Peacock themed cupcakes

This was a last minute order placed for cupcakes in a peacock theme. I had to play around with the fondant and I ended up not being able to do what I really wanted to do, I didn't have enough time, so I winged it and made peacock feathers.


Half the cupcakes are vanilla and half were chocolate.

Car Seat Crochet Blanket

I see people with these blankets all the time and they look super cute but they tend to be very costly so I decided to make my own with a crochet pattern. This pattern which is similar to the one I used but I got mine from Crochet World magazine.




It was super easy to make and only took about 4 hours total time!

Mickey Mouse Cupcakes

I love being able to help those who would normally not be able to have cake for their children. These cupcakes were made for a single mom who is just starting out on her own with her children.

They were a very last minute order, but I always try to come through. 1/2 chocolate 1/2 vanilla.

Tobogganing Sarnia 2014

With our main park with all the hills blocked off because of asbestos found in the soil I wasn't sure how I was going to take the kids out tobogganing this winter.

Last year they blocked off one of our main parks where they hold 90% of city events. The park used to be used for an old dump many many years ago back when asbestos use was common, way before they knew the health risks.

Now its completely unusable until they can figure out what to do with it. I am hoping that they come with a way to clean out the park so we can all enjoy it again.

Anyway we found one I had never been to before and its a HUGE hill, there is only one so it can get crowded but its better than nothing. Its located in the NCO area. The kids had a blast, I stayed at the bottom of the hill there is no way I could go up and down it a million times like them. We stay for about an hour each time and then go get hot chocolate and cookie from Tim Hortons. The kids would stay all day if it was up to them.

They happened to find an ice spot on the hill that makes them go SUPER FAST!!!

Super Hero/bowling cake

Now this cake was a challenge, the client wanted a Super Hero mixed with bowling and it was for twins.

I came up with this idea, the bowling lane is air brushed and the figures are toys. The bowling balls and pins are made out of fondant which is fully edible.

I added small edible images on the sides of the cakes in the theme of each super hero.

The family loved it!!!

Crochet Coffee Cup Cozy

I have a friend who used to crochet all the time, she now can't between her two busy twin boys and the carpel tunnel its just not possible, she asked me to make her cozies in exchange for yarn :) of course I will do anything for a friend. These are super simple and they only take me about 15 mins each. They can be made in any colour I just used what I had on hand at the time!


I got the pattern from a crochet magazine called "Crochet World", this pattern is close to what I used and it is a free pattern.

They turned out awesome and they fit on a Tim Hortons cup.

Mario Cake

Who isn't a fan of the Mario brothers, when I was very young I remember when my mom brought home the regular Nintendo, it was the first of its kind, we had an Atari, but this was really exciting. The game came with two games on it, duck hunt and Mario. I still remember the dogs laugh from Duck Hunt it was awesome. We were not allowed to play it often but when we did we had these awesome green fuzzy square chairs to sit in. I used to tell my sister to jump down the holes because she would gain lives, I just wanted it to be my turn faster :).

My mom used to spend nights playing it with her good friend Marnie, they would even lay in green chairs to play, well not like the controller were long enough to reach the couch.

We had a "Tube TV" the one you had to put on channel three in order to get the game system to work :) same thing to make the VCR work too.


I had fun making this cake and all the little figures and such. I tired to find toy action figures for the top of the cake with no luck so I had to make fondant ones. They still turned out pretty well, I like to use toys for the little kids cakes as it gives them something to hold on to and kids tend to enjoy it more than the edible figures but its not always possible.

I made one mistake with this cake and that was I forgot to put the question marks on the yellow blocks.

OSPCA Cupcake Day 2013

The Sarnia Humane Society took part in the OSPCA National Cupcake Day this year!! It was an amazing turn out!

I was honored to be able to support them by donating a bunch of decorated cupcakes. I love being able to support where ever I can when it comes to animal rescue!

More and more people are becoming aware that adoption is the best option but at the same time there are still too many animals being dumped at shelters across the world.

I am not sure how many donations they were able to raise with this fundraiser but every little bit helps out and hopefully next year will be an even more popular success.

What's the fox say cake

I LOVE making fondant animals and such it is so much fun, I was asked by a client to make a cake for her daughter in the theme of "What's the fox say" at the time I had no idea what it was, I originally thought it was a kids TV show, after consulting "Dr.google" I come to find out What's the fox say is a song, a really, really, really annoying song. From what I understand it is a big hit with the kids personally I could do without ever listening to it again. I guess at the little girls school they play it during exercise time.


Each side of the cake has words from the song, the figures on top of the cake are animals from the song!

Joe the cat

Joe the cat, who is the poster boy for Sarnia animal abuse, and not by his own choice.

Joe the cat was found on the side of the road by a kind man to stopped to move what he thought was a dead cat off to the side of the road, as he was moving the cat it licked him, he was covered in blood and barely moving. The man rushed him to the Sarnia Humane Society who got him emergency vet care and the OSPCA was contacted. Joe was shot 17 times in the head with a pellet type gun. They were not sure if Joe would make it through the night, but he fought to live. After all this sweet boy had been through he still showed affections to all the humans he came into contact with.

A full investigation was launched, funds came in to help with Joes vetting care. The out cry from the community for justice for poor Joe who was forced to endure such cruel abuse. Many of us knew there at to be least two people involved as there is no way a cat would hold still to be shot over and over again.

After a short time (which felt like forever) a young adult was arrested, what felt like a great time later a second young adult was arrested. The police released the name of the first man arrested and then had to remove him name and a publication ban was put on the case as death threats and such towards the first young adult arrested. The public was angry that the second name was never released and all court information had a publication ban, but at the same time I understand so many people wanted to take justice into their own hands but by doing that we are making ourselves no better than the abusers themselves.

The court case is still on going and at every court date there are protesting demanding the full weight of the law be brought down on these two people.

There has been a lot of speculation on why they did this, there have been people say well its just a cat, etc, etc. Some one actually said "he shouldn't be charged with torturing an animal because his intent was to kill it, its just a cat"

Apparently Joe was a stray cat that the young adult boys found and then short with a pellet gun.

I hope in the end that they will be charged and given the max jail time in our province, which isn't nearly strict enough but until we can make the government see that we need stronger laws and penalties for people who abuse animals they will continue to get a slap on wrist.

Joe has since made a full recovery other than having to lose an eye, he had 100's of adoption applications come in for him and he has since found a wonderful home.

Article on Joe the Cat

Under the sea themed cake and cupcakes

This was a fun one to make. All the cupcakes have fondant under the sea themed figures. The top of the cake has a big orca on it fully edible of course

Low income Spay/neuter program

We have an amazing new program for low income families in Sarnia, I went to the first fundraiser for the program. It was a spayghetti and no balls dinner is was a good event raised a bit of money for the program but no where near what they need to help the many families in need of the program. The program has been started and is run by the Sarnia Humane Society

There are about 1000 applicants for the program, how it works is you have to prove that you are low income and if approved you pay about $20.00 per pet and they get the much needed spay/neuter they need.

The amount of applicants streaming in was far more than they had planned for, I think, as now there is a waiting list until more funds become available.

I am hoping with more funds this program will be a great success and lessen the amount of animals "accidentally" getting pregnant, which in turn will decrease the amount of unwanted animals in our area. Until they get more funds though it seems like it is going to be a slow process.

In September, I am planning to host a vendor event with the funds from the vendors table fees, raffle table and $1.00 admittance fee all going to the the low income spay/neuter program. At this point I am sure any amount of help would be greatly appreciated. My hope is I can make the vendor event a yearly event, I would also like to do one for our local TNR program through Cat Chance whose funds and volunteers are also limited.

Puppy Cake

I am proud to say I get to do the cakes for the Sarnia Humane Society Birthday Parties. These Parties bring awareness for children to animals in shelters. It also helps raise money for shelter needs.

Many children to the most selfless thing and ask for food, treats and supplies for the shelter instead of presents. I love parents that teach their children young!!!

1st Pregnancy photo shoot!!

I have always wanted to do a professional photo shoot in pregnancy. I happen to have a friend who just got into photography, she had never done a gender reveal shoot before so I figured it would be a prefect opportunity for the both of us!!!

We had so much fun with sooo many laughs. She lives in Chatham Ontario and I decided to go to her place for the shoot to make it easier on her.

The photos turned out amazing even before she did the edits. I plan on doing another one in July!


She said I had a natural smile and was fun to photograph but I am sure she was just being nice.


This is her facebook page!

AA Book cake

I love doing these cakes.

To me doing an AA cake represents how far a personal has come in personal growth, the life they left behind when they choose to get sober still has scares on them and the others they effected, but each birthday shows the healing that is slowly taking place for them.



This cake is 1/2 chocolate and 1/2 vanilla, I airbrushed the colour :)

Owen Update May 2014

I am about a million years behind in my blogging so I am going to start catching with a fan favourite and that is an Owen update!!!!!

Owen is doing amazing, according to his teacher, if you remember he is in Kindergarten not JK, as his testing last summer showed his skills are greatly above average, well his teacher says he is a pleasure to have in class, his listening skills could be a bit better but that's a man thing right? His social skills are that of a grade 2 student. He loves school and is a huge sport nut.

They had an amazing winter, he took skiing lessons and loved the black diamond run that he went down with his instructor, multiple times, what a dare devil of a kid. They went on a Disney cruise which he loved!!! He even picked up a couple of older girls at the pool.

His swimming is going great!! He can swim 6 lengths of a 25ft pool, I couldn't even do one :), he is a water bug to say the least.

This summer is going to a be busy summer for him, he is going to put swimming on hold until the fall, he is signed up for soccer, four summer camps, two that are science and two that are sports. He is a complete sports nut.

The hardest thing I had to do was tell his adoptive parents I was pregnant! They are very happy for me for but the guilt is still there.

Owen decided when they went to the cottage for the first time of the season to do clean up that he needed to do his first ever polar dip lol. Crazy kid!!!!

I am very blessed to have chosen such an amazing adoptive family.