Merry Christmas Cake

Since it's Christmas Day, I thought I'd show you the cute cake
I made last week for a friend's Christmas party.
{Snowflake}
{Mr. Snowman & Snowgirl}
{Snowboy & Mrs. Snowman}

Mom & Dad's Anniversary, 2010

{Dad & Mom}

My favorite colors were used for the cake.
I finally used my new cake plate that I got in December!

{the party table}

{cake}

{LOVE}

I wish the table could always look like this!

Lauren's Piano Cake

My friend, Lauren, celebrated her 16th birthday last week. She asked me about a month ago to recommend some cake sites so she could find a cake that she liked. I pointed her to Pink Cake Box because they make some of the greatest cakes. She liked this one, flat instead of topsy turvy.

Here's my version.



{Lauren's a BIG Elvis fan!}

Mom's Birthday Cake

My Mom's birthday was the weekend before Halloween, but we celebrated at church on Halloween night. We already had a gathering planned, so we did it all together.

Friday night I asked Mom what her favorite color was. {{Pink}} I didn't know this. Does that make me a bad daughter?!?

I used this tutorial to make the flower. I love it!

Oh, and I don't have a picture of Mom with the cake because she's very impatient. She was ready to get the cake cut and distributed lest the ghosts and goblins got too restless! At least I got the cake.

Shawn's Fish Cake

Shawn celebrated his birthday in September.
A group of us went to Cracker Barrel to celebrate.
{He loves that place; so do I}.

I saw this cake and decided to try to make one like it.
It didn't come out exacly the same, but everyone thought it was cute.


I like round cakes.
I especially like round cakes that have not so smooth icing.


Who am I kidding?
I just love cake!

{Me & the Birthday Boy}

Zebra Cake

My friend, Lauren, and I made this cake for her Mom, Debby.
Debby loves zebra print, and red is her favorite color.

This was put together really quickly, so of course it didn't come out exactly how I wanted. I think it's cute, though. Next time we'll make it look more like a zebra. Debby liked it, though, & it tasted delicious, so I guess it was perfect!

Dad

This is my Dad.
He celebrated his 57th birthday Saturday.

This is the cake me and Shawn made:

Can you believe it? I actually had help on this one. I didn't have to do it all by myself. Here's me and Shawn with the cake. His Dad cut his head off. =]

We always have Dad a birthday party at church. I was going to make this cake, since my Dad is a carpenter, but I didn't think it would be the right size for the amount of people we would be feeding. So, we improvised.Dad said he didn't really care about having a party this year because some things happened at the last party that really hurt him. The church people assured him this one would be different. And they were right! We have a wonderful church family! I wish I could personally thank each and every one of them (new and old) for sticking by my parents and family for the last few months. Maybe I will...one day soon.



Thanks Shawn for all your help!
And, Happy Birthdy again to Dad. You're the greatest!

Ye-Haw! Happy Birthday Madalyn!

My oldest niece, Madalyn, celebrated her 11th birthday last week. She told me all the way back in January what kind of cake she wanted. We even sat down together and drew it all out. Her Mom (Dala) ended up changing a few things, so it was sort of a surprise to Maddy.

This is how it turned out.
Madalyn & I

The back of the cake.
Maddy & her friend, Rilee, blowing out the candles.
A blue bird looking over the fence.

Happy Birthday, Maddy Faye.
I hope it was a great one!

One Last Thing:
I didn't get to use these clouds, though I do love how they came out.
And I love all of the blue in this picture.

Dala

This is my sister, Dala. She is the 2nd oldest. About 2 weeks ago she became a year older. I decided the night before her birthday to make her a simple cake.
Simple it was.

When I asked, she said bright pink and turquoise were her favorite colors, so that's the colors I used. I also used, for the first time, my cake stand that I bought at Target after Easter for only $2. That was a happy day!

Amelia

This is Amelia.
The baby, not the silly woman with her eyes closed.
Amelia's grandparents go to our church. She and her parents live in a different state, so when they came to visit this past week, her granparents gave Amelia a baby shower. I was asked to make a cake for the shower.