This little man, the one I made this monkey cake for, melts me. He has just turned ten, and I've had the gift and privilege as his mama of getting to watch him grow from the moment he was born. This kid has been a lover from the start. He has always felt things so...deeply. His compassion and concern for animals and all things smaller and weaker than himself has … [Read more...]
Skiing Snowman Cake & Free Edible Skiis Tutorial!
I fell in love with "knit" on cake the first time I saw it. It just speaks to me. Maybe because I'm one of the consistently coldest people you'll ever meet in your entire life (PHYSICALLY of course, not in sentiment, I swear it! I'm just a big, warm pile of mush on the inside, believe me. ;) ) But honestly, I'm the weird one who's always slightly chilly when … [Read more...]
Crazy Cake & COOKIE Cruise, 2017! Registration Now Open!
It's finally official! Registration for the 2017 Crazy Cake & Cookie Cruise is now OPEN! YaaaaWHOOOOOOOOO!! And to the first 30 people registered, we're giving away extra goodies AND setting up an extra meeting/session for some more intimate time with our team of artists! Here's a little video of last year's trip! We are SO seriously excited for round two this … [Read more...]
My Workbox 2.0 Cake, And Thoughts on the REAL Workbox
I've named her, "Joy". I mean, she's brought so much of into my life, I felt it only appropriate. EVERY time I open her up and smell her heavenly cabinet smell, a serious surge of happiness overwhelms me. I kid you not. It's really real. Yes, I'm talking about my REAL Workbox 2.0, sent to me by The Original Scrapbox company. Yes, she's an inanimate object. But … [Read more...]
Making Sa-WEET, 2D Cutouts For Your Cakes
Yep. Even I was into them when I was a kid. And I was NOT a sci-fi lover. Like, AT ALL. I mean, I completely respect my Trekkie friends out there, but Star TREK was just not something I could get all excited about. But the Star WARS movies? Well, there was Leia. And Han Solo, who was in love with her even though they bickered all of the time. (Which they only did 'cause … [Read more...]
Creating Silhouettes on Cake & Making Wafer Paper Ribbons!
Halloween. I'm just gonna go ahead and say it... it's not my favorite. 'Cause I'm a scaredy cat. And it's pretty bad. I mean...I won't go into the gory details or anything ('specially since I already did on last year's Halloween/Sugar Spooks collab blog post) but let's just say I was the kid who pretended to take a shower (instead of ACTUALLY taking one... … [Read more...]
An Edible, Watercolor Zebra Video. (Say Whaa?)
As I sit here this morning and write this post, I'm crying. No, I'm not being dramatic (for once), I'm crying literal tears that I just didn't see coming. You see, this is the very first day... in hundreds upon hundreds of days (over twelve years of them, to be precise), that I am alone in this house. My littlest pixie (my Lucy) has started her … [Read more...]
Tractor Tire Cake, with a Free Video Tutorial!
It is his one wish. He may not admit it to you... thinking it would sound silly when we have four kids growing up and so many things on the "we'd love to create for them" list... but it's true none-the-less. It is the desire of my husband's heart to have his very own tractor. We have a bit of land out here in the "country". (Least that's what all of my … [Read more...]
Ornament Cupcakes, Full length Class!!
Christmas. There's simply nothing like it. You know, I'm being completely honest when I tell you that it was never JUST about the presents for me. Yes, the presents were HIGHLY desired when I was a kid... I mean, that's just a given... but it was how my mom DID Christmas that really got me all kinds of excited, back then. We used to climb up into the … [Read more...]
Paint Can Cake with Free Video Tutorial!
I knew this one would be fun for me. One of my beauty nieces, Paige, wanted a Crayola Art Adventure cake for her 8th birthday, this year. And my brain instantly filled with color. And paint. Colorful paint that you can eat, of course. So I went for the candy melts. I saw the paint can up there in my head... and I knew the famous (well, famous to all artsy … [Read more...]
