Happy St. Patty's day!

Dessert bar was found on google at this site: http://www.babylifestyles.com/2011/02/st-patricks-day-green-dessert-candy-buffet/. I did not create this one just was inspired when looking at St. Patty's day desserts and sweets. Hope everyone enjoys everything sweet and green on this special irish holiday=).

Hope everyone has a DLiteful St. Patty's day=)

Pinterest.com inspirations for my craft room/office and laundry area!

All photos were taken from pinterest.com for inspiration, none of them are mine or were done by me. Thank you and enjoy
I was on pinterest the passed few nights being that I suffer from not being able to sleep, seems my mind is always creating and thinking so I can never fall asleep. I have been busy organizing my supplies for baking and candy/dessert tables, in that time I have been having the addition of my new home office/craft studio under way, then since I can now remove all my business supplies that started to take over my kitchen, bedroom and garage I started to remodel my bedroom. I have been doing home design projects for clients that have inspired me to want to redo my bedroom. It is the only room we haven't ever really invested a lot of effort into I just bought a matching bedroom set, some bedding and a tv then that was my room. I added some cute asian, moroccan and indian accents I would see at Home Goods shopping and that was my room. Well I decided it was time to treat myself and what better time then when I am clearing out the mess and clutter plus I have a handy man, contractor here working on the addition. I always wanted crown molding, so we picked out a nice one and had that installled, but not before I re painted from a blue I was never in love with, we kind of picked it out last minute and after 2 wrong choices just decided to stick with this one. I painted my room silver, not gray silver. Lol, it is very bright and not depressing like gray tends to be, then did my own custom faux finish on the new accent wall behind our bed. We flipped our entire room around so now when you walk in the bed is the first thing you see and then sold our huge solid wood four post bed, that was gorgeous but way to big for our room and I finally got a custom made brown tufted headboard. I have been searching high and low dying for one of these, fell in love with them and was looking forever cause I did not have the budget to buy an expensive one, like what I dreamed of but did how ever manage to find an amazing one and it came in way under the original budget at 320 dollars. I had originally set the budget for the headboard at 500-700 but found this one and it was gorgeous and small, just what I needed and wanted. One day I will invest in a more expensive wing backed version of what I have now but for the time being I am more into saving money and getting a good deal, it looks gorgeous and looks like it cost way more. I also added these amazing metal and mirrored side tables for each side of the bed, plus a gorgeous chair I found at Marshalls. So far most of my finding have been online or at Homegoods and Marshalls. Amazing pieces for amazing prices. I will post photos very soon of the before and after on the master but waiting to find the perfect dressers before I finish decorating with the accents.

Back to my home office, it is painted green and blue with all white accents, we needed guest sleeping so invested in a murphy bed cabinet and bedframe, I got some gorgeous bedding, simple but pretty, then some amazing rugs to add lots of color and texture to the room. I purchased an accent chair in blue micro fiber still looking for the perfect accent pillow for the chair. I got one of those cool asian garden stools for the accent table, then a white glass top desk, and all white storage. Lots of drawers and cabinets, corkboard and cool craft ribbon wall organizer. Can't wait to post photos it is going to be amazing and so much more organized now for my business. Plus now I can add more to my collection cause hubby won't complain about glass jars all over our room and baking stuff coming out of every where lol. Going to post a couple photos from pinterest that inspired me for my studio and laundry area that are all together being that it use to be the back side of our 2 car garage. We still have a large garage area left over which I also am looking for ideas for organization and creative ways to store and make the most of the room available for making stuff and so hubby can store his tools.

Enjoy the photos and if you have joined pinterest.com yet check it out, I love it. Amazing and creative people on there and I love it all=)

Custom Candy/Dessert Tables, Centerpieces and Bouquets/Gift Baskets

Just some cute labels we can customize for sweet dessert and candy tables. I have so many ideas lately of cute rock candy centerpieces in pots that look like round little topiary style plants, and other cute candy bouquets and arrangements of lollipops in glasses for the candy tables and centerpieces for the party tables. I have been busy with the addition of my new home office/studio and redecorating my bedroom which is where all my supplies were stored before. Now I have a office that is almost done where I can keep all my baking supplies, candy table jars, trays and dessert stands, decor and so much more. I have so much stuff seriously that I look like I own most of the craft store baking aisles, and all of the party supplies, candy and ribbon sections. It is going to be so nice to take the under the bed plastic storage bins and the regular storage bins that I pack all my supplies in and get them into drawers, cabinets, have my cricut and cricut cake set up on a huge glass top desk with plenty of room to store it all and create it all. I have been on pinterest.com and got a lot of ideas for my new home office, master bedroom and craft room also my laundry room/closet, there are so many amazing crafts, diy creations and organization tips on there that I have been just overwhelmed with ideas, which I plan to post after this.

First Communion Cake made by Dliteful Creations

My custom made 1st Communion cake for a boy:

Here is some photos of the 1st Communion cake I custom made for a client. It came out gorgeous, she wanted something simple and elegant I think I accomplished that=). I think it came out gorgeous and most important Adrianna loved it, I hope her son and her family enjoy this gorgeous creation.

Description of cake and how it was made:

I hand made the Rosary beads using fondant for the blue and cross and gum paste for the white and then added some edible shimmer dust in white to make them stand out. I used marshmallow white fondant to cover the cake, and to make the cross in center, cut ribbons of fondant and formed a cross then used blue fondant circle with edible shimmer dust to cover where the pieces united in center. The ribbon I purchased at the local craft store was going to make a blue ribbon of fondant with a fancy print on the fondant but customer liked the look of real ribbon so got two different ones and had her pick which one she liked the best, we went with blue to match the fondant with white polka dots to go with the blue polka dot trim. The hardest part of this cake was the hand made fondant and gum paste rosary, I wanted to string the beads together so it would hang, but the beads would break apart so ended up using white chocolate to stick them together one by one then stick to top of the cake. Hand made the cross and added some small white pearl shaped sprinkles to the top of it to give it a custom look to match the cake, the blue circle on top also has the white sprinkles bordering the circle. I was contacted by a customer of mine to make a boy's first communion cake she wanted something simple but elegant so I searched google high and low for ideas and found a cake that was smaller but like this one and sent her photos along with a few other ideas, then I customized the one she picked to be perfect for her event. She needed it bigger to serve more guests and I think it looks amazing and maybe even better then the original. lol. I love creating customized creations for my customers and most rewarding is when they come to pick it up and absolutely love it.

Cake is yellow moist recipe, one of my most popular cause it is so delicious and moist, then I made three layers and filled with home made buttercream frosting, trimmed off the access and then crumb coated the entire cake. I then rolled the hand made marshmallow fondant to fit the cake and trimmed the access, then smoothed over cake, while the fondant sat to harden a little, I started cutting out the custom dots, cross and the night before I had made the beads for rosary and cross, then dusted with edible shimmer dust in white from Wilton. All in all this was a fun cake to make and couldn't be happier with the end result.

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Cupcake prices and flavors

Cupcake prices and flavors:

Flavors

Yellow

Chocolate

Dark Decadent Chocolate

Milk Chocolate

Pound Cake

White

Vanilla

Cookies and Cream

Guava

Strawberry

Red Velvet

Angel Food Cake

Blueberry

Coconut

Chocolate Stout

Cinnamon Swirl

Carrot

Frosting

Buttercream

Cream cheese

Milk Chocolate

Chocolate

Chocolate Ganache

Vanilla

Strawberry

Cookies and cream

Caramel

Coconut

Whipped

Creamy

Ganache

Hard Chocolate

Fondant

Toppings

Fondant shapes, letter or #'s

Candy

Sprinkles

Fruit

Chocolate shapes, words etc

Fillings

Chocolate cream

Fruit

Caramel

Banana Cream

Strawberry puree

Guava puree

Vanilla cream

I can make just about any flavor cupcake, frosting or filling so please contact me if you have a request that is not here. I like to try new things always

Pricing

Regular Cupcake with frosting $1.50

Cupcake with frosting and sprinkles, or candy toppings $2.00

Cupcake with fondant, and shapes or special design $2.50-3.00

I have lots of decorative wrapper to chose from and can special order or purchase ones to go with your theme or colors.

If you see something you like please email a copy of the photo to DlitefulCreations@ymail.com and I will let you know if I can recreate it for you. Most things I can make.

Cupcakes with filling and toppings are $3.00 each, large quantity discount on all orders.

FREE WEDDING CAKE CONTEST

THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE IDEAS OF CAKES, CAKE WILL BE 3 TIERS NOT 4 OR 5 BUT WILL SERVE 100-125 PEOPLE. 12", 10" AND 8" OR 10", 8" AND 6" YOU MUST PROVIDE TOPPER FOR CAKE IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL ONE OR WANT TO USE YOUR INITIALS OR SOMETHING SPECIAL. I WILL PROVIDE THE CAKE AND STAND
VISIT MY FACEBOOK PAGE FOR ALL THE DETAILS AT THIS LINK: http://www.facebook.com/events/382558021755135/?context=create

I AM GIVING AWAY A 3 TIER WEDDING CAKE THAT ONE LUCKY COUPLE WILL GET TO HAVE A CAKE TASTING, CHOICE OF FLAVOR, DESIGN AND CUSTOM COLOR OR THEME. DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES IS MARCH 30, 2012 AND ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO DLITEFULCREATIONS@YMAIL.COM. YOU MUST SEND A PHOTO, STORY OF HOW YOU MET, THE PROPOSAL STORY, WEDDING DATE AND VENUE, COLORS AND THEME IF YOU HAVE THEM PICKED OUT. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY APRIL 8 AND YOU WILL HAVE ONE YEAR FROM THAT DATE TO BOOK THE CAKE TASTING AND HAVE YOUR WEDDING CAKE MADE. IT IS VALUED FROM $350-$650 OR MORE. I WANT TO MAKE SOMEONE'S DAY DLITEFUL, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WHO IS ON A SUPER TIGHT BUDGET AND HAS DREAMS FOR AN AMAZING CAKE.

FOR MORE DETAILS EMAIL ME OR TEXT ME AT (954) 604-4713. GOOD LUCK AND CAN'T WAIT TO MEET THE LUCKY WINNING COUPLE I WILL BE MAKING A DLITEFUL WEDDING CAKE FOR THEIR SPECIAL DAY=).