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!!

smash cake

baby audrey is turning a year old

and the tradition is a little smash cake.

stephanie took some professional shots of her tearing it up at nana's house.

she is so cute in her BIG bow and rockin' tutu!

for more pics check out her website!

http://www.stephaniefreydenfeldt.com/Smash-Cake.html

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!

just cuz

i rarely get the opportunity to make something just because.. every week i have an order and it is sometimes difficult to fit in extras! i made this cake to bring to work and have my work buds enjoy a slice! this is just a simple little cake but on the inside, is so much drama! the cake has bacardi 151 and spiced rum and the icing is not innocent.. it has light rum... rum=yum! the silver dragees' add some drama also!

oh craps!

my friend greg is turning 30 and his wonderful wife is throwing a casino themed evening of wagering and whiskey! she really wanted a cake to be crative and reflect the party's theme.

what is a party without cookies? gotta have those too!

the sweets table....

down on the farm

olivia is turning 1 and preston is turning 2! they are cousins with the SAME birthdate! how fun to have a big party together!!

olivia loves ducks, preston loves horses = perfect for the party theme!

since olivia is turning 1 she needs a smash cake!

also they needed special trats to give to all of their friends and family that joined them today... decorated cookies make any age happy!!

ducks, sheep. horses, pigs

ahoy matey

michael is out at sea turning 3!

tara found a professional cake online and asked for some minor tweaking to the embellishments.. so the challenge is on like donkey kong.. (you have to be my age to get that, lol)

this was a fun challenge! working with the fondant creating different shapes was fun, covering the cake with fondant was another story.. i apparently have slept since the last time i did this.. i made a mistake and well i covered it with creativity! i am not telling you where and how i messed up.. i would never reveal myself like that!! it turned out cuter than expected and was a huge hit! michael was pretty proud of it - that is all that matters!

tara came over and helped with the pirate ship and skull and crossbones cookies

one night. they were way cute and yummy of course!

(will add pics later... sorry)

wow... turning 70

for daneice's mom turning 70 i made a 3-tier chocolate cake with

peppermint cream cheese frosting.......

this was just ooozing with yumminess. i was told that the family thought this tasted like a girl scout's mint cookie... score!! the cake was held in the restaurant's fridge so it was nice and chilled.

happy birthday to you....

My cousin Kristi is turning the big 4-0! Whoo Hoo!! We had a celebration for her at Baker Street Pub on Camp Bowie. A birthday celebration is not complete without a cake!

happy birthday kris... i love you, meme