Cake Anyone?!

This fun cake was for my sister-in-law's baby shower last month. A friend of mine Rebecca Tanner and I made it...she did the hard stuff. Rebecca makes novelty cakes and here is her website if you want to see what else she has done http://prettycoolcakes.com/ she has lots of other fun ideas and has gotten me hooked on a web-site called Cake Central http://www.cakecentral.com/ although I have decided to keep my cake adventures to a minimum...they taste way too good and I would eat everything I made, so, I'll stick to scrap booking, card making, sewing, and reading.

Here is the cake all finished but I took pictures of the process so you can see what we did.

The colors are a soft pink and black...simple, striking, and not to mention way cute!

It was made from Devils food cake with a raspberry filling...oh so yummy!

We started out with a huge sheet cake that was cut in half to make a two layer cake with raspberry filling in between.

Here is Rebecca putting the filling in between the layers. This was fun to make because she is expecting a little girl the beginning of September and is looking forward to pink girlie stuff too since she already has two boys.

The two layers are put together and Rebecca started carving

out the shape of the arms and tummy.

The chocolate frosting on the outside is for a crumb coat to keep the cake crumbs form getting on the fondant frosting...the pink frosting.

The fondant before Rebecca put it on the shaped cake.

Once the fondant was put on top it just needed a little trimming to fit the shape of the cake and allow for a little flowing ruffle at the bottom of the dress.

The black bow and flowers were the final touch!

The cake was so cute it made it hard to cut into but once it was sliced up it was hard to stop at one piece...I had a few myself :)

I have other projects I have been working on but they will be another post.

Until then happy trails :)

New Summer Projects

It's been a while since I posted any pictures. I have been working on a few fun projects and here are some completed ones. The dress I made for my little 3 1/2 year old and the skirt was a birthday present for a friends little girl.

Also, some good books I have read lately are "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe and "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. I recommend both books as a good summer reads.

P.S. I am thinking about changing the name of this blog to "Simply, Sarah Jane"

Reap what you SEW

Here are some fun aprons I put together a few months ago. I wanted to learn how to read a pattern so I askend my sister Ruth to help me with the first one and once I got the pattern and instructions down I made a few more and sold them at a craft fair.

New and Wonderful Adventures Await!

Hello~
Doesn't this yellow background just make you want to SMILE...it sure does!!
This is blog is a new adventure for me and I hope you are along for the ride.
I love to create and am truly the happiest when I see something in my mind and then give it shape and form through paper or fabric or whatever I find in my hands. This blog is a COLLECTION of my projects, creations, and thoughts as I learn a little bit more about my self and what my talents are and what they can be. I invite you along for the journey and hope you find some inspiration or even just a smile along the way.
~Sincerely Sarah