Paris Themed Shower

Bridal Shower Dessert Buffet

Creative Wedding Favors

Brides are always on the lookout for a creative way to dazzle their guests. Recently I made these wedding cake favors out of stacked sugar cookies for a bride. Teal has been a very popular wedding color this year! These were really fun to make and I think her guests enjoyed them.

Wedding Cake

February 2013
Wedding Cake

 White Almond Sour Cream cake with chocolate buttercream, raspberry, and lemon fillings. The cake is iced and piped in buttercream. I used my favorite WASC recipe for this cake and I think it was delish!

Cute cake topper the couple picked out

Of course, making the cake was a ton of fun, but delivering a wedding cake is another animal. As soon as it was secured in the back of my car, I began to get very nervous! The entire drive I kept one eye on my precious cargo!

I used the SPS Cake System in this cake (first time, I usually use dowels and cake boards) and I am really happy with the results. Even though it was a relatively small cake, I was worried because of the distance it had to travel. The cake rested in the sloped driveway for several minutes before I left and underwent bumpy freeway vibrations and a couple U-turns with no shifting or settling. I will use this system for large cakes in the future for sure.

Love

November 2012
Bridal Shower

One of my repeat and favorite clients asked me to make some cookies and a small cake for a bridal shower she was throwing. The moment I saw the invitation I got so excited about this order! The invite had a black and white damask backgrond and the silhouette of a couple with pink accents. I love doing cookies with silhouettes so I couldn't wait to do these and I also knew I wanted to incorporate the dask somehow. This is how they turned out.

They are simple and elegant

Pink Brush Embroidery

September 2012
I whipped up these pinkies for my MIL's kickoff Bible Study. I hope her ladies felt welcomed and loved. I love how the pink and white contrast.

Shabby Chic

October 2012
A friend was giving her mom a birthday luncheon and wanted some feminine cookies to serve. She wanted pink, lavender, and cream. She always gives a lot of leeway when she orders so my creative juices were already flowing. Fresh out of a RI flowers class, I knew I wanted to pipe some stuff on these babies! Here are the results:

Iphone doesn't like purple; it always turns this Wilton delphinium blue!

A look at the platter

This Americolor "Ivory" is my new favorite color. Last time I mixed a cream color and it was very "Easter." This color is the perfect compliment.

Oh my gosh how I LOVE to make flowers.

I hope the party was a success! I saw the craft project they are going to make and I can't wait to see the results!

Girly Cookies

Last week I had a request for a dozen cookies for a friend of mine. There were only two stipulations: they had to be "girly" and they should be pink, lavender, and cream. Well of course I immediately started thinking about all kinds of "girly" designs that I love or wanted to try. I was really wanting to try out some zebra print or maybe take my new makeup cutters for a spin. In the end, I considered the woman for whom I would be making the cookies. She is a classy chick. She has six boys. No, that is not a typo. She is really, really smart. And she is beautiful....in an elegant and thoughtful way. So...I wanted something elegant and thoughtful and who came to my mind? SweetAmbs. I love to copy her work! I had a moment of panic when my cream turned to yellow and the batch started to take on an Easter like feel, but it passed as I added more details. I think these turned out beautifully and I hope they blessed my dear friend!

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Wedding Cake Cookies

July 2012
Wedding Cake Cookies

I'm excited to send these yummy samples off to a bride-to-be! She is considering them for her wedding favors. I can't wait to see which one she chooses!

Summer Citrus Cookies

July 2012
Summer Citrus Cookies

What's perfect for the summer heat? Refreshing citrus cookies! Lemon flavored and inspired by the wonderful and talented Sweetopia. I whipped these up last night for a potluck and I hope everyone loves them as much as I do!

Marigold Cookies

June 2012

When I saw these beauties on Toute Sweet's facebook page, I desperately wanted to make some of my own! I wanted to change it up a bit and put my own spin on them though by adding in orange with the yellow.However, when I did so, I ended up with a giant mess and very stange looking orange cookies.
What to do? Well, after trolling 'The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle' I noticed her stunning marigold cookies. So quickly, I turned my little suns into flowers! Mine are not exact copies, but I think they still turned out beautiful. They made their appearance at my girls end of the school year pool party.
These would be great for a bridal shower or spring/summer BBQ.  :)