Three Quick Questions

Sometimes people, especially kids, have a hard time deciding what they want on their cakes.

If there is not some hard and fast theme for their birthday, or celebration, I guess it can be pretty hard to decide.

I love it though, because it means I do not have to stick to some very well known subject.

Some people are very particular, it has to look exactly like what it is supposed to, or it's ruined. I have not had this problem yet, but I also do not want to dissapoint, that's what stresses me out.

So, I love getting a job where all I have to go with is: Birthday party, 11 years old, girl.

Oh, but she does not know what she wants.

So, I've come up with three simple questions I ask. I try to ambush the kid, and get them off guard so that I know the answers I get are genuine.

1. What is your favorite animal?

Dogs! So easy! This is another idea from the book "Hello Cupcake". I used the fur/grass/hair tip for my frosting, I think the star, or notch cut ziploc tip would have been better.

2. Chocolate or vanilla?

Why, chocolate of course, unless you're my kid, and you like white cake with white frosting with vanilla ice cream. Anyway...

3. What is your favorite color?

Blue! Beautiful! In reality this is a really pretty Robbin's Egg blue, but the picture was taken at night, and my camera is poo.

These were all for one birthday. Cupcakes for the child's class, and a small cake for their family celebration at home.

It Gives You Wings!!

Red Bull!!


For a soccer team here. It's kind of funny that there is a kid's soccer team that picked the name "Red Bull".

There's a first time for everything I guess...


It was suprisingly easy to make. But it was so heavy, I was afraid it was going to fold in half while I was carrying it. I think I would have cried.

It's Starting To Look Alot Like...

Halloween!!

I have to say I'm a little jealous of people who have birthdays in October. What a fantastic way to celebrate. I love an excuse to get dressed up.

Anyway...

Monster Birthday Cupcakes!!!

Fun to make...

Fun to eat!

Pink on Thursdays

If you did not know already, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Many of the teachers and staff at The Kid's school are participating in Pink on Thursdays. For the month of October you should wear pink to support Breast Cancer research.

The Kid's (totally awesome) teacher this year is a Breast Cancer survivor, so I made her a special pink flower pin to wear this week.



She also likes bees.

I was quite proud of myself that I thought about this before the month ended.

I used Blair Peter's tutorial on fabric flowers for the base flower, and then added the special touches. I think it is not Breast Cancer Awareness overkill, and could be worn for other occasions as well.

I might have to make one for myself.

New cake photos tomorrow!

Lego Indiana Jones!

This was really fun. Lots of work, but lots of fun too. I as I was stacking and covering the cakes with fondant I really didn't think that this was going to work out well, but it looks ok.

Using some downloads from the Lego site, I made some funny shrinky dinks to use as decorations.

I have never played the Lego Indiana Jones game, but I wanted to have bits from the movies. This was really the only one that came out.
The coal cart scene from Temple of Doom. I love the look on the Lego Willie's face.

Skulls and bones of course. Always ignore the ominous warning those provide.

And a snake, naturally.

And the giant booby trap stone.

Fun times!

Go Sharks!

The Kid is on the local swim team, and we have been going to meets alot lately. We are a very small team, we do not have our own pool, so have to practice in local pools, and so we have a limited number of swimmers. Some of these other teams we go to meets with are huge, up to three times the swimmers we have.

We also did not have a banner.

Here is what our logo looks like.

I used the smart board in The Kid's classroom and made a tracing of the outline and the outlines of the different colors in the shark.

Of course I was too eager to see if it would work out that I did not document my process like I meant to. Bummer. Anyway, I used sheets of that iron on Heat and Bond film, and ironed it to fabric of the right color. Then I cut out the color shapes of the shark, and pinned them to the corresponding fabrics, and cut those out as well. Then it was a matter of piecing it together like a puzzle, and ironing those pieces into place.

Looking good, almost done.

I then used PVC pipes to create a stand that can be taken apart and easily transported.

WE GOT SPIRIT YES WE DO!!!
Now we just need a team cheer.