A Few Last Cakes... (one is Harry Potter themed though!)

Hi there! It's been a while... sorry about that!

But it's summer here in New England, so if the weather is good then we don't much work done. Between holidays and graduations and anniversaries, it's hard to find time to be creative. I did get a chance to throw my long-awaited Harry Potter party in honor of the Deathly Hallows Part 2 release! And I've got two more cakes to share with you for now, but then I'm taking a little vacation and a mega Cake Break so I can work on my art! I've got a real live client now, hee hee, so I'm refocusing my creative energies!

Here's a nice chocolately one:

And here's my latest Pride and Joy... a new personal favorite! A Harry Potter themed Going-Away-to-College cake. for two cousins who are bestest pals! I made a Boo Boo and wrote UNH instead of UCONN, (I must have been half asleep when I did that) however I was able to fix it in a jiffy though I didn't get the chance to take a photo.

kindly turn thy head...

The kids each get an owl finger puppet to take with them to college... complete with a tiny parcel full of tiny good-luck wishes!

Next time I post there should be actual drawings! I can't wait to share with you my latest project!

50th Anniversary Cake...and some GOOD NEWS!

Hi there!

Hope your summer is going well so far! Mine certainly is... and I've got some good news I'll share with you after I post photos of the latest cake. Here they are:

And my Good News? It looks like I may have a new client! Things are not yet set in stone, however it looks promising! All I can tell you right now is that I would be illustrating a self-published early chapter book that is not only a science theme but will also be a comic/graphic novel! I will keep you updated on the status, and if the Author wishes to share sketches and things, hopefully those will be up soon too! :D (So I have been drawing lately, I just haven't been able to post the art until it's the right time.)

I Swear I'm Not a Cake Lady...

This weekend was also quite cake-crazy. We've got a few more lined up for the summer, but I feel like I can breathe a bit more now! And draw again!!!

This cake was extra stuff from all our recent orders! 

Hubby and I gave it to our helpful Physical Therapists 

(at First Physical Therapy- their logo is a wave) 

who are fixing our hurting shoulders and backs. 

I played around with the colors a bit!

Teal is my favorite!

 This cake is for our nephew who is turning five years old. 

He requested a chocolate cake with pirate TOYS on it, haha! 

So I made an island for them to search for buried treasure. 

I actually put a red "X" next to the dude with the shovel, but forgot to take the photo of it!

 These two sheet cakes are meant to be one cake.

We did it this way because no one owns a refrigerator 

big enough to hold the full sized sheet cake!

The left side is vanilla and the right side is chocolate!

Congratulations on your retirement, Bob "Newport" !

He likes to boat, fish, and watch the dolphins swim alongside him!

And I've got another Potential Client! We are working on sketches for the characters in his self-published book. I'll keep you updated! :D

Cake-crazy Weekend!

This weekend Hubby and I had quite a few cake orders to fill. We usually only need to make one cake, once a month or less. This weekend we had five, (*Correction: Technically, we created Seven cakes, because the tiny baby graduation cake counts as a cake, and the wedding cake was made of two cakes... Hubby insisted that it was seven) and thankfully only three (or now, five) of them needed to be decorated. The other two are what we call "cake fodder," because it was just a slice-and-eat sort of deal, no decorations.

Anniversary Cake

And a Wedding Cake....

And a Batman Graduation Cake...

...and Batman's sidekick, the strawberry-free version. 

(This one is just a baby, so I really didn't count it as a real cake.)

Phew! Looking at those makes me tired all over again! But we have more orders over the next few weeks so I'd better not put those piping tips away just yet!

Happy Summer Everyone! :)