Mie & Elliot's Wedding

 Photos Courtesy of Mike Danzeisen Photography

Great shot of Mie & Elliot in front of the majestic Banyan tree at the Hale Koa Hotel. 

One of my favorite things about making cakes is that I get to share them with my family and friends.  And when two of my friends decided to tie the knot, I was honored when they asked me to make their wedding cake.  Mie & Elliot were married on March 27, 2010 at the Bishop Memorial Chapel at Kamehameha Schools and their reception was held at the Hale Koa Hotel. 

This Photo Courtesy of Pinky Photography

 Shaka!
 

Our friends with the Bride & Groom! Mike the photographer said, "Ok, now pick up your girls!" =)

 Congratulations to the newly weds!

When Mie, Elliot and I met to discuss their cake, Mie said she wanted to incorporate local flowers like pink plumerias and hibiscus'.  Their wedding cake was a simple white cake adorned with handcrafted sugar flower pink hibuscus, pink plumerias and white stephanotis arranged in bunches and in a flower dome topper. 

Mie is originally from Japan and she wanted to showcase the both the local flowers and flavors for their guests from Japan.  And so, for their flavors they chose Yellow Butter Cake with Lilikoi Cream filling, Red Velvet with Cream Cheese filling and Guava Cake with Guava Cream filling.  The couple followed in tradition with saving the top tier of their wedding cake to be eaten on their 1 year anniversary.

Below is an excerpt from a review Mie & Elliot left on our WeddingWire.com vendor profile:
"Thank you, thank you, thank you Kristen. What a scrumptious and beautiful wedding cake you made for us. Kristen was great to work with and flexible with her time to meet with us. She had some wonderful ideas that expanded on what we wanted on our simple yet elegant cake. The sugar flowers she made for the cake looked very realistic...  She's definitely an up and coming cake marvel. 
Mahalo nui loa Kristen, Eliot and Mie."

Congratulations Mie & Elliot!  We wish you a lifetime of love and happiness! 

Race Cars & Cupcakes

Last weekend we put together a race car theme cupcake tree for a little guy named Cole when he turned the big #4.  Cole had lots of cupcakes to celebrate along with a fun bouncer.  Cole's cake was made up of our Yellow Butter cake with Strawberry Cream filling, Devils Food Chocolate Cupcakes with Cookies N Cream filling & (Pinky's favorite) Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing.  

 

 

I've met Cole a few times when his mom, Pinky of Pinky Photograph, and I worked on a few photo shoots together.  You're probably wondering if Pinky is a nickname but, nope, thats her real name! =)  Pinky has a fun energetic spirit and an eye for shooting great pictures. 

 

Check out Pinky Photography for wedding, lifestyle and senior portraits.  Some of her recent work can be found on her blog.

A few weeks ago Cole came with Pinky on my family photo shoot.  Cole was a great help on the shoot and even joined the three of us in a few shots.

Cole is a great kid and loves to shoot pictures like his mama!  This is such a cute picture because the camera is too big for him!  =)

Happy Birthday Cole!

For the Love of Louis Vuitton

 Close up view

Women love purses.  Actually us girls love all accessories from sparkling jewelry, to cute shoes and maybe a pair of styling sunglasses, but nothing else compares to the luxury of a Louis Vuitton purse.  Yes, there are other designer purses, but only a few fall into the same category of luxe as the Louis.  Our lucky client Sarah received this Louis Vuitton Speedy Purse cake as a birthday present from her husband. 

The Speedy Purse cake was covered in fondant and done in our Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese filling.  The sugar paste handles, zipper and buckle were all hand crafted.  This was one of our most labor intensive cakes and it took hours to hand paint each monogram and logo one at a time.  But it was worth it to hear all the great comments we got from the party goers.  Our client wasn't there to receive the cake when we delivered it but here's an excerpt from an email he sent and a picture from the party.  Sarah is one lucky girl!
Happy Birthday Sarah!

"Aloha Kristin, I just wanted to let you know that this is by far the most amazing works of art, I have ever seen! Thank you so much for taking this job last minute and being able create such an amazing, memorable piece.  Thank you very much…"

Champagne anyone?

This champagne bottle and wooden crate cake was made for my friend Huy's 27th birthday.  Huy and I have known each other for some time now when we met during my freshman year at the University of Oregon.  I'm not shy to say that during my freshman year, I was such a DORK!  Not that I still don't consider myself a dork sometimes but at least I stopped wearing my over sized Oregon sweatshirt and hair in a bun!  But since then Huy and I have remained friends and he won't let me forget my poor fashion sense during college.  

Over the last couple years Huy has become quite the wine-O and so I created this sculpted champagne bottle and wooden create cake out of Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese filling.  The box and cake board were embossed with wood grain texture and hand painted to resemble the colors of wood.  The label on the bottle was hand painted to resemble a Dom Perignon style crest and dusted with petal dust for an 'aged' feel.  The cake was finished of with white chocolate curls for the 'shavings'.  

Happy Birthday Huy!