i had to switch gears today from stamping to cakes--yum! two friends were sharing a bowling birthday party, so a ball and pins were the obvious choice. it was such a fun grouping and not too difficult. i created the ball by baking the cake in an aluminum mixing bowl; the pins, each from a 9 x 13 cake, cut in half, stacked in two layers & shaped. i wish i had been able to round out the tops more, but it was kind of a puzzle cutting the two layers and piecing them together because the width of the pin is actually more than half the width of the cake--hard to explain, too. i'm so critical of my work--always picking things apart!--but the kids (and parents) loved it!
since mignon's known these two guys pretty much since birth--one of them literally, born the day after her in the same hospital!--we were headed to the party with the cake. we spent too much time at the toy store and i almost ran out of time to make cards, but luckily lots of supplies are at my fingertips as soon as i sit at my desk and two gift cards were quickly born! hip, hip, hooray...
happy birthday!
:) lexi
p.s. for my stamping readers, newly hatched is available now on the a muse website!! i still have lots of ideas for those babies, so as soon as i can get stamping, i'll be posting...