in celebration

Celebration of a child's birthday is one of the most special days of the year.
A few days ago someone asked if I could write a tutorial on the subject...
And I am up for the task, but for now we are prepping for the storm and so I'll leave you with these images, and look forward to posting a little how to on Waldorf Birthday Celebrations...

birthday round-up...the cake!

i had a wonderful time making em's cake...it was martha's maypole cake recipe with seven minute frosting...and i must say i was nervous. esp. about those stiff peaks...frosting took longer than 7 minutes but i had reassurance from my sweet sister in law and an emergency call to dear e for confidence sake!
AND nik imported the rock candy all the way from our sweet belfast, didn't know it was so scarce, did you?!!!
thanks girls...
if i had it to do again i would have put more frosting in between the layers, but i saved some aside to top the gumdrop cupcakes...yum!