Look what Jimmy came home with! I was quite surprised!
Friday, September 21, 2007
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
woohooo!
I received this email last night:
Weddingbee is having a free giveaway everyday and on Sunday the giveaway was a $50 gift certificate to Ideal Favors, a great resource for favors, stationery, parasols, and more.
Woohoo! I wonder what I should get?
Weddingbee is having a free giveaway everyday and on Sunday the giveaway was a $50 gift certificate to Ideal Favors, a great resource for favors, stationery, parasols, and more.
Woohoo! I wonder what I should get?
Thursday, July 26, 2007
groomscake
Wasn't really thinking about doing a Groomscake for Jimmy since he doesn't particularly love cake. But I thought this cake was cool, esp for those Wii lovers.
And of course guess who makes it...Martha.
She is on the cover of Wired.
This cake looks freakin hard to make.
Bake a Wii Cake
You rock at Wii Sports, but Wii baking? That takes a little more practice -- especially if you want to make a ginormous cake like the one on our front page. Here are a few pointers for creating the perfect confectionery console. Serve with Mii sugar cookies and chocolate milk for extra points.
1. Prepare two sheet cakes, but -- critical tip -- omit the baking soda. You're building narrow and high, so you need dense, structural material. Chill overnight in the refrigerator.
2. Carve the rough shapes of the Wii, the base, and the remote, and stand the Wii piece upright. While they're still separate, frost everything with butter cream icing (heavy on the egg whites). Let dry. Chill for an hour in the freezer. Then -- second critical tip -- give the Wii another coat of buttercream for more solidity.
3. Place the base on a serving platter. Roll out fondant icing to a quarter-inch thick and drape it over the base, then trim. Fold fondant around the remote, too, and trim.
4. Make buttons out of fondant cutouts, stuck on with melted chocolate. Or use buttercream instead, piping it on with a round-tipped pastry bag.
5. Use metallic luster dust dissolved in a little orange or lemon extract to paint on your arrows and writing. Or use a little melted chocolate. Let dry for half an hour.
6. Third critical tip: Internal reinforcement is key. Insert straws (trimmed to below the frosting line) inside the base to add rebar-like strength. Put the Wii on top of the base and poke dowels or a few more straws vertically through the whole thing.
7. Do not eat! Your Wii cake is full of sticks and, absent the baking soda, will taste like old Atari cartridges.
What a waste of a cake. Can't even eat it!
On to cakes we can eat!
But with dark purple orchids.
And of course guess who makes it...Martha.
She is on the cover of Wired.
This cake looks freakin hard to make.
Bake a Wii Cake
You rock at Wii Sports, but Wii baking? That takes a little more practice -- especially if you want to make a ginormous cake like the one on our front page. Here are a few pointers for creating the perfect confectionery console. Serve with Mii sugar cookies and chocolate milk for extra points.
1. Prepare two sheet cakes, but -- critical tip -- omit the baking soda. You're building narrow and high, so you need dense, structural material. Chill overnight in the refrigerator.
2. Carve the rough shapes of the Wii, the base, and the remote, and stand the Wii piece upright. While they're still separate, frost everything with butter cream icing (heavy on the egg whites). Let dry. Chill for an hour in the freezer. Then -- second critical tip -- give the Wii another coat of buttercream for more solidity.
3. Place the base on a serving platter. Roll out fondant icing to a quarter-inch thick and drape it over the base, then trim. Fold fondant around the remote, too, and trim.
4. Make buttons out of fondant cutouts, stuck on with melted chocolate. Or use buttercream instead, piping it on with a round-tipped pastry bag.
5. Use metallic luster dust dissolved in a little orange or lemon extract to paint on your arrows and writing. Or use a little melted chocolate. Let dry for half an hour.
6. Third critical tip: Internal reinforcement is key. Insert straws (trimmed to below the frosting line) inside the base to add rebar-like strength. Put the Wii on top of the base and poke dowels or a few more straws vertically through the whole thing.
7. Do not eat! Your Wii cake is full of sticks and, absent the baking soda, will taste like old Atari cartridges.
What a waste of a cake. Can't even eat it!
On to cakes we can eat!
But with dark purple orchids.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
so cute!
I really want Toby & Kimo to walk down the aisle with Andrew. Wouldn't these be the perfect outfits for them?
Take Over!
So I've been using this blog as a mobile blog, but I think now I'm going to make it my wedding blog.
This way my bridesmaids and mother can see the stuff I think is cool that is wedding related.
COLORS
So we've been trying to figure out what our wedding colors should be. Since we are planning to have a fall wedding, Sept. - Oct. time frame, we want fall colors. No pastels or spring colors, which means no Cherry blossom theme. :(
Here is what we came up with so far:
Which do you like the most?
This way my bridesmaids and mother can see the stuff I think is cool that is wedding related.
COLORS
So we've been trying to figure out what our wedding colors should be. Since we are planning to have a fall wedding, Sept. - Oct. time frame, we want fall colors. No pastels or spring colors, which means no Cherry blossom theme. :(
Here is what we came up with so far:
fruity ice paradise |
electrikiss |
feeling free |
thecolorofanger |
Dripping cold |
wedding 1 |
wedding 2 |
Which do you like the most?
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