Cakes!

Ok, first up white and chocolate cupcakes at Mission Hills Country Club. Iced in buttercream with fondant monograms...cool cupcake stand huh? I'm gonna make one! Close up of the monograms

Peacock themed wedding at Harrisonville Community Center. Feathers piped on and the borders hand painted in gold.

5 tiers iced in buttercream with fondant branches and flowers at Union Station Bistro.

4 tiers iced in buttercream with satin ribbon at Loose Mansion.

Power cat grooms cake! iced in buttercream

3 tiers iced in buttercream with black damaske stencil, fondant stripes brushed with pearl dust

4 tiers iced in buttercream with satin ribbon at Mission Theater

Go Chiefs!

5 tiers iced in buttercream with fondant drapes.

LOVE this grooms cake!

5 tiers iced in buttercream with satin ribbon at the Little Theater downtown.

4 tiered mad-hatter for a Bat Mitzfah and the Kansas City Zoo! Animal print theme!

Catching up

Thought I oughta catch up on posting pics...more to come from this weekend! Woot, it's that time of year. :)

Ok, cupcake tower at Studio 2131. Three tier, iced in buttercream with satin ribbon at Bliss Plaza in Greenwood, MO.

Awwwww...first birthday for Little Miss Avery! Love it! Top lady bug was her smash cake :)

Iced in chocolate buttercream with custom made topper and paper/wooden flowers at Arts Incubator in downtown Kansas City

This couple was married in Jamaica. Iced in buttercream with fondant accents and white chocolate shells/

Three tiers iced in buttercream with satin ribbon and fresh flowers at Emaline Ballroom in Lee's Summit. Seen lots of purple this year, it must be the "in" color, eh?

Another Jaywawk grooms cake

Four tiers iced in buttercream with coarse sugar and satin ribbon at Studio 2131 again.

Three tiers iced in buttercream with fondant flowers at Arts Incubator

Yay, cupcake buffet! at Uptown Theatre, Broadway room. White cake with almond buttercream, chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream, red velvet with cream cheese, and strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream. :)

Another cupcake tree, this one is at Crowne Plaza in downtown KC...what a view!

16th birthday....all of the girl's interests, she was into everything!

A couple grooms cakes

Three tiers iced in buttercream with satin ribbon at Chapel Ridge in Lee's Summit...

More cupcakes at Sawyer Room in downtown Kansas City. Peanut butter with chocolate ganache, red velvet with cream cheese, german chocolate, butter cake with buttercream, and pumpkin spice with cream cheese. Yum!

Four tiers iced in buttercream at The Ritz Charles in Overland Park

Woot! 2010 Brides Choice Award!! :D

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The Coolest cake stand ever!!!!

This is a cake I did at the Arts Incubator in downtown Kansas City....really cool venue, even cooler cake stand! The brides dad cut this log for her cake stand to match her "twiggy" centerpieces! LOVE IT! The cake is iced in gold buttercream with white brushed embroidery, satin ribbon, and fresh flowers.

Whew...time to get on the ball.

So, my laptop has been broken...so has my camera! I finally got the laptop fixed and bought a new camera so I can catch up on blogging!

Grooms cake for the hunter.... 5 tiers iced in buttercream with sheer ribbon at Bliss Plaza in Greenwood, MO.

And a 4 tier, iced in buttercream with coarse sugar and satin ribbon and fresh flowers at Living Waters Ministry in Kansas City, MO.

Halloween!

I LOVE Halloween...and I REALLY love Halloween weddings! This wedding was at Bingham-Waggoner Estate in Independence. I love this place and it was all decorated up for Halloween!~
Grooms cake that the bride made...she did such an awesome job...little zombie teddy bear.

This wedding was in the grooms fathers loft in the historic Western Auto building....very cool place, very cool view!

I'm such a bad blogger....

Let's see if I can't catch up...can't believe it's been 2 months, sigh.

Alright, let's see....This cake was at Boulevard Brewery downtown, iced in buttercream with fondant accents. All peanut butter cake with chocolate ganache filling, yum! This cake was iced in butter cream with a damask stencil and fresh floral....pumpkin spice cake!

A Halloween birthday party...

Nascar grooms cake....

AWWW, I love Hello Kitty! Iced in buttercream with fondant accents...

Computer grooms cake

and the cake that went with them, lemon berry marscapone...yowza

Union Pacific train engine

This is the birthday cake I made for my FAV tattoo guy, Joel. (PS-my next tat will be these swallows....I was hinting at something here!)

Cake I donated to the Raymore Pumpkin Auction....white cake, butterscotch cake, and chocolate cake.

Three tiers iced in buttercream with fondant accents at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Lee's Summit, MO

Three tiers iced in buttercream with fresh orchids at Emaline Ballroom in Lee's Summit

4 tiers iced in buttercream also at Emaline Ballroom

iced in buttercream at the Hyatt Regency with satin ribbon and fresh floral

Ok, I loved this wedding at Holy Spirit! This is the cake that the couple cut for pictures.

And they had these little bell jars telling their guests the flavor of cupcakes! So cute!

and here's their cupcake tree

Farm themed 1st birthday with fondant animals
Jeep Grooms cake to look like the grooms baby

Another example of my damask stencil...I sure do love this. This wedding was at Lee Andrew Interiors in Blue Springs

Love this candy-themed birthday cake

Iced in buttercream with satin ribbon at Loose Mansion

Alright, think I got most of the ones I missed....will have some super cool cakes to share with you after this Halloween weekend!