tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30109511377882853782024-03-14T03:20:05.051-07:00Sug' Cakes...southern sugarShelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692243768350941172noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010951137788285378.post-19472713815671182112012-02-29T10:35:00.000-08:002012-02-29T10:35:58.032-08:0020, 5, and 1 It's All In the Family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwAALZq8zjIfw6B6PFXj84QXBjQbEHae642-P_IiFf6_KMYG3IwRsF_KYz6W_NUxQcX63AatvpyXkR7Y7hgs10IBUMmyZ3wh7etVv_K7TB8XYCosJqMLJP6-BNAYKyUObE28ONU3IXGU-p/s1600/IMG_0494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwAALZq8zjIfw6B6PFXj84QXBjQbEHae642-P_IiFf6_KMYG3IwRsF_KYz6W_NUxQcX63AatvpyXkR7Y7hgs10IBUMmyZ3wh7etVv_K7TB8XYCosJqMLJP6-BNAYKyUObE28ONU3IXGU-p/s640/IMG_0494.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some people have asked me if I mind making my own birthday cake.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>And my Nana's parties rock!</em></span></div>Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692243768350941172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010951137788285378.post-19057815097211665022012-02-29T10:14:00.005-08:002012-02-29T13:39:29.421-08:00Why Are There Days Like This?<span style="font-size: large;">It was ten o'clock on the night before the cake was due. Six hours had passed. Only another half hour to go. Finishing touches and placing the dump truck on top.</span><br />
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This is Rie, Shelby's mom. <span style="font-size: x-large;">This story has to be told. Not for what happened, <strong>but for how it ended.</strong> Love unfolding as sweetness baked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>He only wanted to watch.</em></span> Some kids, most probably, would have to stay away. They might put their fingers in the mix, or the icing. But he doesn't really like cake. And he is a good boy.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So he's standing up on a chair by the cake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She only turned away for a second.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But in that second he could only <em><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">just look</span></strong></em> at the button no longer. He had to know what that pretty purple button did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I heard the fall and the scream at the same instant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I turned from where I sat, less than an arms length from where the cake had been.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I moved to the floor beside her, taking her bone tired body, working since 6:00 that morning to come home and bake again, in my arms and said words that comfort failed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That face I love. The one with eyebrows and eyelashes like mine. The narrow one with the high cheekbones and small mouth.</span> <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"> I take that face into my hands and promised words I can't even remember.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: x-large;">It wasn't just any cake. It was to celebrate a year that eleven months ago we weren't sure baby nephew would ever see.</span> </em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When the fear was that this day, <em>which should bring first birthday joy,</em> would only open wound that never heals. <strong>A fear now only a memory.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And here it was, one year later, joy undescribable. <em><strong>Thankfulness unending.</strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em><strong>Happy Birthday, sweet Crosby.</strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The list was made and her daddy was on his way to the store before I went into the back room.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">Where I took his whole little boy body of my son into my arms. This little body choking out <em>I so so sorry</em> in sobs. This little body I womb grew and protected and cried forth.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I held on and fought the tears that I couldn't let come. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is when a mama has to shine. When a mama must be unconditional. </span><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">When hand needs to be gentle and pain already felt in little heart is all the pain body needs. When gentleness must be chosen over harshness.</span> </em><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>When she must be comfort and lighthouse and haven.</strong> <span style="font-size: large;">When she must, without fail, show son more important than cake.</span> <strong><em> </em></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">When she must fulfill a promise made when only hand touched and rested through flutters and then kicks and stomach large and whispered the first <em>I love you.</em></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All while my other love was trying to push back pain and hurt and do what adults with responsibilities do. What cousins who love great and celebrate life do.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">Keep going. Start over. Forgive. </span><br />
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<strong><em><span style="font-size: x-large;">Why are there days like this?</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She only cried when she went to the front porch and called that young man she loves. <strong><em> The one with the red hair and gentle blue eyes and slight Cajun accent. The one Katrina brought us. The one who doesn't eat cake but loves a girl who lives cakes.</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The one who has taken our place in so many ways. <em>The way it should be.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The one who rushes over and whose presence brings comfort and laughter. <em>The only one who could have done that on that night.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">heart broken moments before when sister went to him and held him and loved him and promised him <em>all was forgiven and good</em>, finally slept in what was comfort love peace - </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><em><strong>and safety.</strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">He would be gone. Deployed along with my sister's boyfriend, Ruben.</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My heart goes into each cake I make. They bring me joy. But these served to soldiers and their families that I don't know but love anyway - it was special and it was an honor.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">God bless and God speed, 112th Military Police Batallion and 113th Military Police Co.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">HOOAH!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">. . . and every day.</span></div>Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692243768350941172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010951137788285378.post-46775362645341191022011-09-02T19:40:00.000-07:002011-09-02T19:40:14.266-07:00Guest Blogger<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm Rie, the proud Mama to Shelby.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was my Mother's Day cake which I just realized she never blogged about.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was lovely - just like her.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can read about it <u><a href="http://justcallmerie.blogspot.com/2011/05/one-thousand-gifts.html">here</a></u>.</span></div>Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692243768350941172noreply@blogger.com221tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010951137788285378.post-39807378087075854512011-09-02T19:36:00.000-07:002011-09-02T19:36:04.639-07:00CLIF<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was a homeschooled chick. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And I loved it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last year my mama and some of my other favorite moms started a new homeschooling group - CLIF - Christian Learning in the Family.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had the pleasure and honor of making the cake for the end of the year party.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chocolate cake with buttercream icing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692243768350941172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010951137788285378.post-4508862063342448462011-02-19T10:34:00.000-08:002011-09-02T19:26:00.264-07:00Some of my recent cakes!<div align="center"><span style="font-size: 130%;">Baby Crosby's cake</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">My Mama's birthday cake</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Happy Birthday to Jesus!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Happy day of love</span>!<br />
</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gPOdzNNS7apTthfYOh0gqAYO2DL-na7GVCpNz8O9GzA9xgcGXltkgggWyPMJilhHd84isH-dRSl8xt56SCVTHLQbNZfhBok_EiE78Ep-gIOl7ghT1p9iFrbzhlslQ-nP-nLZa7DlCHnd/s1600/IMG_4112.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575480012672933010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gPOdzNNS7apTthfYOh0gqAYO2DL-na7GVCpNz8O9GzA9xgcGXltkgggWyPMJilhHd84isH-dRSl8xt56SCVTHLQbNZfhBok_EiE78Ep-gIOl7ghT1p9iFrbzhlslQ-nP-nLZa7DlCHnd/s400/IMG_4112.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> <br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;">Baby shower cake</span><br />
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRkO1_CLM9r9spWtrUDOlYhKFVcoJNMYsQ9tYTXiQan0feHoYiz5Z_A0Eiw3co9l-zEH2MBVSFrm2yGCMJtK911sCGpR37acOg79KxgBsJ_hKgYV7IuB4aprKu0lwN6nPpn0HberB3Ieq/s1600/IMG_4116.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575479911874565714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRkO1_CLM9r9spWtrUDOlYhKFVcoJNMYsQ9tYTXiQan0feHoYiz5Z_A0Eiw3co9l-zEH2MBVSFrm2yGCMJtK911sCGpR37acOg79KxgBsJ_hKgYV7IuB4aprKu0lwN6nPpn0HberB3Ieq/s400/IMG_4116.JPG" style="display: block; height: 292px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></div></div></div></div></div>Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692243768350941172noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010951137788285378.post-31902847627909455642010-12-06T16:25:00.000-08:002010-12-06T17:10:14.175-08:00Owl Cake<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">Happy 7th Birthday Cloeigh!</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOi9owM6gMMCmzw6yE7kRD1HBkDMVnJORaI5bpv9dEJysdkMdDnAnPGkWSHToLetwg9F7lgpOHqoi5zmgNiG8WPMko2NOglVeDbKbidGe9wIxQp7mWJsyB_rHRJ7r0oI9N2JbIxlME5fPL/s1600/IMG_7474.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547739450682394562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOi9owM6gMMCmzw6yE7kRD1HBkDMVnJORaI5bpv9dEJysdkMdDnAnPGkWSHToLetwg9F7lgpOHqoi5zmgNiG8WPMko2NOglVeDbKbidGe9wIxQp7mWJsyB_rHRJ7r0oI9N2JbIxlME5fPL/s400/IMG_7474.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2P5jEnalLhkaf6J97v9D968yxNfEPbIUZno8MpnhKmnlL3KNGSxsItzbipsMXTJjcDdorm2PLPtYEH6iz2y4uODQi8qOb2oX2eNxpyzV95fY-iCa09FODdfqihpYQ8KJaHDBnVFyXYuhS/s1600/IMG_7475.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547739279358549650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2P5jEnalLhkaf6J97v9D968yxNfEPbIUZno8MpnhKmnlL3KNGSxsItzbipsMXTJjcDdorm2PLPtYEH6iz2y4uODQi8qOb2oX2eNxpyzV95fY-iCa09FODdfqihpYQ8KJaHDBnVFyXYuhS/s400/IMG_7475.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHcApC3Uz0nAAw-Uww52a92b0F5OE2dwtHTtQlER4hzAF5kxDibNdSHcUoGL5EfAS80_6oPKEXA2UHVRiQNdmFBwMxYlXoEze-sjAweQzSHsF6OZGukhgCDkUD9YyrpTNx84n_9SRQyc-/s1600/IMG_7488.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547738953136550146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHcApC3Uz0nAAw-Uww52a92b0F5OE2dwtHTtQlER4hzAF5kxDibNdSHcUoGL5EfAS80_6oPKEXA2UHVRiQNdmFBwMxYlXoEze-sjAweQzSHsF6OZGukhgCDkUD9YyrpTNx84n_9SRQyc-/s400/IMG_7488.JPG" /></a><br />What a blast to make, even with the hundreds of feathers! This cake was chocolate with buttercream frosting.<br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><div align="center"> </div></div>Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692243768350941172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010951137788285378.post-84187267797086460052010-08-29T15:03:00.000-07:002010-08-29T15:09:37.653-07:00My New Toy!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR77dIP-l3aFhN3UzDq4MyZ7T7B_-NcmN87xvlos3RyC4Ooomqr8uIRwK3QDCEFG_3kkRsxW-cp-4IJ_3e9xv8XLuS4zSoocIOBVhA8rjdZZD0treio8O7thnzqLBC3t-5TKgSg9MYNYXd/s1600/IMG_0780.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510957181629157234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR77dIP-l3aFhN3UzDq4MyZ7T7B_-NcmN87xvlos3RyC4Ooomqr8uIRwK3QDCEFG_3kkRsxW-cp-4IJ_3e9xv8XLuS4zSoocIOBVhA8rjdZZD0treio8O7thnzqLBC3t-5TKgSg9MYNYXd/s400/IMG_0780.JPG" /></a><br /><div>My third post this weekend! Its been busy.</div><br /><div></div><div>This is my new Cuisinart mixer. Isn't it grand? Mama likes the way it looks on her counters, but it's going with me when I leave!</div><br /><div></div><div>It was expensive in the eyes of my college budget life, but already it made my weekend easier.</div>Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692243768350941172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010951137788285378.post-11684136798385437882010-08-29T14:42:00.000-07:002010-08-29T14:58:37.623-07:00Grandpa Cake<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSHZzzUnJhtd30dFqsMmURa2l-YHHnmtHQUOG8vL3N3fBnzt8HTOSh4Z3fkZY0Wl7F12JK4PozCi0fqPdiNmsizfsGMWb1OARVgnCG67bUEeGpyA2MsdN0jjCNxn7ErneSeEqU0KrwDAU/s1600/IMG_6896.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510952219426991842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSHZzzUnJhtd30dFqsMmURa2l-YHHnmtHQUOG8vL3N3fBnzt8HTOSh4Z3fkZY0Wl7F12JK4PozCi0fqPdiNmsizfsGMWb1OARVgnCG67bUEeGpyA2MsdN0jjCNxn7ErneSeEqU0KrwDAU/s400/IMG_6896.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQGPO_DsmiW_PXf0bQbKoNKEgJG7oYi86txUaSmY20RFWrvdZIWMGYEdDxXQBU557pFGPjyyZb-GzXPbn6kryQC5z_dZRNpyn9wRmX_HHQ6PdorUhTijq8emfnaZK3JNHHCDFp8U_4juw/s1600/IMG_6906.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510951904930528274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQGPO_DsmiW_PXf0bQbKoNKEgJG7oYi86txUaSmY20RFWrvdZIWMGYEdDxXQBU557pFGPjyyZb-GzXPbn6kryQC5z_dZRNpyn9wRmX_HHQ6PdorUhTijq8emfnaZK3JNHHCDFp8U_4juw/s400/IMG_6906.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Saturday night we celebrated my Big Papaw's 86th birthday.</div><div><br />Finding a cake to honor him was a little hard, but I saw an idea similiar to this online and loved it. </div><div><br />Vanilla cake with chocolate mousse filling and buttercream icing. The little people are fondant and the shag carpet is icing.</div><div><br />I was proud of the way it turned out, honoring my pastor great-granddaddy with a Holy Bible in his lap.</div>Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692243768350941172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010951137788285378.post-83226448837538757952010-08-29T14:21:00.000-07:002010-08-29T14:36:56.166-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8eC4BfLvv7y0jHQ4qT6caolLhrxYBybeyJqIwrbeyjKHzqBtxKerBqNw2lRSlElJzlM9krt7_P-H5AkHcH_f3oavStu6P4-qX98qf-SJKMimJA3-xchCpzSH4KHOLT_59BHElKCwATEF1/s1600/IMG_0835.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510947380428042034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8eC4BfLvv7y0jHQ4qT6caolLhrxYBybeyJqIwrbeyjKHzqBtxKerBqNw2lRSlElJzlM9krt7_P-H5AkHcH_f3oavStu6P4-qX98qf-SJKMimJA3-xchCpzSH4KHOLT_59BHElKCwATEF1/s400/IMG_0835.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Each year our Mississippi State Hospital has a patient art show and sale entitled <em>Serendipity</em>. This year I had the great honor of making a cake for the Human Resource office to meet and plan this year's event.<br /><br />Chocolate cake with buttercream icing. The icing was textured to look like canvas. The crayons used for the border are fondant - so completely edible - except for the wrappers.<br /><br />The wrappers were cut with a xacto knife from real Crayola crayons.<br /><br />Check out this video from a past show. You can scroll down to pause my music.<br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZKsZQcyRxdg?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZKsZQcyRxdg?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692243768350941172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010951137788285378.post-58999628860229424412010-08-26T18:32:00.000-07:002010-08-26T18:47:10.718-07:00Zebra Print Cake with Yellow Flowers<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Darby is a <em>cool girl</em>. And cool girls deserve cool cakes.</span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509897752794303794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOil-fZP9JW-bBtkB7sxZy6fkPnnV2Hd7qjbSMRRJ-Ve9upUwq2cCNaABIUBuAmNQqLpHGMYUsBkR7EadiZTfZC-pttZdv0qIfeJ1VjIlkjtbm4ATi23hJ5KNF9IjND1y_02Y7y1W5rvvj/s400/IMG_1842.JPG" /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">This is a <strong>chocolate cake with buttercream icing and fondant accents.</strong></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Everyone loves a good animal print. </span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Happy 13th, Darby. </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">I love 'ya.</span></div>Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692243768350941172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010951137788285378.post-60154105352767478662010-08-16T10:25:00.000-07:002010-08-16T10:30:50.129-07:00Cakes!<span style="font-size:180%;">Want to see pictures of my cakes?</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Go to the top above my picture and click on "My Cakes"</span>Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692243768350941172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010951137788285378.post-82227674587827342342010-08-16T09:31:00.000-07:002010-08-16T10:13:27.465-07:00Flavors, Frostings, and Fillings!<strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cakes/Cupcakes</span> </span></strong><br /><br />Chocolate<br />German Chocolate<br />Chocolate Mocha<br />Carrot Cake<br />White<br />Strawberry<br />Yellow<br />Red Velvet<br />Pound Cake<br />Italian Cream<br />Lemon Dream<br /><em>Also special requests</em><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Fillings</span></strong><br /><br />Banana Cream<br />Cream Cheese<br />Chocolate Mint<br />Chocolate Mousse<br />Chocolate Mocha<br />Chocolate Ganache<br />Coconut Cream<br />Whipped Cream<br /><em>Also special requests</em><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Fruits</strong><br /></span>Blueberries<br />Strawberries<br />Pineapple<br />Raspberries<br />Raspberry Jam<br /><em>Also special requests</em><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Frosting</span></strong><br /><br />Chocolate<br />Chocolate Ganache<br />Caramel<br />German Chocolate<br />Cream Cheese<br />Strawberry Cream Cheese<br />Italian Cream<br />Lemon Buttercream<br />White Buttercream<br /><em>Also special requests</em>Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692243768350941172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3010951137788285378.post-77273987083871501882010-08-09T17:44:00.000-07:002010-08-10T06:41:42.166-07:0050th Anniversary Cake<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">White Cake with Buttercream Icing</span></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9jL7idnagMNACGdBPLuASl-RaQt1fxGJJ44Scu3ADtBZwofgNM3ExOiQ-zwup4hKXIB_pTt1-cm9ZRAgIWJs5-nLGPZ3e9ro0uCsZ65s9BkP3cZ1yj3IHqWBHq2sI4nixg5_v5yyewxC/s1600/DSCF9764.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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