weekend cakes...

my weekend started Friday evening when i delivered these beach cupcakes...they were for a little girl who's family was leaving early Saturday morning for their beach vacation, & would be celebrating her birthday there...i made 8 beach balls & 8 little crabs...all white cupcakes, iced in buttercream & decorating in fondant


immediately following that delivery, the kiddos & i went to my friend's house...Carrie was my partner in crime for the RMH job...she has a cake shop built in her basement & a son the same age as Jaden...who get this - also has Asperger's! i know, crazy how we connected...& as more time goes by, we're finding out we really make a great team! so anyway, the kiddos played...& scarfed on pizza for dinner...while she & i worked on a wedding cake together

Carrie took an order for a gorgeous woodland themed wedding cake...she's works with fondant, but isn't confident in her modeling skills yet...& i've done some other modeling work for her before...so she asked me to make the bride & groom figures for this cake

they're Japanese characters from an animated show "My Neighbor Totoro"...which is apparently adored by the couple

here are my fondant versions...groom on the left, bride on the right...
(they wanted the groom to be holding a mushroom instead of a leaf)

Carrie iced & began decorating her red velvet wedding cake, while i worked on the fondant pieces...

here are some mushrooms i made, that will go on the cake...& u can see the acorns in the background...

once Carrie gets her final pics uploaded, i will share them with u...i have a feeling that the finished cake, in combination with it's tree stump stand, turned out beautiful!

then Saturday evening, i delivered this cake to one of Gabby's bestest friend's birthday party...

it might look a little familiar...that's because her big sister's cake back in May was pretty similar...it sounds like Brookelyn must look up to that big sis of her's ;0)

it was 3 tiers of funfetti cake, iced in pink buttercream & decorated with dark chocolate fondant dogs & paw prints...i got word that the birthday girl loved her cake & the guests thought is was super yummy!


& that's it! that means that the rest of the weekend was cake free...the way i intended my summer weekends to be (but u know how it goes...& i'm thrilled i can keep my cake folks happy)...that's y i'm able to post this blog right now...weekend posts are something i rarely do, but i'm done with cakes (for now - small Twilight one coming up for Tuesday)...& get this - my parents took not only my 3 kiddos, but my sister's 2, & brother's 1 (just Matthew, Levi is still a lil too small) & took all 6 of them camping! from Saturday until Monday!!!

& with Curt working every afternoon/eve, i'm all alone in the house! believe me, i'm happy to get some me time...but i miss the kiddos...& i'm not sure what to do with myself...this just feels weird ~lol~