A recent
Sunday found the family and I at the in-laws celebrating 3 occasions at
once—the co-birthday party of nephew Andrew and niece Grace (that Sunday being
about the midpoint between their birthdays) and the 45th wedding
anniversary of Jeff’s Ps, Bobbi and Wayne.
Andrew picked blue, Grace picked teal, and I made airbrushed lizards and
butterflies for the kids. For the happy
couple, I made blossoms in their wedding colors, peach and white. I added a few in coral for fun, and some
yellow sugar “pollen” for sparkle. Happy
birthday/birthday/anniversary to you, may there be many more years!
The lizard
to the right has a smooshy tail, because it was humid. Commercial kitchens, which I intend to
utilize more, are more climate controlled than my home, where I bake for my
family. I will be more into the business
of selling cookies for real—licensed, insured, business-carded, advertised,
vending to your local businesses, teaching(?), and stocking your parties with
awesome treats—in the coming weeks. So
tell your friends! (striking a superhero stance)
These hearts
were to welcome a baby girl. I have no
other details, but “welcome!” to the little one. The little-kid-like scribble flowers were a
similar technique to the purple flowers on…
…these cakes,
for a bridal shower in Milwaukee.
Cousin-in-law Kati ordered them, and took delivery of them after I
elected to take care of 2 tasks at once: to get the cookies delivered to her,
and to give myself 2 hours off. I
accomplished this by driving to Milwaukee.
I love and miss driving—all I do in the suburbs is short trips to the
same places. Driving on 94 through that
rolling, half-green (it was march), nowhere of space between Chicagoland and
when you start seeing outlet malls after the WI border, is like driving across
the steppes of Russia, dotted with business parks and RV dealerships and the
like. I imagined that I wasn’t headed
for a Starbucks at a busy intersection, but a hut in Ulaanbaatar. But Starbucks it was, and we all had
somewhere to be, so we agreed to get a real family gathering going at some
point. And then I was on my way east
across Russia again.
Finally,
here are some bits o’beach I did for my kiddo’s school’s Daddy-Daughter dance,
the theme of which was “under the sea.”
Fondant shells and pearl dragees, and 3 kinds of sand colored sugar made
little seaside circles sparkle.
Thanks for stopping by; coming soon,
Shakespeare…
