my boss (and the owner of the quilt shop i work at) has a daughter named amanda, who has special needs. every year, just after christmas, amanda starts counting down to her birthday. in april. this includes dozens of invitations in all of our work mailboxes. and for me, every since i became her personal […]
cakery and confections
rainbow-y raffle cake
last year, hazel’s favorite teacher’s husband, who is the director of development at riverwood therapeutic riding center, asked if i would donate a cake to be raffled at an annual giant fundraiser. of course, i obliged and went all out with some florals (which you can see that cake here if you wish). well, this […]
sweet sixteen for sweet maya.
somehow, my pal heather’s youngest kiddo, maya, turned sixteen on christmas. it makes no sense because we were like 30 when she arrived and we are still like 30, so the math isn’t working out. but apparently it’s true. so she asked if i could make a cake for the big sweet sixteen bash, but […]
baby shower cupcakes
i had the honor of making cupcakes for the baby shower for my friend kim’s daughter, who will be having a baby girl in april-ish. she gave me complete free rein, both for flavors and decor, but insisted i don’t do anything too difficult. she sent me the decor color scheme and i was off […]
this years cookies i swore i wasn’t making.
i say it every year. “next year i’m not making so many (or any) cookies”. and then next year rolls around. and i start small. and then i keep adding. and before i know it, i’ve made even more cookies and more varieties than the year before. i would hate to see what would happen […]
harry potter themed birthday confections
our girl hazel is super into harry potter this year, which works nicely, because she’s eleven and that’s the year when harry and his fellow wizards get their owl delivered invitation letter to hogwarts. anyways. i actually covered that detail in my post about hazel and her parties. for her low key family party, i […]
pink florals…
back to cakery. as soon as we returned from our summer trip, i had an order for a floral cake for the birthday and cancer remission celebration for a family member of anna’s best pal. we opted for chocolate cake with pink florals to represent said cancer and it’s demolishment. pretty happy with this one. […]
mother’s day floral cake for a good cause.
soooo. hazel’s beloved math teacher is married to the development director of riverwood therapeutic riding center. he contacted me about donating a cake for a cake raffle at their annual spring fling giant fundraising event. he told me that my business would be promoted in their official literature and such, but i do not really […]
anna’s fourteenth.
whelp. fourteen years ago i birthed the annababy.time sure is flying by.after watching me make several floral cakes in the last little bit, she requested a floral cake of her own, but with bright happy spring colors. this is what i made: she had a few friends over for her birthday party. i have no […]
fifty years of ron + cynthia.
one of my favorite co-workers at the quilt shop is cynthia. she’s a former school teacher and like a grandma to everyone she meets. when her daughter catherine reached out to ask if i would make a cake for cynthia and her husbands surprise fiftieth anniversary party, of course i said yes. catherine gave me […]