Rambling #28 Diaper Cakes For M&M

My sister Melissa came down in the middle of October and one of the things she wanted to do while she was visiting was for me to help her make a diaper cake for a co-worker. Since I was also planning to make one for my friend Erik's baby we made and shopped for them together. Her cake had a pink and brown theme to it and she picked out this totally cute bunny to stick out of the top.

Here is Melissa's:



My diaper cake was for my friend Erik's new baby. I was invited to Caroline's shower (Erik's wife) and I saw this monster hooded towel at Target and it was soooo cute and it totally matched the color scheme I was going with, I had to get it! I really loved this diaper cake and I think it turned out great! And Caroline said she totally loved the cake I made for baby Madeline (due near Thanksgiving).

Here is the pink and turqouise Monster diaper cake I made for baby Madeline:



At the shower, her sister Mary-Nan also made this beautiful diaper cake. It sat on the table with all the delicious goodies they offered.
Stacie, Caroline (baby Madeline), and I
Madeline has since made it safely into the world and is so sweet and precious! (That's what happens when you procrastinate so long in doing your posts!)

Non-Adventures #34 & 35 and Rambling #23 & 24 Baby Showers and Diaper Cakes!

So towards the end of May and the beginning of June I had two baby showers come up. So we (my mom and I) decided we of course would make diaper cakes. Well I make them she helps with the funding and overall design input. Our first shower was for my cousin Matt's wife Jessica. In a previous post I showed pics of their wedding. Well now they are expecting a baby and they decided to wait to find out if they were having a boy or a girl, so gender neutral colors were decided upon. Here is the cake we came up with and gave them. We put a painted "B" for Brown.



Here is the cake they had for her
This is Jessica and her mom, I tried to lighten it up as much as I could.
Jessica and her mother-in-law Julie (my aunt)
Jessica opening her presents
My cousin Jenna and I
She received a lot of basics and we all had a good time playing some baby games. Jessica was due in August.

The other shower took place at the beginning of June and was for my good friend Chrissie whom I have known since Elementary School. She and Jason were married and talked about on the blog too. They decided they wanted to know and learned they were having a BOY! To be named Austin Hoyt Russell. Here is the cake we made for Austin. Her nursery has a Winnie-the-Pooh theme and I thought it was perfect that we found these pacifiers with Pooh and Tigger on them.



The party was at her sister-in-law Vickie's house. Here is Chrissie and her mother.
Me and Stacie
Stacie, Chrissie, and I
Chrissie and her hostesses, Margot (her sister) and Vickie (her sister-in-law)
Chrissie got some great gifts for Austin and we all were able to talk about how we knew her and give her some advice. Now all she had to do was wait for September to come!

Non-Adventure # 26 It's that special time of year again.... SPRING TREND SHOW!

That's right my friends our early morning trek to Northpark came again. This year some familiar friends went along as well as some new! On March 20th I got up bright and early (after getting in late the night before from Louisville) and met up with some special girls to see what new trends were happening in makeup and fashion. We got our totes, signed up for the raffle (Chrissie won a basket of Chanel skincare), had some breakfast nibbles, and waited for them to open up and let us sit down at the runway. When they did finally open up, Jenn and I made a beeline up there to reserve us some seats on the front row. Here we all are waiting for the show to begin. L to R: Chrissie, Me, Adorah (BSF friend), Robin, and my cousin Jennifer.

The stage for this year
Robin and Adorah totally cheesin!

I was totally sad that this years spring show fell on spring break. It meant that for the first time in years Baylee was unable to attend. She was on a spring break campaign to DC and didn't fly back till later that evening. I snapped the picture below because it was a dress that would look totally great on her, the model even had red hair like her!

I loved this purple dress
And as always my friend Meredith was there. I was lucky enough to have her do my makeup this year and we got to take our trend show picture. My friend Adorah was the cameraman and she got a little picture happy, so I picked my two favorites.

Then we (minus Jenn, she had to get home to her kids) went to lunch at Maggiano's in the mall. Our first attempt at a group picture only caught me and Adorah.
So we had the waiter take one of the table.
This was my makeup later that night I seem to always forget to take one right after I am done getting it applied. I loved it as usual! Meredith always does such an amazing job and I always leave feeling totally beautiful.
I had a long but great day with great friends. We tried a lot of stuff and laughed a lot. I cannot wait till it is time for the one in the fall!

A little more odds and ends, Allison was the only one to attempt answering the quiz questions and even though her guesses of all A's wasn't all correct (ABCAB) she still wins! So be on the lookout in the mail for your surprise gift Allison!

Last thing I promise! My sister finally had that shower for her friend! So I can officially post the diaper cake I made for her in Louisville.

The front:

Side 1:

Back:

Side 2:

I will try and post my Cali trip pictures, a some other events, and recipes soon! Sorry I am sooo behind!

Rambling #18 Diaper Cake Time Again!

I have made another diaper cake and with the number of friends that I have recently found out are pregnant I am sure I will have many more additions to this category so keep an eye out! I think I like every new one more than the last. My friend Chrissie had a friend who she wanted to give one to, so she asked me to make one for her and of course I said yes! Normally I buy the stuff, put it together, and then if they haven't paid upfront they reimburse me. But it was around the holidays when she asked and funds were low so I gave her a basic list of what I use and she bought what she wanted to include and then I put it together from what she gave me. I actually kind of liked it because it gave me a little challenge. I am so used to making them the same way all the time but she bought somethings not on the list and so I had to rework somethings. So here is the cake I made for Madison:

Side 1
The back:
Side 2:
She wanted the whole name on the cake but that can get kind of expensive so I bought just the first letter and painted it with pink polka dots.
One of the things she got that was out of my normal routine was a clothing set that contained two hats and a set of booties. So I tried to make a flower for the topper out of the items and I actually like it and think it turned out really cute. It is definitely something that I would try and do again.
See bootie, bootie, and then both hats wrapped around that:
All in all the cake consisted of diapers, baby wash, baby lotion, diaper cream, washcloths, onsies, a hooded towel, and q-tips, and the baby set of booties and hats. I think it was cute and I'm glad I was pushed to step out of the routine and work something new. And I heard through the grapevine (of Chrissie) that the mom absolutely loved it! And I did too.

Rambling #6 Diaper Cakes #2!!!

So part of what has made my spring busy is a flurry of new babies and with them requests to make diaper cakes. I am posting all of the ones that I have made recently to show you the new concepts and color schemes I came up with.

My friend Loryn asked me to make one for a fellow employee who was pregnant with twin girls to be named Avery and Emory. The colors (she thought) were purple, pink, and brown. So here is what I came up with. The cake is two sided and has both girls names on it. Here is side one (Avery's side):
And here is side two (Emory's side):
Here is what a side view of the cake looks like:
The next cake that I made was for a fellow employee named Candice. Her best friend was pregnant with a little girl and while she had settled on color choices she had not settled on a name, so this cake ended up without one. Here is her pink and green cake:
Here is the back of her cake:
My friend Kimberly was surprised at a routine doctor visit when she was informed that she was pregnant again! After having two girls and thinking she and her husband were done she was surprised to be pregnant and to be having a boy! So I made her a diaper cake around her nursery colors which were baby blue and bandana red. The cake visited two showers given for her. This is the cake for William Collin Winder:

This is the side of the cake:

This is the back of the cake:

And this is William Collin Winder. He was born with and has maintained massive amounts of hair!



This past year I participated in Bible Study Fellowship and I was truly blessed with a wonderful leader and a great group of girls! Two girls in our group became pregnant and here are the cakes that I made for them. The first one is for Katie. Our group went in on this cake together everyone bringing something for me to build our cake out of. She had a baby boy whom they have named Kevin. (Sorry I cannot seem to find the picture I took of the cake it seems to have gone missing! I will add it if I find it!)

The last cake on this post is one I did for Mashawn. She informed us that she had found out she was pregnant with a little girl. A little girl whom she was going to name Addison (she's due on July 26th! Two days before my birthday!). So on our last night of BSF we had our fellowship and then threw her a small shower! Everyone but one came and everyone brought her something (present or not!) and we even had cake made by Christy. For my gift I made her a small bath themed cake. Instead of a blanket in the center I placed a hooded towel. I also included the baby wash, baby lotion, baby powder, and for a little decoration some pacifiers. Here is what Mashawns cake for Addison looks like: