season 3 finale

attention all Truebies: the much anticipated season 3 is already at an end. we were introduced to shapeshifters, werewolves, panthers, wickens and more interesting vampires... we felt that it was necessary to have a celebration to commemorate the finale episode.. we had a great dinner, tru blood shots and of course a cake (lindsay's request) so here we have it.

as lafayette would put it "you is gorgeous"

buzy bee

elizabeth is quite a "buzy bee" so for her birthday what could be cuter than a bumble bee cake?!

something that makes this cake extra special... the cake is a butter cake but died yellow, the chocolate frosting is disguised as black! instead of a boring 2 layer cake - i made it a dramatic 4 layers. you are probably thinking of extra yummy frosting inbetween the fabulous cake... oh me too BUT if you think about it... yellow layers with black frosting???

yep you guessed it, when you cut into this cake it appears as bee stripes!! yummy fun!!

kylie's candy bar

for kylie's 13th birthday - she wanted a BIG party... huh? each year that child has a big party - what is she talking about!! she decided on a pool party (doable but... we do not have one of those!) well pat does (papa harse's girlfriend).. she said yes and began to prep her yard for the big day!

seeing that it is outside and a pool party i still wanted some sort of a theme.. last year for her birthday she flew to NYC to visit her uncle jeff - they went to dylan's candy bar and she loved that place... who wouldn't though, tons of candy everywhere! seeing that candy buffets are growing in popularity at weddings and parties, i should join in the fad and do that!

so we did, i had the official logo altered to have her name instead of dylan and stephanie (http://www.stephaniefreydenfeldt.com/) took some sweet pool pics for the invites (done by http://www.shutterfly.com/) and started planning the fun.

i wanted the kids to have something to take away from the party but these are teenagers now.. harder to please.. i saw some great water jugs at dollar tree (pink, lime and turquoise) in the late spring and snatched them up.. i hate cups everywhere! rachel helped me with the cricut machine and we cut out their names in vinyl so they had clearly marked "cups" and could take them home (no trash, no dishes!) also found some donut floaties in pink, lime and turquoise and bought up some of those.. other than that all i had to worry about was the table and the food.

the candy bar consisted of assorted glass jars found at the dollar tree and michael's.. i bought non-chocolate candies, ribbons and made tags for the jars.. i already had the cute tablecloths.

of course she wanted a cake and cookies (she has to see me make this stuff on a weekly basis, poor kid!) the cake is the dylan's logo and the cookies, 13's and bikinis.. yellow polka dot bikinis!!

the kids had a blast, some could not make it, that is ok to me!

less teenagers = less drama

"this was the best party ever" - everyone said to me! and i agree, it was so fun! they all came back to our house to crash! i fed them pancakes, candy and juice the next morning!

twilight saga

after seeing the rylee cake, madison's mom quickly called and ordered a cake for her birthday.. madison is turning 11 and is having a eclipse movie watching party.. the party is the same night as the movie premier - how fitting to have the cake match up with the book that inspired the movie!

the cake is a butter cake colored red, the frosting is chocolate colored black and the ribbon, well.. it's real! i added a couple of personal touches and ta da..

i did hear back and the girls just loved the cake!!

my little renee turns 9

not to confuse you, but RYLEE is aka renee to me.. inside story between us that is from about 3 years ago and going strong - oh you wonder what she refers to me as.. strawberry.. cute :)

renee is turning 9 ... already! having a rockin' skating party! she wanted a zebra cake.. lesa wanted to incorporate teal and purple... done, done and done..

cake is zebra, letters are purple and i colored the cake batter teal!

seguin high school class of 2010

congrats colton on your graduation!

this is a 3 layer butter cake with buttercream icing.. pretty much the best! everyone loved this cake! the grad cap is fondant and the numbers are royal icing..