Baby Shower! (Whale Theme)...

 As much as I love the baking and decorating aspect of this job...

Another thing I adore about this job is...

Getting to be a part of people's celebration.

Even if I'm not physically there...I enjoy that I get to contribute to their celebration.

Be it birthdays, reunions, holidays, wedding, or babies!

It's a wonderful feeling knowing that I can help people celebrate!

 Sometimes I know the customer...sometimes they are a referral from a friend or family member and I only know "of" them...regardless...helping them celebrate is a blessing to me!

With this order, we are celebrating a new life!

A precious baby boy will be joining a family soon!

 As I've mentioned before, I love when I'm pretty much given free reign to create what I want.  I asked for a napkin or invitation so that I'd have something to go by...

And...

IS THIS EVER CUTE OR WHAT?!?

 What a fun theme for a baby shower!

Whales!

Sometimes we see the "same 'ol, same 'ol" on Pinterest party ideas.

But I had never seen a whale theme.

A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!

 I had so much fun designing/planning these cookies!

They are actually a "cookies on a cookie".

I had a whale cookie cutter, but I didn't like the shape...plus it didn't match the one on the napkin well.  So I got a little creative.  I grabbed one of my tools...did a little bending and crimping...and...VOILA!  He turned out just like the little whale on the napkin!

I decided just a plain whale would be a little...meh...

So I wanted to really tackle the design on the napkin.

I used an oblong plaque cutter, added the whale shape on top, then piped a border and mini whale silhouettes around the edge.

How fun is that!

 Cake pops are on the menu too!

I don't do the traditional "cake/frosting" mixture...I find it overly sweet/rich.

I simply offer a cake "truffle".

A bite-sized morsel of moist cake dipped in either white or milk chocolate.

This cake pop is a "confetti cake" dipped in white chocolate and I added some blue and green sanding sugar to match the color scheme.

 Sometimes...

When I have a smaller order, I like to do a little something extra special.

I add extra ribbon and fun little tags to the cake pops.

I don't normally do this with larger orders...as you can imagine...it's quite time consuming.

But this was a smaller order, so I had a little fun with it.

Sweet Ivy would like to say CONGRATULATIONS to the mommy-to-be!

Good luck and God bless your sweet new bundle of joy!