TIFFANY BLUE FLARE

These Adorable cupcakes were created for My Best Friend & Amazing Sister, Kelly Elizabeth's Tiffany & Co. blue inspired Bridal Shower this past weekend! Each of these cupcakes were of course individually Hand crafted and personally designed myself, and I could not have been more proud of their ending result! I chose to elaborate on much more modern, unique side to Bridal Shower Bliss. I had WAY too much fun working with this particular blue color and fell in love with my edible hand painted silver accents rimmed along the flowers and through out several of my other cupcake designs. As her Maid of Honor and Wedding Cake Vendor, I only hope to do everything that I possibly can to make this experience THAT much more special for her...and I think this was a great start :)

French Vanilla & Triple Chocolate Swirl Cupcakes w/ Chocolate Chips 

& Piped Sweet Vanilla Buttercream in the Center of Each Cupcake <3

MADE WITH LOVE

I had so much fun creating this cake! A friend of mine, Jill Padilla chose to order this cake In honor of her Nana's Birthday as well as her Love for Sewing. I learned that her Nana was a pretty creative person herself, so I felt that I had to do everything I could to honor a fellow crafty person :) I chose to hand create a traditional tomato push pin out of marshmallow fondant and fell in love with the different sized edible pins that I stuck all it!  I used a ton of stitch work on the cake to make it look as if it were sewn together and topped it off with a ton of funky edible buttons that MADE the cake! There isn't a sewing kit in the world that doesn't have a jar of random buttons, so I thought, perfect! Aside from the hand rolled spool of thread, the adorable metallic seam ripper and the edible hand painted measuring tape, what makes this cake so special is the blanket on top. Jill sent me a picture of one of her Nana's most prized blankets that she created by hand. So I then chose to recreate the, BY HAND, to personalize the cake that much more. I am sure that her Nana loved it and I was more than proud of this cake :)

DOUG & EMILY'S WEDDING

I call this display, FALLing in Love with Summer <3 The Bride wanted to capture the essence of Fall during her summer wedding. I did so by creating handcrafted branches out of chocolate fondant and engraved wood-like lines into the branches. I then dusted the branches in a light glitter to add some fun glitz and glam in honor of a Wedding. I complimented the branches with burnt orange maple leaves on the cupcakes and added a ton of edible pearls to enhance the elegant side of fall. The Bride absolutely loved the ending result and I was more than happy to create such a unique design for her!

Melissa!! Thank you so much for making our gorgeous wedding cake/cupcakes. Everyone was super happy with them they looked perfect. You're so talented and I was super bummed I didn't get to come out and give you the huge hug you deserve. You made that part of our wedding day perfect thank you again!!  

- Emily Trebon [July 22nd 2012]

BAPTISM BLISS

My FAVORITE part of this cake is my handcrafted Baby Teddy Bear on top of the cake! He absolutely made the cake and was the perfect addition to this baby boy's baptism. I created him from rolled fondant, enriched him with tiny stitch work & created an angel like essence about him to match their requested quote "God Blessed us with an Angel" going around the cake plate. The simplicity of this cake design alone was so sweet and Jenna [Baby Travis Michael's Aunt] loved it!

The cake was soo good everyone loved it! 

Awesome cake by Melissa from Cake Obsessions!

- Jenna Buccieri [July 22nd, 2012]

BLOOM BRIGHT, BABY GIRL

These absolutely adorable flowered cupcakes are completely edible and were so much fun to make! They were created for a Pink Baby Shower Theme where the design was completely left up to me! Nothing says sweet little girl like soft pink flowers to me, so I chose to pair a bright pink and softer light pink to create a striped ruffled flower for a little bit of spunk. I then rimmed the flowers in edible glitter and thought that they would look perfect with a larger floppy pink flower with baby buttons and edible glitter as well! The duo of these two flowers were to die for in person and Ashley loved them! Congratulations again!

Chunky Raisin & Carrot Cupcakes w/ Classic Cream Cheese

The Other 18 Cupcakes were French Vanilla w/ Whipped Raspberry Filling!

LAVENDER MEETS HER MATCH

This exhilarating and spunky cake was created for a returning cake customer of mine and high school acquaintance, Amanda Kessler for her Sister Dana's 18th Birthday! Dana's first request for this cake was to incorporate a combination of lavender and a Tiffany & Co. inspired turquoise for her color choices. I was MORE than ecstatic to experiment with these two colors! Her second and final request was "To make it look cool!" Haha and that is Exactly what I did! I added a ton of pizazz by creating 3 unique handcrafted flowers and rimming each of them in my 24 karat edible gold shimmer paint as well as metallic gold coated pearls. I also added dramatic stripes to give the cake an exciting personality and then softened it with a simple lavender design on the opposite exterior of the cake. Dana absolutely LOVED it, especially with the additional dark purple, crazy fun feather sticking up that I just HAD to add! Thank you so much again Amanda and Dana :)

For Dana <3

MEN LOVE THEIR GUNS

This abstract Gun inspired cake was created for my very own Husband, and a Big Suprise for his Birthday on July 6th, 2012! Like most men, his pride and joy lies within his growing gun collection! In honor of his latest addition, the intimidating AR-15, I chose to handcraft a Mini replica of it out of chocolate fondant and about 4 hours of detail work! I then paired the gun with some adorable little shooting ear muffs and a Red Shooting target [that he LOVED!] by dipping circle cookie cutters into red gel food coloring! It looked absolutely Adorable! I was practically jittery ALL DAY until I had the opportunity to surprise him with the cake! I love you so much baby and I am sooo happy that you loved your cake! Your favorite colors + favorite hobby= Success!

The Husband and I 

July 6th, 2012 <3

CELEBRATE & HIT THE BEACH!

This summer time inspired cake, expresses a simple design, However it came along with a complex request! While this cake was ordered for both Guys and Girls, it was also for multiple graduations and birthdays! This is when design, colors and all other aspects of edible art is completely challenged! So keeping it simple was my best bet! I chose to create a ton of gender neutral summer items and had WAY TOO MUCH fun creating the adorable little sandals, the striped beach towel, the beach ball, AND a "This way to the Beach" wooden sign and a striped bikini on the back of the cake! The Graduation hat allowed me to tie in the Graduation aspect of the cake while still staying true to a Summer time feel. The Puma family absolutely LOVED the cake upon their pick up and once again, that is what makes what I do, so rewarding!

 

Thank u soooo much again! Both cakes u did were amazing:) u r the best!

- Kaylee Puma [July 11th, 2012]

COLLEGE SURVIVAL KIT

This Crazy Fun Cake was based off of one of my Previous luggage cake designs with a whole new spin added to it! While my previous cake had also represented the departure of a girls college experience, this cake however actually highlights the graduate's personal College memories <3 Alexa-Rae, had expressed the numerous aspects that made up her college life and asked  me to incorporate those things into her cake. and Guess What....That is exactly what I did! From Studying Abroad, to The Key to Her Sorority Life, The Tea that got her through Late Nights, and the College that made it all possible, I would say that her College career was quite successful! And to Top it off, I put my own spin on a girls suit case full of fabrics, flowers and colors that brighten our days. Congratulations Again Alexa-Rae and I am sooo incredibly happy that you LOVED your Cake!

For Alexa-Rae <3

LIONS FOR LEO

This cake is happily the 2nd cake that I have created for a friend of mine, Mayte Avila for yet another one of her family events! and My favorite part was that she gave me all freedom to do as I please for the design of this cake with her chosen colors and theme. I handcrafted the Baby Lions from fondant and created a Stitch work lining along side each of them to resemble a Baby blanket look. I also softened the cake by adding some adorable baby blue fondant buttons on the exterior that I fell absolutely in love with! Mayte loved the cake as well and most importantly, I had a ton of fun creating such a Sweet Delicate design for Baby Leo <3

French Vanilla Cake w/ Oreo Cookies & Cream Filling 

 Welcome Baby Leo!!! Our little lion!!! Cake courtesy of 
Melissa Bowman!!! Loved it!!!
- Mayte Avila [June 24th, 2012]

FASHIONISTA GRADUATE

This Fashion Inspired cake was created for My Own Best Friend of 19 Years, Kelly Elizabeth Murray in honor of her recent Bachelor of Arts Degree from UCSD! I Took her School colors, Navy Blue and Gold and put my own spin on them by Making Unique Ruffled Flowers, Gold Accents and Adding Her FAVORITE Color, Tiffany Blue to spice up the cake! What I LOVE the most was the Hand Painted and Hand Crafted [literally ever piece of it!] Gold Chandelier design that I created on the left side of the cake! I took fondant and pushed it through a Play Doe Press giving me small piped strips that I draped similar to a Necklace that I was wearing at the time to create a Gorgeous Design! Kelly absolutely LOVED it and I was so ridiculously Proud of myself for designing such a fun concept in my head and then bring it to Life! I love you so much Kelly, Congratulations! I was so happy to be able to Graduate once again Together <3

For Kelly Elizabeth Murray <3

BRENNON & MONIQUE'S WEDDING

After over 6 Hours of Hand Rolling Hundreds of Pearl Balls, and 2 Days Prior of Straight Baking for this cake, I am more than happy to Say that the Most Dramatic and Beautiful part was the Easiest! Yes, Of course I am talking about the Enlarged Gorgeous Flowers made from Silk, Organza and Matte fabrics. With a little creativity of folding & fluffing, I found a way to create Huge Elegant flowers that complimented the Antique essence of this particular wedding theme. As if I hadn't already fallen in love with these flowers already, the bride provided me with some gorgeous gaudy jewelry pieces to bedazzle the center of these flowers. I could not take enough pictures and was so ridiculously proud of myself with the ending result. Thank you again Monique for choosing me for your special & extremely beautiful day <3

Taken @ Bella Garden's Estates

In Murrieta, California

QUEEN BLING BLING

This is 3rd Cake Order that I have had the opportunity to create for Crystal Alvarez, only this time it was for her Own 25th Birthday! She had Requested, Crowns, Lots of Bling and Turquise Blue, and that is exactly what I gave her! To compliment her requests, I added an Adorable Black and White Striped Floppy flower and a fun Crazy Feather to give the cake Personality and Spunk <3 I also Hand rolled Small Black strips and BY HAND, looped it all into cursive lettering to show her name. She Loved the cake and I was more than happy to create Yet another Little Masterpiece for Crystal!

 Red Velvet w/ Cream Cheese Filling <3