job, but it turned out nicely.)

HBD "cool hand" Luke!! :)

Holy Cow it's been 2 months!

How sad it has been that my cake making has been non existent the last 2 months, but as spring is getting closer, more cakes are coming. This weekend I had 2!

First was another fun cartoon cake. Thanks to one of "the ladies at work" Donna asked me to do a cake for her grand daughter Ashley who turned 5 this week. And who is her favorite character you ask??? SCOOBY DOO!

I don't have much artistic ability when it comes to sketching and drawing, but apparently I can draw on cakes?? Oh well, it's a nice hobby and talent to have :) This one turned out ADORABLE and I thought it looked pretty darn good for scooby. Rappy Birthday Ashley! Hope it was fun and great and you enjoyed your cake!!

and 8 years later

So Julie is now a good friend, but has been my boss, and before that, my 6th grade teacher. I also babysit her kiddies, Maddie and Luke after school. I wish I had pictures of them to put up because they're too stinkin' cute and sweet!! Anyway, this weekend they celebrated her youngest daughter's, Lauren, 2nd birthday and congratulated Maddie on her First Reconciliation.

When I got her cake out of the box,

She just wanted to stare at it and touch it, and she kept saying "pity, pity" (pretty) Lauren is such a little lady, so Julie just said anything with Pink will work for her cake. Here is a side view:

Maddie had her Reconciliation on Saturday morning, the day of her party. She is a great big sister and just great little girl in general, so of course she only had to say 1 Hail Mary for her absolution. ;) Julie asked me to do a little cake for her as well. It turned out very sweet, just like Maddie girl.

8 years after she taught me, Julie, and her husband George, are trusting me with their babies...uh oh! just kidding ;) And my Luke story for that day: He answered the door: "What are youuuu doing here?" he didn't know I was coming. And then he continued to ask: "what's on your eyes? Did you get your hair dyed?" clearly the kid is used to me lookin' like a scrub with no make up on and my hair up in a pony tail. He's a crazy goof, but such a comedian. Thanks Vaughn and Brauntz families for letting me spend the party day with you! Happy Birthday, Laur Laur and Congrats Maddie girl!!

love, sarah

"...the ladies at work..."

"The ladies at work_________________" is a common phrase in our household. So, one of the ladies at work asked me to do a cake for her daughter Beth's 30th Birthday. Donna said that Beth loved penguins, so I got to my research of penguin images.

It was a great weekend to be working on this cake because while it looked like this outside:

I was working on this polar penguin cake inside:

It was quite the task to string-pipe all of this cake, but it turned out ADORABLE. It's certainly made my list of favorites! :) Hope Beth had a great birthday!!