Football Grad

Nathan's the son of friends from my school. They were waaaay older than me in school, but it's funny how we seem the same age now! Guess we're all just old! Juli said she wanted Nathan's football number on the cake because he's pretty proud of it, so I did that. She came up with the football players and wanted a special field, but that was beyond me. We were just hoping he'd understand that I did my best for him! It wasn't much in the middle of graduation week at the bakery. We did 105 cakes by last Saturday, and I think they did about 12 more yesterday. I took the week off!! Haven't heard yet if Nathan's was a pass or a fail, but everyone said they liked it. His girlfriend helps with Cubbies and she said it was great, so maybe that means he liked it, too.

These were for a life long family friend. Mom used to babysit Tim, Tim used to babysit us, and we used to babysit these kids. Just goes on and on! Timmy and Jamie had been to Nic and Matt's graduation and were really hoping for a chocolate cake like theirs, so I was really glad I had already planned it that way! Tim never requested flavors, so I just did a chocolate and a vanilla. Good call, I guess!

Backtracking...

Internet's been out for a while, so I'll have to catch up some!! These were for the twins, the babies of some friends of mine. Their sisters were a bit upset that they never got graduation cakes like this one, and Nic was so understanding as he so sweetly said, "You never knew Michelle." Little brothers, I guess!! Nic's the baby of the six, and he seems to fit the title! Everybody loves Nic. Matt's the drummer, and very quiet. My Matthew thinks he's pretty cool, but they're very much alike. Matthew's not much into asking questions and Matt's not much into offering information. So anyway, these were Debbie's last and she's now done with school. Wow. Quite a ways off for me.
Well, I better keep posting while I have internet. Who knows when it will go out!!

Graduation arriving

Things are getting pretty busy, but I'm hanging in there so far. My best friend called in a request for a cake for her 13 year old daughter, so I got something lovely together for her. She wasn't very picky!
These two are for some friends at church. She let me do his cakes early because she has freezer space to accommodate them until graduation. That helps a ton!!

Little fundraiser

This was another one for my realtor friend. She wanted two of these for an event today. Pretty simple ones, but fun. I threw my new glitter on them. Having so much fun with that!! It was still pretty plain, so I added a little ribbon, too. Just can't leave things alone.

That's it for now. I'll add another wedding cake to the archives soon.

Rachel, July 2004

Still building my archives...
This was my very first wedding cake. It seems like so long ago, but not quite three years! I've only done about a dozen wedding cakes so far, so it should be fun getting them posted.
I spent a lot of time practicing and praying for this one! I'll always be so grateful to this family for trusting me and encouraging me to do it. They were more sure of me than I was!! I'm so glad they asked me to make Rachel's cake and had the faith that I could come through. It was the start of something I hope to spend a lot of time doing! I got to do the candles and flowers for this one, too. That makes it even more fun.

April Birthdays

This is another birthday cake for the Ambassador. I really love doing those because I know the appreciation. It's really fun to do nice things for the residents. They also like it when I bring the kids, but this time I had to leave them home picking up the yard between classes.
It's a little hard to see, but around the edges, I put some rainbow glitter that looks a bit like plastic confetti. It's something new I got at the bakery and was pleased to have a chance to try it out. That's another thing I love about these cakes. I get to do what I want. Sometimes it's hard to come up with something, but I usually come through. If ever I'm doubting myself, Michael will come home saying that they hated it and I better never do that again because they'll be cleaning it off the walls for months! He's a real sweetie!!