Building A Lightbox, FINALLY!

Okay, so maybe I am doing this a little late, but better late than never right!??!? SO The light box. I couldn't stand to spend $40+ dollars on a light box to photograph my goodies in, and still not have the right size, or a place to store the darn thing! I went online, researched several how to's and finally came up with a design that would work for me! I went to our local box hardware store, bought 15ft of 1/2 PVC pip, 2 elbows, and 6 little three hole one that would give me my 90 degree corners (sorry, I don't know the technical names, I will pictures in my next blog post on how to construct it!) Walmart did not have any fabric when I went, so I decided to use just some fitted sheets I had lying around the house lol! I forgot at the time I had a set of white, so in my pictures you will see beige :P. Anyways...Came out great! Very easy to construct, and fits exactly what I need it for! I made a cube, but left the front two horizontal pieces out, that way when slipping a large cake in or out, I wont have to worry about bumping it on the pipe and ruining a beautiful cake! Here is my first trial run with the new set up. Don't laugh at my "models" they were all I had in the fridge, and weren't meant to be looked at, just eatin by my kids and husband! I think it will make a big difference when photographing my cakes, it even made a simple little cupcake look better under better light!

Sexy Cute Lingerie and Bag

Ok, this has got to be my favorite cake now! This cake almost didn't happen too! I had written the date for this cake on March 12, but really it was for February 12!! I did not find this out until about 10:00 pm Friday, February 11th...OMG PANIC!!! SO SO SOO happy with how it came out! Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream, but I tinted the BC red to go with the Valentines theme for this cake! I wish the bride to be all the best!

Strawberry Shortcake!

This 3 tier cake uses a center support rod for stability! I love this technique for larger cakes! The top and bottom tiers are vanilla cake, and the middle tier is a chocolate cake with chocolate BC filling! The whole cake is decorated with vanilla BC and decorated with fondant accents! Strawberry and her dog are fondant as well.

Arkansas Razorbacks!

I am sad to see this one go! I named this one Henry the Hog....He was a carefully sculpted hog. Vanilla cake with Vanilla buttercream, fondant accents, and RKT legs! What you can't see in the pictures, are the little lines I cut to make teeth!

Super Bowl 2011!!!

My take on the Super Bowl this year! I wanted to represent both sides, so one side is yellow for the Green Bay Packers, and the other is black for the Pittsburgh Steelers! I made the little footballs from a mixture of modeling chocolate and fondant, and piped on the stitching with royal icing. Vanilla cake with cookies and cream buttercream!

Ping pong cake! Double layer quarter sheet cake, vanilla with vanilla buttercream! I hand made the paddles and net from fondant!

Red and Zebra

Super adorable zebra cake with red accents! Cake is a 10/8 in vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream, and fondant accents. 26 cupcakes accompanied the cake!