Golden Wedding

We made the cake and cupcakes for my cousin Ethan's wedding.  I was able to work with my favorite partner in baking crime, my mom.  

They wanted a simple rosette cake and we kept the theme with rosette frosted cupcakes.  

The cupcakes flavors were Pineapple, Mango, and Chocolate Coconut. 

Each cupcake flavor had their own unique topper.  I spent over 7 hours creating the delicate gum paste gold flowers for the pineapple.  I also designed  the name toppers and Flavor display cards.  

Disney pops

My daughter did a senior project and used disneyland as her subject. As part of that project they had to bring in a treat to share with the class. 

  We created these Mickey cake pops and they turned out so cute! 

Super simple and again...so cute! 

C is for Cookie

Our ward had a fundraiser auction and asked all the youth to donate items to bid on.  They wanted some dessert items so I of course had to run with that ;) 

  I've had these cookie pans for quite a while and have used the round before, but I finally had a chance to use the Mickey one.  

 The face is M&Ms cookie and the ears are Oreo cookies. I've been experimenting with modeling chocolate lately, so had to try using it for decorations.  

I first created the Mickey & Minnie cookies. 

After making the Mickey cookies I was left with one I decorated round cookie.  I hadn't really planned anything for this one so after a bit of brainstorming I came up with this...

He he a Cookie Monster cookie!  (Complete with mini eaten cookie)

If I so this one again I may just use blue M&Ms next time.  

They were all a big hit at the auction! 

Bars and cookies and pops..,oh my!

For our relief society activity they asked me to set up a dessert table with a "wizard of Oz" theme. My mind began to creatively wander and did a little Pinterest research, until I finally came up with this...

Red velvet poppy field cake pops

Dorothy's gingham dipped Oreos 

Ruby red slipper sugar cookies 

Rainbow fruit kabobs 

Yellow brick road Rice Krispies 

Coordinating water bottles.  

Again, a lot of time went into creating this but it turned out so fun and perfectly fit their theme.  

Cake-o-Rama

I've never really advertised my ability to make cakes.  Honestly, it's just a bit of a hobby, a very involved, messy, delicious and fun hobby.  The past few months I've had quite a few cake requests.  They've all been a challenge in their own little way and for the most part I've been happy with how they've turned out. (Aren't we all our own worst critic). 

   So I just wanted to share what I've created lately... 

Wizard of Oz

Miranda was in the Wizard of Oz and just like previous shows I was in charge of designing the lobby table display.

I had a ton of fun creating all the different elements from the play. Even the ruby slippers :)  I was so excited to find a "yellow brick road" frame too.  Miranda helped me chalk the rainbow behind the vinyl.

It was so fun to see people taking pictures with my display this time. They all loved the witches feet and rainbow.

Christmas Dough

I saw something similar to this online and couldn't wait to make it for neighbor gifts this year. I mean everyone can use extra dough at Christmas!

Oh Christmas Tree

I had so much fun creating our Christmas tree this year.
I found the adorable snowman hats at Ralph Jones and just had to build around them. I had a tough time finding black ornaments so I created my own using glass ornaments and glitter. I love this tree!

Frosty Pops

For Miranda's choir party I created these adorable frosty cake pops.
I used rolos and chocolate melts for the hat. I just love it wrapped up with the scarf :)
They were a huge hit at the party!

Homecoming table

Just wanted to share the tablescape I helped design for my daughters homecoming dinner.

Haunted house

Very last minute (like 4 days before Halloween)) I decided to put up a few decorations on our front porch.
I just loved the witches feet & broomstick!

Little Philmont Scout Training

A while back I was asked to decorate for a multi-stake Cub and Boy Scout training called Little Philmont. I was soo nervous and wasn't sure what to do. After weeks of fretting about it...this is what I finally came up with. A candy bar for the Cub Scouts

A Candy Bar for the Boy Scouts....

"Outdoor" scout-ish decorations for the lobby

And the boy scout logo on the entry doors...

Whew! It was a lot of prep and work, but it everyone seemed to enjoy it (especially the candy)

Candy Table

At the cast party, there was a Candy table set up by "Limelight Parties" It was so adorable I just had to share!

I added my Frame to add to the festiveness. I just loved how she had pictures of everyone hanging on the tree!

Into The Woods table

It's become a sort of tradition when Miranda does a play that I create a display for the table in the lobby. Her latest play is Into the Woods and this is what I was able to come up with.... Books to represent each of the main characters. I found plain covered books and cut the new title out in vinyl to put on the front.

I'd been dying to try out this idea of using real twigs behind a frame.  This was the perfect play to do it with!

I then added a display of the 4 items they had to find to break the spell... A cow as white as milk (ok so I couldn't find a pure white cow, but he is cute) Cape as red as blood, slippers as pure as gold and hair as yellow as corn.   I put these items flowing out from a box that looked like a book.

I put it all together and I was pretty happy with the results :)