The Last of the Catch Up

And...I'm back, as promised! This post should get us caught up all the way and even includes a cake from this week. I don't think we have an cakes on-tap for this weekend, but there should be some exciting ones coming up, so stay tuned.

First, you'll see the cupcake theme continued. A few weeks ago, our friend Ashley had a full schedule of celebrations with a mid-week baby shower and a surprise 50th celebration for her mom on the weekend. So we pulled together two batches of cupcakes for her...and when I say "we," I mean "Matt." The first set is for baby Molly's shower (in pink and green) and the second set is for Miss Judy's 50th birthday (in red and blue). Both are yellow cake with vanilla buttercream. And both feature a mixture of buttercream and fondant decorations.

Next up was a wedding shower from some friends of ours - Nicholas and Angela. They are both former co-workers of ours who have since moved to Nashville and are planning a wedding back here in Fayetteville later this month. Matt and I (yes, I actually worked on this one a bit!) created a vanilla cake that was covered in fondant with a quilted impression and the couple's future monogram, along with chocolate cupcakes covered in buttercream and the matching monogram - all in the couple's beautiful wedding colors. This was a fun project for us and got us inspired to try some wedding cake ideas in the future!

And last for the new post is a cake we made just this past week for our dear friend, Jennifer. She celebrated a birthday last Saturday, but most of our group of friends was traveling, so we celebrated on Wednesday night with a homecooked meal (from Ashley) and desert from the Costners. We kept this one all in buttercream with a whimsical feel of paislies and polkadots.

Thanks for checking in...and hopefully, I won't keep you waiting so long next time!

Natalie