It's been a very long time since I posted on this blog so this post is pretty exciting for me. Since closing the shop, I haven't filled a single cake order. My life looks so very different now than it did when I was up to my eyeballs in powdered sugar and cake deliveries.

In fact, it's been peaceful! We got a camper and spent much of the spring and fall camping with the boys and building memories. I only work part-time now and that's just wonderful. The kids are happier, I'm happier, and my husband is happier.

But, I'd be lying if I said the artist in me hasn't been crying for release. I miss creating and making something special for my customers and friends. So at the urging of many of my friends and former business associates, I've decided to start selling custom cake toppers and figurines. After all, that was one of my favorite parts of cake decorating.

So stay tuned, I'll be opening an Etsy Shop in the next few weeks! I hope I'll be able to reconnect with many old customers and friends through this new venture.

A Lion, a Monkey, & Bear... OH MY!

If you've hung around my blog for any length of time, you know I'm drawn to "cute" stuff. So this cake was right up my alley. The relatively simple although time consuming design was perfect compliment to the cute little critters that graced the top of the cake. The inspiration came from the party decorations and the little man's bedroom. The actual design of the animals was a combination of my imagination and some pictures I found online.


Please tell me I'm not the only one that finds these little critters adorable. Especially since I'm the one that sculpted them. I just love how precious they are and how sweet the little giraffe looks.


This is the smash cake (cake specifically for the 1 year old to "smash" as is tradition in most of the US) with a 1 and a little monkey on top. I'm particularly drawn to the expression on the monkey's face. It's almost as if he knows what the little hand coming toward him is about to do.


The bottom border of the cakes have these vertical stripes that were cut into 1" strips. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, although it was somewhat time consuming. I cut up the leftover strips of fondant to use as confetti.

In the end, I was able to deliver the cakes to a very happy mother who gave me a hug and said she would see me for Birthday #2. Success!