Buried Treasure!

So the Pirate Party is over and the cupcakes were a success... they looked even cuter when set up with the little pirate bones! I did mention before that I was also asked to go ahead and do the photography for the party so the birthday boy's mom could go ahead and pay attention to the party without worrying about how many pictures she got and to be sure everything was caught on film. I got all the photos (almost 200!) cropped and onto a disk for my co-worker (the lucky mommy) and to her last Friday. She was SO excited and was in love with them! It made me very happy to see how happy she was. =) Hope you enjoy the photos!

Happy Birthday Ruby!

Today is the birthday party for my boss' niece Ruby. I took the cake in to work yesterday for pickup and everyone wanted to see it, lol. I think it turned out very well for my first cake (aside from the massive belly cake I did before). Everyone who saw it couldn't stop saying how cute they thought it was and it made me proud to be able to say I made it. This cake has definitely given me the confidence to know that I can not only make cute and great tasting cupcakes, but I can do cakes as well. I do love baking and decorating cupcakes, not to mention the easy clean-up once served. However, I found out Thursday night that I really enjoyed decorating this cake more. It was like a blank canvas with the frosting on before I started piping. So as I added, I felt like an artist, taking great care with each little flower I put on it. Then to get halfway around the cake and really see it coming together was such a great feeling. Before this cake, I also thought that I couldn't write on cakes, but (if I do say so myself) the 'Happy Birthday' turned out fabulous! As did Ruby's name on the side.
I did receive another cupcake order for a different co-worker's son's class in mid-March. It'd be nice to get another cake order soon, but I'm just happy to be getting orders so I definitely won't complain. On to a relaxing three-day weekend! ;)