Friday, October 31, 2014

A Family Photo Session {with the Wilkes}

Hello friends! I have another photo shoot to share with you today … an adorable family with the cutest little lady ever. Mackie is one of Scarlet's tiny friends and she makes us grin from ear to ear every time we see her. You just want to hug her a million times over! I so enjoy taking the Wilke pictures and have lots of love for this precious family. You'll notice that we had to try all sorts of bribery and goofiness to get all of these kids in the shot and happy about it. Not easy, but we did it - woohoo! Well really, those awesome mamas did it and I just had to get the shot. 
We turned on some tunes when the kids got on the train tracks, hoping to get them energized for those last few shots. I love these so much too cause you can see those little bodies grooving to the music. It's just too cute. :)

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Hey Sugar! - My Favorite Cake Shop

Hello friends! I want to introduce you to a newly opened and locally owned cake shop - Hey Sugar! - owned and operated by my lovely friend Heather. Her cakes are the BEST I have ever tasted and I would call myself somewhat of a cake diva due to the amount of cake-like baked goods I consume each week. That's got to count for something right? Hey Sugar! is an absolute gem, you guys, and I wanted to share some of Heather's work with you, those cakes she's baked for me (we are huge party people and now are in heaven that we've found a cake lady to match our enthusiasm ;). 

Below is the 3 tier cake that Hey Sugar! made for Scarlet's first birthday. It was a delish vanilla and raspberry cake with an ombre ruffle in fondant along the outside as well as a beautiful ombre center. She also brought the butterflies as additional eye candy for our butterfly's first birthday. The top tier was Scarlet's smash cake. 
We also added a couple of other small cakes to the mix, simply because we were dying to taste all of Hey Sugar's yummy flavors. This one below was a chocolate and salted caramel cake and it was outstandingly rich and ahhhhh … just amazing.
And here we have a small cookie dough cake, equally good and quite possibly my favorite. This picture was taken just after I smashed it myself (just kidding). But really, so good.
For Monty's summer birthday, Hey Sugar! created this rice crispie treat cake with that fun little message on top. Monty doesn't like cake actually (I don't know where he comes from) but loves rice crispie treats. As do  I … but you knew that already. :)
And finally, here is Heather's latest creation. We recently celebrated Elliot's 5th birthday and he requested a Batman cake. Boy oh boy, did Hey Sugar! deliver. It was the coolest cake we had ever seen and not only did it have a Batman symbol but it also had a cape, lots of tiny bats with googly eyes and cartoon-like skewers shouting "Happy Birthday Elliot". This cake was an oreo flavor per Elliot's request. It had both vanilla and chocolate flavored cakes, oreo icing and oreo along the base. She can do anything and everything! 

If you're a mama who's constantly searching for someone to bake your child's party goodies (instead of another cardboard cake from Festival like last time), look no further and get in touch with Heather. Her talent has no bounds, friends, and she is well worth every extra dollar spent for something unique, special and incredibly delicious. I thought I would add some pricing info to give you an idea of what is offered and where prices start. As you can see from the pictures, cakes can be smaller single sizes (for a birthday perhaps) or can be large and tiered (for a wedding). I already have 2 more coming for 2014! Next on the list is a carrot caramel pecan cake for my mom's 60th birthday. Oh yum!

Hey Sugar! pricing guide:

Cakes start at $30 
Cake pops starts at $2 each
Frosted sugar cookies start at $2 each
Cupcakes start at $2.50
Cinnamon rolls start at $30 for a dozen 

To book Heather for your next event, send her an email to htvolkmann@att.net.

And as a side note, Hey Sugar! will have an assortment of the yummiest cupcakes in the best fall flavors (which we're busy brainstorming together) at my workshop event in November. So even if you're not into crafting or flowers, come for the cake!

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

A Photo Session {the Charnetski family}

Today I want to share with you a photo session that I recently did with a family that is near and dear to my heart, the Charnetskis. I now have the pleasure of teaching dance to 2 of these little ladies and can't wait for miss Cora to be old enough to join in too. These girls and their mama are so precious in every way. Please enjoy! :)
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