God Bless Olivia !

Laura and I have known each other since freshman year of college. She was one of my first customers when I first began Babycakes and reserved me to bake for such a special event, Olivia's Fist Holy Communion. Olivia was totally involved with the details of the designs, the colors and even what kind of swirl she wanted on the cupcake tops. It was refreshing to try out new designs! I think I love the dove best! God Bless Olivia and the whole Tucillo family!

Tristen's First Holy Communion!

Priscilla contacted me to have cupcake favors for Tristen's Communion party at their home. I was happy to bake and decorate them for his special day! God Bless the Kennedy family!

Peep and the Big Wide World!I

It's Danny's Birthday! This is the third year that I am baking for this adorable little boy and every year his Mom, Dina, request his favorite PBS animated show. This year, "Peep & the Big Wide World" was the lucky winner. The names of the characters are so cute too...There's Chirp, Newton, Quack and of course, Peep! The show is narrated by Joan Cusack and it's a great show that teaches science and the common principles about friendship. I hope these chocolate cupcakes help make Danny's birthday celebration with his classmates even more special. I also made Dina her very own cupcake because it kills me when a repeat customer such as herself will admit they never even get to eat a cupcake for themselves. I was able to squeeze an extra one out of the batch for her! Dina is a hardworking single Mom who's always thinking of ways to show her little boy her love and attention to detail to his birthday and everyday of the year!

Tara's Baby Shower!

These cupcake favors were all boxed and ready to go to Tara's Baby Shower. The one with the bib that reads "It's a Boy!" is red velvet cupcake topped with cream cheese frosting. The cute teddy bear is chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting tinted baby blue and the baby carriage is vanilla chocolate chip cupcake with chocolate frosting. The customer, Barbara, ordered the cutest labels for the boxes!! I was excited when I saw them thinking how lucky my boxes are! I baked two dozen of each flavor and worked on the designs all week long keeping with the brown and blue color theme. It was great to have a baby shower order in the midst of so many communion orders this time of year. Baby Vincent is already being showered with so much love....hope Tara and her family enjoyed these treats today!

Thank you Tracy!

I've only known Tracy a couple of months but in this short time, I have observed that she is one of those people I like to describe as a "giver." She is always extending herself and her time. Tracy has two young kids yet manages to do so much for others and with a smile too! Recently, I made a plea for help in getting a book that's been in high demand and on reserve at every bookstore around. You may have heard of it...."50 Shades of Grey" by EL James....well I knew Tracy had read it and she very kindly offered me the first copy (it's a trilogy) and I was so excited by her gesture, I had to bake these cupcakes to show her how much I appreciated it! I will be happily reading for the next few days and I hope she and her family feel happy eating these yummy chocolatey goodness all because their Mommy is so darn sweet!

Peter's Holy Communion

This is my first Communion order of 2012. Annmarie contacted me far in advance for her son Peter's, First Holy Communion. Peter's guests will all be able to take home a cupcake favor and enjoy it after the party has ended. I love how dressed up my favor boxes look with the personalized labels and colored sheer ribbon! God Bless you Peter, I hope you'll always remember this very special day.

Sixteen Sweetness!

My friend Lori and her husband bought a Bounce House business, JUMP (Ronkonkoma, NY) not too long ago. Lori puts 100% of herself in everything she does and I have no doubt that this new venture will be a great success. One of the employees at the business, Jennie, is turning 16 and Lori and her husband & the staff are surprising her with a festive celebration at work! She's asked me to make hot pink/zebra print cupcakes with the typical staples of the sweet teen's world. I got inspiration from "patacake-parties" and "Oh Sugar!" both online. Lori even made a cupcake tower in the theme color and print....hoping to get a picture to post! I love when people like Lori take so much time and thought to make someone feel special and appreciated. I bet Jennie feels the love with these Babycakes. JUMP sounds like a great place to work at and share a birthday!!