My great friend Rhiannon is graduating from UC Berkeley with a Doctorate in Italian tomorrow. She spent the last 7 years working on her dissertation, so for her graduation party we made her a cake in the shape of this dissertation with tears spilled upon it, tissues to dry those tears and broken pencils. This book caused just a few tears, but now it's complete and we are all proud of her! Congratulations Rhiannon!
Louis Vuitton trunk anyone? With some Manolos and a Chanel neclace? Can you have a more fabulous birthday cake? I loved getting orders in LA for sweet sixteen party cakes that were in the shape of Beamers and Porches. The best part was they were getting the cake and then surprise, the REAL car is out back. So I was thinking, maybe if sculpt myself a Mercedes G500...it might miraculously show up at my birthday party. Don't worry, I wouldn't really get a SUV... but wouldn't it be cute with a big Cake Coquette logo on the side?
Happy Anniversary SPCA! When I dropped off this cake, Laura, the events coordinator was nice enough to give me a little tour of Maddie's Pet Adoption Center on 250 Florida street. I can't believe how great this place is. For someone who's not especially an animal person and didn't even know where the SPCA was located, I was blown away with the beautiful facilites. The dogs and cats look so happy and cute, but...yeah, still not ready for any pets.
Everyone always freaks out over these topsy turvey cakes. This one sure came out special!
There is a first for everything and this is my first 3-D Tree! It's a Redwood tree commissioned by the Save the Redwoods League who was celebrating their 90th birthday. Displayed in the beautiful Redwood Grove in the Botanical Gardens in Golden Gate Park, it fit right in, like it was just another piece of vegetation. I thought it turned out pretty good!
The San Francisco Planning & Urban Research Association, or SPUR for short, commissioned this architectural cake. It is a representation of their newest South of Market building project, based on the architectural model and color renderings of the yet-to-be-started structure. The cake is one-and-a-half feet tall and three feet long. It will be featured, and eaten, tonight at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts during a "Groundbreaking Celebration," during which a symbolic golden shovel will be used to cut the cake and inaugurate this exciting urban development.
Here are a couple fun cakes I did these weekend.
Since today is the first day of Spring, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about flowers and mention my new friend Karen Hsu of Grandiflora. I recently went to Bouquets to Art at the De Young Museum to see how innovative florists can create amazing arrangements inspired by the fine arts. The show sadly only lasts a week due to the short life of the fresh flowers, but hey, if you are thinking in wedding terms, they only need to last a few days! After the show I was thoroughly ispired and anxious to meet florists in the Bay Area that are doing something different. Here are just a few examples of Karen Hsu's work that is inspired from her training in ikebana, an ancient Japanese art of floral arrangement, that emphasizes on the sculptural composition in design.
Today I am going to practice using links by showing off my bridal show cake again, but this time next to its matching table settings so elegantly designed by Michelle of MB Wedding Designs and Events and photographed by Natalie and Jung of Allure West Studios
When seeking out event planner Michelle Barrionuevo-Mazzini for her obvious clout in the SF wedding industry, I was blown away when she asked me (after our first meeting) if I wanted to be a part of her 3rd annual bridal show Promises and Pearls. I jumped on the chance and was so impressed with how she transformed the SF Design Center into a beautiful wedding showcase. Awesome Photographer Augie Chang let me use some of his shots of the nignt. Thanks!
