Surprise a Minecraft fan with this beautiful three-layer birthday cake decorated with buttercream petals in Minecraft colors. The kiddo had a birthday last month. He turned 8 years old! And as I think out aloud each year, where on earth does the time fly? How is it that he is on the halfway mark to…
Condensed Milk Vanilla Cake With Nutella Buttercream
Making a birthday cake is a simple but powerful way of letting someone know how much they mean to you. This vanilla cake made with condensed milk is simple but richly flavored and frosted with a light chocolate-hazelnut (Nutella) buttercream frosting. The little guy turned 7 last week. Seven!! A confident, dashing, smart and kind…
DIY Birthday Cake Tips & Tricks
Ever since I shared Boy’s birthday cake post last week, I’ve had many of my friends ask me about it. Mind you, it is not a fancy cake, but it is completely homemade and not too shabby. So today I am gonna show you how to pull off a beautiful homemade birthday cake for your…
Pokemon Birthday Cake {Yellow Layer Cake With Chocolate Buttercream}
It was the little guy’s birthday last week. His 6th, to be precise (ohh, I still haven’t gotten used to saying that!). Six years now that I’ve been a mother/personal assistant/playmate/nurse/teacher/personal chef/groomer. As he grows up, I find that I need to wear some of those caps for a little lesser time with each passing…
Boy’s Power Rangers Birthday Cake
The past couple of months have been hectic, to say the least. Boy started Kindergarten, we are trying our best to stick to a strict homework-play-sleep schedule, we celebrated our anniversary and then got to planning and celebrating our little fella turning the big f-i-v-e. Oh, how my Boy has grown over the past year!…
DIY Paper Accordion Birthday Banner
You must think I am on a DIY/crafting hiatus. I just realized that most of my posts for the month of September, are recipes. What with planning a birthday and coming up with the October Photo Styling Challenge post, crafting has taken a back seat. Not to worry, I have an easy one to share…
Simple Birthday Party Decor
So, we celebrated or rather have been celebrating Boy’s birthday the past week. Since we were having a party for his friends elsewhere, I decided to keep the decor at home simple and sweet. PHOTO WALL BACKDROP Some of you may have noticed the photo wall backdrop in my race car birthday cake post. I…
Race Car Themed Birthday Cake & Cake Stand
Boy turned 4 recently. Okay, let me stop right there and take a deep breath… Where on earth does the time go?!! Four is such a fabulous age. I call him my ‘little big’ boy now! Like any four-year old boy, he loves cars. And when I say loves, I really mean it. It is…
Boy Birthday Party Decorations
While looking through some old photos, I came across Boy’s third birthday photos. His birthday was way back in September (long before I started this blog!), but I thought I might share some of the birthday decor DIYs. I did not want a fully themed, all matchy-matchy birthday party. I just want kids’ parties to…
