It's only taken me 7 months....

and some self-induced downtime to get to this post. I have been busy, trust me! Here are some new lovelies to add to my collection- a lemon-lovers dream with daisies for a bridal shower; cute beachy flip-flop cupcakes for my daughter's pool party birthday; a gold medal-worthy creation for Mary's olympic-themed bridal shower complete with bride-and groom-to-be cake topper; and finally a cuter-than
cute rubber-ducky themed baby shower. Next up: a rainbow connection for Carolyn's upcoming summer party. Can't wait to show you!

Catch-up Mode!

Okay, here we go with a brand new year, and I'm all set to catch up on missed posts. I have a lot to cover, so bear with me! First off, let me say Happy New Year to everyone, and I hope you had a wonderful holiday with your loved ones. I know I did, and now that the kids are back to school (whew!) I can focus on a few areas that I've been neglecting-namely my blog.

I am going back to about October here, and my first order of business is my good friend Arlene's 40th birthday. She amazes me in so many areas- she's a wonderful mother, a soon-to-be first-time novelist, an athlete, and a caring friend. She also writes a column in a local newspaper, and so I drew my inspiration for her birthday cake from that. Joel and I had fun thinking up some headlines and article titles for the "newspaper"- that was fun!!

Next, I had been asked to do some first birthday cookies for little Keaton, and his mom is a talented graphic artist who designed a very cool invite-so naturally I copied her design for the cookies. I think they came out very nicely.

My last post was about Halloween cookies, and I had so much fun making these for all of you who ordered from me-big thanks to you all! The jack-o-lanterns and ghosts were a big hit, and I plan on doing seasonal cookies from now on...I'll keep you posted!

Lastly, my neighbour and best friend Tanja ordered this cake for her friend's baby shower in December. I have to say it's one of my favourite cakes to date...love.

Jack O'Lantern Cookies

For those of you interested in a cute cookie favour for your children or co-workers for Halloween, I will have Jack O'Lantern or Spooky Ghost sugar cookies available for order with pick-ups on October 30th. Please contact me with your orders no later than Friday October 24th. They will be $2.50 each packaged in cellophane bags with Halloween ribbon.

Michelle's birthday girls

My friend Michelle has the cutest girls, and their birthdays are close together (mine are too, and I feel her pain!) so she was brave enough to have 2 birthday parties on the same day...brave is the operative word here!! Her oldest, Avery, had a "Wizard of Oz" themed party, and Meredith had a "Penguin Beach Party" theme. She asked if I could make cookies to give as party favours, and we did Ruby Slippers for Avery's friends, and Penguin Hula Girls for Meredith's. How fun!! You are so creative, Michelle. And did I mention brave???

April and Mike's Wedding

How heavenly does a wedding on a vineyard in Niagara-on-the-Lake sound?? April and Mike celebrated their wedding in June, and I created a pink and chocolate brown mini-cake for them to enjoy. We also decided that wine bottle-shaped cookies would be appropriate favours for their guests. Congratulations to the both of you, with many more wonderful years ahead! Oh, and did I mention that Jason Priestley was in attendance?!? How cool.

Fairy Princess

Sydney is a fairy princess herself, and needed a fairy princess cake to match her personality! I created a "princess cushion" cake with a lovely little fairy in Sydney's image to rest sweetly on top, almost as if she had landed there to take a brief rest from her fairy duties. Hope your birthday was magical, Sydney!

60 Years Together

Our beloved Nana and Papa celebrated their 60th Anniversary on May 18th...can you imagine? I can only hope that Joel and I see our 60th one day (mind you we'll be A LOT older than they are!!). Joel and I are celebrating our 10th this year, so this really puts things into perspective for me. They had a fantastic party held at my father-in-law's home, and it was all about family, friends, memories and food. We all pitched in to help, and our cousin Melisa and her husband Javier the Chef made the AMAZING food, and if you've ever seen our family eat, you'll know that we don't use plates- we just stand at the buffet table and stuff our faces. So, we were like pigs at the trough just feeding ourselves, not a care for any of the bewildered friends who just wanted to fill their plates before all the food was gone! I exaggerate, sort of. Anyway, I volunteered to make the cake, not only because I love my Nana and Papa, but because I also wanted to experiment a little. I came up with this creation, which I absolutely LOVE, and would SO love to make for someone's wedding...any takers?? We had a wonderful time celebrating with you, Nana and Papa, and we wish you all the love in the world, now and always. XOXO