Monster Cake

It's funny to me how Pinterest is EVERYWHERE!!

 

So many people are on this website now! I can't go to a baby or wedding shower, or birthday party without someone saying, "I saw that on Pinterest," or "I got this idea on Pinterest!" It is an amazing website for all things crafty, DIY, and great ideas!

 

When I do cakes for people they usually tell me they got an idea for the cake from there too. The last cake I made was no exception. I did a birthday cake for my son's best friend! He was having a monster themed party and his mom, my friend, sent me a cake she found on Pinterest. I don't like to do exact replicas of other people's cake, so I asked her if I could have a little creative license with the cake. She told me to do whatever I wanted! I love it!!

 

Here is what I came up with...

I am SO proud of this little monster!!

I also decided to have a little fun with the inside of the cake! It is a Devil's food chocolate cake! Also, i knew that the dad LOVES Oreos, so I made an Oreo buttercream filling!

 

This cake was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! In fact, it could be the best cake I have ever made!

 

Check out the "fur"!

 

 

Everyone said it really looks like hair! It was made with the grass decorating tip.

 

 

The monsters eyes are Oreos too! I split them open very carefully and put some lollipop sticks in them so they would stand up. I covered them in white chocolate and used the star tip to put the eyelids on. Then the pupils of the eye are made with milk chocolate.

 

The mouth was also made out of milk chocolate and the teeth were white chocolate.

 

 

I took this picture as the cake cake was being cut. I thought it looked funny! It looks like a big smile! And that is what everyone did when they saw this cake...big smiles!

 

Now I have to show off my adorable kiddos!

 

This is my little man and The birthday boy! They had a bounce house and it was incredibly hot in there, so the kids were taking a break to have their monster juice! Notice the cute cups with googley eyes!

 

 

Here are my monsters in the bounce house! They had so much fun!

 

 

And my beautiful little girl!

 

 

 

Don't forget, you can follow me on Pinterest!!

 

Bridal Shower

Baby showers, wedding showers, birthday parties..they are all a lot of work!  But I really enjoy doing them for people I love!  

This past weekend I had a bridal shower for one of my best friends.  She is currently living in Utah and I miss her so much!  But she really is a great friend and I was honored and more than happy to have a shower for her!  Some of her family and friends helped too...thank goodness!  I had a lot planned and greatly appreciated the help!!  

Instead of doing a theme for the shower, I decided to just use the colors that she is going to use for the wedding.  Purple and grey!

Here is the food table.  I think it looked really nice!!

These are some napkins that I found at Walmart.  They stand up!  I thought they were so cute and the fact they stood up just made them even cuter!!

Pasta salad...I make this for parties a lot.  It's always a big hit and SUPER simple to make! 

Cucumber bites.  I love the way these look!  So impressive...I won't tell how easy it really is!! 

 (Not yet, anyway!) 

I'm not really sure what to call these...They are grapes and cheese cheese balls on a toothpick.  I have a wonderful recipe for a cheese ball that is rolled in chopped pecans, so I just made little balls instead of one big one and stuck a grape on the end!  They were a big hit!  Everyone was very impressed with them!

Here is a close up picture.  Yummy!

Greek yogurt, granola, and fruit parfaits.

Now for the sweets...

Chocolate dipped pretzel rods.  

I just love these!  They are so pretty!  And I love how they are arranged in this cake platter!

There are purple with white chocolate drizzled on them, and white ones with purple drizzled.

I found these cute diamond ring chocolate molds at Hobby Lobby!  I love them!  They were prefect for this occasion of course!

Here is the cake I made.

That is not ribbon, it's edible sugar!  This was the first time I used that and I LOVED it!!  I will definitely use it again!!

It was a white cake with white buttercream and fresh sliced strawberries in the middle.  This is probably my favorite kind of cake to make!

I also made some chocolate heart lollipops.

We had some purple and gray M&M's too!

These are sugar-dipped marshmallows.  I had never done this before, but I love the way they turned out! 

The Bride's Aunt got this champagne that was so good!  It was Barefoot pink champagne.  You should definitely try it if you get the chance!

I got these heart shaped ice tray molds from IKEA.  I love the heart ice!!

I also did these water bottles. 

It's just duct tape, ribbon and packing tape!  

I think they turned out SO cute!!

For a bridal shower, I thought it was fitting to have ring pops!

My hubby and I made this picture for the bride and groom to hang in their new house of their last name!  I love the way this turned out!

The shower turned out beautiful!  I have to thank the Bride's Aunt.  Karry, thank you for letting us use your beautiful house! 

Carolyn and Brett, thank you too!  I couldn't have done this without you two!!  

Courtney, I hope you had a wonderful shower!  I love you and am so happy for you and Jon!  I can't wait until July!!

Princess Baby Shower

My sister-in-law is getting ready to have a baby girl!  I am so excited to be an Aunt!  So last weekend I gave her a baby shower.  

 She decided she wants to do a Princess theme in the nursery, but not Disney princesses.  So I did the same theme for the shower!

I found these adorable plates and napkins...I forgot to take a picture of them, but these were the ones we used.

Here is the cake I made to match the plates and tablecloth.

I also made a little cake for the mommy-to-be to take home to share with the daddy-to-be!  I thought that was a nice little thing for them to share! 

I didn't have a small cake box to put it in, so I got one of my tall containers I got from IKEA, turned it upside down, and just decorated the cake on the lid.  Then the container could be put on top and they could easily carry it home!

The flash on this picture was a little too bright, but these are pink (strawberry flavored) marshmallows dipped in chocolate and white chocolate. 

They are sitting in foam boards that I covered with tissue paper.

 These are pink wafers also dipped in chocolate and white chocolate.

 

I wanted to do something with the baby's initial on it and finally decided to do this the easy way...

These are fudge oreos that I piped a "G" on.

 I had a special request from our mother-in-law for these tortilla rolls!  They were so good! 

 And salsa for dipping, of course!

Pasta salad

 This is a super easy and very yummy cheese ball with crackers.

Cocktail smokies in sauce.

And these are garlic chicken puffs.  They were amazing!

Here is the food table. 

I have a ton of newborn diapers left over from when I had my little girl.  I wanted to use them to make a diaper cake, but I didn't want to do the regular kind of cake.  So after thinking about it, I decided to make a castle for the princess!  

This is not the best picture, but you can still see it!

We had pink lemonade 

and raspberry punch to drink.

Now onto the decorations!

I found some great princess decorations at the Dollar Tree!  These are felt wall hangings that the mother took with her to put in the nursery.

There were two purple crowns, 

and two pink castles!

This board was covered with tissue paper that has little castles and crowns on it.  I painted Georgia's name with purple, sparkly paint.

My mother-in-law found a painting that she loved and asked me if I could paint something similar.  It says, 

"Once upon a time

There was a little princess named...

Georgia"

 

 On the mantle, I hung some bibs and two onesies that I decorated.

The cake was pink and white zebra print on the inside!

 

This is the first time I have tried this, and I think it turned out so cool!!

This is all we had left of the cake!

I think Georgia racked up!  She is going to be one stylish baby girl!

Aunt Amy can't wait to meet you sweet baby Georgia!!