Sweet Shoppe Series: The Cake

Sweet Shoppe 1st Birthday Cake

My amazingly sweet and talented friend came up with this cake design for our Sweet Shoppe 1st Birthday theme for Baby Z. I gave her lots of flexibility to design the cake however she saw it in her head only telling her that I wanted bright vibrant colors and polka dots on a white fondant icing. I absolutely loved the fondant lollipops, suckers and candies that she attached to the top of the cake. They were sprinkled with a iridescent edible glitter along with all the polka dots. We kept the cake simple by having both layers be a classic vanilla with a sweet and soft fondant. We also had a matching smash cake for Baby Z to dig into on her highchair. The cake topper that reads "Zariya is One" is from an Etsy boutique called Toadally Cute.

Sweet Shoppe Series Part 2: DIY Candy Initial

Candy Button Initial

Supplies

With Baby Z's Sweet Shoppe fastly approaching (next Saturday, YIKES) I have been crafting sweet projects all weekend long. I dont think I have ever been so surrounded by sweet things that I cannot eat. An easy project that I did last evening was this candy button initial for the mantel piece. It is so inexpensive and easy to make! 

I purchased all the items from Michaels. The wooden letter was $2.99 and they come in all different sizes.  The Martha Stewart Glitter Paint was just under $3.00 and the paint brush was $0.50.  The candy button package was $2.99 and I have plenty of them left over after gluing them to a pretty large letter. 

Martha Stewart Glitter Paint

The glitter paint is very thin and glittery. It took about 4 coats to get the consistency that I was looking for. Once your coats dry it is a really lovely sparkly finish. This paint comes in so many different colors so your possibilities with this craft are endless.

Candy Buttons

These are all the leftover candy buttons I had after finishing the craft. I didn't end up using the yellow ones as I thought they might not show up properly against the yellow paint.

I also picked up this photo/plate stand to prop my finished letter on. I think this also was just under $3.00. You could use candy hearts for this project as well. You could do the first and last initial or even all three initials. Its one of those projects that looks like it was harder to make than it actually was. You could use this on your dessert/sweet or gift table or use it to decorate a mantle piece as I am. 

On to the next craft!

View Part 1 of my Sweet Shoppe Birthday Series here!

Sweet Shoppe Series Part 1: The Idea

www.thoughtfullysimple.com

Baby Z has her first birthday party coming up here soon too soon. I originally planned to have her party in June (her birthday is May 27th) but due to family schedules I found out sort of last minute that I will be needing to host this party in just a few short weeks. With working full time and not having very many creative bones in my body I happily turned to the parties of those before me for inspiration. I knew I wanted to throw a Sweet Shoppe/Shop (not sure what is up with the spelling differences here) themed birthday complete with candy decor, candy decor and more candy decor. Thanks to good ole Pinterest my visual desires were met. Here is a list of the decadent pictures I have taken my inspiration and ideas from. I am in awe at the women behind these parties and their creative minds!

www.thoughtfullysimple.com

Original source unknown; I found it on Pinterest.

www.thecakeblog.com

www.HowDoesShe.com

www.glorioustreats.com

Stay tuned for more Sweet Shoppe Series to see how the crafts, decor, DIY and other inspiration I utilize for the 1st birthday of Baby Z!

Tid Bits

No car ride is complete for Baby Z without her toy panda from Disneys Baby Einstein. I dont know if it is the black and white colors or that she simply loves her panda. And as for me, I am loving her little animal print fleece one piece complete with ears on the hood from Carters. It really hasn't been cold enough here yet for any cute winter clothes so on the one cold day we had I jumped at the chance to dress her in it.

Yesterday was my husbands birthday and I ordered this sweet confection from a local bakery. It was the best cake we had ever eaten. It was three layers of vanilla cake with a fresh raspberry filling, topped with a sweet cream layer and then covered in almond flavored green fondant. The bottom of the cake was lightly decorated with almond shavings. Pure heaven.

Here is to more cake and winter weather.