It's a Boy! Sam's Baby Shower

 

Last weekend I travelled to Brisbane to help shower my neice Sam with happiness! Her and husband Mark are expecting a son in January. Sam's lovely mum Julie was host and her good friend Lauren organised some fun baby shower games.

 

 

I made a cute cupcake {or patty cake} display with some icing ribbon roses, hand modelled chocolate fondant teddy bears and some 'baby' blocks. This could also make a great christening display don't you think?..with the babies name on the blocks. 

 

 

I also used this {no bake} blueberry cheesecake recipe  but instead of making a full sized cheescake I made them in small individual serves...I'm not the greatest cheesecake maker but these really were easy so give them a try ;)

 

 

We used one of my ruffle tablecloths and I whipped up a bunting in boy colours...

 

 

Lauren did a great job organising some fun games and everyone painted a message on a babysuit {onsie} or singlet....here's 'Nanny-to-be' getting her craft on!

 

 

'Party at my crib...BYO bottle!' took out first prize, so funny! and on the back she wrote 'no nappy, no entry!' Loved it ;)

 

 

There was baby shower gifts galore.....

 

 

and they were all really thoughtful and useful things!

 

 

The beautiful Mum-to-be!

You are looking so radiant and happy Sam, I know you will enjoy every minute of being a Mummy...we are so excited for you and cannot wait meet this newest member of the family xx

 

 

Have a sweet weekend everyone!

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good-bye June...Hello July!

So I'm finally getting around to updating you all on some of the cakes I created in June...I know,  it's almost the end of July!! Where does the time go? Last month life was busy, throw in the school holidays, my sons 6th birthday, end of financial year, lot's of paper party designs and some custom printables...I'm sure you have all been there, done that! and probably get alot more done than me :) {My biggest problem is organization, or should I say 'lack' of it}  Anyway, if you don't follow me on facebook you were probably wondering what's going on? so in order to catch you up I will just post some pictures of my favourite cakes for last month...if you have any questions or would like to know 'how to' for any of them, please ask :)

 'Giant Bloom' with lace trim ~for Roz' 60th Birthday Cake

Another 'Fish' Cake {hand carved and hand painted details} fins are also made of icing! 

This cake was for Ross' 21st Birthday, the fish was made to look like the photo that was on his invitations and I really love how it turned out.

This cute little 'beagle puppy dog in a carry bag' cake was made for Lydia's 18th Birthday. The puppy {inspired by a Sharon Wee design} was made of fondant which I then hand painted with food colouring, my kids loooved him!

This little fisherman I modelled out of fondant to sit on the edge of this muddy dam {cake} that I made for my cousin's birthday, he was cute although I probably shouldn't have made his boots so clean and shiny looking should I?!

The water is coloured piping gel and the rocks are chocolates, incase your wondering:) and the not so good photo's are courtesy of the overcast rainy day we had!

This cake was for Oliver's birthday, another little lego fan.  Everything is edible on this one, I used an icing tip to cut the small circles for the little icing bricks around the cake {yes, very fiddly lol!} the lego man figurines I made using the silicone lego ice tray which you can also make chocolates in.

 I also squeezed in a three tiered black and white wedding cake for Sarah with these cute hand modelled toppers, the bride had a little netting veil at the back but you can't really see it in this photo.

This garden themed cake that I iced and created lot's of little decorations for was definately the most popular over on my facebook page last month.  The actual cake inside this one was made by Clint's friend, Sharon Shields, something special for his 30th birthday.

I also did a couple of others {pheewww!} including a lego starwars cake and cupcakes for my son's 6th Birthday but I will do a sepeate post for that one :-)

Cake decorating is definately an addictive hobby, you should give it a go if you haven't already!

Don't forget to join me on facebook for more regular updates, have a great day.

40th Wedding Anniversary! {Ruby}

I recently had the pleasure of creating this two tiered 'shabby chic' style cake for my very good friend Deanne.  She hosted a fabulous afternoon tea to celebrate her parents 40th Wedding Anniversay, the weather was absolutely perfect and she did a great job putting it all together.

Inside was red velvet cake, which I thought would be perfect for a 'ruby' anniversary {it turned out pretty close to the same colour as the ribbons} and the top tier was chocolate mud cake.

I really underestimated how long the ruffles on the top tier would take me to do, totally worth it though I was very happy with the end result! and it was very well received :)

Thankyou De for trusting me with the job!

'Congratulations Ray and Donna, 40 years!'

Dora the Explorer! {First Birthday Cake}

I created this cute and simple design for a special little girls first birthday. Personalised with her name 'Savana' in vibrant pink letters cut from fondant icing.  I also made some little curly streamers to brighten up the cake board a bit.  The figurines are plastic and come in the set of three that you see here, Dora, Boots the monkey and Swiper the sneaky fox! Inside is three layers of delicious chocolate cake.

'Happy First Birthday Savana!'

If you are like me and love a good 'cake face' photo opportunity {especially for first birthdays!} then you will love these creamy ruffle smash cakes.  I added a little edible glitter to this one which looks amazing on a bright and sunny day, great for an outdoors party!

Life has been busy lately as you might have guessed from my lack of blogging, we also caught a nasty bug just before Easter that went through all four of us and put me out of action for a little over a week! So I'm very pleased to be back on track and getting close to being up to date with my paper party orders.  Also, my daughter turned nine on Easter day{!} as we were away we could'nt have the usual birthday party at home so instead a very simple afternoon tea with the family in Warwick.  Caitlin even decorated her own cupcakes this year using her favourite icing tip and topping them with tiny speckled easter eggs.

They turned out really cute don't you think? She did a great job!

{Elephant} First Birthday Cake

This cute little boys 'elephant first birthday cake' I created for last weekend was a copy of a 'Pink Cake Box' design, If you follow me on 'pinterest' you will  notice I have pinned  a few amazing  PCB cakes so I was quite excited when I was asked to make this one!

This seemingly simple design actually took a very long time to put together! The elephant was made over a couple of days so each piece had sufficient drying time, I don't have the tool for cutting strips so a little extra time went into measuring out the three different sizes and each one of those balls...rolled by hand! but this {for me} is the most fun...making the decorations and putting it all together :) I must admit it is much more satisfying when it is your own unique design,  nevertheless I was very happy with how this one turned out.

Inside both cakes....chocolate mud

I delivered this one to a private residence in Warwick where I found out it would be taking another trip to the Sunshine Coast! 

'Happy 1st Birthday Will!'

and Thank you Nathan & Kristie I hope your party went well!

'Pastel Pink Roses' 70th Birthday Cake

I was recently asked to create a birthday cake for my Aunty 'June' and this is what I came up with! She loves flowers so that is pretty much all I put on it! Her daughter Leah {and family} and her son Alan {and his family} organised a surprise celebration for her in Toowoomba over the weekend. We enjoyed loads of good food and drinks and got to catch up with family we don't get to see all that often.

You can't really see it in the photos but I dusted the cake and fondant covered board with pearl lustre dust, so it was nice and pearly which made my dome of roses really stand out!

This is the top view, I love how this one turned out ;) Inside is chocolate mud cake...

I used styrofaom {to create the dome}as the base for my roses

so they could be easily removed and kept as a keepsake.

I trimmed the cake with pink satin ribbon tied in a bow at the front,

"Happy 70th Birthday June!"

'Winnie the Pooh' ~ First Birthday Cake

Over the weekend I created this 'Pooh Bear' themed cake for a little boy's first birthday

celebration in Clifton.

I made an icing picnic rug with a fringed edge to sit these tiny little cupcakes on that I also modelled from fondant icing.

I really liked how these little bees turned out, they were so tiny!

The sign is chocolate fondant and the message is painted on with black food colouring. Inside is butter cake with vanilla cream icing.

I think this could also make for a cute christening/baptism/naming day cake...if your a Pooh Bear fan.

'Happy First Birthday' Declan!

'Out of the box' Baby Shower Cake

This cake was my favourite for the week, a little bit different and no pink or blue in sight by request. I was sent this picture to use as inspiration.

This funny little bald head peeking out of the icing blanket, I dusted the cheeks and hands with rose coloured petal dust....

topped off with a stripey lid and polka dot fondant bow.

This cake was off to Brisbane to shower some happiness...

Inside...chocolate, mmm delicious chocolate :)

Thanks Bronwyn and Caitlin for choosing such a fun design!

Newborn Baby Christening~Shower~Welcome Cake!

"TOOT TOOT!" yes that is me tooting my own horn hehehe!!  I had to put this photo first because I love it and I can't believe I took it, I have just discovered how to use a new setting on my camera so I'm quite pleased with myself although had I read the instruction manual when I first got my camera I could have been making good use of this setting for the past twelve months;)

I am so excited to share my newest  and original cake design with you, everything you see is edible except for the piece of satin ribbon I used to trim the base of this cake {which I had to add to cover a little mistake I made while adding the damask pattern}, even the baby is handmade out of fondant icing! Inspiration for this came from memories of Anne Geddes beautiful photography, I had several diaries and calendars of hers during my high school years!

I think this is now my favourite adult cake that I've created so far...You could use this design for an elegant baby shower, a welcome cake for a newborn celebration, fantastic christening cake or even an adult birthday.  I used a leaf viener for the pattern on the rose petals which I thought gave a realistic effect.

The damask pattern is all royal icing which I tinted creamy peach (out of the wilton range of colours), the cake itself is two 6inch rounds that are 4inches high each stacked on top of each other to form a tall cake drum. To eat this cake you would seperate the two cakes just by cutting horizontally in the middle and lifting the top cake off, I'm not sure if I could eat the baby though??!

Bottoms up :)  I took alot of photos of this cake which I will be adding to my facebook albums if you would like to have a look!  Sorry for the lack of blog posts I have found myself overly busy of late, have a great weekend!