Yellow and Gray Cupcake Display {Wedding Cupcakes}

Gray is the new neutral and yellow is a perfect sunny addition. The color combination looks great used here on this wedding cake/cupcake display. The cake is clean and classic, allowing the yellow ruffle sugar with a vintage gray button flower to be the focal point. The cupcakes are also adorned with a gray vintage button. The white ceramic tree stump stand (from BHLDN) is the perfect piece to display them on. I fell in love with the stand the first time I saw it and felt it would be the perfect addition to a dessert table, used a cupcake stand (shown here), or to display a tiered wedding cake.

Ceramic tree stand with yellow and gray cupcakes

vintage gray button toppers

yellow ruffle sugar flower with a gray button center

the tree stump cake/cupcake stand has great detail on the top and the base

love, love, love this stand :)

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Green Army Men {birthday party}

When our good friend Stephanie from Stephanie J Designs told us the theme for her son's birthday was going to be green army men we were super excited. We created a 3-D green army men jeep cake, chocolate cake pops, chocolate chip cupcakes, vanilla medallion sugar cookies, and we found green army men gummies and green apple jelly beans to top it off. Stephanie with the use of star medallion tags, fun names for the treats, coordinating place settings and burlap table cloths pulled the whole party together. The treats were placed down the center of the table, instead of on a separate dessert table, it made for an impressive party table for the kids to eat and play at. 



Super cool personalized camo canteens

  

invitations like no other by Stephanie J Designs

 

Stephanie came up with fun names for the treats, so chocolate cake pops became chocolate cake grenades.

 

treat bags customized with tags and more clever army references

 

bags filled with caramel popcorn were labeled cracker bullets

 

my favorite snack were the star medallion sugar cookies we made. They were labeled "atomic sugar cookies"



instead of the traditional candy bags, we filled large glass mason jars with green army men gummies labeled "infantry" and green apple jelly beans labels "shrapnel"

The centerpiece to the party was the green army jeep cake (yes that is cake!) It was placed on a cake drum covered in raw sugar sand

another angle of the jeep cake, it was over an inch of the stand, which is a custom made stand decorated with ribbon and paper. The sugar cookie were created to match all of the amazing papery created by Stephanie J Designs.

a picture of the table with all the snacks down the center and place settings complete with camo plates and a set of dog tags



another view of the full table design with camo cupcakes being guarded by green army men. We had placed several green army men along the table.

 

one last pic of the cake with the star candles lit.

The party was also featured on
Hostess with the Mostess
Kara's Party Ideas
Green Wedding Planner
Glam Canada
Stephanie J Designs

The tags, invites and treat bags can be purchased at Stephanie J Design's Esty store



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Top 10 of 2010 {sculpted cakes}

I have to start by saying 2010 has been an amazing year for cakes. So after careful review of all the sculpted (3-D cakes, cakes you have to look at twice to know are cakes!) we created this year we selected what we feel are the best 10 of 2010. We had so many to choose from and the decision process was tough. We had to choose from a group that included a standing beer mug, a Lamborghini, guitar cakes, purse cakes, and even a 2 foot tall Hennessy bottle. We decided to choose cakes that not only are amazing to look at, but that we had never made before and challenged us in some way. So here they are.....

1. A top secret spy cake

 

2. Fast Food Combo - made the actual size of a real burger combo

3. 1957 Chevy Bel Air - a 1:10 scale

4. Baby elephant

 

5. Fashionable Birthday cake 

6. Big mouth bass 

 7. Deluxe edition Scrabble board w/ playable edible tiles 

8. High school football helmet

9. Baby in a nest with a blue bird

10. Dump truck

For more of our sculpted cakes be sure to go to our website gallery http://www.sweetcakesbyrebecca.com/Sculpted_cakes.html

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Carvalho Family Winery: A Return to the Classics - Bridal Faire

Come join us at the Carvalho Family Winery at the Old Sugar Mill this Friday Jan 28th, 2011 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. We will be there with the other exceptional preferred partners to showcase, consult and provide samples of our products/services (yes we will be serving mini cupcakes and cake pops!) So for those of you planning an upcoming special event (wedding, rehearsal dinner, holiday party, anniversary, etc. ) you won't want to miss this event. This event is open to all, even those who may have already chosen another venue. A

dmission is $10 or contact us for complimentary VIP admission. RSVP is requested, but not required. The Carvalho Family Winery @ the Old Sugar Mill is located at 35265 Willow Ave, Clarksburg, Ca. 95612 and you can also visit them at http://www.carvalhowines.com/. We'll see you there!

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Raspberry, Apple Green and Damask {wedding cake}

Kristina and Justin's were married in April and their cake had it all! It was 5 tiers tall, but was made up of 10 separate cakes. It had a stenciled damask pattern in classic black and white mixed with quilted textured tiers. It had bursts of color with the use of an apple green covered tier and borders and raspberry pearl accents and bow embellishments. And to top it off a very elegant black acrylic initial topper.

 a close up of the topper, provided by the bride.

 I love this close up of the cake. It shows the damask pattern was also done on the cake board, the raspberry colored pearls accenting the quilting and the clean look of the stenciled damask.

 Another detail of the wedding I loved and just had to share was Kristina's bouquet. Not only did she use some of my favorite flowers such as dahlias, kermit mums, and spider mums; the bouquet was embellished with a beautiful crown brooch.

 another look at the amazing bouquet wrap.

 I'm a big fan of kissing balls and these created by Visual Impact Design are fabulous with the addition of the hanging jewels. The kissing balls were also used as centerpieces on the tables and other places through the reception.

the seating chart made it easy for guests to find the name and table. A fun touch was to replace table numbers with movie titles, such as Top Gun and Sixteen Candles.

 color palette for the wedding: raspberry, apple green with accents of black and white damask

Photos by: Siegel's Portrait Design

Flowers by: Visual Impact Design

Featured in Real Weddings Magazine Winter/Spring 2011

viewable online at http://realweddingsmag.com/weddingDetail.cfm?id=145

want to see even more amazing photos of this fabulous wedding check out Siegel's Portraits blog



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Pink Chandelier Wedding Cake {Rustic Elegance}

I just adored everything about Sarah and Josh's wedding this summer. It took place on the family's ranch and the reception was held in the barn. The walls were draped from floor to ceiling, chandeliers provided the perfect lighting, and the cake was placed on a wine barrel dressed up with hanging jewels. So when it came to designing the perfect cake to fit their rustic, yet elegant, wedding the couple asked me to look to their invitation for inspiration. I was super excited to see that Stephanie with Stephanie J. Designs was the genius behind the beautiful invitation suite.  

photo by: Stephanie J Designs

From paper to cake: I incorporated the pink chandeliers and hanging jewels and pearlized the cake to match the shimmer of the paper.  

just love the following pic by the very talented Alexandra Frankel

 close-up of the chandeliers on the cake. They were hand piped with an opaque pink and then embellished with a clear pink, giving it the effect of jewels hanging.

more of the papery from SJD showing the arrow through the heart monogram which is repeated as the cake topper.

photo by Stephanie J Designs.

 The very cool paper cake topper created for the cake.

 The glow, their smiles... perfection!

the best part was they enjoyed the cake :)

I have to thank Alexandra Frankel for the lovely photos and Stephanie J. Designs for the inspiration and the cake topper.

for more pictures of the beautiful paper: http://stephaniejdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/11/recent-creations-barn-chic-papery-part.html

for more pictures of the wedding and reception: http://alexandrafrankel.blogspot.com/2010/08/sarah-josh-happily-ever-after.html

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Winter One-derland {First Birthday Cake}

This cute snowman, made of rice cereal treats and marshmallow fondant, was created for a little girl's first birthday cake. We were asked to create a winter wonderland cake with a snowman that matched her birthday dress. So we made a small 2 tier pink cake that has white "snow" blanketing the tops of the tiers. Then we added snowflakes, snowballs, bead borders, and a penguin. We used soft colors of pink and pale blue and added sugar flakes to the white snow for a bit of sparkle.  





close up of the penguin - a cute little arctic friend



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