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I have this amazing woman in my life... she deserves so much so why not treat her like a Queen to a tea party for her soon-to-be little princess. 

 Decorations: Backdrop: a plastic tablecloth with crepe paper, and homemade tissue paper pompom balls. Used mason jar for water glasses. Found tableware and favor bags at local dollar tree.

Party favor was made to look like a rattle. It is a chocolate dipped big marshmallow with sprinkles and a bow. A small marshmallow was at the bottom of the stick.

Mario Kart 5th Birthday

 My decorations were homemade just using markers and colored poster board from the Dollar Tree. I also used balloons and crepe paper to add color. I bought some checker flags from Oriental Trading Company along with the table cloth. For coins I used yellow plastic plates and put a rectangle for the coin effect. I of course got some ideas from amazing people on Pinterest. 

           
                                

The  cake was homemade using Wilton black sugar sheet and store bought Mario Kart toys. Cupcakes were sore bought with homemade cupcake picks.

Party Favors... I put in a snack size baggie with a homemade topper. I bought a Wii controller chocolate mold and used Wilton melting chocolate.

It's Been Forever

My intention was to stay up on this... not just to boast or brag, but for sharing in my experiences and reflection on the work that brings me happiness. :) So let's try this again...

Cars 2

This became the result of Parker's Cars 2 party. I think my son decides to pick the themes when it is not all out yet or has yet to become readily available so I get to improvise. My original plan was just to do tons of cake pops, but I quickly realized that how is that a birthday party to a four year old? Ha! You have to have a cake for them to at least blow the candles out. Needless to say, we ended up with lots o' cake pops and a regular sized cake. 

First the cake pops... actually made from the cake pop maker. My husband will say the "real" cake pops are better, which most agree with. However, when you have so many people and are looking for some way to make it easier on yourself, you get to have the cake pop maker. I used the BabyCakes Cake Pop Maker purchased at Kohl's. Flavors included chocolate and vanilla bean- boxed cake mixes. Works perfectly in the maker! The pops are covered in Wilton chocolate and vanilla melting chocolate that you can likely get at an craft store that carries cake making products. My choice was Michael's Craft store or Hobby Lobby. 

The cake! Flavors was half chocolate and half vanilla bean with buttercream frosting. My son had enough actual cars to spare so that is what decorates the top along with flag picks found at Hobby Lobby and "WGP" rings that the lovely baker at Target's bakery willingly gave me. Again, searching for specific Cars 2 decorations was no easy task at this point. hehehe. The red squares to create a checkered kind of look came from my first experience with Wilton's newer Edible Sugar Paper Sheets. 

Toy Story 2

This cake was fun to make... another Toy Story party! This time I just made blocks like the playing blocks to spell out the birthday boy's name. :) Cake was actually a boxed french vanilla cake with a fudge frosting filling. The go- to frosting of choice is always homemade buttercream. You will find I am not much of a fondant lover. Not a fan of the taste. Yes, it is cleaner looking, but really when it come to value and what I value the most is the flavor of the moist cake along with the sweet, rich buttercream... who could go wrong??? Piping is done freehand. The Toy Story figures are the cardboard cutouts form the decoration packs that Wal-Mart now carries by Hallmark. The actual toys are from the Disney Store.

Toy Story 1

Parker's Toy Story Birthday Party...

Big cupcake shaped cake with homemade buttercream frosting formed from a Wilton Cupcake pan. Traditional cupcakes again with buttercream frosting. The idea came from family.go.com I used Mentos mint candies with an edible writing pen for alien eyes, a chocolate chip for the mouth, and sour strings for the other alien parts. Other cupcakes have the purchased Toy Story picks.

Welcome

Welcome! I have a passion for baking and a desire to bring smiles to faces and yumminess to tummies! I have a dream of one day opening a small local bakery, but for now I please where I can. I have decided to compile my baked goods into a central location. Granted it is not as advanced of many of these amazing bloggers out there- wow! However, I will do my best to present and display with my novice photography skills the work I do. Please enjoy!