Pink Quilted Wedding Cake

Lovely. This is the word that first came to mind when I met Jennifer at her cake consult. She's feminine but not fussy, sweetly sincere, classically stylish. I knew what Jennifer's cake should look like within hours of our meeting. Pale pink "quilted" fondant with white pearls on the top and bottom tiers, an unadorned middle tier tied with a chocolate fondant sash, and a simple bouquet of Hydrangea blossoms and pearls on the top. Lovely.

Biodegradable Containers

We're a little Green at Sublime. The photo above shows one of our corn "plastic" containers. We get these from a fab company out of Boulder Colorado, ECO PRODUCTS. Don't ask me how they make these things out of corn, just be glad someone is doing it. The containers look and function like petroleum-based plastic (except that they melt at 140 degrees) but they are made from corn and are 100% BIODEGRADABLE. We pack our cafe salads as well as our pastry case goodies into these babies. We also use sugarcane plates instead of paper ones, and our coffee cups and straws are biodegradable. We use organic ingredients whenever we can get our hands on them and are pressing our vendors to offer more organic and natural products to restaurants in our area. We're proud of our Green efforts, it's true, but more than a brag fest this post is intended to point out something important I've learned about going Green: Don't worry about being perfect or doing it all at once. It's too overwelming to take on a 100% conversion from the outset, and faced with that proposition most of us would just bail and go conventional. DO WHAT YOU CAN. We're not "Green Certified" yet at Sublime, it takes time and money to accomplish that goal, but we're working on it a step at a time. Every little bit counts, and we all really can make a difference for our childrens' futures. So figure out what changes you can make at home or at work and stick with it. Our future is worth the effort.

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Bumblee Cookies

'Tis the season for baby showers and cute custom cookies!

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Dragonfly Cookies

We did these adorable Dragonfly cookies for a baby shower last weekend. We bagged and ribboned these little guys and the host gave them as favors to the guests as they departed.

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Lavendar and Gold Wedding Cake

We did this very lovely wedding cake last weekend.

The pale lavendar fondant was gilded with stripes, dots and scrollwork, and topped off with exquisite gum paste roses by the brilliant sugar artist Elena.

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Black Wedding Cake

This is one Dramatic wedding cake. Much more beautiful in person, this cake was a real stunner. We covered the Strawberry Cake with Chocolate Fondant and then airbrushed the surface with black "paint" to get the true black effect. Hot pink fondant bows and dots picked up the accent color used for the bridesmaid's dresses and tablecloths.

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Sublime Vacation

I'm just back from a vacation in the Rocky Mountains with my boys. What a relief to get out of the Texas heat for a week! We hiked, camped, rafted and ate lots of awesome food in Crested Butte, which has a surprising number of amazing restaurants for such a tiny town. We made many great memories that I hope my kids will keep with them as they trek through life. One memory in particular I know will stay with them- as we camped at Lake Irwin above Crested Butte, a Black Bear broke into one of our tents in the middle of the night (our day tent, NOT our sleeping tent, thank goodness!!) and mangled the boys' box of crayons! I've been camping in the Colorado high country my whole life and never had such a close encounter with bears. Much too close for comfort for me but a great story for the kids to take to school with them next week.

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