Monday, July 30, 2012

Father's Day

For Father's Day this year the kids and I put a few things together for their daddy...probably his favorite gift to date. I purchased a personalized photo tie from personalizationmall.com, nothing new here, he has received a few of these in the past few years. This time having all three kids on it, he loved it. We also put together a Star Wars themed basket together, the kids have been in a Star Wars lego themed phase for a while now, so they were all about it!! Nothing like some Hans Rolos, or Vaderade, or even a Jar Jar of Gungan snacks (hope I spelled that right, clearly not quite as big of fan). And last but not least I ordered a personalized photo book from papercorterie.com. I'm sure you have seen those photo books, they have been around for awhile now, but this one was different. This one let me personalize the pages with quotes and questions and then leave room for the kids to answer and even illustrate things that describe their dad. I ordered, they shipped, and before you know it, the kids were coloring and filling in all of the empty spaces with words that describe their dad! They had fun doing it, and he absolutely loved it!! I have to be honest, I was a little shocked! Here are a few pics that we used in the book!







 This one we used for his tie, he loved the pop of color from Kealys' flower!


We Love You Dad!


Cakes, Cakes, Cakes!!

Here are a few more cakes that my sister and I have done in the past month.....playing catch up!!!!!

Princess themed cake with cupcakes for a princess loving little girl!

End of the year baseball cake for a little league Oakland A's team.

Butterfly cupcakes for a baby shower.

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Sprinkle Wedding Cake

My little sister Schuyler recently got married, you probably already knew that if you read the previous post.....anyhew.....she wasn't specific in what kind of cake she wanted, honestly, she really didn't care.  We saw a similiar rendition of this cake on Pinterest, I said, "this is fun, you should do this for the wedding", she replied, "ok!" It was settled, and this was the outcome.....



Schuyler got married!!

Like I said in the last post, I'm starting to feel old!!  I will warn you now, if you know my family, you may feel slightly older at the end of this post........I will give you a minute.........Ready????  Here it is.......my little sister Schuyler....got married!!!!  I know it's not a big deal, but the last time I checked she was 12, she wasn't in college, wasn't living on her own, and surely not old enough to get married.  It's crazy how time fliiiiiiieeeees!!! 


Wedding pic.......gorgeous!!!


His name is Bryan and they are great for eachother.  I have to be honest, when I first met him I was screaming, dorkie!!!!!!!!(in my head of course, I wasn't going to say that out loud)  But as time has gone by and we have hung out numerous times and we have really gotten to know him, I can say yes, he may be slightly dorky, but he's funny, kind, and goes together with my sister so well.  And, on top of that, fits into the family seamlessly!!
Here are a few more pics from the wedding......





The party 
 Sisters
 Our side of the family
 BTW...we did the cake for the wedding and I think it is my favorite we have ever done.  It's nothing crazy, the total opposite, simple, yet totally fun.  For that reason, it's going to get it's very own post...stay tuned!!