Weekend Recap: More Birthday Fun

Hello lovelies! I hope you all had a great weekend! I had yet another wonderful one, though it was not long enough, as usual. I like to make my birthday last all month, so this weekend we did a little more birthday celebrating.

On Friday night we went out to dinner and then I came home and got to work on 2 cakes for the birthday dinner we were having the next night. I didn't NEED to make 2 cakes, but I wanted to make 2 cakes. So I did.

I baked a lemon cake and a chocolate cake. For the lemon cake I made a blueberry filling:

And the chocolate cake had peanut butter filling and chocolate buttercream. So basically a Reeses' Cup in cake form. 

Om nom nom

On Saturday morning I got up and worked on straightening the house, finishing the cakes, and went for a run, which was kind of a bad idea because it was about 100 degrees. Yikes, that was rough.

My pace kind of sucked but I'm blaming it on the heat. 

I also watched Gilmore Girls (We finally got Netflix and I am IN LOVE!) which was awesome. 

Saturday night it was time to party! We met our friends at Brio for a yummy Italian dinner and lots of fun! 

I had some fun with my new nail polish and bracelets I found at Nordstrom Rack! 

And we had to get the shot of me and Adam all dressed up and adorable: 

We had such a great time and it was so great to see everyone! 

Sunday morning we slept really late and then had brunch at a new spot. I had lemon crepes with berries and ricotta and they were SO good! 

Plus an iced latte that was awesomely strong and delicious. 

It was such a wonderful weekend, seeing our friends and spending time together! I am one blessed lady. 

How was your weekend? Did you eat all the food like I did? 

Weekend Recap

Well hello lovelies! Happy Monday! It was absolutely beautiful here this weekend, which prompted me to break out the shorts and sandals yesterday afternoon:

Of course it was short-lived because it cooled down in the evening, but it was nice while it lasted! 

Friday night we tried to eat at a place called Al's Pizza at the beach for dinner, but we got down there and it was INSANE busy, so we opted for the old standby, Chili's. Then we spent the evening at home, watching our latest show and chillin'.

Saturday morning I worked on a cupcake order for one of our former wedding cake clients who is expecting! She wanted to do some cupcakes for a gender reveal party with their family.

It's A Boy! 

Then it was pampering time! I went for coffee and pedicure with my friend, and I may have picked up a certain coffee mug that I could no longer resist: 

It's hard to see the color in these pictures, but I chose OPI's Wooden Shoe Like to Know, and I lurve it! It's like a brownish, grayish, and it certain light it almost looks purplish. 

Sunday afternoon we had a birthday lunch for four of our friends who have birthdays in January and February, so I baked a birthday cake! This one was a Caramel Latte Cake, a favorite among our group: 

We met them for lunch at Lulu's, a local seafood spot. 

Sunday evening we went through the room o' stuff and worked on paring it down to a reasonable amount. We still have a ways to go, but it's getting closer to being able to be used as a guest bedroom again! 

Then it was time for dinner and a movie, and relaxing before the week starts all over again. 

Once again I neglected to get any blog posts written this weekend or any tax stuff done like I intended. But I had fun, and that's all that matters, right??

Linking up with B Loved Boston, A Cute Angle, and Bella and the City! 

My Favorite Custom Cakes

Happy Monday everyone! My weekend was wonderful, I got so much done around the house and surprised Adam with his favorite coffee cake, plus got a lot of resting done, planned my meals for the week and went grocery shopping, and even got to the library to pick up some books for the week.

I didn't get any pics to share however, and I don't think a detailed description of my vacuuming and dusting would be that entertaining, so I thought instead I would do something a little different today. A few of you have shown some interest in my former life as a cake decorator, so I thought it might be fun to share some of my favorite cakes that Adam and I did for our customers:

This one was for a baby shower with a jungle theme, I had waaay too much fun creating that little lion! Everything is edible, the lion is made of gum paste and royal icing. 

This one was a groom's cake for an Alf fan. If you don't know who Alf is, I don't want to know because it just makes me feel old. 

This one was another baby shower, obviously a western theme. I LOVE baby shower cakes, they are just so much fun and always have a cool theme that's easy to get creative with. Once again, everything is edible. It's iced in buttercream with piped buttercream paisley pattern, the boots and hat are made of gum paste,  and the rope is made of fondant. 

We did this one for a local school fundraiser, they were doing a fall "cake walk" type event, so we thought it would be fun to do a Jack O'Lantern! 

This was another groom's cake, the groom is a hunter. And yes, it was red velvet inside. I know. 

This was a first birthday and we had SO much fun with this one! The hat and candle is gum paste, all of the other decorations are fondant. 

This was for a styled wedding shoot. A styled shoot is where many different wedding vendors get together and create a mock wedding with a certain theme, it's meant to showcase a certain theme or style. This one is covered in fondant and the decorations are meant to mimic tissue paper poms and are made of gum paste. 

This was a birthday cake, at the height of the chevron craze. I still kind of love chevron, even if some say it's tired and overdone. 

Another groom's cake, this one we modeled after the groom's electric bass. 

This was also for the local school's fundraiser, they always have it in the fall so we did another fall theme. The "barrel" is a cake covered in fondant made to look like slats of wood, and the leaves, owl, etc. are gum paste and fondant. 

Finally this is a wedding cake with the fondant ruffle effect. I love how the bride chose the ombré look, one of my favorite looks on a cake. 

There are TONS more in our archives, but these are just some of my favorites that we have done over the years. Thanks so much for looking! Even though we don't do it much anymore, I still have a passion for it and get a lot of joy from designing and decorating. I hope to pick it back up again someday, even if just for fun. 

If you have any questions about these designs or just cakes in general, I am happy to answer! 

Linking up with Biana, Ashley, and Bella!