this hungry caterpillar just wants cake....

On Saturday, he ate through one 9x12 sheet cake, 15 or so cupcakes, two cans of frosting, 30 Necco wafers, and a few Laffy Taffy. That night, he had a stomachache!

(This was for a first birthday at the shelter. The faces are drawn with edible ink and the antennae are made out of melted-then-formed Laffy Taffy.)

little kids in the big city

My new photo taking trick: when the kids won't cooperate by both smiling at the same time, or don't want their picture taken, I have them turn around and hold hands so I can take the picture from the back. Years from now, hopefully, I will forget that they were arguing and complaining, and I will just see a sweet moment they shared, captured on film...

Lego cake

This was for a boy celebrating his 10th birthday at the shelter. I'm told he likes Legos. This was the easiest cake I've done in a long time- no piping! The bumps on top are marshmallows. Not my neatest work, but I had fun doing this one.

rainy day = homemade crayons

mystery plant update....

We still don't know what it is, but it has these huge yellow flowers that, when it rains, fill up with water like little cups.

hatching!

I'm famous!

Okay, well not really. But my name is in circulated print. Even if it is in an article about someone else...at least it isn't the crime report...check it out for yourself here.
And the picture? What do Lil' A's sweet feet have to do with me being in the paper? Well, nothing. But it was a cute picture.

I can't believe that sparrows would be brave enough to lay eggs in our yard after the Robin Incident, but here they are. In a hosta no less.

The tiniest green pepper ever, plucked prematurely by curious little hands.

I hate Bratz

I really do hate those Bratz dolls. No particular reason- maybe their noseless little faces give me the creeps. Or maybe the trampy outfits. Or the b*tchy attitude of the marketing. Whatever. But this little girl at the shelter *really* loves Bratz, I'm told, so I swallowed my better judgement and made her this cake. I hate it so much, I almost didn't even post the picture. But it came out pretty close to the picture so I figured why not? I also made her some traditional cute rainbow chip cupcakes- because I think it is a requirement that all little girls like rainbows. (And unicorns also.) But for the record if my own daughter wanted this cake the answer would be a very strong NO.

First Birthday...

I am feeling like my oven is never off lately! This one is for a little girl spending her first birthday at the shelter...it was a chocolate & pink checkerboard cake inside.

Pink Penguins?

Another cake for the shelter...they have been keeping me busy this month! This is for a 16 year old girl who likes pink penguins I guess....

Go Cubs!

This is a cake I did for a boy at the shelter. He was turning 16 and is apparently a big Cubs fan. So i had to put some extra love in this cake....

Happy Birthday, America!

Nothing says festive like a pretty cupcake.