Country Wedding in Yellow and Pink

Yesterday's wedding took place in a beautiful old building at the Norman County Fairgrounds in Ada, MN.  Lots of natural light, white, and wood made for an easy backdrop to the pops of yellow and watermelon pink.  Accented with burlap and mason jars and I was in LOVE with this set up!  It was also nice to get out of the "city" for the afternoon. 

A large and extra large wooden spool for the cake table.  Drool.

 The bride made mini chalkboard stands for the flavor "cards."  I want!

 

 

The cake was made by my friend Casey Steel at Love in the Oven Bakery.  So pretty accented with a fresh white gerber daisy.

 

I know very little about photography, but sometimes I get lucky with shots like this that require very little, if any, editing.  Those are the photos that make me want to crawl in and live there!

 

 Simply beautiful centerpieces.  I told you.  I'm a sucker for burlap and mason jars.

 

 

 I couldn't think of a better way to start the 2013 wedding season.  Congrats to the bride and groom and thank you for letting me be a part!

 

 

Cookie Monster & Elmo Cupcakes

This order was for an Elmo loving little guy for his birthday.  You can find a million pins for Elmo and cookie Monster cupcakes on Pinterest.  I made these simply with fondant facial features, a little edible ink for the eyes, and colored butter cream piped using a large grass tip for Cookie Montser and star tip for Elmo.  These were fun and easy to make.  Give it a try!

Rainbow Cupcakes

For a little girl (my son adores!) on her birthday...Rainbow Cupcakes!  Made with sour candy ropes, different colored liners, and blue and white butter cream for the sky and clouds.  The butter cream is a little thicker so it will support the candies.  Anyone can do these! Try them and I promise it will brighten your day!  :)

Dr. Seuss Gender Reveal Cake and Cupcakes

Well this post was supposed to happen about a month ago.  As they say in MN, Uffda!  It's been a month. We are more than ready for spring.  It has to happen sometime soon, right?!

This gender reveal cake and cupcakes were Dr. Seuss themed for a book loving family expecting baby #2.  Mom was very involved in the design of the cake and cupcakes, which made my job easy peasy!  Here's what we came up with...

 "Thing 2" cake with red fondant stripes as a nod to The Cat's hat.  "Will THING 2 be Pink or Blue?" 

 Mom wanted their daughter to feel special on this day dedicated to her soon to be sibling so we made only one of the cupcakes with the "THING 1" round on it just for her.  How sweet! :)

 

 

 The rest of the cupcakes had a "THING 2" and red "?" fondant rounds on top of them.

 

 

I don't have a very good poker face, but despite having a conversation with the Mom when she picked up the cake about what her inkling of the gender was, I still managed to keep secret that the inside was BLUE! :)

 

Gender Reveal

If you follow me on facebook, you might already know that I had two gender reveals this weekend.  As my luck would have it, one was for a baby boy and the other for a baby girl. That meant I had to do two batches of differently colored butter cream frosting AND that after the cakes were filled and ice coated, but before they were decorated, on the exterior they looked EXACTLY the same!  Ahhh!  I had to be VERY careful not to mix them up.  Oh the pressure! 



Anyway, after they were decorated they were quite different.  This one is a white almond cake with vanilla-almond butter cream and a few pink and blue fondant pieces on top.  Sweet and simple.

 A different kind of ruffle-y side.

I use the large Wilton 1M tip and pipe vertical lines of "stars" all the way around.

 

 Will it be a boy?

 



Or girl???

 

This inside of this one was PINK.  A baby girl for the couple's 6th child.  Wow!  :)

Truffula Tree 1st Birthday Cake

One year ago on Dr. Seuss' birthday one of my best friends welcomed her third baby into this world, a teensy bit by surprise.  Her older two stayed and played at our house.  I specifically remember having asparagus which none of the kids liked.  And I think we might have even watched The Lorax.  I remember getting the call that baby had arrived and sharing the picture text with two sleepy siblings.  It's so much fun to remember those little details of the day a child was born, even if this one's not my own.  And it's why I LOVE celebrating birthdays.  Sometimes it's okay to go overboard.  LIFE should be celebrated!!!

So cheers to L-bug on your first birthday!  Dr. Seuss style.  With a truffula tree cake.  And to many, many more!

 All photography by Kristen Seeger.

(Wow!!! And thank you!)

 

 Note: I actually didn't make these adorable pink cupcakes.  Only the cake.  :)

 

 After pinning many Dr. Seuss cakes, we decided on a simple one with colored cake layers, green butter cream frosting and straws and cotton candy truffula trees.  Since they were traveling, Mom added the trees when it was party time.

 

 If you haven't noticed, I have quite a few talented friends.  This little girl's mom is one of them.  She made the truffula tree shirt, skirt, and bib.  You can find much more on her etsy store here.

 

 Finally cutting into the inside.

Dyed white almond cake.  I heard the crumbs were scraped clean from the cake board.  :)

 

Sweet birthday girl!  Love you!

Kitty Cat Birthday Cupcakes

These colorful cuties were for one cute little girl of a family our family has had the pleasure of becoming friends with recently.  I love attending parties and getting to see treats I've worked on being cherished and then quickly devoured.  Makes the effort worth it!

At the party.

I found the idea for these on pinterest.  I don't know who to give the credit to for the idea because the first pin said the picture was marked as spam.  :(  But I was able to view it and make my own version anyway.  What makes these cupcakes are the rice noodle whiskers.  Pure genious! 

Straight whiskers. 

Curly whiskers.

 

 So cute!

 

Make a wish!

 

Happy Birthday dear V!  I hope it was as sweet as you are!

 

Meow!

(Goodbye in cat-speak)