Stanford Home and AT&T

Growing up in Sacramento I was always aware of the existance of the Stanford Home and when a wedding industry friend changed industries to work with them I was very excited for her. When I was asked to participate in one of their events I was even more excited. This was a Thank You and Ribbon Cutting party for AT&T who had just granted the Stanford Home a grant to pay for an art therapy room. How wonderful!

We created a pretty little dessert table for the party and Jackson Catering took care of the yummy food. It's always nice to work with vendors you know! A special thanks to Bruce Robinson Photography for the following pictures!


Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes and Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee

Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes and Creme Brulee

The whole shootin' match, including Lemon Raspberry Cheesecake and the ever popular Peanut Butter Sandwiches.

Last, but not least, Dark Chocolate Mousse with Farm Fresh Strawberries

Animal Print Sweet 16

I just got pictures from an event planner I worked with on a Sweet 16 birthday party. The theme was wild animals and to work that into the cupcakes we used chocolate discs on top of the cupcakes that had the assorted animal prints on them. The birthday girl wanted chocolate and vanilla cupcakes, so we split the order into quarters and made chocolate cupcakes with chocolate and vanilla buttercream and vanilla cupcakes with chocolate and vanilla buttercream. I like to think this gave a little something for everyone!

I have to say that my favorite prints were the zebra and the giraffe, but the snake skin was pretty cool and the two color cheetah was great!

Tracy and Tim - September 5, 2009

Thank you to Rebecca Ford for mentioning us on her blog, in addition to the beautiful picture!

I can't wait for more detail shots and possibly one big one, but this is just a taste.

I know I seem like a broken record at times, but I do work with some AMAZING photographers. They are always focusing in on the little details (like the darling hounds tooth cupcake liners - the bride's colors were black and white and yellow) that the bride chooses to make her wedding truly unique. It's amazing.

Thanks to Fancy Flours for overnighting the liners to us... they arrived just in time and were really a spectacular little detail!

I also wanted to thank Kendra Wershing of Pfeiffer Event Planning for introducing me to Tracy and Tim, what a darling and fun couple! Kendra really did pull off a beautiful event with lots and lots of lovely details!

TNT Wedding and Rehearsal Dinner

I'm anxiously awaiting pictures from Tracy and Tim's rehearsal dinner and wedding this past Friday and Saturday.

For their rehearsal dinner I made two desserts and plated them together, here is the sketch, it'll be great to compare the finished product to the sketch. I'm just waiting for my photographer to get over some sort of nasty bug and then get me a picture!

For the wedding I made 350 cupcakes. To date, I think that's the biggest cupcake order I've received and although it did take a certain amount of planning, it wasn't too hectic. I think the best move was buying the prettiest little strawberries from the strawberry stand out in Granite Bay (on Sierra College Blvd.). The worst move was torching the S'mores cupcakes on site. Silly me, I just didn't put two and two together. I torched the cupcakes using my rockin' new butane torch and proceeded to light the majority of the cupcake papers on fire. Graceful, I know. Tracy's Dad was a fireman for the longest time, and I was totally envisioning setting off the smoke detector or getting the fire department rushing into the reception hall (I'm sure Arden Hills Country Club would have LOVED that!). Bad move, good cupcakes.

Here are two pictures that I shamelessly stole off of Tracy's Facebook. More to come!

UPDATE!!!! Tracy was really sharing the love this morning on her blog! I'm so glad she loved the cupcakes, as I mentioned above, it really was a fun project! Darling, THANK YOU!http://tracy-girl.blogspot.com/2009/09/cupcakes.html

Michelle and Josh - May 22, 2009

Michelle and Josh got married last Friday at Newcastle Wedding Garden. They looked so lovely (although I only saw them separately before the wedding!).

Their colors were eggplant and sage with a very rustic outdoor theme. During our cake design session we discussed several fun options to incorporate a tree and other natural elements into their wedding desserts. The grass at the bottom of the cake was painted onto the buttercream with food color and a paint brush. The tree was made out of chocolate modeling paste with three shades of purple fondant flowers with pearl dragee centers. I had such a good time making this cake, it stretched my creativity and reminded me why I love this business!

This wedding is a great example of mixing a small cake, cupcakes and little bites in one ensemble. I can't wait to get better pictures from Allison Stahl, but these definitely let you see some of the fun details!

Their cake and cupcakes were chocolate cake with creme brulee filling. The cake bites were vanilla bean butter cake with chocolate buttercream and fresh fruit.