Christmas in July

Yep, it's Christmas!  If you consider my sharing July cake and cookie pics with you a gift.  And, hopefully you do.  Or at least, I hope they bring some joy to your day.

Let's go!

I love it when clients tell me to design whatever I'd like; this time around it was pineapples and glitter and bright spackled paint.  Pineapples are seen as a sign of hospitality and friendship, did you know?

Cupcakes...so many cupcakes!  And in an assortment of flavors, too.  I was beyond honored to get to help celebrate this wedding; I've been doing cakes for this particular client since I first started out.  They've been great to me; sometimes I almost feel like one of the family!

Duck, bow tie, and rattle cookies to welcome a new bouncing baby boy.

I was beyond excited when I heard the birthday girl wanted a melting ice cream cone cake.  Then I was promptly stumped by how to make chocolate gold.  Ended up, I had fun with both!

Another "hmm...how to?" moment this month - figuring out how to draw a Hereford calf.  I'm not an artist by any means when it comes to drawing, but I think I did alright for my first attempt.

Chalkboard style birthday wishes - with sprinkles!

Lime green and purple make a punchy color statement, no?  Only thing is that purple buttercream...I always struggle with it.  This one started trying to fade to pink after application.  *sigh*   The struggle continues.

And, last but not least...

Lily's unicorn!  Miss unicorn and I had some disagreements - turns out large swings in humidity are not the greatest friend to cake (or sugar cone horns).  But it all worked out in the end.

Oh, and speaking of Christmas - I have officially started shopping.  Have you?

Talk to you!