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DIY Momma ~ Little Ladybug birthday party!

2011-08-18T11:07:00.000+02:00

Hi There!

Today I want to share with you a super adorable

little ladybug birthday party.

The DIY Momma put a lot of effort and creativity into

making this first birthday

extra special!

And Sally Seymore Photography was there

to capture the perfect day.

~Enjoy the pictures~

::Here is the desert table::

::Some pretty party stuff::

::The smash cake::

made by the Mom!

::Handmade party boxes::

::Customised drink and party favor labels::

::The Birthday girl!::

::Big sister and cousins::

{Real Birthday Party} ~ Winnie the Pooh and friends!

2011-08-04T10:17:00.000+02:00

Todays post is all about

Winnie the Pooh and friends!

A customer of mine wanted her sons 1st birthday

to be Winnie the Pooh

themed.

First of she gave me the invitation below and said

she wanted something like this:

So I made this:

She ordered a cake, cupcakes and cookies from

me and had a party planner that put together

a perfect winnie the pooh party!

The went all out with the decor!

I think it looked amazing!

Below are some photos of the table:

Some photos of the cake i made

with sugar paste winnie, piglet and tigger!

Matching Winnie, Tigger and Piglet cupcakes(fondant moulded figures):

as well as Winnie and friend cookies(fondant moulded figures):

And here is the birthday boy on his

special day!

It looks like he enjoyed it a LOT!

Here are some more winnie the pooh themed baked

goodies I have made in the past:

~This 2 tiered cake was for a friends baby shower~

Here are some more cookies of

Winnie and piglet, these were done with royal icing.

Hope you enjoyed all the winnie the pooh

party inspirations!

I will be back tomorrow with another party to share!

{DIY Momma} :: Dora the explorer party!

2011-08-03T10:28:00.000+02:00

Today it's time to share a girly birthday party!

Dora the explorer themed.

My niece turned 5 in march and her mom

Sally from Sally Seymore photography

did an amazing job in bringing this party to life!

She did everything, from the cake, to the decor to the photos!

Here are some of the photos of the big day.

for more photos click here and to read her blog post.

::Delia:: on her 5th birthday!

::Party details::

::More details::

~The Table~

::Decoration::

::Mini cupcakes ~ these are a hit with the kiddies::

::The Back Packs::

::Cutting the cake::

::The Cake::

Hope you enjoyed that, I will be back tomorrow with

another birhtday party!

::Birthday Party:: 2nd Birthday - Little lamb theme!

2011-08-02T12:01:00.000+02:00

For quite some time now i have been meaning to share

a few childrens birthday parties with you.

This cake was made for a friend a few months ago.

Her son was turning 2 and she wanted a theme with eiter stars or sheep,

so i thought why not combine them... :D

I designed a few sheep invitations ideas last year for another customer

and i was glad that I was able to finally use my sheep, as the other customer

chose a caterpillar theme.

Here are a few of the invitations I designed last year.

And here is the drawing I gave her, i wanted the cake to look like

something like this...

She liked it and so i made matching party box covers too.

Here are a few pictures of the details!

I made the cake and matching star cookies, covered in fondant.

The Mom provided the party boxes, i got the measurements from

her and made the covers to match the cake/theme.

Star cookies!

Here is a picture of the birthday boy!

Some of the friends...

You need alot of concentration to blow bubbles!

Didn't ya know?

trying to blog from my phone ~ hope this works

2011-07-08T09:05:00.000+02:00

I hope this post works, as im blogging ftom my phone.

I have some pretty pictures to share from a while back...

I did a green and white cake for a babies dedication at church.

hope you enjoy the pictures.

Hi! Miss me much?

2011-06-29T11:54:00.000+02:00

Hope all is well with you!

Here it is going well!
I thought starting today i am going to share
some overdue photos of cakes and parties!

First up:
Moniques 21st Birthday party!

I gave her a choice of 2 invites, she chose the 2nd one...

So the invite was the inspiration for the party!

~The Cake~

~Cupcake toppers~

~Dessert Table~

~The setup~

~Lanterns~

Hope you enjoyed that!

I will be back with more soon!

Up to speed ~~~

2011-02-09T13:57:00.000+02:00

I have received numerous emails from readers asking me why I am so quiet and that they would love to see some blog posts!

So I thought I better get my act together and send a blog post or two your way…

I have been quite busy over the holidays as I know you were too and to tell you the truth, I haven’t had the desire to blog.

I have been updating my facebook quite regularly.

I must say, all your emails and sweet compliments made me want to blog!

So to bring you up to speed on what I have been up to since my last blog post about 2 months ago I will start with our Church’s Senior Breakfast for Christmas… I know this is very late… but I thought I would share anyway!

I mainly did the food table decoration. And the menu(spyskaart) But all the other details were so pretty I took pictures of those as well!

::{It was a very relaxing day full of laughter and love}::

~LiFe HaPpEnS~

2010-12-06T14:23:00.000+02:00

It seems i am only getting out one blog post per month!

Although so much has happened in the last month or two.

In the beginning i was feeling terrible for not blogging so regularly

but i have since made peace with it, as life happens!

Let me fill you in on what has happened that has kept

me so busy!

We have moved house.

I know there are many bloggers who have blogged all through moving

and all the other things in life.

I must just be terribly lazy!

And while moving i hurt my ankle, so i have been struggling

with a swollen ankle for 3 weeks now.

It's a pain literally and figuratively as it also

keeps me from doing all the things i want to do!

I will post some pics of the new house soon.

Last week i baked again for the first time since the move

and I must say my new oven works pretty well.

I am feeling very tired since the move as it feels that i haven't found

time to do anything i want to do to make this new house feel like home.

I still have things to pack out and it is driving me crazy!

The past two weeks I have been busy with functions and

cakes and pretty much just life.

We had a funeral and a 21st birthday party on Saturday.

So that was a day full of mixed emotions.

But if there was a party then you are sure to be seeing some pics of

it very soon...

I am also baking this week and then my Granny is

coming to visit us for a few days.

Can't wait.

But for now i will be leaving you with the

view from our new house!

This is what it looks like the day we moved in.

~Enjoy~

I will be back soon~

::Happy Birthday:: Abigail's 2nd Birthday!

2010-10-14T17:36:00.000+02:00

This past school holiday, we went

to have some fun in the sun on South Africa's North Coast.

While on holiday little Abigail(my niece)

celebrated her 2nd birthday!

She absolutely loves Baby Bop, or Barney Bop as she calls her!

So her Mom decided that this year the theme would be Baby Bop!

Her mom wanted the party on the beach, but the weather wasn't playing along, so we held it

indoors.

I took some of my cake decorating things and my Sis in law took everything else

she used to decorate the table.

The day before we started with the party preparations, I baked and my SIL prepared

the party things.

She also helped me with the Baby Bop cake topper and the flowers on the cake!

The cake was made from rice krispie treats and the cupcakes were vanilla.

We had a lovely day with family as my parents in law also visited for the day!

Because my SIL is a professional photographer

{Sally Seymore Photography}

I have some stunning photos to share with you!

Here is little abigail blowing out her 2 candles!

And here is Abigail and her sister Delia all dressed in Pink!

Beautiful!

Here is some of the party details.

As we were only a few, my SIL kept

the party stuff to a minimum.

Baby Bop cake topper, cake and cupcakes made by me.

Party Buckets and table done by my SIL.

The cake was covered in buttercream with fondant accents(flowers and bows)

and Baby Bop were made from gum paste.

::Just Baking Party Stuff:: RUGBY ~ Spring bucks vs All Blacks!

2010-09-18T15:06:00.000+02:00

First of all, I am not an avid rugby fan.

But when I was asked by one of my customers to create some

Rugby themed party stuff for her son who is turning 7 next month,

I was feeling quite inspired!

She wanted something for a Spring Bucks and All Blacks themed

birthday party and this is what I came up with!

First up, The party circles.

I created the rugby ball images myself.

::PARTY CIRCLES::

I am sure she is going to put the party circles to good use:

Maybe some cupcake toppers?

Or maybe for some candy jar labels?

::INVITATION::

::BIRTHDAY BANNER::

She opted for the DIY version and will be printing everything herself.

I hope she shares all her party details with us after the party!

{If you are interested in having your own theme designedand printed}

{ for the DIY option, please contact me!}

or visit my website:

http://www.justbaking.webs.com/

and click on

{Just Baking Party stuff!}

::Just Baking Party Stuff:: Pink Butterfly

2010-09-16T11:42:00.000+02:00

a Few weeks ago a customer contacted me to

create some custom made party stuff for her little butterfly's up

and coming 1st birthday!

She saw my "stuff" on facebook.

So i started designing some butterfly themed

party decor and invitations.

The Mom was going to do the cake and cupcakes and other edibles

herself and wanted a few paper party stuff.

When she saw my cookies she loved them and wanted some of those too!

Here is what i came up with for the butterfly design.

And here is the birthday girl and her Mom.

::Adorable::

The gorgeous table the creative Mom put together!

She made the cake and cupcakes herself

~ beautiful ~

I think the party looked so sweet!

I hope little Anja had an awesome birthday!

And may there be many more blessed birthdays to come!!!

::DIY Momma:: Beautiful Pink Butterfly

2010-09-15T17:42:00.001+02:00

Today I have a super sweet birthday to share!

Elane turned 2 about two weeks ago

and her Mom threw her a beautiful butterfly party!

Her Mom is a DIY Momma, she did everything herself even the cake!

She has a newborn as well, so I must say I take my hat off to her for pulling this off!

All the party detail was professionally photographed by
Sally Seymore Photography,
you can see some more pictures of the party
on her blog!

Here is Elane on her 2nd birthday!

Beautiful isn't she?

Here is the dessert table.

Just look at all those details...

I love the name mobile!

::Click on the pictures to enlarge::

Here is the birthday table and

Elane finished blowing out her candles, too cute!!!

I hope you enjoyed all the girly detail!

Hope you had an awesome birthday Elane and may there be many more blessed birthdays!

{Sugar coated Order} Festive Dora Cake

2010-09-01T18:00:00.001+02:00

The kettle is boiling right at this moment, going to make some coffee

so this will be a short blog post.

Remember the Bulldozer Cake i blogged about last week, well

when the Mom came to fetch the cake, she brought the birthday boy's sister with.

She turned five just 2 weeks later.

I printed out a few examples of Dora cake's I could make, as this is what the Mom mentioned

the birthday girl wanted.

She is a typical girly girl!

She picked the most elaborate one of all the choices.

I only made the cake, as the Mom had Dora cut outs she used as cake toppers!

Here is the festive cake which later turned into a Dora cake!

{Sugar coated order} Bulldozer Cake

2010-08-24T13:05:00.000+02:00

I think I have bloggers block, if something like that exists...

I havent blogged for quite some time, although I have a lot to share!

I was asked by a Mom who saw my cakes at this birthday party

to make a bulldozer cake for her sons 3rd birthday party!

He absolutely adores bulldozers, as his Dad is in construction.

So i gave her examples of bulldozer cakes and she liked this one most.

I tried to make it as close as possible to the example.

{The cake made is at the end of the post}

I am not sure where i found the picture as the internet is full of cake pictures.

But after I started looking around for cake examples and also party examples.

I was feeling terribly creative, so I made a bulldozer picture.

Then I used the bulldozer picture on an invitation design.

I couldn't stop there so I thought hmmm what else could i do?

So I made a dessert table mock up.

And then to top it all off, i made a bulldozer T-shirt using my bulldozer picture.

I gave this as a gift to the birthday boy!

Then I eventually got to making the cake.

The Mom was extremely happy with the end result

and she ordered a Dora cake for her 5 year old as well.

I already made the Dora cake, will do a post about that soon!

It turned out stunning!

So stay tuned, as i have some exciting news and some more cakes and party

stuff to share!

::Little Bird::

2010-07-27T16:10:00.001+02:00

I have been feeling very creative since yesterday.

There has been a lot of little bird themed parties in blog land, and i wanted to design my own as well!

So yesterday i googled for a few designs, and then I started drawing one for myself that i liked!

At the end of the day, I had 2 designs i liked.

This one i call swirly bird and i used it on an invitation.

This one is just little bird and i used it on a birth announcement.

Well, I thought, I liked it so much, maybe you would too, so I designed some

party circles:

Just Click Here to download and use them as you like!

Some ideas: Cupcake toppers, serviette rings, favour tags and anything else you can come up with!

Then, today, creativity struck again.

I did this:

Ooo, golly! Help!

I think the baby vest is just too adorable, if I must say so myself!

::Little Lady Bug::

2010-07-20T09:04:00.001+02:00

I have been going on about lady bugs on my Facebook page for quite some time now!

But it is just so darn cute, i can't help it.

One of my customers wanted a lady bug cake for her babies first birthday.

I was so excited to make it.

After I showed her the other party stuff, she ordered some of those too.

Birthday Banner, Pom poms, and party circles.

I designed the party circles myself, inspired by quite a few other party circles i found around the internet.

There are soooo many cute ideas for party themes with matching handmade party stuff out there, i would love to make them all!

First i want to show you what i had in mind for the table.

With one of my Mock up dessert tables:

Now i don't know if the Mommy did it like this, but if i had to throw a ladybug party, i sure would!

Next up:

The party circles i designed.

The Mom ordered them for the party boxes

I hand cut all of these as i don't have a scalloped punch yet.

I also attached double sided tape to the back to make it easier to attach to the boxes.

Then, I baked and decorated the cake!

and oh boy it was so cute!

Just look at that little face!

I don't have a picture of the banners or pom poms,

but I am hoping to receive some from the Mom!

I also launched

Just Baking ::Party Stuff::

and here are the party circles nicely packaged

Hope you enjoyed that!

I am off to go and decorate a cake

and then we are off to my inlaws for a visit!

{DIY Momma} Wild animal birthday party

2010-07-08T10:48:00.001+02:00

For a busy Mom, planning a party takes up quite some time.

I met this Mom on Facebook,

{She is also from South Africa}

she decided to do her daughters birthday party by herself.

She also wanted to make the cupcakes and cake,

but didn't have enough time as a week before the party

her husband had a medical emergency.

But she still managed to pull of an amazing party .

When asked what kind of party she wanted, the birthday girl wanted everything from barney to zebra's.

So Mom decided to make the theme wild animals.

Take a look at some of the party details!

The lion invitations

::Hand made by the Mom::

I think they are adorable!

The birthday table.

::So Festive::

Lion Photo board

::Hand made by the DAD::

Party Buckets

::Love the different animals::

And then there was the cake and cupcakes!

::So cute::

I can't decide which i like best, the cake or the cupcakes...

Close up of the cupcakes

::Adorable::

And last but not least

{The Birthday Girl}

::Hope you had an awesome 3rd birthday Layla::

Her outfit matched the party~ such a sweet touch!

Well, I think this was a party well done.

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Thanks to the Mom for sharing all her sweet party details!

::Happy Fathers Day:: Cupcakes

2010-06-25T11:12:00.000+02:00

This a very late Happy Fathers Day post.

Last weekend we helped our family move into a new house.

Well, they moved, i looked after the kiddies.

And this week have been a bit busy,

so I haven't gotten around to the internet and blogging that much

Plus, we are going away on holiday for a while, but

after I get back from holiday I have quite a

few cakes and cupcake orders to do,

so be on the lookout for that.

This post is about some Fathers Day cupcakes

(not mine)

Remember this?:

I designed this for Fathers Day

You can read about it here

Well, one of my sweet readers on Facebook

used them on her cupcakes for Fathers Day.

Just look at this!

I think it is ::Super Cute::

I love how she incorporated the design into the other cupcakes too, with the swirls and dots.

::I Love it {Claudia}::

We took my dad for lunch on Fathers Day at Monte Casino.

What did you do?

::Dessert Table:: Pink {and} Purple

2010-06-18T17:44:00.000+02:00

I had an awfull cold for the past two weeks.

So that means I have been very unproductive.

I managed to do a few cupcakes for my hubbies 30th birthday, but the

pictures came out very bad, still deciding if I should post those.

I did however do a mini dessert table for a friends daughters birthday today.

I bought all the edibles, as I didn't have time to bake anything.

I made the banners and paper pom poms and most of the things on the table is from

previous parties I have done.

I bought the cups for next to nothing at a party store.

I used pink ribbon in glass vases turned upside down to add some colour

to the stands.

Hope you enjoyed that a little bit... i sure did!

{Sugar covered orders} Birthday Cakes

2010-06-08T18:17:00.000+02:00

I had a few orders over the weekend.

3 Birthday cakes to be exact.

::Ben 10:: ::Barney:: and a ::3D Hummer cake::

The Ben10 and Barney was edible prints.

The hummer was 3D, and took quite some time to finish.

I hope

Dylan, Kelsy and Reece had a wonderful birthday!

I am off to bed, i have a cold and need to get better fast.

My hubbies birthday is on Thursday and i need to get some baking done...

::Blue Cupcakes::

2010-06-06T20:20:00.000+02:00

It was one of our church members birthday today.

His wife asked if I could do some cupcakes for after the service, when we usually have tea and coffee.

All she asked is that the colour should be blue and there should be a 55 on...

She brought all the other edibles

and i laid out the table.

Cupcakes view from the top

The Table

::Blue and white::

{with bunting border and blue gingham}

::Cupcakes with toppers::

fondant and paper

3 different designs

{Embossed 55, Swirly embossed and paper 55 toppers}

I edited out the background for your sake...

It was a row of chairs if you were wondering.

As always, i enjoyed it lots making pretty cupcakes and
putting together the table!

::Princess Theme:: Party ideas!

2010-06-02T15:26:00.000+02:00

This is me

still believing that i am a princess!

Time to grow up... NEVER!

I made this cute princess party invitation

I was Inspired by this Scissors.Paper.Cake

Princess and the frog dessert table.

It is just adorable isn't it!?

Here is some more princess cake and sweets.

This was for my niece's 3rd birthday.

Photo's by Sally Seymore Photography.

Little Lady Bug ::Inspiration::

2010-06-01T16:01:00.000+02:00

I was looking for some Lady bug inspired cakes and cupcakes after a client

requested a quote for a lady bug cake.

Then for the fun of it I designed a lady bug birthday Invitation.

Adorable don't you think?

::Free printable June Calendar::

2010-06-01T13:09:00.001+02:00

Download Your free June 2010 Calendar now!

Click Here to download the printable pdf file!

::Fathers Day Printables:: Free DIY

2010-05-27T20:36:00.001+02:00

I have designed a Fathers Day Printable set!

Consisting of cupcake toppers

Cupcake or Straw flags

And a Fathers Day card!

::The toppers/circles are 5cm jor 2.5"::

Enjoy!

Click Here to download!

If it takes you to another window, just click on that link!

::21st Princess Birthday::

2010-05-27T11:53:00.000+02:00

I almost forgot to post this.

It is a Princess themed 21st Birthday held for my stepsister on her birthday last month.

It was held at my Dad's house.

They wanted to do everything outside, because the yard is big enough to fit quite a few people in.

But, it was so cold that evening, that they decided to move everything indoors, so the dining room and formal sitting room was cleared out, and made place for 40 guests.

When i first walked in, i couldn't believe that all those tables and chairs could actually fit in there...

I was asked to do a dessert buffet and offcourse i jumped right to it.

As a thank you gift i made each guest a cupcake, then boxed it, but somehow forgot to take a picture of it.

Go figure...

The pictures are a bit poor, due to it being held inside and it was almost dark outside...

so bare with me...

This is the dessert table.

Meringues

Princess sweets

These are the cutest sweets!

chocolate cookies

and malted chocolate balls

The alltime favourite, Oreo cake balls...

I made the banner and all the dessert tags.

One side of the room with tables and chairs.

The other side of the room,

The birthday girl in her princess attire

and some of her friends.

::Some more Dessert table mock ups::

2010-05-18T20:55:00.000+02:00

Yesterday, after making the Hot Pink Zebra dessert table mock up,

I was feeling very inspired!

So I thought I would see what some more themes would look like.

::Click on the images to make them larger::

This a pink and white butterfly theme:

Next, yellow and pink theme.

I designed this one for my friend's twin girls who is turning 1 next month!

The theme is winnie the pooh,

so i thought yellow and pink will go well with our friend winnie!

Then there is this one... Pink and brown polka dots and bows.

I think this will go well with a baby shower.

Or a bridal shower!

Then i designed one more!

Now this one isn't so pretty.

My husband turns 30 next month and I wanted to do a dessert table for him!

I am stuck as to what the theme should be

at first i wanted to make it a nautical(ocean) theme.

But now I am leaning more towards autumn colours...

Something like autumn picnick in the park

Seeing as it is autumn in ::South Africa:: now.

And the leaves just looks so stunning in the different shades.

What do you think?

I am still deciding!

Oh and if you have a theme in mind and would like for me to design a mock up dessert table for {you},

please feel free to email me,

I would be happy to help!

Hot Pink Zebra

2010-05-17T19:42:00.000+02:00

I must either be going out of my mind

or i am getting withdrawal symptoms from not doing a party for

2 weeks... i don't know...

Thing is, i offered to make some printable cupcake toppers for someone

who lives practically across the globe from me.

She said that the theme is hot pink zebra.
So I started designing the printable cupcake topper file
and then I wanted to see what some other things would look like
in the same theme!
So now i have ended up with this:

And if you are not sure what is on the table look at this:

{Click to make picture larger}

I am mad right?
Thats what i thought!

How about if I add some paper poms to the banner?

Well, just thought i would share this with you!
Hope it is inspiring at least!

.......................................

I am booking myself into a mental institution as we speak.
A room with a view please?
I hope they have an oven so I can do some baking!

........................................

::Minnie Mouse Cake:: and a little tutorial

2010-05-15T14:45:00.000+02:00

Isn't Minnie Mouse just every little girls favourite at one time or another?

Little Keicia turns 2 today

and she loves Minnie Mouse!

When I delivered the cake this morning her face just lit up after seeing Minnie!

When I was asked by Keicia's Mom to do a Minnie Mouse cake

i quickly googled to find the best looking Minnie!

And I found this one from Kelly of Crafty Confections!

I asked her how she did it, and she was kind enough to share how she did

her Minnie Mouse!

So i thought i would take a few pictures

of the process:

I hope that it could help someone in the future!

Take a look!

First i baked a 24cm by 30cm cake

Then i drew 2 templates of Minnies Face

Then i cut out one of the templates so that i had two parts.

The ears and the face.

After that i cut out the cake according to the other template.

Then i frosted everything with buttercream icing

Coloured my fondant the desired colours.

I did the pink border by measuring the height and then

rolled out and cut from the fondant.

Then i placed the black fondant over and trimmed the edges.

Then using the template of the face i cut that out.

Then i rolled out some flesh coloured fondant and cut out the face part.

I placed that where it belonged and smoothed the seams.

Then just decorated the rest of the face so that it looked like Minnie!

Let me know if you want some more details!

Royal icing tutorial to decorate ::cookies::

2010-05-10T17:35:00.000+02:00

I know there is a bunch of tutorials out there for decorating cookies using royal icing, but

i thought i would also add mine...

Click on picture to make bigger.

There you have it!

Hope that helps!

Please dont hesitate to ask questions!

How to say happy {Mothers Day} with a cookie!

2010-05-09T17:18:00.000+02:00

Yes Happy Mothers Day to you!

I hope all the Moms were spoiled rotten!

Now, to show you the box I delivered yesterday to

my ::Sweet Customers:: Mom!

Her Mom was very happy!

And that makes me happy!

So go on and enjoy the rest of the day!

{Sugar Coated Order} ~ ::Mothersday cookies::

2010-05-07T11:43:00.001+02:00

a {{Sweet Customer}} wanted to order

cookies for her mom for Mothers day...

She lives about 1000km away from her mom.

So i am preparing the little surprise to be delivered tomorrow!

Isn't that just the sweetest surprise you can think of!

Here is a sneak peek of whats going inside the box:

Move your mouse over the picture to watch it change from empty to filled...

If you are interested on how to decorate a cookie like this, stick around as i will be doing a short tutorial when i am finished.

Isn't this awesome!!!???

2010-05-06T22:58:00.000+02:00

Ok... i think i have it now...
Move your mouse over and see it change... Magic!

::Sugar Coated Customer:: Barney Cake

2010-05-04T13:37:00.002+02:00

I love you, you love me!

This was one of the cakes I made last week!

Another busy week of baking and decorating!

As usual i enjoyed myself!

It is for my friends daughter, and she turned 3!

Can you guess what she loves?

Barney...

This is barney on the cake!

It was inspired by this cake:

by Crafty Confections

Here is the birthday girl(on the left) enjoying the party with a friend!

Alongside her is her barney pinata(which was saved, as the Mom felt to sorry to bash it to bits)

And here is the cake together with some cucpakes( i sent over a cupcake topper file)

and i am so glad the Mommy used it to decorate the cupcakes!

Have a great big hug from me!

And enjoy your day!

{Inspired by Hello Naomi} Pretty Pink 21st Birthday cake

2010-05-01T21:46:00.000+02:00

When I saw this cake a on the ::Imprintables:: blog, i was

in awe!

It is from Hello Naomi and she is one extraordinary cake decorater...

So my friend turns 21 today,

and we had a little lunch with her yesterday...

And for her birthday gift, I made her my version of this beautiful cake...

Now, I know I am not even half as good as Hello Naomi, but

I am always trying!

It was a teeny tiny 15cm cake

and my flowers are a bit big, but

the idea was there...

Beatrice! I hope you had an awesome birthday!

Happy 21st and many more!

{Real Parties}::Firefighters save the kittens party::

2010-04-28T20:51:00.000+02:00

Birthdays are always a special occasion

and when I am asked to make a birthday cake for a childrens party

or for a 50th birthday, i always feel honoured to be part of that special day even if I don't know

the birthday boy or girl...

So when I was asked to make 2 birthday cakes for a brother and sister who

celebrated their birthdays close together I was deligthed!

I also loved the theme of the party:

{Firefighers save the kittens party}

I think it is very original and when you look at the pictures you can just see all

the detail that went in to the planning of this party!

It was held at our local fire department this past saturday

and it looks like the kids had tons of fun!

The pictures of the tables and the kiddies were sent over by the Mom,

she put in a lot of love and time into planning the party and I am sure she

enjoyed the looks on the little ones faces just as much as they enjoyed the party!

♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥

If you scroll down to the bottom of my blog you will see a new feature where

you can share your own parties and ideas with everyone!

Please add you own real parties or inspiration boards

I would love to see them as I am sure all of you would!

I took the liberty to share my sweet 16 party...

♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥♫☺☼♥

And don't forget to download your May Calendar, just click the link

to the right of my blog!

::{Have a very pleasant evening}::

May 2010 Calendar - Beach inspired

2010-04-26T18:47:00.000+02:00

May calendar I created using some pictures

I took of sea stars(fake ones) lying around the house...

I thought it would make for a nice nautical themed calendar!

If you want to download it,

::{ CLICK HERE }::

Thanx for dropping by!

Turquoise and Cherise Pink buffet table!

2010-04-25T22:23:00.000+02:00

I have been seriously busy this past week!

I had 2 birthday cakes(will be posting soon)

::And 2 dessert tables for saturday::

Take a look at the frist one:

(i was lucky enough to still take pictures

when it was light outside.)

The other table was for my step sisters ::{21st birthday}::

I still have to upload the pictures I took, but i didn't take as many, and the lighting was terrible

so i wasn't able to do it justice with my cellphones camera!

I will be posting these sometime this week.

2 parties and 2 cakes

2010-04-20T20:31:00.001+02:00

I am typing this filled with a mixture of

elation and fear!

Fear that i won't get everything done that i want to(hopefully with some time management i will)

and elation because this is what i love to do!

Let me explain:

The weekend was pretty full and on Sunday driving home from our wedding weekend,

we stopped over at my Uncles house, because it was his birthday, to wish him happy birthday!

We were late for the party, actually we missed it altogether, but we still dropped in to wish him well!

My cousin, who is turning 16 this year, asked if i could do a dessert tablescape for her friends birthday this saturday. I said sure!

Knowing that i am also doing one for my step sisters 21st birthday this saturday!

And today a lady confirmed an order for two birthday cakes for friday!

Oh, and i came home ill from the wedding, with a cold, so i spent most of yesterday in bed and only got up

this morning!

So now i have exactly 3 days to plan, bake and decorate for both the parties(the 21st i am attending).

And to do the 2 birthday cakes, one is a fire truck the other is a cat cake!

Also, i am helping a friend tomorrow with her twin grandsons birthday cakes!

So i have already started the planning for my cousins party

the theme is Denim & Diamonds.

And the colours has to be pink and turquoise

here is my idea for the party:

I am also taking some inspiration from the dessert buffet Amy Atlas did here:

Because there is loads of turquoise and pink!

For my step sisters 21st, she chose

a princess theme...

I am still trying to decide exactly what i am doing for that:

This is all i have for now:

as i am saying i hope i get everything done!

The Cake and ::{The Wedding}::

2010-04-19T19:32:00.001+02:00

This weekend, or actually part of last week, i was

stressed out!

Because i had to make a 3 tiered Chocolate mousse wedding

cake for our friends wedding!

The wedding was held 300 km away from where we live, so guess what?

Everything had to be done there...

So i had to pack up my kitchen and decorating utensils and decorate the cake at my

In laws house, which is 30 km from where the wedding was held...

I was busy the whole of friday and was able to deliver the cake friday evening on the farm.

It was placed in the cold store, seeing as it was filled with mousse.

But not only did i do the cake, i also made 150 oreo cake balls for the chocolate table they had

for dessert!

Take a look at some of the wedding details:

::{the wedding was brown and turquoise}::

The happy couple!

::{They got married on the family (tomatoe)farm}::

The Cake

::{3 tiered chocolate mousse cake}::

The rest of the dessert table

::{Only the cake balls were made by me}::

I did not do the dessert table, only made oreo cake balls that you can see back there in the corner to the left...

The wedding was really beautiful.

I don't know why, but for some reason i dont have any pictures of the

tables where we sat after the ceremony...

Thanx for the visit!

::{Drop by again soon!}::

Fairy garden party from scissors paper cake

2010-04-13T20:46:00.000+02:00

Another quick post!

Just wanted to share some ♥!

I am busy preparing the wedding cake for this weekend and going through some pretty things at

the same time!

When i found some dreamy parties over on

scissors.paper.cake

Take a look!

It's their Fairy Garden Party!

{Are you in ♥ yet?}

I am long gone!

Free printable butterfly garland or banner

2010-04-13T11:18:00.000+02:00

Just a quick post today!

Make your own butterfly garland for a girls room or even a banner for a birthday party!

Just click on the link to download the pdf

then print as much as you need!

Cut out and put some string or ribbon through and voila!

Pretty butterfly room or party bannner!

I made mine to go vertical but you can string yours horisontal.

I used a hobby knife to cut slits big enough for the ribbon to go through.

You can also add beads or other pretty stuff to make it more interesting!

Click here to download the printable pdf file!

I hope you enjoy yours!

And if you do use them, please send me some pictures of how you used yours!

I would love to feature it on my blog!

Thank You!

Delia's Little Mermaid Party

2010-04-10T09:15:00.003+02:00

My little niece turned 4 two weeks ago!

And for weeks before the party, every time i saw her she told me that she was

having a little mermaid party!

So her Mom and I sat down and started planning!

First we knew there had to be a little mermaid cake and we

looked at thousands of little mermaid cakes for ideas!

After that i put my cake decorating skills to work and was very pleased with the result!

The cake consisted of two tiers, top tier a yummy carrot cake, bottom tier a hazelnut mocha brownie cake!

There were also cupcakes!

The inspiration for the cucpakes came from

Glorious treats flickr stream: little mermaid cupcakes

Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream ganache!

All the toppers were edible, also the character ones, i used edible paper on top of fondant.

As for all the other things, it took me a week to find most of them.

The party boxes, hats, cups and plates were all bought and modified a bit by me!

Using little mermaid stickers...

The banner and cupcake collars were all made by me to match the party decor!

I can tell you this, allthough it was a lot of work, it was soooooo much fun!

I get super excited about parties and cakes and all things pretty!

I am sure there is something wrong with me!

Take a look at all the prettiness of this party!

The photos are courtesy of Sally Seymore photography!

The photographer of the day!

There were so many details!

Can you spot the sea weed and bubbles(chinese lanterns) hanging from the ceiling?

The friends! What is a party without some happy friends to share it with?

I hope you enjoyed the pictures with me!

Little Mermaid Birthday Party!

2010-04-09T17:33:00.000+02:00

On the 28th of March this year

Delia(my niece) turned 4!

She wanted a

Little Mermaid Party!

And tomorrow i will be blogging about that!

Here is a sneak peak of the cake!

Come back for more tomorrow!

Cupcake Banner and Cupcake Thank You's

2010-04-09T13:24:00.000+02:00

This is what my baking corner looks like...

Complete with Cupcake banner!

reminding me that this is where the baking happens...

Oh and there is the gorgeous present i got for Christmas from my Dad...

Thank You Dad!!

Hoooo purdy!

and now, this set was designed for a customer

only with her initials...

but i thought they could work just as well

with a Thank You...

and they were so pretty when i printed them out, that

i just had to share them with you!

Can you spot the cupcake?

I used for both my banner and the set...

Gorgeous Gingham!

Cupcake!!!

All wrapped up!

thanks for the visit!

Lots of Love

Suzy

xoxo

Mothers Day 2010 free printables

2010-04-07T13:34:00.000+02:00

My Philosophy:

Life is short, so celebrate every possible moment you get!

Sadly my Mom passed away in 2003 due to cancer, so since then i kind of feel sad on Mothers day

and not in the mood for celebrating.

But not this year!

I have created a free printable set just for Mothers day!

In the starting this week i am going to be giving it away in parts...

Part1(this week) will be the place cards and napkin rings

and Part 2(next week) the party circles, cards and flags

Also, i am going to be adding printable cupcake collars for the 2nd part so be on the lookout for those!

All you have to do to recieve your free copy of the Place Cards and Napkin rings is to leave a comment

telling me what you love most about your mom!

Dont forget to leave an email adress so i can mail you a copy of part 1.

Okay... so on to the printables, here they are...

Dark pink and yellow!

This is part 1

and when you recieved everything this is what you will have

I did a little photo shoot with mine and i think it turned out pretty!

Dont forget to tell me what you love most about your Mom...

What i loved most is that she was always there for me no matter what happened!

Lots of Love

Suzy

xoxo

Easter Flapjacks YUM YUM!

2010-04-05T15:55:00.002+02:00

Yes! Happy Easter!

This is what we had for breakfast this morning!

Flapjacks!

And it was delicious!

here goes the recipe:

Have a happy day!

Lots of love

Suzy

xoxo

Miniature dessert buffet

2010-04-03T13:50:00.000+02:00

Sooooo sorry for being a bit absent that past few weeks...

I have been very busy!

But stil had my fare share of baking and cake decorating!

Last weekend I bake a bunch of cakes and cupcakes for my nieces

4th birthday party.

I cant wait to share the beautiful photos with you!

The theme was little mermaid.

On friday it was my friends birthday and i decided a miniature

dessert buffet was in order.

I saw this cake on cakecentral that i wanted to try for a while now, and i know she loves

green.

Here is the cake(while it was still light outside)

and here is the mini dessert buffet!

complete with easter eggs...

Here is the serviettes that went with the rest...

And here is my friend cutting her cake!

She was very happy and didn't expect a birthday cake at all...

I will be back soon...

Have a lovely day

Lots of love

Suzy

xoxo

Free printables Easter Toppers!

2010-03-15T19:15:00.000+02:00

I made these pretty cupcake toppers last week!

So I thought I would share them with you!

Feel free to download your own for your cupcakes!

Just print and cut out!

Click for link here!

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Lots of love

Suzy

xoxo

I Call it Daisies and Dots!

2010-03-11T17:40:00.001+02:00

The cake I mentioned in yesterdays post!

I am done decorating it!

This is a tiny cake, only 15cm!

But isn't it just tooo adorable!

and I shall call you Daisies and Dots!!!

Its a Butterscotch cake

with Butterscotch mousse filling!

and Buttercream frosting!

Cant wait to cut it to taste.

Here is some more pictures of my precious!

Would you like the Recipe I used for this cake?

Follow this link

As for the butterscotch mousse:

Just take one packet of butterscotch instant pudding(dry)

and add to that 250 - 500ml fresh cream(depending on how much you need)

(i made 250ml and i still have half left)

Have a beautiful day!

Lots of love

Suzy

xoxo

Granny's Birthday surprise!

2010-03-10T17:05:00.001+02:00

It's my Grans birthday today...

And this is what I made for her...

A box! Yeah!

Would you like to see what is inside the box?

Cupcakes!

I took it to her this morning!

and No, i was not wearing a red hood...

☺

She thought the cupcakes were just darling!

And especially loved the little bows...

These Cuties are ☺Butterscotch Cupcakes☺ with Chocolate filling

covered in fondant and fondant accents.

I also made a mini butterscotch cake, that I am going to decorate tomorrow...

Not sure how i am going to decorate it yet...

But for now I will leave you with the rest of the cupcake pictures!

Have an awesome day!

..................

Happy Holiday...

2010-03-02T12:29:00.000+02:00

At this moment i am sitting staring at the ocean...

Lucky Me :D

And seeing as I am not baking or decorating anyhing this week, I thought I would share some of the baked things I had this weekend...

First up we had lunch on Saturday at the

Mugg & Bean in Margate

and for dessert I had Lemon Meringue...

This was delicious!

Next day...

we made a stop at the Waffle House in Ramsgate

Where I had a waffle with chocolate sauce and ice cream!

Droolworthy!

Hope you have an awesome week!

I am sure going to have a relaxed one!

Lots of Love

Suzy

xoxo

To Err Is Human To Arr Is Pirate

2010-02-23T09:34:00.000+02:00

I enjoyed myself thoroughly decorating these cupcakes!

Such cute faces dont you think..?!

They were for a little boy(Caleb) who turns 4 today!

And the theme...? Yup you guessed it

a Pirate Party!

When his mom came to fetch the cupcakes she said

he was so excited about his birthday that he woke up in the middle of the night asking

if it was his birthday yet... How Cute!!

I am off on holiday tomorrow!

I can't wait!

Have a lovely week!

Valentines Day Dessert Buffet

2010-02-19T11:36:00.000+02:00

The Table!

Can you spot the Pink Nesquik?

Here it is! My Valentines day dessert buffet...

I am so excited with how it turned out.

The Cake...

We were only 9 people, but the cake was enough for 50... Oops!

Can you guess what we are eating the whole week?

☺

Top layer: Hazelnut Mocha Brownie

Bottom: Carrot Cake

The Cupcakes

Red Velvet Cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

and embossed fondant hearts

The Oreo Cake Balls

Made with Oreo cookies and cream chees

dipped in chocolate

Find recipe here:

The Cookies

I was most excited about these!

They came out just right!

Sugar Cookies with royal icing

This was really a lot of fun!

especially when i saw everything together!

Next week i am off on holiday!

Hope you have an awesome day!

Can you fall in love with a cookie?

2010-02-13T14:18:00.000+02:00

Well, if that is possible, then i have!

Today i started the decorating process for tomorrows

Valentines Day Dessert Buffet...

and

i have done the cookies so far...well, they are not completely done.

I still need to pipe some more detail on them when they are dry.

The reason i have fallen in love with these cookies, is well i guess they are almost perfect in comparison with my first attempt a year

ago

Click to see the horror here!

so without further ado
i will share my little lovelies with you!

see,much better than a year ago!

Well, i am off to do some more

cake, cookie, cupcake decorating...

Its been a year!

2010-02-12T10:47:00.001+02:00

I can't believe it has been a year since my first blog post!

Back then i didn't even know what blogging was...

And as for my baking, i also knew very little...

It is actually amazing to look back and see the progress

I have made from my first cake(which i was very proud of) that kind of
looks like a flop now to my latest cake/s!

Its just almost scary what you can learn from the internet!

I didn't take one class in cake baking or decorating, all i

have learned is from browsing the web and by trial and error!

Probably goes with the saying, where there's a will there's a way...

Below are a few of my cakes, the very first one(top left) is my very first cake...

And then just a few that i have done through the year!