Random happenings.....

A sculpture I did for a joint effort cake..... I didn't design it I was the manual labor on this one! This is "Super Caitlin"! Isn't she so cute! Did 24 of these for Isaac's class and the 100 day of school......

Did 24 of these for BaileyRose's class and the 100th day of school..... my first encounter with royal icing.

Baby Girl had a pretty good cough last week and was out right before we got all the snow. Sis had to sleep in the recliner a coupla nights to be comfortable. She's all better now!

Ike's car is number 3.... with the flames baby!

There might have cuter Boy Scouts at this year's Pine Wood Derby but I sure didn't see any.... Isaac and his Pack Leader.... so proud of his car!

This is what we came up with (thank you Family Fun!) for BaileyRose's Valentine box. They had a contest in 3rd grade and she came in second! A leash and wheels were later added so the cat was actually mobile.....

The kids finished their Valentine boxes during our WEEK of snow days!!!!! I will have to take a pic to Isaac's finished truck.... it too had wheels so it could roll.

WHAT!!???? Really? IN ARKANSAS? Ughhh.....Snow snow and more snow!

Made this for Isaacs class for their Valentine's day party. Since I was making the cake, I got to choose the color and since Isaac can't do red dye..... ta da! Yellow heart! The white is royal icing... which I have recently figured out and LOVE!

Isaac and his table mate at the Valentine Day party.... hmmmmm ... not sure I like this picture.

This is a cake that I did for my sweet friend's 14 yo daughter. (Love you Lisa!) I did two sheet cakes with buttercream frosting and a set of heels and braclet on one and a purse and its "contents" spilled out on the other. Happy Day Katie!

I got some much needed help on this one. Can't really tell here but the purse opens and out spills an ipod, phone, compact, nail polish and lipstick. The purse was my contribution and the rest were results of some sweet friends!

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Diva Cake!

This is a cake that I did for a friend of mine that recently turned the big 30! Course, now that I am well past the "big 30" it doesn't seem quite so big! Ha! She is always wearing high heels... even when she was pregnant! So the theme for this cake was a no-brainer! The shoes are gumpaste and the rest is fondant over an almond cake with buttercream frosting. They ended up sharing with the whole resturant so it was gone by the end of the party!

So Cool!

I am soooo doing this! I could make bags til they come out my ears! Check out this site for knitting a bag from old "Walmart" bags. You can crochet the bag too.

www.pieandcoffee.org/2005/11/17/how-to-knit-a-plastic-bag/

And BTW, they call it "plarn" not yarn.... get it? PLASTIC YARN???? Ha!

Climbing and Cakes!

See that little gal climbing that wall? That's MY girl! We went to our Girl Scout Council cookie rally the night before cookie sales started. They had lots of cool stuff but THIS was the activity my girls most wanted to do.
Bailey Rose had no fear (she had done this last year so she was familiar with it). She hopped right in the harness and started climbing!

My latest cake.....Wait for it.... Wait for it.....

Do you know where you are?

You're not in Kansas anymore Toto!

This is the cake I did for a "Wizard of Oz" themed bridal shower. So fun! The shoes are my favorite! This was a vanilla almond cake done in almond buttercream and covered in fondant. All accents are fondant and gel paint. I delievered the cake and got to see the shower decor..... they were so neat!
This was a cake (2 tiers) done for a set of twins who are real-deal techies. They love their Macs and wanted this Apple logo for their cake. This is vanilla-almond cake iced in buttercream.

Shine!

New cake! I have done several cakes recently (an X-Box console and controller cake, a snowman cake) but I keep forgetting to take pictures! This picture is actually a "bootleg" pic from Facebook! It was for our Children's pastors birthday. Her motto in life is "Shine" and because we all knew it was her birthday, I thought this was appropriate. This weekend, a bridal shower cake and the theme is.... wait for it..... "Wizard of Oz"! How FUN! I promise I will take pics!

Natalie.... The Hampster

This is our newest girl.... Natalie. GrandTone and Grandpa Trumpet gave BaileyRose a new cage for Christmas. Well, an empty hampster cage is just sad.... so, off the pet store we went! After an exhaustive search, we found Natalie. She is so cute and very busy. BaileyRose about wears her out! She has her out all the time! But Natalie likes to play and stuff her cheeks (something Buddy the Hampster doesn't like to do). Now we have two hampsters in residence. BaileyRose is such a good hampster momma and keeps the cages nice and clean. Thanks for the present GrandTone and Trumpet! Welcome to the family Natalie!

Christmas Pics!

Hello to all and a Happy Christmas! Our first official act of Christmas was getting our Christmas card pics done. And here they are......