1. DIY Cake Magic

    Rose Cake Decorating Tutorial and Recipe

    DIY cake dec­o­rat­ing tuto­ri­als and recipes, shared on Bab­ble today.

    More inspired con­fec­tions from the lovely Nikole Her­riott of Her­riott Grace below…

    Herriott Grace

    Herriott Grace Cake

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  2. Citrus Cakes

    Citrus Cakes

    Citrus Cakes

    Her­riott Grace is a lovely shop offer­ing wooden spoons, bowls, plates, boards and rolling pins. Started by a Nikole Her­riott and her father Lance Her­riott (who live thou­sands of miles apart), all the items are hand-carved and hand-turned by Lance.

    It’s hard to catch an item in their shop before it’s sold out–act quick if you see some­thing you like!

    Pic­tured are beau­ti­ful cit­rus cakes made by Nikole.

    via bookhou at home

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  3. Cakes by Amy Stevens

    amy stevens cake

    amy stevens cake

    amy stephens confections photography

    Pho­tog­ra­pher Amy Stevens cel­e­brated her 30th birth­day by buy­ing her­self a cake dec­o­rat­ing kit, ful­fill­ing her long­time fas­ci­na­tion with the artistry and pre­ci­sion of beau­ti­fully made cakes. She dreamed of cre­at­ing the per­fect cake.

    After many failed attempts, she real­ized that cake mak­ing, like any art form, requires prac­tice and great patience. Though dis­ap­pointed, she didn’t stop bak­ing. Instead, she decided to bake cakes that were uniquely her own. The cakes are visual expe­ri­ences meant to be pho­tographed, not eaten.

    The cakes are inten­tion­ally humor­ous, posed in front of col­or­ful pat­terned fab­rics (from reprode­pot). The lay­ers are often off-center, some­times crum­bled, with icing that has been applied hur­riedly and obsessively.

    In her own words, from Eye Buy Art:

    “The Con­fec­tions Series started as a response to turn­ing 30. It was a cel­e­bra­tion of birth­days, cake, color, pat­tern and obses­sive absur­dity. My orig­i­nal intent was to bake 30 birth­day cakes for myself and pho­to­graph them. I didn’t quite make it to 30 cakes in time for my first show. I ordered a cake dec­o­rat­ing kit from MarthaStewart.com and watched the instruc­tional video that came with the pack­age. I quickly dis­cov­ered my cakes were never going to look like the ones in the video and the pam­phlet, and I was free to make them as grotesque and amaz­ing as possible–my lit­tle rebellion.”

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  4. Birthday No. 10 by Paper & Type

    10th Birthday Invitation

    10th Birthday Invitation

    A lovely birth­day invi­ta­tion designed by Paper & Type.

    Paper & Type’s main paper­girl, Vic­to­ria, writes on her web­site of being taught the nec­es­sary page­maker skills by her father when she was 11 years old. How beau­ti­ful is that, pass­ing the fam­ily trade to the next gen­er­a­tion? Espe­cially with so lit­tle in the way of real skills being taught by schools today.

    via mint

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  5. Valentine’s Day Sweets

    Martha Stewart Valentine's Day Treats

    If you’re up for a lit­tle bak­ing this Valentine’s Day, here are two recipes from Martha Stew­art that look amaz­ing: choco­late straw­berry ice cream sand­wiches and choco­late and rasp­berry heart napoleons. Yum!

    via indie icing

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  6. Wear The Cake And Eat It Too

    wedding cake dress

    Some­one put a seri­ous amount of time into that check­ered cake!

    via gather and nest

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  7. Vintage Carnival Birthday Party

    carnival party

    carnival party

    My friend Leslie had this sweet car­ni­val birth­day for her daugh­ter Matilda’s first birth­day (you can find all of the details on her site). She found a fan­tas­tic Etsy shop where she sourced all the great sup­plies. Very cool!

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  8. Hootie Cake

    owl cake

    A per­fect owl cake by side­waysglances.

    via pretty foods (lots of eye candy!)

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  9. Birthday Candle Greeters: Matchstick Men

    Handmade Matchstick Men by The Small Object

    Handmade Matchstick Men by The Small Object

    Cool birth­day can­dle greeters spot­ted on The Small Object Steno Pad.

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  10. Projects: Ice Cream Parlour Buffet

    ice cream parlour buffet

    Down­load all of the instruc­tions and free tem­plates to make this super fun ice cream par­lour buf­fet at Eat Drink Chic!

    via idiy

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