12.31.2010

Merci Beaucoup for the Fabulous Year!!!

This year has been an extremely exciting one as we began this journey with the creation of Lynlee's Petite Cakes!!! I cannot wait to see what 2011 has in store for us, but before the ball drops and the clock strikes midnight, I wanted to take the time to say MERCI to all our SWEET supporters! Merci to all of our devoted fans and customers! And merci to our loyal friends and family! Without you, I wouldn't be on this journey and I am so thankful you are all accompanying and supporting this endeavor!


In addition, I also wanted to say merci to all the fabulous party people who have motivated and encouraged us. I have been so fortunate to {virtually} meet so many wonderful people in the past few months that have been so incredibly kind and supportive. Please follow the links below to check out their wonderful sites, be inspired and feel the love! 


Martha Stewart's Dreamers into Doers
A "community that celebrates talented and creative women who turn their dreams into careers they love". It doesn't get more inspiring than that! The support that this site provides is immeasurable and I am so thankful that I am a part of it. I am very honored and appreciative each and every time our work is featured, such as our "Charlie Brown Christmas" cupcakes below! Merci Dreamers!


Cupcakes Take the Cake
The founding editors of this incredible blog, Rachel Kramer Bussel and Nichelle Stephens, created one of the most popular sites that revolves around cupcakes!!! Together with their contributing editors, they provide their readers with as much information about cupcakes - from baking recipes to bakeries located in the US and around the world to products with cupcakes. We were thrilled to be featured and so appreciative of the support! Merci CTTC!


Features:

This adorable cupcake site provides ideas for cupcakes for all occasions, such as birthdays, showers and weddings! From decorations to recipes to parties, inspiration is endless! We were so happy to have our "Charlie Brown Christmas" cupcakes shared with the readers of this blog who, like us, have an obsession for cupcakes in common! Merci Party Cupcake Ideas!


Speaking of inspiration, Kim of The TomKat Studio has provided her readers with the most precious and fabulous party planning and decoration ideas, along with incredibly adorable party printables found on their Etsy shop. Our "Vintage Halloween" cupcakes were shared on a {Cupcake Monday} feature in October and we were delighted! Merci Kim!


Children's Party Network
Another fabulous community created by the talented Natalie of Little Shindigs, who founded CPN and is joined by VP Kristy of The Purple Pug and other gifted party people who love to plan, throw and share parties... but geared specifically for children's events! There is a special place in my heart for shindigs geared for kiddos. In addition to making cupcakes for kids, I love every aspect of planning and throwing kids' parties and am so happy to be a member!  Merci to CPN for featuring our "Winterfest Concert" and "Milk and Cookies" cupcakes! 



Jennifer from Passion-for-Parties.com has been so extremely supportive of us and we are so very thankful! We were happy to share our "Vintage Halloween" cupcakes on her site, which focuses on helping everyone "throw the best party"... ever! There are so many creative and fabulous party ideas found on the website, as well as her blog. We were so appreciative and incredibly flattered when Jennifer also shared our "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" cupcakes with her Facebook readers! Merci Jen!



 Oh goodie designs
Joanne from oh goodie designs loves to party! From her own designs to those of her readers to trends, Joanne shares the most marvelous and stylish information for all types of events and celebrations. We were very excited to have our "Charlie Brown Christmas" cupcakes featured on her blog this month! Merci Joanne!


I just recently joined Catch My Party and am so incredibly happy that I found this website! You can tell by now that I L-O-V-E parties and this site is an amazing place to browse through a tremendous amount of parties of all themes and occasions, while also sharing your own! The remarkable Jillian of Catch My Party was so extremely kind to feature two of our parties (Cowgirl Birthday Party and French Market Poodle Party) as a "Party of the Day"!!! Merci Jillian!





Genevieve of Celebrate TODAY... the Superchick Way is a super event planner and an all-around fabulously creative chick who, as she says, is "living like a Rockstar, while being a Super Mom"! She also has amazing and unique party decor (including Kandy Kones!) found in her Etsy shop called Posh Party Pretties. But above all, Genevieve is an extremely supportive Superchick who is always first to encourage and endorse her fellow Superchicks and I consider myself lucky to have been on the receiving end when she shared our "Charlie Brown Christmas" cupcakes with her Facebook fans! Merci Genevieve!


Jessica from Party Box Design is a tremendously talented designer for party invites, decor and overall planning! She is amazingly creative and her work is super cute! She also designed our holiday cards this year! Merci Jessica!



Renee from Bearable Deals generously shares so many deals and coupons with her readers and we were very excited that she included us when sharing our "Charlie Brown Christmas""Winterfest Concert" cupcakes! Merci Renee!



At Rylie Boo Events, Serena does a tremendous job at creating personalized parties with amazing attention to detail! We can't thank her enough for sharing our "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" cupcakes with her Facebook readers and for her sweet words! Merci Serena!


The Sweet Spot Candy Bar
Carrie from The Sweet Spot Candy Bar creates exquisite candy and dessert tables and extended her sweetness in sharing our "Charlie Brown Christmas" cupcakes with her Facebook readers as well! Merci Carrie!


MERCI BEAUCOUP once again to every single one of our friends, fans and party people who have supported us in 2010. We look forward to all the sweet adventures on which 2011 will take us and are so very thankful you will experience it with us!


HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hope everyone has a magnificent and safe New Year's Eve with friends and family! I am off to ring in the New Year with my family... and Mickey!



Sweet and Happy Holidays!

Hoping everyone had a wonderfully sweet holiday season! 

My family and I had an absolutely wonderful Christmas and are happy to report that we were able to entice Santa to visit our home with the combination of a sweet child on the "nice" list, along with our offering of milk and cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer... in cupcake form, of course!


This adorable note was generously offered by Rebecca of Fresh Chick Design Studio and inspired me to make these cupcakes!

Milk and Cookies
Close-up of milk bottle and cookie plate
Happy Holidays from my family to yours!!!

12.18.2010

Winterfest Concert

Winter {the official first day} and Christmas are just around the corner and I admit that the radio in my car is set to the station that only plays Christmas carols! I love Christmas songs, as they really set the mood and help get into the spirit of the holidays, but nothing is better than listening to kids sing the classics... and I did just that at the Winter Concert at SpringStone Montessori last night! I was also extremely privileged to be asked to make cupcakes for the event - all 300+ of them! Each class had a theme {set list} for songs which they were singing and I attempted to capture each theme in the cupcake designs...

Frosty the Snowman
Feliz Navidad!
Mele Kalikimaka!
Melting snowman, surfboard, lei & palm tree...
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Santa Claus got Stuck in My Chimney
Mittens, Santa and Jingle Bells
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Elves, hot chocolate and Rudolph
Thank you so much to all at SpringStone and Ms. Jaime {fabulous music teacher} for a wonderfully special evening and for including us!!! Merry Christmas!

12.10.2010

O Christmas Tree

Christmas is fast-approaching and while we still have not completed decorating our own tree,  I worked on re-creating the famous trees from the ever-classic cartoon "A Charlie Brown Christmas"! I am partial to Charlie Brown's sparse tree with the lone ornament, but also wanted to include the big tree and characters laughing and singing (including Snoopy and Woodstock!). 

Charlie Brown Christmas Cupcakes
Chuck and his tree
Close-up of tree and Snoopy and Woodstock by his decorated doghouse


Another traditional character at Christmas time is our favorite snowman, Frosty...

Frosty and all his accessories
I love watching the classics every year! Now on to finishing our {real} tree!

12.04.2010

Go Bears!

My husband, Brad, and I met while in college at UC Berkeley and to celebrate his birthday this year, I made cupcakes to reflect his love for my competition: football.

Cal Golden Bears Cupcakes

Mascot Oski the Bear, helmets and footballs

Happy Birthday, Brad!

Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Winter is fast-approaching and long are the Vegas Summer days of 110*! Just in time for the cold, my parents' thermostat broke and they were unable to turn on their heat. Their generous neighbor swooped in to fix it and save the day! They were very thankful and gifted them with cupcakes to show their appreciation.

Thermostat Thanks

Fore!

We had another wonderful Thanksgiving with my in-laws in Santa Cruz, CA this year! In addition to our yearly trip to the coast, another tradition is to take the opportunity when the whole family is together and celebrate the Winter birthdays. Both of my "parents-in-law" love to golf and I made and transported cupcake toppers to give them as a gift. I am relieved and happy to report that not only did they survive airport security without getting frisked, they made it to California intact. ;)

Golf Cupcakes
Golf bag and accessories

You've Got a Friend in Me

The entire Toy Story series is definitely one the favorites in my family! Besides the fact that my brother until this day swears that his toys would come to life as he pretended to sleep and spied on them, the cast of characters is absolutely priceless! Here some of the most recognizable and heart-warming personalities from Toy Story.
Toy Story Cast
BFF!
Woody and Jessie
Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head and their adopted alien kids


Hot Diggity Dog!

To enter the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, you need to know the magic words...

Meeska... Mooska... Mickeeey... MOUSE!!!

Mickey and Minnie Cupcakes
Clubhouse Close-Up
Clubhouse, Toodles and Ears!

Ooh la la!

For a French Boudoir party, the birthday girl, Tiffany, utilized the most adorable decorations from both Posh Pixels Design Studio and Paper Glitter (please visit both shops for amazing printable invitations and decor for all occasions!). We made cupcakes with the black, white and pink color palette, inspired by both collections, with a Parisian girly feel... ummm... our FAVORITE!!!

Ooh la la Cupcakes
The invites welcomed guests to partake in "cupcakes and cocktails"...

Cupcake cocktails
Isn't this such a cute presentation?! The birthday girl had the idea to display them in individual martini glasses and after we coated them with pink sugar, they were tres magnifique!

We also provided coordinating bra and panty favors... sugar cookies, that is!

Merci beaucoup for coming!