when we settled on a frozen themed birthday for the girl, i began to pin approximately 800 cakes and cupcakes. after much deliberation, i settled on these. first. some snowflake decor. i made two trays full of sparkly fondant snowflakes. i was just going to shove plastic rings on plain cupcakes for school, but then […]
cupcakes
isaac’s eighth birthday.
minecraft mania.

last saturday. isaac lidbom turned. eight. eight. EIGHT. how did this happen? anyhooo… we took some obligatory chalkboard pics of the boy as he entered into his ninth year on the planet… first, one by himself. all proud. then, anna joined in the fun. except she wasn’t feeling it was so fun to have all […]
seven.

on friday, isaac t. lidbom turned seven. SEVEN. i can’t even believe it. seems like just yesterday that we were bringing home that screaming little bundle of feisty joy and starting our lives as parents. he has, for sure, kept us on our toes. he’s packed to the rafters with endless energy. and is completely […]
camera cupcakes.

hi. i only have one picture of my most recent cake baking adventure… i went on a little 40th birthday girls weekend for my pal jude. she’s a photographer extraordinaire. and loves tie-dye. so i made tie-dye cake (rainbow-y-ish). and little fondant cameras. (i can’t not say camera like jenna maroney). the end.
ike’s cakery v. 6.0

here are the various cake items i made for ike’s bday. superhero cupcakes for his class. (he thinks it’s funny that the girls had to eat boy superhero logos). and his star wars angry birds cake. he wanted star wars angry birds and there was no moving him on that. i think it came out […]
twenty twelve review.

thought i would take a few minutes to look back at what went down in 2012, in terms of quilting and sewing and cakery. it’s always fun to see it all laid out in a nice little grid format. it makes me feel like i actually accomplished some things… anyhoooo… here’s the quilts. 1. Front […]
birthdays and thanksgivings, etcetera.

and so here it is. another one of those catch all posts with a bunch of random pictures thrown together to bring this blog back to the present. you’re welcome. anytime. first, i’ll begin with this cute picture of anna. she is obsessed with cramming her hands into her pockets “just like charlie brown dos”. […]
tangled cupcakes.

our friend annie is having a 3rd birthday party tomorrow and she loves the disney movie tangled. i am in charge of cakery, and i didn’t want to go too crazy, since we just came back from ny and i had my own birthday just yesterday. so, today, i whipped these suckers up: the suns […]
autumn cupcakes for a friend.

my friend heather has a birthday next week. her sister ashley threw a semi-surprise party for her. semi because heather knew she was going to a pampered chef party and had no idea it was for her. it was super fun. ashley got the idea (from pinterest, of course) to have a favorite things party. […]