Sunday, April 25, 2010

Let there be doggies!


My friend Kim called me a couple weeks ago to get the creative juices flowing for her sweet daughter's cake...it was kind of a funny conversation in that Ashley had a very specific design complete with specific details in mind. Kim was kind of laughing as she was describing the cake....here's kind of how it went..."Now feel free to tell me if you can't do this...but Ashley would like a chocolate lab cake." Me, "okay, that sounds fun!". Kim, kind of laughing, "but wait there's more, she wants the collar on the dog to be rainforest color, no wait (Ashley in the background) turquoise with orange, then Kim said, "Ashley, how about turquoise with hot pink"...and actually as you can see from the picture, I went with hot pink collar & turquoise name only because the background sky was blue (another request). I LOVED doing this cake and even more LOVED all the details too...and you should've seen the look on Ashley's face when I delivered the cake...priceless and the reason I love creating cakes & cookies! Thank you, thank you, thank you Kim & Ashley! Thank you also for having my Hannah...she had a fabulous time and I even got to taste the cake...YUM! Happy Birthday Ashley!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

May the "G-Force" be with you!


So...yesterday I had the pleasure and FUN of creating guinea pigs on a cookie...I know what you're thinking...what? a guinea-pig on a cookie? yuck! Well...a friend of mine so kindly referred me to a friend of hers who has a son turning 6 today! She was laughing herself when she let me know what theme "Jack" wanted for his birthday cookies...G-Force! How in the world can you turn a cookie into a guinea pig...and for that matter...does a guinea pig cookie cutter exist? Well...to my surprise (and probably yours)...it does! Pretty much it looks like a blob of something with a dangling foot...okay, well, I'm opted for a circular cookie with a guinea pig face...talk about FUN! Loved putting on the furry fur and those beady black eyes...the icing on the cookie (haha) was the little pink nose, mouth and whiskers...who knew guinea pigs could be cute? So...lo & behold, guinea pig G-Force cookies can be created & celebrated! What a lucky group of guinea pigs!