Sunday, January 27, 2013

Super Heroes Unite!

Literally a week ago I got a call from a woman named Doris. She left a voicemail (I failed to pick up because I was still sleeping..heh oops :P) saying that she had found me on Yelp. I recently added Karess Kreations on Yelp about 2 or 3 weeks ago but I wasn't ready to tell everyone, but hey if she was able to find me then I guess the secret is out! Soo... if you wish, here is my Yelp! Feel free to bookmark me! ;) Anyways, back to the story - She called to ask if I could make her daughter a super hero cake. Not going to lie, but when I first heard the message, I was a bit hesitant. One, I had no idea who this woman was nor have I ever met her (all of my previous cakes and cupcakes were made for people I have met before/knew). Two, I basically pretty much absolutely knew nothing about super heroes. & well.. that's pretty much it! Any who, after speaking and e-mailing each other throughout the week, all of the details of the cake were confirmed. Initially, we spoke about doing a cake with just batman's and superman's symbols on a two tiered mini-ish cake (the cake was only needed to feed 15 people), but later my friend, Tiffany sent me a picture of a cake that had fondant figures of super heroes. I thought they looked absolutely adorable and challenging (I haven't had the besssst luck with making fondant people...remember this?). After I sent her that picture, she agreed that we should add the fondant heroes of Superman, Batman, the Incredible Hulk, Spiderman, and Iron Man. She also requested that I add cow somewhere in the cake due to her daughter's wish to have a pet cow one day. I think that's enough story time, don't cha think? Sooo look below for the cake! :)
Here's the cake! My very first super hero cake and not to mention one of the first non-fondant covered cakes that I've made in a very very very long time! Haha
The fondant super heroes, featuring the birthday girl, Alicia in the top middle picture! (I know it wasn't asked but I thought it'd be cute to top the cake with the birthday girl)

The cake probably looks somewhat big-ish but in real life it was pretty minuscule looking so I wasn't quite sure that it would feed the 15 people that Doris had said would be needed to feed. The cake itself looked like it could either feed the exact amount or a few servings less so to be on the safe side, I included about 17 cake pops varying of these red and yellow sprinkled cake pops along with the blue sprinkled cake pops below. 


On another note... Valentine's Day is coming up and what better way to show your love to your special someone then with cupcakes?! & as a special for Valentine's Day, you can surprise your loved one with a heart filled cupcake! :)

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Ooh Ooh Baby

So I'm not really sure if this is supposed to be on the down low or whatnot but let's just say that I got asked to make baby shower cupcakes for one of my favorite teachers in high school! I've known about the pregnancy since I want to say Halloween (..?), but it wasn't until today that I'd be making the actual cupcakes for the shower. Ah, I'm so excited for her! I forgot to take pictures of what I gave her, but I made her a grey cardigan and blue with a hint of white sweater for her baby. Hopefully, she'll send pictures when/if he wears it! :D Any who, I was told to make jungle themed cupcakes, so here's my take on them! 







This was used as inspiration to make some of the toppers

On a more depressing note (sorry..), earlier this week, my friend asked me to make cupcakes for her and her friends back in college. Let's just say they didn't have the most pleasant trip ever... :| Also, sorry for the terrible quality pictures.. I was in a rush..




Friday, January 11, 2013

It's About Time!

I apologize in advance for this super brief post... but many of you have asked me if I had business cards, and I can now officially say that I do!!
My business cards!! Yayayayaya! I'm so excited!

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Rise & Shine!


Monkey bread that was freshly baked right before I made this post :)
It's a new year! Goodbye 2012, hello 2013!

Soo.. I haven’t made a post since last year! Oopsies! :P Anywho, long story short, I’ve baked, decorated and knitted a bit since I’ve last posted. Also, in honor of it being a new year, I have made a goal for myself this year that I will talk more about in this post! So keep readin’! ;)


Remember the cupcakes I posted about last time? Let’s just say I made those again a few more times, however, I did not get a chance to take pictures of them. But as a reminder of what they looked like, here’s the picture!

 
Every year, my friends and I have a tradition of having a Christmas party where we have some sort of a potluck and gift exchange. This tradition has only lasted for three years, but somehow my friend, Annalisa and I have gotten each other for Secret Santa EVERY YEAR! How does this happen? I literally have no idea! Any who, I decided to give her one of the sweaters that I make along with some Joe-Joes (basically Trader Joe’s version of Oreos) and some gouda cheese (if you’ve seen the movie, She’s the Man, you’ll understand ;) )!  
Me and Annalisa with our matching sweaters!
My friends, Nicole, Tiffany, and Anisha wearing "Karess Kreations" headbands that were given to them from their Secret Santas. 
This Christmas meant a lot to me. Why? I know it’s probably terrible of me to say, but I’m sad to say that this is most likely the last Christmas that I will be able to spend with my dog, Oreo.  I know she’s just a dog and dogs will come and go, but she’s literally been by my side since I could remember (16 years to be exact!). So to make this year’s Christmas a little more special, I thought it’d be neat if we both could have matching sweaters! I also, made sure everyone in my family took a picture with her, cause you never know what'll happen (although, my sister is missing because she was in Big Bear with her boyfriend and his family)! But to be honest, I actually didn’t even start to knit her sweater until the night before because I was so busy making my friend’s headbands for both them and whomever they were giving them to.



Isn't she adorable?! Apparently, it's normal for dogs (according to my friends) to sleep under the tree, however, this is the first year she's ever done so. 


For NYE, my friend, Janny, had a little get together with just a few of us and I brought cupcakes! I never realized how hard making NYE themed cupcakes would be! Maybe a goal of mine will be to be more creative for next years NYE cupcakes..? We’ll see!



And about that goal I was talking about earlier...not really sure why but, my friend Nicole, decided to give me a calendar full of cupcakes so, I’ve decided that for each month, I’ll make at least one cupcake of whatever cupcake has been set for each month! (I did not take these pictures, I took them off from Amazon.com)