Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Rainbow Swirled Cupcakes 2012

Rainbow swirled cupcakes for a birthday party thrown for a girl and boy. What I love about these, is they each turn out just a little different then the next. Some with more yellows, more blues, more red and greens, etc. They had confetti spotted cupcakes underneath to match.  





Saturday, March 3, 2012

Baby Shower Garden Flower Mini-Cakes 2012


           I made these fondant flowered mini-cakes for a tea-party baby shower. There are two of each kind of flower. They each had 3 layers of round mini-cake, covered in cream cheese icing.






This last photo is a close up of the beautiful fondant Iris flower I made especially for my sister's cupcake because she loves purple Irises. It had actual stamens and the correct number of petals.






Sunday, February 26, 2012

Wise-guy Cupcakes 2012

This cupcake stand I made for my Father who is in truth a very wise man. He has always put his family first and showed us how love can keep a family strong. To illustrate this in a comical way (he's always loved a good joke!), I put together an owl-themed stand under the heading "Happy Birthday to a real wise-guy!"






Saturday, February 25, 2012

Mario Cake 2012

    This cake was for two mario fan brothers. It had both of their names in mario question boxes and was topped with mario figurines.







Saturday, February 18, 2012

Castle Cake 2012


For my daughter, who loves all things princess, I made a 3D hot pink castle cake. Complete with 3 Disney princesses, 10 towers, and candy hearts it was a sight to behold!







Friday, February 10, 2012

Ninja Cake 2012

This cake has a "ninja" theme with Lego martial art characters on top and a sword right through the cake. The edible fondant throwing-stars have "Happy Birthday" written in Chinese characters. This is the first time I worked with an edible silver-spray made by Wilton. It turned out to be the perfect thing to make my throwing-stars look like they had a metal finish to them.




Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Face Painting Early 2011

These are my face-paintings from a family party earlier this year.
Courtesy of the birthday party photographer, Erin.







  









Sunday, September 25, 2011

Special Occasion Cakes 2011

This cake has a "ninja" theme with Lego martial art characters on top and a sword right through the cake. The edible fondant throwing-stars have "Happy Birthday" written in Chinese characters. This is the first time I worked with an edible silver-spray made by Wilton. It turned out to be the perfect thing to make my throwing-stars look like they had a metal finish to them.





This cake is a 3D soccar ball cake I made at the request of a local mom. The inside is "tie-dye" but unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the inside! It's the first cake I've done that had a 3D element in the design instead of just having a fondant 3D item. It was very tall, about 6-8 inches including the ball part.




I designed this cake to match a set of party supplies with a cute jungle animals theme. It has fondant leaves and vines, buttercream icing over a yellow cake with an edible image in the center.




I made this cake for my mother who loves the ocean and the beach. She loved all the attention to detail on the  marine life! Her favorite color is yellow, therefore all the yellow beach things!



Seems like I have been doing quite a few cupcakes designs this year. I made these cupcakes and matching cupcake stand to match plates, napkins, and other decorations in a black filagree pattern. Each cupcake is different. The black tops are triple fudge with chocolate icing and the white tops are golden vanilla cake with fluffy white icing. I used a new cake design procedure with "sugar paper" in black and white that I designed and fashioned into the flowers, hearts, lines, etc.






For my father's 51st birthday, I created a "Nifty Fifties" stand of cupcakes. The poundcake fries and icing ketchup and mustard really added a realistic feel!





This stand of cupcakes was created for my daughter who wanted a "hot pink" Cinderella princess cake. 




I created this cake to match what my sister wanted for her son's "Curious George" birthday party.



Tuesday, February 22, 2011

My Dragon Face

I painted my own face for the first time (not counting Halloween!) for a "How to train your dragon" themed birthday party. The kids loved it and were eager for me to create their own dragon faces.


My Latest Cheek Paintings

These are the cheek paintings I've been working on to get prepared for the 5 year old birthday party I just painted for. There were 15-20 guests so it needed to be quick designs.

Pink butterfly over eyebrow:


Batman-like logo:


Black Chinese dragon:


Little blue engine:


Green gecko-lizard:


Red heart design:


Ladybug family:


My little pony: