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carebears cake for my friend amanda.

Posted on April 24, 2024January 2, 2025by sarah

my boss and the owner of sewingly yours has a daughter, amanda, who has special needs. amanda’s grandma used to make all of the family birthday cakes, but had some recent health issues and wasn’t able to make amanda’s cake this year. so, amanda recruited me, started about three months before her birthday. 🙂 she […]

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the cakes of march.

Posted on March 16, 2024December 30, 2024by sarah

i had a couple of cake orders in march. the first was a 70th birthday cake for my friend kim’s husband bill, who is an avid pickleballer. it was cookies and cream, which is one of my favorite recipes, and i basically stole the design from several cakes on instagram. the second cake was for […]

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somehow seventeen so soon.

Posted on January 24, 2024December 27, 2024by sarah

you guys. this kid turned seventeen in january of 2024. seven. teen. feels like this was yesterday. like previous years, his birthday aligned with exams and the semester break at school, so he got to spend his day doing what he loves. gaming. the boy agreed to homemade nachos for dinner and then opened his […]

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kicking off 2024 with a bills cake.

Posted on January 5, 2024December 27, 2024by sarah

hopes for the bills were sky high when we rolled into 2024. they had just won 5 straight to overcome a 6-6 record to finish the season 11-6 and win the afc east. so, obviously, when my fellow western ny ex-patriot friend requested a bills cake for her husband, it made perfect sense and i […]

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a decade of crazelnut

Posted on December 10, 2023December 27, 2024by sarah

another december brought another birthday for our hazelnut. ten this time. a full decade of the crazel. so, smack in the middle of all the holiday feasting, we crammed in a bunch of birthday celebrations. the first such occurrence was lunch with her class. she requested chick fil a nuggets, and was very disappointed when […]

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fall florals cake, part three.

Posted on November 13, 2023November 25, 2023by sarah

about a year ago, my work pal, cynthia, asked if i would make an autumn themed floral cake for her friend’s birthday. i did. and you can see that one here. then, a couple months ago, i made a similar cake for my pal jen’s fortieth birthday. that one is here. well. cynthia asked me […]

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jen’s floral fourtieth.

Posted on August 27, 2023October 13, 2023by sarah

before we left for iceland, my friend jen asked if i would make her a legit birthday cake for her fortieth birthday this year. actually, she told me that her husband should be contacting me to order it but wanted to make sure i had the date on the calendar, just in case. hahaha. anyways. […]

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inter-universal superhero cakery

Posted on June 14, 2023July 31, 2023by sarah

hilarious. that i thought i wasn’t going to make anymore cakes. why can’t i just say no?my old pal kelley reached out to see if i could churn out some sort of cake magic for her youngest kiddo, turning four, who is a fan of many superheroes, spanning both the marvel and dc universes. and […]

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uno graduation cake.

Posted on June 10, 2023July 30, 2023by sarah

after that super stressful wedding cake, i swore i wasn’t going to make another cake anytime soon. then. i was hanging out with my old college roommate/teammate/friend and she asked if i would make a graduation cake for her youngest daughter and her friend, and of course i said yes. it was a MASSIVE sheet […]

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cakes to celebrate marriages. old and new.

Posted on May 20, 2023June 16, 2023by sarah

i don’t know what i was thinking, but when an old friend from my teaching days reached out to see if i would be interested in making a wedding cake for her daughter, i agreed to take on the challenge. it didn’t seem too complicated and they are super laid back, so it didn’t seem […]

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