made this guy for my friend ashley, who is having baby boy number 2 in a few weeks…. (he likes cupcakes).
race track cake
the grand finale cake. this one is an order. for isaac’s classmate. my two weeks of cakery have come to an end… yay! anyhooo… this thing is a beast. it’s 12×18. and will feed a small army of 5 year olds. some of it was really fun. some of it was really stressful. and, i’m […]
carlye’s baby shower cupcakes.
more owls. and starbursts. and lots of chocolate. these were the final bit of cakery in a long week of lots of celebrations. ike’s THREE parties. jesse and ezra’s cakes. and then these. i have one big cake this week. for isaac’s friend from school. and some cupcakes. and then hopefully i’m off for awhile. […]
i’m famous!
ok. not like super famous. not even sort of famous. just slightly more famous than anonymous. 🙂 but, i got my very own blog post on cupcakes take the cake yesterday. they had pics of my hoggy cupcakes. and the owl cupcakes i made for charlotte in may. it was pretty cool when it popped […]
Swoon-along update
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, a little here and a little there, I’ve managed to make 4 out of 9 swoon blocks in the Flickr swoon-along. After the third, I was a little discouraged, but I like the fourth and I’m motivated once again… Block #4: Block #3: Block #2: Block #1: All the blocks hanging […]
yellow bulldog cake
For my friend, z. The youngest of three boys. Who loves dogs. And yellow. And will be three tomorrow.
hoggy cupcakes 2.0
Tomorrow, Isaac will get one more chance to celebrate his birthday, at school, with his class. I threw together yet another batch of cupcakes and after much pleading, agreed to make hoggy decorations. Again. The kid is obsessed I tell you. Anyhoooo… This time I went with all buttercream and no fondant. It’s faster. Cheaper. […]
party time. excellent.
so, yesterday, we had two big bashes for ike’s fifth birthday. first, 6 or so of his best buds joined us at bounce u for some running, jumping, sliding, wrestling and general mayhem. i never get good pics in bounce u. too much motion. terrible lighting. iphone camera. it all adds up to a bunch […]
iphone game cupcakes
today is ike’s birthday. we are between parties. and between cupcake themes. he wanted “hoggy”, an iphone app that he is very obsessed with. but, i figured none of his friends would have a clue what that was AND i really wanted to make angry birds cupcakes. he gave this plan his stamp of approval. […]
quilt for baby girl s
Somehow, in the last week or so, I managed to throw together this little quilt for my friend carlye’s (and mike’s) baby-girl-on-the-way. I originally planned to mail something closer to the due date (they recently moved to the Midwest 🙁 ). But, she’s coming back to town this weekend for a baby shower, so once […]