Second Birthday Party Project #4 - Cake

Wednesday I showed the Minnnie Cupcakes made for The Boss' party.  While most of my family LOVES chocolate cake, the Mr. prefers vanilla cake with chocolate icing.  In an effort to make everyone happy I did both!  In doing both I ended up with 12 chocolate cupcakes, 12 vanilla cupcakes, one vanilla and one chocolate round cake.  I decided to use the cakes to make a Minnie face.

I cut the chocolate cake into ears and added them to the top of the vanilla cake.

Next, I iced them to keep them in place (sorry this picture ended up blurry...you get the idea).

Mr. D helped with the construction of the face and even made me some pink icing!

At one point I considered leaving the cake just as Mickey, since he is Minnie's best friend, but decided against it since The Boss loves Minnie so much.  Mr. D jumped in and quickly built me a bow!

Finished product; chocolate ears with chocolate icing, chocolate bow with pink cream cheese icing, vanilla cake face with vanilla icing, and Minnie's hair line is vanilla cake with chocolate icing.  Every combination to meet every cake desire.

Second Birthday Party Project #3- Cupcakes

The cake is a huge part of any birthday party, and I must admit I lack creativity when it comes to this detail.  Last year my sister iced my cake for me because the idea of icing it stressed me out.  This year I saw some cute cupcakes online and decided to try them.  Cute Minnie Mouse Cupcakes, yes please!

This was a super easy project.  Our family loves chocolate cake so I used chocolate cupcakes and iced them with cream cheese icing turned pink with food colouring.  I used white chocolate chips to mimic Minnie's dress.

Next, I made bows to top the cupcakes, and used the tops of oreo's as ears.  I wanted just the tops so I brought in a specialist...my husband!  When watching tv we often share an oreo (or two or three).  I eat the tops and he eats the bottoms with the icing.  So he is a pro at carefully separating the tops from the bottom.

Icing on, chocolate chip dots placed, ears in, and bow topping it off!  Simple yet adorable!

Second Birthday Party

Yesterday we were able to celebrate The Boss. 
It was wonderful!
Here are some of the highlights! 
Many tutorials to follow.

Spring Party

This weekend my niece turned one and my sister and brother-in-law hosted our family and friends to celebrate their baby girl.  They had a butterfly theme which went perfectly with the time of year.  My sister used bright colours and fun decorations to make her special day perfect.

 The beautiful host...my Sister with her Pottery Barn inspired Butterfly Mobile

Here's the Pottery Barn version...$89.99

...and my sister's. 

Isn't it amazing!!!!  She used scrapbook paper from the dollar store, fishing line and a twig.  

They looked adorable and were a hit with the kids!

I helped create these Martha Stuart inspired centre pieces.  We followed this tutorial for the flowers and then my sister added butterfly pictures she had taken at a butterfly conservatory.

The birthday girl had the perfect dress for her party too.

Finally, could this cake be anymore perfect?  My Brother-in-law is a chef, and this cake tasted as good as it looked!

Happy Birthday Baby Abby!