New Wall Art and Cake Contest

Over the weekend I attended a 3rd Birthday Celebration for a local moms group called Chesapeake Mommies of which I have been a member for nearly 3 years.

This was my entry for the cake contest


Everything is completely edible!
Sadly I didn't win but I had a blast creating this and attending the party.

I did walk away with an adorable halloween tutu outfit made by The Crafty Mommy and this beautiful wall art

First Birthday Celebration

We have spent the last few weeks adjusting to our new schedule, sorry it has taken me a bit to post final birthday pictures.
The Birthday Girl in outfit #1

Outfit #2 after cake

Dessert Table

Cake


Cupcakes and edible crayons


Ice cream cone cake pops

Smash cake

Just put her bib on right before cake time

and she dug right in

School Count Down

I go tired of the constant asking of when does school start from my 4 year old so I made these


Anthoney is on Day 6 and had 2 rubber snakes in his tube. I am doubling up on his so he can share with Cameron.
Malaina is on Day 4 and had a Tiger Beat Magazine in her tube.

They are both ready for school this just adds a bit more excitement leading up to the day.

Ice Cream Cone Cake Pops!!

These are so stinkin cute!! I used chocolate cake scraps from leveling the cake I am making and added a little bit of marshmallow fluff, mixed it together and forms small balls for the "ice cream". I also used candy melts and peanut M&M's to finish them off. They are so yummy!

Now they are sealed up in an airtight container in the fridge awaiting all the kids to eat Saturday.

Sweets!

Last night I worked on some sweets for the dessert table for the party.
Sorry for the bad pictures, I'm trying to get a bunch of things accomplished during nap time.

Oreo's covered in fudge, the one with the butterfly is mint, yum!


Edible Crayons! (Chocolate covered pretzels)



I made a bunch of elmo heads out of fondant, they are going on vanilla cupcakes.


I still have so much to do...

More party prep!

Party Hats! Boy were these time consuming, especially Abby. I used my Cricut and the Sesame Street Friends Cartridge to make these and I just messed around with the paper to make the hats.
My husband made the purple stand for me, I am going to put cupcakes on it.

Cute hat my mom made, mainly for picture purposes.




Banner, again I used my Cricut to cut everything, then glued it all together and used tulle to attach each circle.

Today the kids and I taste tested 2 recipes for Cookies n Cream filling, I am partial to the one on the left and the kids can't decide which is better. I always make extra cakes and freeze them just for occasions such as this, lol!

First Birthday Party Prep

I absolutely love little details when party planning! Right now I am trying to come up with just the right party favor for my baby girls first birthday. Searching all the party sites and blogs it seems as the themed parties are not the cool thing to do but how can you resist the cutest little girl on Sesame Street? That's right we are having an Abby Cadabby first birthday!

So far this is what I have made:
The Birthday Girls Party Outfit and shoes






I have also practiced making the cake topper out of gumpaste and fondant


I've also started on the birthday banner and elmo cupcake toppers. So much to do and so little time!

Back to School Shopping

Why is this such a daunting task? I am ready to have my oldest 2 back in school but I just can't bring myself to get them prepared. I carry around the school supply lists in my purse yet I find myself walking right by the school supplies. What is wrong with me? Am I the only one that feels this way? In the end I know I am not going to send them without the proper supplies, new clothes and shoes so I am not too worried yet. I have a bit of time to shake this feeling. I just hope it moves on soon.

CAKES!!!!

Here are a few cakes I have made recently.

The cala lillies are edible! I was able to use my Cricut Cake for the first time adding detail to this wedding cake.

My niece had a Luau Birthday, learned that gumpaste is VERY flammable, LOL!

I absolutely love how this turned out! It is 100% edible! The Minnie is made from Rice Krispy Treats, modeling chocolate and fondant.

My nephew has a passion for skateboarding so it was no surprise it would be his party theme.

A special litel guy was turning one and I got to make his cake as well as his smash cake!



My daughters best friend and her sister had a combined birthday party. There is a few things I would do differently next time but over all it was a cute cake.

I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed making them!

Wow, It's been awhile!

I really do enjoy blogging when I get the chance, but WOW it's been 2 months since my last post, eek!

What have I been up to? Well me kids have been keeping me busy and I have been struggling trying to keep them busy.

I have made lots of cakes since June, I'll share some pictures later.

I am currently planning my daughter's first birthday. I can't believe a year has come and gone! I am also in the early stages of planning my son's 3rd and 5th birthday's. This time of year gets my head spinning, but I LOVE party planning!

How do I keep it together?

Some days feel like a whirlwind and I can't tell if we are coming or going. I needed to get it together. I came across Organized home and their wonderful Household Notebook. You can print of several templates from Organizedhome.com to get you started.

In this notebook I have everything we need from our daily schedule to what size shoes my kids wear.

Our notebook has 10 dividers:
1. Address and Phone numbers
2. Daily and Weekly to do schedules
3. Weekly and Monthly meals planned
4. Food Inventory, Pantry and Freezer
5. Shopping lists
6. Important Dates
7. Kid Sizes
8. Important Papers
9. Bills Due
10.Upcoming cakes and Ideas

The very first page of the notebook is an Emergency phone number list, it also has our emergency plan. My pages are protected by page protectors so I use a wet erase marker to change things as needed.

I have had this notebook for a month now and my life has run so much smoother. My favorite section is the Food Inventory. I know everything we have so it makes meal planning easy. It took a bit getting this all together but so worth it in the end.

What do I do when I get bored?

Practice new cake decorating skills!

Had one sick kid and one really tired one so they slept pretty much all morning. The computer was boring so was the tv and I didn't feel like talking.

Several days ago I watched a tutorial on making fondant roses and how to make the cake look like a basket.

This was my first attempt at both




At first I didn't think I was prepared to make a cake but I dug deep in the pantry and found a Spice cake mix and cream cheese frosting. I baked the smallest round cake I had, filled the layers with cream cheese frosting and then I whipped up a small bowl of buttercream frosting.

YUMMY! I can't wait for dessert!

One car family once again

This is like deja vu, a couple of years ago we had one car for almost 3 months. A the time, Cameron was a newborn and I had just found out I was pregnant with #4. It was a kick me while I'm down type of a moment and I am feeling that way again.

Friday I got all the kids in the van to pick up my oldest from school and when I turned the key it sounded like the engine was about to fall out so I didn't attempt to start it more than once. I called dh and explained to him what was going on and he had to drive all the way home from work just to go to the school which is a minute from our house. There was just no way I could take 2 9 month olds, a 2 yr old and a 4 yr old up the street.

Fast forward to day 4 of being stuck in and around the house and I already feel like I need to be committed! Our neighbor decided to not let her little girl play with my boys because they were fighting yesterday. The funny thing is she and I were both in the house and really didn't know who did what and with 4 yr olds they tend to lie about who done it stuff, lol!

When my boys were told she couldn't play with them today it was like pulling teeth to keep them out of her yard so I decided to just make them stay inside. I tried my hardest to keep them occupied but the second I didn't they were into everything and fighting. I think they are having no means of transportation withdraw too!

Hopefully my husband can get the van fixed and we will be on the road again soon but until then I just don't know how I will survive.

I'm making a wedding cake Delivery Day!

I woke up this morning feeling confident, so I decided to put the cake completely together. My original plan was to take everything and stack the cake at the venue, but I didn't want to feel the pressure of having to hurry and get it done.

So here is the finished cake at home



at the venue

Day 5 I'm making a wedding cake!

Whew! What a day! I am DONE! Now I am a big ball of nerves. I have to deliver the cake tomorrow and then stack it. I am confident the cake is well supported and I limited the decor I put on before hand. Should go well but STILL this is an important piece of the wedding!

I started out the day by making what felt like a million fondant balls


More daisies


Got all the daisies out and melted white chocolate


Used the white chocloate to adhere white wire to the back of some of the smaller daisies


I didn't want to waste the leftover white choclate so I dipped some strawberries in it for an afternoon snack.


I put some daisies and fondant balls on the cakes. Also made them shiny!



Late today I worked on the extra cake. What I made should feed a good amount of people but you never know how big they may cut the pieces.
Made buttercream

Crumb coated

Frosted and added a couple of daisies (this is why I wanted to learn to do fondant, I am not too great at frosting


Now I am thinking of messing around with my lustre dust and Vodka!