Father's Day Cake

The minute I saw this cake, I knew I had to make it for Father's Day. At the time I thought that with two fondant classes completed I would be ready to tackle something of that magnitude. I was wrong. Welcome to "bubbly-bumpy fondant city"!



In our first two clases we have only worked with fondant to make bows and flowers. I learned this morning that covering a cake with fondant is not as easy as it seems. Furthermore, I decided to make my own fondant and while it tasted fantastic, it was definitely a tad harder to work with than the store bought variety. But let me focus on the positives.



My 2 year old thoroughly enjoyed rolling out the fondant and my four year old had a blast making and placing the polka dots. Papa was very surprised and LOVED it! I used Devil's food cake, butter cream frosting and homemade marshmallow fondant. It might have not looked perfect, but it tasted GREAT!



Thanks for your visit! I hope all the Dad's out there had a fantastic day.

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Boo-Boo Bags

My son is currently obsessed with band aids. Every bump, fall and scrape is worthy of a band aid, even if the boo-boo is invisible to the naked eye. He also loves ice packs and the minute he falls he'll scream out for one. I have seen many different styles of Boo-Boo bags in blogland and finally decided to make some.

I used leftover fleece because it's soft and cuddly. I filled each bag with rice and tested that they work well right out of the freezer (stored in a zip lock bag) and after a quick 30-sec trip to the microwave.



Each kid got a pair of them, one for the freezer and the other for the microwave.



Ironically enough, my daughter had a belly ache tonight and was able to test the warm one. She said it felt really good on her tummy. Success!



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A Personal Touch

This past weekend we celebrated a good friend's birthday at a local restaurant. Although presents weren't expected, I wanted to bring her something. Earlier in the week I found this insulated bag and thought it needed an extra touch...



... so I added one of the key chains I made for Mother's Day. I love the color it added and think my friend will really enjoy using this bag.

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More Pillowcase Dresses

Remember these pillowcase dresses? I can't stop making them! The fact that they are for a good cause is only increasing my motivation.



I made this last batch from a vintage sheet my friend brought us from India when my son was born.



It was perfect because once I cut the needed length, I had enough width for the dress and the straps.



Better yet, I didn't even have to hem the bottom because it was already done.



I'm going to make a couple more and ship them off so that I can get started on some boy shorts. Please let me know if you'd like to help out by making some shorts for boys. So far I have only heard back from Mandi @ Common Threads.