ToW mATer cAKe

So this past weekend my father in law celebrated his birthday and I wanted to surprise him with a cool birthday cake.

Since he had been in the towing business for years and owned his own towing company I thought I would make him the very popular Tow Mater. I had a lot of fun doing this cake and it was a lot less time consuming than making a fondant cake.

I ended up using two small square pans and then just carved them to look like a tow truck. I used Fugee-O's for the wheels, smarties for the lights, Oreo sippers for the hoist, a Reece cup for the air filter and little Reece peanut butter bars for the front grill and bumper. Oh and I can't forget Chicklets for Mater's teeth.

My father in law loved the cake so it was a success. Next is my husbands birthday....I'll have to get thinking of something that will top a DQ ice cream cake

CAKE SMASH

Here is Ashtyn's Cake SMAsH! I get giddy just looking at these pictures....The beautiful pictures are taken by Carol-Ann. http://www.carol-annphotography.com/

This is tough work, I think I'll put my feet up!!!

Ashtyn's legs were stained pink for two days, but I think both her and I agree it was well worth it

AMAZING CAKES

So I was searching for cakes...(it's my new obsession) and I came across this wondeful website http://www.pinkcakebox.com/ This company makes AMAZING cakes to say the least. If you're obsessed with wonderful whimsical cakes like I am then take a peek, you won't be disappointed!

ASHTYN'S FIRST BIRTHDAY

After months of planning, the event we had been waiting for the whole year had finally arrived. Our little Bean's 1st Birthday. Of course being the cRaFty mommy I am, I immediately got down to business to perfect every little detail of the day. In a blink of an eye the day was done and the memories were made. Can you believe I'm already thinking of next years theme? Lets get through Christmas first.

Ashtyn's Marshmallow Fondant Cake. I made the top tier as her smash cake. She loved it. SuGaR overload I'm sure on her little body but worth seeing her smile.

Guess the Jelly Belly's. The adults got in on it too and the closest guess won a bottle of Carolans!

I wanted something unique for our guests to sign so I decided to make Ashtyn an ABC'S of YOU book on shutterfly.com. It turned out really neat and the guests enjoyed flipping through it. Once again shutterfly comes out on top.