Kacy's Birthday

Sonie and Kacy Cooper's birthday party was so much fun! It was at the Cooper-Kochhar home - Trey's buddy Dillon's house. It was a surprise party for Sonie's 70th birthday - so we did a 70's theme! Kacy's 14th birthday is very close - so they celebrated both that day.

Kacy plays for the Los Gatos-Saratoga Girls Softball Assocation - Team Magic. We decided to replicate her hat for her cake. This is another cake based on Elisa Strauss' design...in hind sight I would follow more the hat's details rather than the book suggestions on where to place the divets for realistic look. Kacy's hat is a bit more squared with a shorter brim...but everyone was pleased so I'm happy! :) Kacy's cake was vanilla with a mocha java chip swiss meringue buttercream filling - YUM!

Photos of Dillon's grandma's cheesecake cupcakes to come - I don't have photos - so I'm going to have to round up some party photos. :)

The Immaculate Collection

Movin' on up...to the - well - to a VP position at the Community Health Partnership! Congrats!!!

We had a going away party for her and if you know Mai, then you'd know that a stiletto heel would be the perfect "walking" cake. The cake design is from Confetti Cakes (one of my idols - Elisa Strauss) - and fit the pink and black theme perfectly.

The shoe is made from gum paste with intricate stitching detail and hand painted zebra print - the shoe box is the cake - three layers on the bottom and one layer as the lid. The tissue paper is gum paste as well with some petal dust for glamour.

Mai's real name is Immaculate - so how appropriate to make the shoe from "The Immaculate Collection" - with her leaving the County - it was the Final Closeout Sale.

Preschool Marvel Superheroes

Yousef and his sister Sana are crazy for Spiderman and Spider Girl. For Yousef's day care birthday party, Roya ordered Marvel Superheroes cuppies with an emphasis on the (surprise!) new Iron Man obsession! Switching gears, I focused on Iron Man - totally easy to do as my boys are just as obsessed. :) I love Marvel for doing a preschool version of these super cool heroes! I made a jumbo cupcake just for Yousef and added the webbing detail to his topper.

Sea Monsters!

PJ is obsessed with Sea Monsters - I had no idea where to start on his 5th birthday cuppies! With much research on these prehistoric sea creatures - here are his cuppies!