cake catch up...

yes, i'm alive!

not like anyone is waiting around, wondering...but i apologize for going missing for so long! there's a TON to catch you up on...cakes, a week's worth of field trips (seriously, there were 3 days in a row when all 3 kiddos had field trips), our wedding anniversary, kiddo activities, MOVING! yep, you heard me right - we moved homes...again! it's a long story...so i'll tell you later...

for now, i'm just popping in to catch you up on my cake creations (some of which i did DURING said move)...we have Relay for Life coming up this Friday, so life is still in CRAZY mode! plus, a house FULL of boxes to unpack, more kiddo activities keeping us busy, etc...

but life is good!


i'm not going to include detailed descriptions with my cakes this time...just a note about who/what they were for...leave any questions you might have in the comments...

diamonds & denim theme for my cousin's sweet 16...

300 cupcakes for RMH's Easter egg hunt...

a wedding at The Yellow Barn...i'm including several pics of the place, just to show you how cool it was...my first time there, but i plan to go back with the kiddos...

Lego cupcakes for my nephew...

a Bakugan Dragonoid cake for a friend's son...

& a sweet baby shower cake for twin boys...Hundred Acre Wood theme...

thx for looking!

xoxo,
sharon

jump rope queen...hula hoop master...

the preK, Kindergarten & 1st grade classes put on a PE program at school the other night...Corinn was psyched to show us what she could do...here's her 1st grade class performing Boogie on the Playground...look at her go!

xoxo,
sharon

wordless Wednesday...i'm BLESSED!

xoxo,
sharon

weekend Subway cake...

this was one FUN cake to make! it was for a 13yo boy who is apparently obsessed with Subway! he was even holding his birthday party inside a Subway restaurant! ~lol~

this was fudge chip cake (all 4 sandwich "rolls"), iced in buttercream & covered in fondant...then i made all the sandwich fixin's from fondant too

this was one of my fav cakes to date...thx for looking!

xoxo,
sharon

happy 3rd birthday Rocket!

today is Rocket's 3rd birthday! well, at least that's the one we made up for him ~lol~ we got him a little over a year ago, & were told he was almost 2 then...it was right before April Fool's Day (a BIG holiday in our house), so i suggested we make that his birthday...well, if u know Jaden, u know he doesn't like for holidays/birthdays to overlap...so we settled on April 2nd ;0)

check out this video of the day we surprised the kiddos with Rocket...

xoxo,
sharon

{this moment} lunch date

{this moment}

"Photos - no words - capturing a moment from the week.
A simple, special, extraordinary moment.
A moment I want to pause, savor and remember."

inspired by SouleMama - a Friday ritual

xoxo,
sharon

weekend cake SHOW!

no cakes this weekend...instead, i got to attend one day of the National Capital Area Cake Show! i went with my partner in crime, Carrie...& we had a BLAST!

we didn't enter any cakes...only went to browse the beautiful creations on display...check out new products & talk to vendors...& of course, watch some of the live challenges & meet some famous cake folks!

(Dana Herbert & i...he won 2010's Next Great Baker)


you can check out LOTS more photos in my Facebook albums...& here's a short video i took when they allowed us to go on stage during the live 3hr challenge...u might recognize some folks...

xoxo,
sharon

the sky is falling!

2 weeks ago (yeah, i'm behind again...what's it to ya?), Gabrielle was in the 2nd/3rd grade Spring play at school...she's in the 2nd grade & scored the part of Chicken Little...look how cute!

she had a few speaking parts & opened up the entire play with Chicken Little's famous line...

the whole performance was adorable...quite a few cute numbers were sung...

my baby girl did a great job & we were super proud!!!

way to go Gab!

xoxo,
sharon

weekend cakes...

looks like i've got some catching up to do! let's start off with last weekend's cakes...

first up was a Dragonball Z cake...i wasn't terribly familiar with this cartoon...but after some lessons from the birthday boy's mom, & my own son, i was able to create an edible version of Goku - the main character...

he was made of rice cereal treats & fondant...all hand modeled...he laid on a yellow cake, iced in buttercream...& was surrounded by his fondant Dragon Balls

then came this cute cake for two 5 year olds, celebrating together...a John Deere tractor for Alex, & a princess for Ashlyn...it was fudge chip cake, iced in buttercream...i made the tractor from rice cereal treats, & decorated it in fondant...the princess & fence were fondant too

i also made another Grave Digger Monster Truck...here's the cutie that celebrated his birthday with that cake...

white cake, iced in buttercream...i made the truck from rice cereal treats & decorated it in dark chocolate fondant...the small cars were toys


then this weekend, i had 2 special cakes...first up was a 50th birthday cake for Pam - a breast cancer survivor! her co-workers ordered this cake for her...one tier of yellow cake, one of strawberry...all iced in buttercream & decorated with pink fondant details

then, came this fun cake for 5yo Carley!

it was all marble cake, iced in blue buttercream & accented with handmade fondant sea life...the mermaid is actually a Barbie, who's legs are inserted into the cake...her tail is fondant too

thx for looking!

xoxo,
sharon

wordless Wednesday...recent Jaden art...

(click on images to enlarge)

xoxo,
sharon

weekend cakes...

only one cake this weekend...& quite an interesting one too!

evidently, the birthday girl can always be seen with a McDonald's sweet tea & her pack of Marlboro lights (box, not soft pack)

so her co-workers decided to get her a cake of the same!

the base cake is half white/half chocolate...all iced in buttercream...the cup & cigs are actually styrofoam, covered/decorated in fondant...i made the lighter from fondant too...then everything is hand-painted with food coloring

thx for looking!

xoxo,
sharon

poor Rocket...

last week, Rocket got the big snip snip...or should i say plop plop ~lol~ ok, that was bad! forgive me?

poor thing...for the 1st 24 hrs after surgery, he couldn't find a comfortable way to sit...so he resorted to laying around like this...

(he is totally knocked out asleep here!)

which also happens to be the way he lays when ur rubbing his belly & he passes out ~lol~

but he's perfectly fine now! healed up nicely & back to his old self...maybe a little less anxious to find that special girl dog ;0) but back to the Rocket we know & love

xoxo,
sharon

the trophy...

this past Saturday was Jaden's Cub Scout Blue & Gold banquet...it's sort of a year-end thing (even tho they'll still have activities over the summer)...parents, grandparents, aunts & uncles come out to enjoy a big meal & support their young Scout

this is also the time when the boys display their derby cars & have their family members vote on the "most original" design...each quarter in your kiddos' bag/box/can = 1 vote...& all the money raised goes back into supporting our boys' Scout Pack

pins/badges/beltloops are also awarded to the boys...Jaden earned some of each that night!

then the moment that the boys have been waiting for...time for the trophies to be handed out!

Jaden knew he'd be getting one...he won the Pinewood Derby race in January & knew a 1st place trophy was coming his way...when he checked out the trophy table & found out his was blue (if u know Jaden, u know everything must be blue), he flipped his lid! ~lol~

& when the Webelo I top 3 were called up, u could see how proud he was to be included...look at that puffed out chest!!!

he was super proud to win at the actual race! but having the real-live trophy, in his hot little hands, totally sealed the deal...plus it's BLUE! ~lol~

he was actually kissing it the whole way home...i love this kid!!!
♥

xoxo,
sharon

(almost) wordless Wednesday...it's finally done!

after 4 sessions & 21.5 hours total...it's FINALLY done!
(that's including my fairies too tho)

& while David was there, Curt decided to get his wedding band touched up too ;0)

guess it's time to start planning all those future ideas! ;0)

xoxo,
sharon