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Friday, November 21, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
The Fantastic Four
While we like to get family portraits every year, one of the main reasons that we do so is that they are the anti-school-picture (not the "anti-school" picture, but the...oh, you know what I mean!). We don't pay big bucks for mediocre photos of kids with messy hair that we have no control over selecting. We'd rather spend the money (often considerably less) for exactly what we want. Besides, now Seth's well-loved blanket is immortalized.
There is no charge for attractiveness
My favorite line from Kung Fu Panda: "There is no charge for awesomeness. Or attractiveness."
Yes, Mom, we have some prints for you.
Here's a sampling, at no cost to you, of our recently taken annual family portraits. 
Yes, Mom, we have some prints for you. Saturday, November 15, 2008
Gryffindor's Sword
(Devin showed me how to add to the blog...I guess I have no excuses anymore--so here's my contribution) We are Harry Potter fans, no question. I love the books, the movies are OK...so when I was employed to make a Godric Gryffindor Sword cake for a birthday party I was very excited! Well...I went a little overboard for what the family could afford-but who cares, it was the SWORD of Godric Gryffindor--I couldn't have it be anything less than spectacular, that just means a little extra time. The hilt of the sword only took 4 hours to make. It is carved from floral foam to get just the right shape, then covered with fondant. The rubies were mined right here at the Michael's cave. 
There is a wizard, Griffin and Unicorn carved on the hilt and of course Godric's name is carved down the blade (made from foam board covered in fondant). The shadow box is the cake, cut in box form and covered with fondant. Wow! I was very happy with the product and excited to bring it to the birthday girl. I loaded the cake into the car, told the kids to get into the car and ran back into the house to turn off lights and close the door. The next thing I know, David is running into the house saying "Seth crawled through the cake!" I'm thinking "This had better be a joke!" I can't even begin to describe the stomach clenching, heart stopping, hair pulling experience as I looked at the destroyed cake for the party that would begin in 30 minutes. There were several foot marks through the cake, the sword hilt was broken in half. I screamed and cried (I'm embarrassed to say, so loud that my neighbors came out to see which child had been hit by a car.) Thankfully, one neighbor took care of the kids while the other neighbor helped me to save the cake. We took off all of the fondant, cut off the smashed pieces cake, re-rolled fondant and covered the smaller cake, fixed the sword--and it turned out alright. It only took 2 hours to fix. Thankfully, the party didn't need the cake for another hour after it was finally delivered but they were very happy to have it. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the destroyed cake--only the before and after pictures along with a picture of the table holding the scraps of cake that had been taken off. The moral of the story is: buckle the two year old in the car BEFORE putting the cake in the car.
There is a wizard, Griffin and Unicorn carved on the hilt and of course Godric's name is carved down the blade (made from foam board covered in fondant). The shadow box is the cake, cut in box form and covered with fondant. Wow! I was very happy with the product and excited to bring it to the birthday girl. I loaded the cake into the car, told the kids to get into the car and ran back into the house to turn off lights and close the door. The next thing I know, David is running into the house saying "Seth crawled through the cake!" I'm thinking "This had better be a joke!" I can't even begin to describe the stomach clenching, heart stopping, hair pulling experience as I looked at the destroyed cake for the party that would begin in 30 minutes. There were several foot marks through the cake, the sword hilt was broken in half. I screamed and cried (I'm embarrassed to say, so loud that my neighbors came out to see which child had been hit by a car.) Thankfully, one neighbor took care of the kids while the other neighbor helped me to save the cake. We took off all of the fondant, cut off the smashed pieces cake, re-rolled fondant and covered the smaller cake, fixed the sword--and it turned out alright. It only took 2 hours to fix. Thankfully, the party didn't need the cake for another hour after it was finally delivered but they were very happy to have it. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the destroyed cake--only the before and after pictures along with a picture of the table holding the scraps of cake that had been taken off. The moral of the story is: buckle the two year old in the car BEFORE putting the cake in the car.
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