My latest creations!

Finally, I have a few mins to myself and can blog away!! It’s been a busy couple of weeks, what with birthdays and parties, school activities for the kids, night class for me & cakes for other people!!

An old school friend asked for 20 cupcakes for her little one’s 1st birthday & another friend asked for a christening cake & a cake for her wedding vow renewal (taking place in the service with the Christening! How lovely!).  And yes, they were all for the same weekend!!

Lilac & White Dragonfly & Flower 1st Birthday Cupcakes

I had seen a Dragonfly cupcake in Mich Turner’s Cake Masterclass book (highly recommend the book!), and wanted to try to recreate it. I was pleased with the result, although will make the wings thinner next time!

 

 Then came the Christening cake for sweet Zoe. The colour theme throughout the day was pink & burgundy, so I made the cross with pink & burgundy blossoms.

Christening cake with cross design from pink & burgundy blossoms

 

 

Then to sit alongside this, there was the cake for the lovely couple who were renewing their wedding vows after 10 yrs of marriage….

 

"Vintage Rose" blooms with scattered pearls on cake surface

 

So, now the kids are on half term holiday & it’s raining!!! We had an exciting day yesterday as we bought a NEW car!!! BRAND NEW!!! Unfortunately it won’t be delivered until mid/late June, so for now we wait!! Today I am going to make the birthday cake for a certain, scrumptious, delicious, soon to be 5 yr old!! My little Finn, is 5 this week & we’re going all out on a Super Mario Theme!! More on that to follow in another post!

We were also lucky enough to get hold of an iPad 2 a couple of weeks ago. Archie is so visual and really needs that visual cue to help his communication. We’ve hear good things about iPad aiding communication in Autistic Kids, so we’re keen to give it a go. It is safe to say both the boys LOVE playing on it. I am amazed how quickly Archie has picked it up and he does lots of puzzles and games on it. So now he is engaged with it, we’re going to load all his PECS stuff on and see how much we can encourage him. He is now copying some animal noises which is FAB!!