Sneak Peek of An Upcoming Project!!

I'm going to try to contain my excitement buuuuut, about a week and a half ago I was contacted about doing a project. I won't say too much about it [yet], but let's just say that I'm super excited about it and it's secretly been a dream of mine to be chosen for it! I'm not exactly sure when this project will be finished or come out but I will definitely keep you all posted! :)

Here's what I made for the project...

An ombre cake! I maaay have gone a bit overboard with the flowers...oops.

The inside of the ombre cake! For those of you who are curious, the cake is vanilla flavored with cream cheese frosting (probably my favorite go-to frosting to go with just about any cake flavor!).

 I also made some red velvet cupcakes which can be seen in the background of the pictures :)

* I should add that these pictures were not taken by me. They were taken by a student named Nihal Khan! If you see this Nihal, thank you so much again! 

Chelsea Lately Round Dos!

It's officially Valentine's Day where I am so happy Valentine's Day everyone! Hope you all have a great day with your valentine! If you don't have a valentine, don't fret. Just think of all of the chocolates that'll be on sale tomorrow! ;) Heh Anyways, so yesterday (2/1313), I went to yet, another Chelsea Lately taping! The last time I went, I brought Holiday/Christmas themed cupcakes to the Chelsea crew. This time I came and brought Valentine's Day themed cupcakes! Here they are! P.S. if you happen to catch Chelsea Lately tonight, look out for a girl wearing a bright red cardigan and headband! ;) Hehe

Valentine's themed cupcakes!

I'm a girl with an iPhone, it's hard for me to not use instagram to filter/"edit" pictures. [Photographers, you must hate me. I'm sorry! I've tried "editing" pictures on my computer countless amounts of times but they always seem to look very odd...]

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)

Karess Kreations Takes Chelsea Lately!

Hahhah just kidding! But sort of not really? Let me explain... so a couple of months ago, my sister got a job at a company called "On Camera Audiences" as an audience coordinator for the show, Chelsea Lately. In the past, I've been to tapings that the company is in charge of but I had never been to a taping of Chelsea Lately. A couple of days ago, my sister and I were talking and she asked if I had time to bake some holiday themed cupcakes (I also made cupcakes for them on Halloween). Since she lives in LA, it isn't as easy to transport my baked goodies to her but I thought, why don't I just go visit her and go to a taping (she's always told me that I could go to one if I wanted)?! I mean, I'm on winter break so why not! Plus, she wanted me to bake cupcakes anyways. Not gonna lie though, another factor for me to come was the fact that Reese Witherspoon was gonna be a guest on the show! Hehe. Any who, these are the cupcakes I made for them! 

Holiday/Christmas cupcakes for the workers of On Camera Audiences!

From left to right: Nicole, Tiffanie (my sister), me and Tiffany outside of the Chelsea Lately studio (sadly, pictures are not allowed in the set). Thank you to Nicole & Tiffany for coming with me! & thank you to my sister for getting us "one of Chuy's balls!" Haha! 

Coming soon..

It's been quite some time since I've last made a post. However, I've been busy creating some things that I am ready to share now! Many people know me for making desserts but just a couple of months ago, I had a post about me getting more involved with the art of knitting. Because of this somewhat new love for knitting (I first starting learning when I was about in 6th grade), I've finally decided that I'll start selling my knit wear! They aren't for sale at this very moment, but will be in a couple of days. Why make this point if they aren't even on sale yet? Well.... last week I had a friend of mine take some of his time to let me have photoshoots and tonight he sent me the first batch of pictures and I'm just too excited not to share!! So here are some things you can expect to see on sale soon! :)   

Hand Knitted Eyelet Sweater in "Lapis" 

Hand Knitted Eyelet Sweater in "Off White"

Hand Knitted Eyelet Sweater in"Quicker Clover"

Hand Knitted Lace Dress in "Off White"

Hand Knitted Lace Cowl in "White"

Hand Knitted Lace Scarf in "Camel"

And that's it (for now)! I have a few pieces that were finished after the photo shoot but these are the general garments that I'll be selling! So stay tuned for more! I've also baked a bit since my last update...

\These cupcakes were made for my cousin, Bryanna. She enjoys painting her nails and doing all those fun nail art things so I thought I'd make her cupcakes that were inspired by nail art that she's done/liked (examples below). The pandas were made because the last time I saw her she had a crystalized panda iphone case so I thought why not! Haha 

These were done by Bryanna.

These "New York Skyscraper" themed nails were done by my friend, Tiffany and my cousin saw them and fell in love with them.

June 8 - June 13

Normally I like to make a weekly post (depending on if I even have orders haha) but nevertheless, I forgot to add on two orders I got when I posted the post about Dance Dance Evolution!! Soo to catch you all up on what I've been up to.... ;)


Order #1 (June 8): Pig cupcakes for Jacqueline's mom.

Flavor: Vanilla with coconut custard filling
*the fondant is almond flavored

Order #2 (June 9): Princess cupcakes for Tori (to give to Mr. Case's daughter)

Flavor: Red velvet with cream cheese buttercream

Order #3 (June 11): A Northwood Timberwolf cake for the Distinguished Timberwolves Award Ceremony (to give to Mr. Banks)

Flavor: Vanilla with cream cheese buttercream

*This is the first cake I've made in awhile where I didn't cover it with fondant! Just a random fun fact! Haha

Last but not least...

Order #4 (June 13): Graduation cupcakes for Kennedy High's graduation

Flavor: Red velvet with cream cheese buttercream

*Another fun fact: this order was both ordered and finished on the same day! I surprisingly was able to successfully finish this order in about 3-5 hours! I'm still shocked. 

For future orders: I would not recommend anyone to order last minute! I cannot guarantee that I will be able to always finish the order you wish to have. Nevertheless, it never hurts to ask for your desired baked good! Ideally, 4 days or more is a good amount to place an order (the more in advance the better). :)

Dance Dance Evolution

This post is late, but remember how I kept trying to promote Northwood High School's, "Dance Dance Evolution" dance show? Well, you guys only got to see a sneak peak at what I was actually doing...so here are the pictures of all the cupcakes I did (for Friday night)! :)
*note: I made the same decorations for both the Thursday and Friday show, except I made more undecorated ones for Friday due to a bigger audience.

**I'd like to give a big thank you to Quincie Li who took these wonderful pictures!! It's pretty evident that I am a terrible photographer, so I'm glad that she was willing to take these pictures for me! :)

Soo many cupcakes!

My version of a "timeline" in cupcakes. It starts from the bottom left and zig-zigs to the right. The timeline starts all the way from Pangea up until 3012 (future).

"Pangea"

"Neanderthals" 

"The Golden Age of Greece"

"The Great Plague"

"Arabian Nights"

"Renaissance Spirit"

"Enlightenment"

"The Spanish Empire"

"Scientific Development"

"Moving West"

"Romantic Times"

"La Belle Epoque"

"Progressive Connections"

"Women's Rights"

"The Great Depression"

"World War III"

"Grease is the Word"

"Bob Fosse Leaves His Mark"

"80s Dance Up a Sweat" 

"Stomp the Yard"

"Natural Disaster"

"2012"

"Bare Bones"

3012

On another note, many of you probably didn't know this about me, but not only did I help raise money by selling these cupcakes, but I actually was in the show too! I've actually been involved with Northwood High School's (my high school) dance program for 4 years. So this was unfortunately, my last dance show ever! :( Dance will definitely be a class that I will miss taking in high school. I hope that I can continue to support NHS dance at their future shows!

NHS Dance Theatre Company 2011 - 2012
I'll miss you guys! :')