I am not a perfectionist. It took me many years and two children to learn this nugget of information. Now that I know, I truly live differently; more freely.

I am not ultimately creative. I steal others' ideas and make them my own. Creating from scratch makes me stressed, headachey and grouchy.

I am not a great chef or baker. I am only now learning to roast a chicken and bake chocolate chip cookies that will be eaten by actual humans.

However, it is a little known fact that I love making cakes. I started 3 years ago when a playgroup friend needed a cake and our actual cake-making-super-creative friend was unavailable. She told me how to do it and wha-la: a Caterpillar. From there, I made cakes for friends' kids and my kids and baby showers, etc.

Today, I'm embarking on an ambitious endeavor of actually charging real money for my creations (that are by no means perfect or ultimately creative; although it is certainly my goal!). I'm raising money for the Susan G. Koman 3-day for the Cure breast cancer walk. (I'm also walking the 3-day in September. More on that later)

Please consider supporting and getting a cute cake too! What kind of party are you having? What cake design do you want?

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Cami cake

We always celebrate my mom's birthday with a beach theme. This year we decided that was getting old. . . we needed something new. Now, mom and dad just adopted Cami, ("the duchess") a beautiful golden retriever puppy:

Cute, right?!

Our something new: my sister-in-law, the illustrious Michelle Robblee of michellepaige.blogspot.com created the most awesome puppy party. To see details of the party go here:
http://michellepaige.blogspot.com/2011/08/puppy-themed-party-for-nana-nana-and.html

Anyhoo- my job, of course, was the cake and voila:

white cake with raspberry frosting/filling and chocolate puppy prints.
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