The last two weeks have been so busy, that I just now feel like I am coming up for air. It’s been cake, cake and more cake around here and I have seriously been missing my paper crafting. I’ve also missed out on a few card challenges which I hope to rectify this weekend.

I haven’t shared this here yet, but back in January, I took the plunge and started my own cake and card business – Sugar and Paper Creations . I have been decorating cakes for family and friends for years, but decided it was time to unleash my creativity on the masses.  My company may only be in its infancy but the last few weeks have been steadily busy and for that I am grateful.

So I thought I would share with all of you, what I’ve been up to lately.

Lego Ninjago Cake

Ninjago Cupcakes

Thanks to this blog, I had the opportunity to do these Lego Ninjago cupcakes and cake again, for a Ninjago fan who was turning 6.

Mini Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Icing

Mini Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing

These lemon and red velvet mini cupcakes were designed to celebrate the 5 Year Anniversary of BobCat House Concerts.  If you love great music but not the bar scene, you really should check them out.

Mini Chocolate/Chocolate Cupcakes with Star Sprinkles

Chocolate / Chocolate cake

Next up were these mini chocolate cupcakes and matching 10″ cake for a little girl who was turning four. Her only request was for chocolate cake with chocolate icing and green decorations.

This cake was designed with a wonderful little boy in mind, who was turning three. He loves dinosaurs and trains, so what  could be better than Buddy from Dinosaur Train.

The Hulk from the Super Hero Squad

Super Hero Squad Cupcakes

And last, but certainly not least are the cake and cupcakes I designed for a brother and sister duo who are having a joint birthday party and who both love the Super Hero Squad. The big request was that the cake had to be the Hulk, with his Super Hero friends on the cupcakes. With these cakes, I tried a new technique I hadn’t used before, a buttercream transfer. It was surprisingly easy too, time consuming, but easy. You simply find an image for your cake or cupcake, trace the reverse image onto paper, lay wax paper over top and trace the image with icing. Pop in the freezer for 90 minutes, plop onto the cake and voila.   It’s like adding an edible sticker to your cake and best of all it’s all icing.

Next up will be a Harry Potter inspired cake for my own children’s birthday party. Finally a cake I will get to eat!

If you have a minute, I would love you to ‘Like’ my new Facebook page . Who knows there may be a future giveaway involved!

My daughter is a huge Strawberry Shortcake fan, so it was no surprise when she requested this as the theme for her last birthday party.  Only problem is, unless you live in the United States, it is very hard to find party supplies with Strawberry Shortcake on them.

Instead I decided to make my own Strawberry Shortcake inspired decorations and I am super happy with the way they turned out.

Invitation

Pom Poms before

I went with a pink, lime green and white colour scheme and wanted to do something other than balloons and streamers.  My little girl is no longer a baby, this was her fifth birthday, so I thought it was time to do something a little more grown up. I absolutely love the look of these pom poms and they were super easy to make too.

Birthday Banner before

And what’s a party without a birthday banner. I even managed to find some images of Strawberry Shortcake online, to include on the banner. Love how this turned out.

Pom Poms and Birthday Banner after

Sign welcoming guests to the party

The details of the invitation had been about inviting everyone to the Berry Cafe, so had to have a sign.

Pin the stem on the Strawberry

There were eight kids at the party, all cousins (ages 8 months to 7 years), so I came up with a couple of activities to keep them entertained, including Pinning the Stem on the Strawberry.  Had the husband cut out a large strawberry from poster board and then just cut stems out of construction paper. Was a huge hit with the kids.

Loot bag stuff

We also had them do a colouring craft. I found flower pots at Michael’s that had a colouring page insert, so they had a great being creative and then had a nice keepsake to take home with them. I also included a pack of flower seeds, along with a book and colouring book in the loot bags. I, for one, am tired of the dollar store crap my kids bring home from parties, so I wanted to make sure the kids took something home that was actually useful.

Cake and candy

And no birthday is complete without cake. Again I used the same colours and designed the cake to represent new Strawberry Shortcake’s dress, with pink polka dots on the bottom and the diamond / strawberry pattern on top. My daughter loved it which is what it was all about.

It was a great party and I loved how everything came together and put a big smile on my daughter’s face.  Now if only I could deal with the fact that she is now 5!!!!

This fall has been such a whirlwind of activity that I have neglected my little space here on the internet.  I vow to change that but for now here is a sample of what I have been up to. I recently made these cupcakes with matching cake, for my niece’s Baptism.

Chocolate cupcakes with buttercream icing and candy molded chocolate cross

Two-tiered chocolate / vanilla cakes covered in buttercream with strawberry buttercream filing and fondant accents

These were so well received that I have been seriously contemplating starting my own cake business.  What do you think?  Would you buy any of these?