Day of the Dead!

Congrats Brad and Michelle!!! The original cake idea was sushi but Brad changed his mind a couple weeks ago to "Day of the Dead!"


Brad ordered the topper to bring the cake idea together! The cake was spiced pumpkin flavor and perfect for a fall wedding : )

I absolutely LOVED the wedding cake... it was sooo pretty and tasted just as good. It was dark chocolate champagne and tiramisu!!!!


The skulls "preview" that I sent Mollie since she was already in Lexington for the wedding when I made the cake.

Once the cake had been cut and served, the caterer put the day of the dead topper in the center of the macaron tray.

Congrats Brad and Michelle... the wedding was BEAUTIFUL!!!

C-A-T-S CATS CATS CATS!

Congrats Kendra and Mark!!! The perfect groom's cake : )


The cake was red velvet so it looked sooo pretty when it was cut (but I forgot to take a picture!)

Karla's Wedding Cake

This cake was for Mollie's jazzercise friend, Karla! The weather was beautiful today for a wedding at the lake! Such pretty colors for a fall cake!


Karla brought in her flower yesterday when she picked up the cake and they will be so pretty with the flowers on the cake!



Extra cake for Mollie and Meghan!!! Happy everything : )

Brad & Michelle's Wedding Shower

We had a wedding shower for Brad and Michelle yesterday at Mollie's and it was perfect! We couldn't decide on a design for the cake so I made it match the pretty napkins! The cake was pistachio flavor and the inside color almost matched the ribbon!




HAHAHAHA! Alex has no idea I even took this picture so he is going to LOVE that I posted it. Mollie and I had watched a few too many episodes of Grey's Anatomy yesterday morning so by the time Alex stopped by...it was cleaning time. Mollie asked him to grab the pledge out of the closet but little did he know that was only the beginning. Mollie gave him a list of tasks including pledging, windexing, taking out the trash and all the sweeping : ) He's too good! (and didn't complain at all!)

Pretty balloons (at the perfect height!)

Balloons at the front door.

This banner was carefully and creatively made by Abby and Anne! : )


Pretty flowers on the kitchen table.


Abby with the cake--since I didn't want to be in the picture with it! Great job on the ribbon, Anne!


We loved the engagement ring balloon!

The table of goodies... especially the chocolate covered strawberries (right, Mols?!)


The other side of the table. The stand with the cheese and crackers has a little picture of Brad and Michelle at the back... it was too cute!


SOOO pretty!
My bride : )


Beth and Gran made Morgan's and she had rosettes at the top (made me think of Whitney, Morgan and Bekah and our fun project runway parties... make it work!)

The winners! Mom was the bride... too funny!

Michelle and her pretty BOWquet that Mollie put together! (No bows were broken in the making of this masterpiece!)

Gran, Peewee and Captain Jack!!!! : ) This is probably my favorite picture of the day!

Happy Birthday Ainsley!

This cake was for Alex's little cousin Ainsley. Her party theme was cow and it was soooo cute! The top tier of the cake was 3 layers of chocolate cake with chocolate filling and the bottom was white cake with cookies and cream filling.

Ainsley laughed when she saw the cows... I LOVED IT!!!


The bow was one of my favorite parts!


Ainsley, me and the cake! Such a DOLL!

Welcome Nicholas Aden!

This cake had an adventurous life. The storm yesterday morning kicked our air conditioner off so as the day progressed it continued to get warmer in the house. We had the windows open and there was a decent breeze--but along with that came HUMIDITY! As I continued caking, not only was I getting hot but the cake was also feeling it. I worked as fast as I could to get it finished and took it over to Debbie and Eric's to enjoy the air conditioning.....

About 10 minutes after I got home, Dad announced that he had fixed the air!!! I waited a couple hours for the house to cool down a bit and went to pick up the cake from the best babysitters in the world : )


When I brought it home, I added the bow and ta da! cute baby shower cake!

I love surprises (especially when they involve cake)!!!

Friday was my last day at iwin before I move in with Mollie and start grad school at WKU. I loved everyone I worked with so very much before this, but even more now. They surprised me at our "Retreat" on Wednesday with a celebration complete with a cake they made just for me : ) This idea started a few weeks ago when Jennifer asked me who was going to make my going-away cake and then she said well I guess I will try to do it. I responded that I would hold her to it, but I had no clue they would make it to such an extreme. It was fabulous!

The Process:
Cassie and Abbie are ready for the festivities!

Jess in total planning/concentration mode... complete with the apron : )

Just a little sampling... Laura and Jennifer had to make sure it tasted good.

Icing the cakes!


Oh, hi Eleanor! I will miss you at the office, too!

Let the fondant dying begin...

Adding the blue color...

And adding more... and more... and more (or so I'm told!)

Time to roll it out

Ta da! Cake one (tangerine) is complete! It was a magician hat because that's what everyone at work calls me : ) It was PERFECT! The star in the middle is like the iwin starburst from the logo. The bow at the top was made specifically for me because I always wear headbands with bows... could this get any better?

... I think it can. This is the second cake they made for me and it was strawberry. It is a Jack to go along with the magician theme. They chose to use a Jack because I am the "Jack of all trades!" HOW CUTE!!!!!


The cake and celebration were a total surprise to me at the end of the day. I knew something was up the day before because Lynn brought in a mysterious green bag and put it by Jess' desk in the office. I thought people were putting things in it all day but then I changed my mind because I am ALWAYS the one to know what was going on. It wasn't until after it all happened that I put everything together. I could tell something was up on Wednesday morning (there were a few mysterious glances and whispers) but I had no clue what it was.

I went to the kitchen to talk to Lisa while they got everything set up. I was then blindfolded (but ended up just closing my eyes because I could see through the toule) and led into the living room by Jennifer.


Blindfold was removed and all eyes were on me--and my eyes were on the cake! I was AMAZED, IMPRESSED, THRILLED, EXCITED (I don't even know what words to use). They made me feel so loved and I am so grateful for their thought and effort.


I have to say it again... IT WAS PERFECT! Thank you all soooooo much! I loved hearing what they had to say about the process and caking in general. It was great!

It was weird to cut the cake... I am not used to being able to eat the cake.


I love you all so much! Thank you, thank you, thank you!