As I mentioned in Vivienne’s 2nd birthday post, we decided on a beach theme for her birthday party this year. I figure it’s the last year we’ll really be able to pick for her, and it seemed like it would be cute. Once that was decided and the invitations were ordered, I started browsing cakes. […]

In Vivienne’s ladybug 1st birthday party post, I promised a quick post giving an overview of how I constructed the cake and pretzels. I’m making good on that promise before I forget!

I drew tons of inspiration from doing a search for “ladybug cake” on Google Images. I knew early on that I wanted […]

In the middle of last week, I got a text message from a friend of mine. She said that her usual cake lady was booked up and unable to make her son’s birthday cake for the upcoming weekend—and she wondered if I might be interested.

Now, I very rarely do cakes for money, because honestly, […]

I’m still here. Still pregnant.

We had a really nice five days with my dad up visiting. He came up on Wednesday afternoon, and left this morning. Every day was family, family, and more family. It was nice to have an excuse to get everyone together every day. But more on that later. I have […]