Some 'sewing' or embroidery I guess!!

So, my newest endeavor...
Peekaboo convinced me to buy some pink rabbit fur, and she desperately wants slippers trimmed in it. She is actually due for some new slippers, so I agreed. I asked her what she wanted beaded onto her uppers......if you know her at all, you will have guessed....Ballerinas!
I tried to get her to agree to a pair of ballerina slippers with ribbons, or one ballerina leg....things easier to portray with beads-she wouldn't have it. So I decided that beading wouldn't do, and I am giving embroidery a try. I even bought one of those little hoopy things! I decided on denim for the uppers (canvas or stroud would have been too pale) and went with two slightly different poses for the ballerinas. I finished the second one tonight.

I think they look pretty darned good!!

Baby shower

A very last minute cake (about 24 hours!) I was asked if I could do a baby shower cake for a new little girl. I could have done a lot more, with more time...
Pink and white swirl cake with vanilla icing tinted pink. The onsie is fondant, with gel food colouring dots. The booties are also fondant. There are fondant pearls (white and pink) around the border.

100th day of school cupcakes

We made some cupcakes for the 100th day of school. They are 'healthy' chocolate cupcakes (hidden ingredients!) with pink buttercream icing and fondant circles with "100" on them. They must have been good, there weren't any left in the container when it came home!

Emergency Dora cake!

I got an emergency birthday cake call on Tuesday afternoon for a cake for Wednesday afternoon! Sure, I am a 'stay-at-home-mom', but I also look after 2 children besides my own.....but, I said "Yes"!!
This is a cherry cake. The top round is covered in mm Fondant, the bottom round is covered in chocolate buttercream. The stars are sugar paste. I made the 'Backpack', but the Dora and Boots figures are plastic. I like to make my whole cake edible, but there just wasn't time to make those characters.




It was for a 3rd birthday, and the word on the street is....she loved it!

Treehouse Valentine's Party

A fun little strawberry cake with buttercream icing. The bear is molded from sugar paste, as is the heart. This was my first attempt buttercream flowers!!! Not bad.

New cake experience....

I got a frantic call from a Dad on Thursday, looking for a very specific cake for his daughter's birthday. She had requested a Peanutbutter Cup cake. The two grocery store bakeries in town couldn't help him...it was up to me! So, of course, I said "yes"!
This is a two layer, chocolate fudge sponge cake. The filling is a layer of chocolate icing, a layer of Reece Peanut butter cups chopped up, then a layer of peanut butter icing. There is another layer of Peanut butter icing on the top of the cake. The whole thing is covered with Chocolate icing, with peanutbutter icing accents.
As decorating is really my forte, I asked him what his 9-year-old daughter is 'in to'. Wizards of Waverly Place....again!! So, I added a little magic hat, spell book and wand. 9 pink stars finished off this masterpiece!

Another race car cake!

This is a 2-layer chocolate cake, with chocolate buttercream filling. Fondant-covered, with gum paste/fondant cars, black fondant racetrack, and fondant name. For a 6th birthday, obviously!!