My New Toy

For months I have been telling myself....I don't need this... I won't use it...I really don't NEED this...but I finally gave in (thanks a lot Heather).
I got a Cricut Cake machine.
It is a glorious gadget that has the ability to cut out any shape or letter out of fondant, cheese, or even tortillas to decorate cakes cookies or anything edible!
I couldn't wait for a chance to try it out and thankfully I didn't have to wait too long.
Our ward had a Book of Mormon celebration and I was able to help another friend make the cake....well, she made it, I just cut the decorations and created the toppers.
So let's start there...with the toppers.
I wanted to make a mini Book of Mormon and Golden Plates out of Rice Krispies. (sounds easy enough right?) They actually weren't too hard and came together pretty quickly.. here is the final result.

They are only 3 x 4 inches and 1 and 2 inches tall.
They went on the top of an 8 inch cake so they couldn't be too big...here they are set on top of the cake.I cut the butterflies and letters out using the Cricut Cake. It is STOMP that stands for Sisters Trying Out Moroni's Promise.
It took a little trial and error, but got it to work out just fine.

The little ribbon roses are so simple to create and just added that little something extra.

I had a lot of fun working with my new toy and I can't wait to try it out again soon!

I'm so glad I finally gave in to temptation :D

Edible Animals

For a Relief Society Meeting we had a guest speaker come, Tamara Fackrell. She is a Deseret Book Author
She is also a Mediation Attorney in Utah, public speaker, and a Professor at BYU Law School. She came to speak to us, not about her book, but about relationships with each other, our children and our spouses. She has come up with a way to categorize everyone's method of communicating and relates them to 6 different animals.

I thought how fun it would be to have treats that coordinated with each of the 6 animals. I decided to tackle this project 1 week before so I was in a bit of a time crunch, but this is what I came up with.

Elephant Trunks: Lion Cakes:

Fox Tails:

Zebra Cookies:

Turtles:

And finally ....Swan Puffs

These little beauties took 3 tries to get them right, but I sure like how they turned out :)Tamara did a fabulous job and was extremely entertaining and informative. The treats were a big hit as well. They were a lot of work, but well worth the effort!

Baby boom

Here is yet another diaper cake I made for my friend Anjuli. I can't believe she's having a baby since I've known her since I was her Beehive Advisor when Miranda was just 1 year old!

I'm having a lot of fun making these cakes for gifts and finding a way to personalize each one.

Even though the basic design is the same, each one is unique and special for the occasion.

Administrative Professionals Day

Wow... that's a mouthful... but however you say it, it's a day/week to thank all those who work with you and make your job a lot easier!

Normally on this day I would get a phone call in the morning from Ryan saying oops, we forgot it was today... can you come up with something?
So then I scramble around and figure something out.
Well, not this year... I figured out in advance when it was and had a plan!

This is the arrangement I made for all 6 of the help-staff at Ryan's office.The colors were so bright and fun to work with once I figured out what design I was going to do. And it wouldn't be complete without a handmade tag to say Thank You!
They also bought all the staff lunch from Bagel Cafe (yummy)
Have you thanked your Administrative Professional Lately?

Livin' the Sweet Life

I found the cutest, fun, bright colored sundae cups the other day and thought they would be perfect to make a (non- fattening) Floral Birthday Sundae.
I couldn't wait to try it out and it just so happened that my friend's birthday was this week! I was so excited when I found these daisy's with lime green centers! And the pink "cherry on top" makes it so cute!
Just add a coordinating tag to complete the ensemble!
The tag reads.... "Livin' the Sweet life... Happy Birthday"
I also have blue, pink & yellow cups ... can't wait to make more!

More baby gifts

Just wanted to share another diaper cake I created for a gift...
I added a little something new to this one, those are little hair bow's around the ribbon border.
And of course it wouldn't be complete without the "Butt paste" (this bear looks like she doesn't have any eyes)I was able to take the image for this card off their invitation... I just love pink & brown together!

Wedding "cakes"

I've attended a couple weddings lately and tried to come up with a clever gift idea like the baby diaper cakes. And so... I saw this idea online and came up with my version of the Towel wedding cake made with 2 bath towels, 2 hand towels and 2 washcloths.
Of course I try to coordinate with the wedding colors... the first was black, white & red
(excuse the messy house in the background)

The second one was Black, white and green. I was able to use part of their invitation on this cake (names)

and on the card (black background) I even found the same font they used on the invite (he he)I just love weddings... don't you?!