Post Holiday Workshops!

 Everyone in the Creative Household loved that most of our time off together came after Christmas! We wish it could be like that every year! We loved celebrating Christmas in Niagara and Toronto and then spending time at home catching up and playing with our new gifts and old treasures!

It also gave us more time than usual for workshops!

We ran 3 days of workshops...our first day was a day of self expression...first shirts and then self-portrait cakes. In the case of the cakes...everyone went their own direction and that's okay too. Everyone's work was fantastic!

 Day Two was more of a sewing day...we made Go Fish Games. Our younger attendees loved making these but loved playing with them even more! They found a little extra time to play and dance while our older campers made a more complex version of the game. And then we made quilted cupcakes.

Day Three we got serious! I got the hammer out and we smashed some candies so we could make Stained Glass Cookies. We also made mosaic necklaces and puzzle tins.

As always it was great to spend time creating with my friends!

Enjoy!
Heather

Cake Catch Up!

I haven't decorated a lot of cakes lately but simple has been my focus. I like them better that way...

This one was for someone really important in our family...Simon was devastated that he didn't get any but he seems to have survived! ;)

This one was for Mr. CB! He loved it but the waitress playing James Bond theme music while bringing it out really took the cake! 

A friend asked me to make her a Gender Reveal Cake...the inside was coloured to tell them the big news...Boy or Girl?!

I had a lot of fun creating these cakes!

Enjoy!

Heather

Puppy Love!

 It's all about the Theme! You know everytime I book a party I ask what they LOVE and we'll make a theme. Often times the response is but what do you do...I like to work with you and let you inspire me...

You know I love Shrink Art...and no, I never tire of gathering people around my oven!

We love dressing up in our house...I'm certain that any of my kids would love a set of puppy ears! Check out the wild colour combinations!!!

 Pupcakes! They are always waiting to make a come back!

 And here it is...a whole lot of Puppy Love!

Enjoy!
Heather

Pinkalicious Princesses!

This party was SO long ago...much time has passed since I last blogged about our Creative Adventures here and I have missed it much. I am not sure what has happened to the time over here but we sure have been busy!

One of my favourite treats lately has been Wands offered in lieu of the regular loot.

This party was all about Pinkalicious.

From the crown to the cupcakes...

We enjoyed Pink Sweetness through and through.

I loved this theme, it was SO fun!

Enjoy!
Heather

Angry Birds on the Loose!

I always get excited when a fun new theme is suggested...and I was super excited about this one. It was new! It was exciting! And my kids were thrilled!

It was Angry Birds!

But first? Let's bake the cupcakes!

Look at those birds!!!

And more birds! These necklaces were super-fun to make!

We had a lot of fun Angry Bird Style at this party!

Enjoy!
Heather

A Birthday fit for a Princess!

It was an incredible moment this summer as our first born reached double digits...I mean. Really? It is hard to believe that so much time has slipped by!

I wanted to make a cake that would show her "Big Girl" status AND to go with her gift from us...

 She loves writing her name in cursive and practices it all the time...girls can be so sweet!

It's not easy to see but her gift from us was getting her ears pierced. It took a bit of convincing to get Mr. CB on board but he bought in and she was thrilled to bits!

It's so hard to believe that she is 10...did I say that already?

Enjoy!
Heather

The Rainbow Connection! Camp 2012

Honestly? I think this was my favourite camp! I mean they were all fun but this one? Well, a few of the little people stole my heart (I <3 a="a" and="and" dance="dance" friday.="friday." friends="friends" her="her" kids="kids" michelle="michelle" new="new" on="on" p="p" parents="parents" planned="planned" presented="presented" really="really" routine="routine" she="she" showed="showed" stuff="stuff" taught="taught" the="the" to="to" us="us" with="with">

Anyway...everything was coming up rainbows all week! Even Simon knows the colour order for the rainbow and he is just 4! We made Rainbow Cupcakes! 

 Sidewalk Chalk in Rainbow Colours! This was fun but a little tedious...I loved it but it's not for everyone...

 We tried to make Rainbow Bubbles but it didn't work. At the end of the day when you can make these awesome Bubble Snakes you really don't need them to be rainbow...do you?

 Rainbow Popsicles! These were fun to make but the best part was unwrapping them to see the lovely popsicles inside!

 Rainbow Camp Jewelry! These were fun to make and a great accessory to go with our Rainbow Tie Dye Shirts!

 Rainbow Crayon Art! This was one of my favourite activities for sure! It was SO fun watching the kids organize their crayons and create their own art!

 Finally! We ended with Fireworks! A Dance Routine second to none choreographed by my staff to Katy Perry's Firework.

It was a great way to end a great summer full of fun camps! Until next year...

Enjoy!
Heather

Creative Cake Camp!

I am pretty embarrassed that I have fallen so far behind. I'm not really sure what's happened but I think it's time to share how much fun we had this summer!

We started out with Creative Cakes...we had fun with nature...

Learned how to pull it altogether with cakes pops!

Things got a little fishy!

 Had fun getting down with Angry Birds!

And brought home cakes to share that were Angry Birds themed! We packed so much into the week and loved every minute of it!

Enjoy!
Heather

Secret Agent Party

Every year we have the "Big Birthday Party" yep, that's what we call it. You see all 3 of our children are summer babies (after the first one it was a bit of an addiction...) so we have one big party for all 3 at once. And then...when I'm feeling like "SuperMum" I throw in an individual party for one of them. This year it was Sean's turn.

He is my ninja/spy/secret agent kid. So, there wasn't much choice in the matter. I set to work just days before the party was to happen and pulled together some Training Passports.

And some clues for a scavenger hunt...this was hysterical as the kids solved each clue they had to have their passports signed. A task that Mr. CB took very seriously. Sometimes there were stickers other times a sloppy signature. Always in a different colour and each task had a code word to put in the book. It made the party fun for us too! That way the kids were always stopping by to see us...

They had to pop the bombs...these were fun! I put sprinkles in a couple of them. I would put sprinkles in all of them next time because the effect was fabulous!

 They had to finish this drawing to show what the bad guy looked like...no after photo sorry!

 And there was the laser maze. Mr. CB had a hard time following what I wanted him to do until I mentioned the movie with Catherine Zeta Jones and then I lost him for a moment! Here he is trying to escape the maze while the kids zip through it! (they did this over and over again they loved it so much!)

Disguises, weapons and other important gear!

The birthday boy really wanted to give out water guns. It's the first time we've ever had them in our house...well, outside! This kept them busy while we got lunch cooked up.

The Birthday Boy with his cake. Fun and to the point right? He loved the sparkler on top!

Our Secret Agents! The chocolate moustaches were a hit with the kids too! They had to eat them before they left as they were melting from the heat. (you caught me, this party was in July!)

I made my birthday boy pretty happy with this party. We sat down and enjoyed a quiet afternoon when it was all done...whew!

Enjoy!
Heather

Grill King!

This cake was for my step-father...this time of year you can usually find him at the BBQ. In fact, just yesterday I saw him wearing a t-shirt that the kids made him that said "Grill King" on it with the picture of a BBQ. He is a proud Grampa!

 This was a vanilla cake with chocolate icing. The burgers are brownies...everything you see is edible with the exception of the spatula we stole from our play food bin!

I know he loves the attention and the cakes too! Especially since he now shares his birthday with our little man!

Enjoy!
Heather

Angry Birds!

Our youngest LOVES Angry Birds...I mean he is obsessed with it! So when we found this Angry Birds Game we knew it was the perfect gift! Then since our tradition is to put toys on the kids cakes...it make this cake pretty easy!

 I mean...how much simpler does it get (it was my most popular cake on Facebook ever!)

 And here we have it...one very happy boy!

 Happy Birthday little man!

Enjoy!
Heather