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Posts from ‘April, 2009’

Paper Infatuation Part 1

The more I learn about making cupcakes, the more I find myself tempted to spend money! The latest thing I’ve been drooling over? Baking cups.
Confectionery House has really awesome opaque ones in tons of colors,

and Bakerella was just showing off their polka dot ones on her site.

Once the wedding is behind us, I think my [...]

Aquasteel

I found the coolest aquamarine book-binding paper and I wanted to make a hard-bound journal with it. I also wanted to include a leather bookmark and burnt copper accents. Here’s the result:

Before pasting the boards to the cover paper, I used an X-Acto knife to cut grooves in the davy board, forming ridges. I centered [...]

How to Create an Xbox Cake

I was asked to make an Xbox controller Groom’s cake for my friend Mikie’s wedding reception. Here are the steps it took to make this cake a success.

STEP ONE:
I baked two rectangular layers of milk chocolate cake, placed buttercream filling between the layers, and used a stencil I created on my computer to cut the [...]

A New Venture…

I really love making stuff. And our wedding details are no exception. I set out to find the perfect unity candle, but the ones I found all seemed either too plain or too ’stuffy’ for us. So, I decided I’d just make one! Here are the steps so you can do the same! I might [...]