In January, I got the opportunity to throw a dear friend Rachel, a baby shower. Of course, I went ALL OUT! I baked the cake myself, had pretty good gifts for the guests, and made my first diaper cake as a gift to Rachel and baby Allie. Everyone loved the cake, which was my very first non-birthday cake I made (I have recently been inspired by too many Food Network cooking shows, and over priced cakes at the grocery store, to make cakes.... See below for wedding cake pictures!!!).
Thank you Kristi and Sis Meldrum for bringing food, it tasted awesome!
I heard many comments of what a good job I did and how the baby shower was "the best baby shower I have ever been too". Its always nice to hear things like that, especially after stressing over something so big as throwing someone the only baby shower they will ever have (in most circumstances). And Rachel loved getting all the diapers and taking apart each layer to see the presents within the layers. Now my future projects, diaper cakes for a future nephew, an unknown neice/nephew, and many pregnant friends!!!!
In May, I was able to throw a Bridal Shower for my best friend Sara. Unfortunately, I dont have any pictures of the shin-dig but it was a success. And from there I went to helping with the finishing touches on wedding details.
Sara and Jason were married on April 1st (she said no one would ever believe she got married so why not do it on April Fool's Day!) in very small ceremony at the Clerk of Court office (he is in the Navy and they knew they had to get married in order to allow her to any rights to any information if anything might happen to him while on duty... That and they are madly in love!!!). Because no family was able to be there, her mother and his mother decided they needed to have a ring ceremony for family and friends, although both the bride and groom (mostly the bride) didn't want to do so, they agreed knowing that there would be no way to get out of it. So Sara turned to me to assist with wedding details. After months of planning, everything was set and went smoothly, or as smoothly as is expected at any wedding!
Here are a few pictures of the wedding cake. Logan and I decided that our gift to the Bride and Groom would be the cake (whether purchased or baked myself). After getting prices from the local Publix, I decided the cake above & below (done by me, not Publix.... Can you tell?) was not worth $405, not including delivery. So I decided to take on the challenge and bake it myself.
I think the worse part of the whole experience was the travel. Driving from Gainesville to Jacksonville was aweful. Not to mention we were running late and Logan was going 110 most of the way, I KNEW something was going to go wrong. Due to the heat of Florida and the trunk of the car, some of the icing melted off the top layer of the cake and the bottom layer got some damage as well. But everything was fixable and turned out awesome!
For any of you who need it, I have experience with throwing showers and planning weddings, and can make a cake for any occassion!!!! Just give me a call!
Sara (Bride from above) just found out she is expecting, so I guess I have my next event scheduled. The calendar is booking up fast!!! ;-)
