birthday themes

The Birthday Party, Bloggers, Twitter and Hoboken

October 5, 2010

Planning my 2 year old’s birthday party for 100 guests had literally taken up all my free time for the month of September. By free time, I mostly mean the two hours I can bear to stay awake after we finally put him to bed. In the end, his birthday party all came together with [...]

Read the full article →

Daring Bakers Challenge: Decorated Train Sugar Cookies

September 28, 2010

At first, I thought this month’s challenge was a no brainer. It was in the sense that I knew exactly what I was going to make. The September 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mandy of “What the Fruitcake?!” Mandy challenged everyone to make Decorated Sugar Cookies based on recipes from Peggy Porschen and [...]

Read the full article →

Sesame Street Cakes: Not My Thing?

June 21, 2010

Cakes are not my thing. I’m speaking mostly about celebration cakes. I keep saying that but it seems that I am not taken seriously. I don’t even think my husband takes me seriously. Can I make cake? Yes. Do I enjoy decorating cakes? Yes. Do I love that it makes people happy? Yes. Okay, alright, [...]

Read the full article →

Building a Tractor Cake

August 31, 2009

My nephew was turning four and had decided that he wanted a tractor themed party. I thought it was a strange choice because it was so specific. I later learned that John Deere themed party goods actually exist. I began to brainstorm some cake ideas for his party. Wilton and Nordicware both make a tractor [...]