Cake charms...or a charming cake?

So this was my first experience using cake charms.  And yes, there is such a thing!  They are they little jewels that can be hung on the end of a cake wire to give a cake a kind of different and funky look.  I kind of like them!  Originally I was going to go super simple with this cake and just do pink fondant with brown ribbon and wires and cake charms.  I did that, and felt like it was missing something.  So enter the circles.  I might have gone a little crazy with the circles, but oh well..it's still cute.

This cake happened to be a farewell cake for one of Nathan's coworkers, and she loved it.  Mission accomplished! 

A Sweet Little Smash Cake

I apologize for the lapse in time between posts. It's been such a busy summer and I haven't found the time to keep up with this blog! As such, I am a few cakes behind. Hopefully I'll be able to get them on here in the next few weeks!

So this cake I did for a good friend of mine, Joanne, who has a great eye and talent for photography and has a photography business called, Taken {photography by joanne}. Check out her blog here.

Joanne emailed me one day back at the end of June with the request for a smash cake for one of her clients, and of course I jumped at the chance! She had a picture that she sent me with all these cute little circles. I stayed as true to the original picture as possible, just changing up a few things to suite the sweet little guy that had the pleasure of smashing this cake! Of course I added a "G" to reflect his name, and then we decided on different shades of blue for the circles. It was fun and simple to do. I loved how it turned out and love how these photos turned out! Joanne is one talented lady!

Smash cakes are some of the most fun cakes to make since the resulting pictures are so dramatic! I love it when babies really get into destroying the cake, and this little one didn't disappoint!