Batman Lollipops!

I made 35 of these Batman Lollipops for a friend's son's 5th birthday. Happy Birthday Kendrik!

A cake-filled weekend

This past weekend kept me busy with several cakes... (again, apologies for poor picture quality)

First was Friday: A friend from church took and passed her citizenship test last fall and the swearing in ceremony was Friday morning. Her family followed that with an "American Desserts" party that night. This was my contribution:
(idea from the "Hello, Cupcake" book)
As a "gift", I also made her the following candies:

Then on Saturday, a friend from theater had a birthday party thrown for her by her husband and son. She requested Cherry Chip cake - so I baked it, made some buttercream frosting tinted pink by Maraschino cherry juice (which also added a little more cherry flavor), and decorated as you see here:

And finally, today (Sunday) was Maryn's birthday. Last year's cake was one of my first blog entries (the butterfly cake). She asked again to be surprised, but wanted chocolate, so this was her cake:

This was a double-chocolate cake with chocolate and cherry chips baked in. Upon placing the cake on the cake board, I then covered the top in chocolate chips and allowed them to melt. That was spread across the top and sides of the cake and allowed to cool and set to give the cake a crunchy "crust" (notice the dark brown band around the star). I was able to use up the rest of the frosting from Janet's cake, and topped off the decoration with some maraschino cherries.

Valentine's and Baptism candies

These were made for friends and Mike's co-workers for Valentine's Day. They are chocolate (or vanilla)-covered Oreos with heart designs. Each individually packaged, with hand-made bag toppers.

For the weekend following Valentine's Day, a friend was helping her friend with plans for a baptism for the friend's daughter (did that make sense?). She asked if I could make some lollipops to use as centerpieces. These are what I made:

50 crosses (25 of each) and 50 baby carriages with hearts on the wheels and a cross on the bassinet

This is what 50 baby carriage lollipops look like...

Christmas Boutique

A friend of mine from Picacho Hills Country Club (golf) held a Christmas boutique (yes, this is a very much delayed post) back in December. She sells designer handbags and jewelry, and invited me to bring some of my creations to sell. I set out a table with the following Christmas cards:

The 3 above are Christmas-specific. The one below says "Happy Holidays".

You can also see in this picture a small Christmas tree lollipop to the left that was also available for sale.

I also created small "nugget boxes" to hold Hershey's Nugget chocolates in. The ones pictured held 6 per box. I also had some that held 3 chocolates. I received quite a few orders for these after they sold out!

... and then there was this "Thank-You" card... (as well as many others)

Rose candies

These were lollipops I made for a sweet-16 party.

I believe there were 30 of each kind of rose (check out the trays, below). Each candy was individually made and packaged (including the tying of the ribbon to showcase the event).

The photos were taken by the birthday girl's mother.

I forgot to take pictures before delivering them.