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prettysweet kicks
These kicks cakes are interesting ones to do. I used to be into basketballball when I was in high school, but was quickly distracted by cake and pastry (my first pastry job was while I was still in high school) and so never paid much attention to basketball shoes (though I did have my entire dream kitchen planned - the first draft). When I was asked to do my first shoe cake (the purple pigeons/dunks) I thought it'd be a breeze. Once I took a better look at the shoe's details, I realized they are quite a bit of work, but I was up for the challenge!While all of these are fun to do, I'd have to say my favourite was the cake for Karla (hit the link, you will be nothing less than amazed by the things this girl is doing and has done at just SEVENTEEN!!). We went over and over about her interests, and finally came up with putting a basketball under the shoe (she plays ball) and her website hustlegrl.com as well as DAY26's logo on the base of the cake (she had her birthday at CiRCA, where Day26 performed. The colour choice was a no brainer, as purple is her favourite. The best part of this cake is that not only was the cake a custom creation, the actual shoe itself was also custom made especially for the hustlegrl herself! She blogged about her birthday cake also here.
wedding season 2008... whew!!
Summer 08 was a bit of a marathon for me. It was my first prettysweet summer. I absolutely love all things wedding (you'd be surprised how much random wedding knowledge one can acquire from making wedding cakes over the years) and last year quite a few people I know got married so I ended up doing their cakes. Doing friends' cakes are a lot of fun because I end up getting to play a bit. Included in these pics is Faith & Rainer's cake. They wanted something really simple and clean, so they had the dot trio with orchids. Kel & Eric had the purple cake. Kelly is and always has been a fan of purple, so it was pretty fitting that her wedding cake was as well. Lena had come in from out of town, so we did a bit of planning over email, and when she got to town we spent some time together picking out things she liked and didn't. I pretty much got to do what I wanted, she just really wanted a monogram. Shannon wanted a monogram as well, but she wanted it at the bottom and a bit more visible. Polly's cake is one of my favourites. She actually gave me a picture of the lace on her wedding gown and I brush embroidered the pattern onto the cake. :D
