Be a Good Little Monkey!

At 8am sharp every weekday morning, my four year old tunes into Curious George on PBS to see what new discoveries he'll find that day. Now my eight month old is starting to enjoy the wonderment of that curious little monkey. So with two fans of Curious George, or rather three counting myself, I thought it would be a fun theme for my next FavorCake.


What an irresistible centerpiece for a birthday party or baby shower. Our furry little friend sits on top of bright red and yellow boxes adorned with tiny blue, green, and yellow pom poms. The entire cake is tied together with blue ribbon featuring that well known yellow hat. This colorful design offers 12 handmade favor boxes great for filling with candy and party favors.

I must add that my oldest daughter is my number one critic. After finishing a cake, I always ask her opinion since you'll never get a more honest one than from that of a toddler. This time when the baby saw the Curious George FavorCake, her face lit up with delight as she immediately began reaching for it. I think it's safe to say this one received two thumbs up :-)

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Holy Party Favor Boxes Batman!

With a four year old daughter who loves pink, princesses, and everything girlie I don't particularly have superheroes on the brain a lot but after designing three princess theme FavorCakes I thought it was high time to switch gears for a new design. I think it's safe to say the end result is the complete opposite of pink, princess, and girlie.

Our Batman theme FavorCake makes a cool centerpiece for a superhero's party. The mysterious masked hero stands on top of the Gotham City skyline at night watching out for villains.

This three tier design offers 14 handmade favor boxes in black, great for filling with candy and small party favors.

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FavorCakes by Erica specializes in making unique creations for baby showers, birthday parties, holiday celebrations and more. Every FavorCake is handmade with quality cardstock and craftmanship.

I love a challenge! If you have a cake idea for your special event contact me and let's make it happen.

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Strength. Hope. Courage. Love

About a month ago, I was visiting a local scrapbooking store not feeling very inspired that day by what I was seeing. I kept looking around and spotted some pink and white card stock with the messages of strength, hope, courage, and love written all over it for breast cancer awareness.

I grabbed the paper not sure at the time how I was going to use it. It actually stayed in my craft room for weeks before I even touched it again. Going along with my normal activities during the month, I was saddened to learn about two lives lost to cancer. One of the inspiring little angel Layla Grace who battled neuroblastoma and the other life of a beautiful young mother in my small town lost to cervical cancer.

This past Easter weekend after winding down from visiting with family and enjoying seeing my girls open their Easter baskets I came across my pink paper for breast cancer awareness. I sat down and just started creating.

I'm very pleased with the finished product adding it to my "Thinking of You" category. The boxes can be filled with small treats or little notes of encouragement and given to someone special or even to a team participating in a walk or race to raise money for a cure.

I'm also happy to announce that $3 from the sale of every Pink Ribbon Cancer Awareness MiniCake will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

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2-4-6-8! Who do we appreciate?

They teach us, help shape and mold us, and make a major impact in our lives. We love our teachers and our school themed mini favor cake is a great way to show appreciation for a favorite teacher, no special holiday required.

This colorful design offers 6 small handmade cake slices great for filling with a few treats or little hand written notes expressing your thanks. Each slice measures about 3 inches long x 3 inches wide. Our mini cakes are 6 inches in diameter, a great little gift for someone special.

If you'd like to customize the apple shaped cake topper with your teacher's name, we'll be happy to oblige.

FavorCakes by Erica specializes in making unique creations for baby showers, birthday parties, holiday celebrations and more. Every FavorCake is handmade with quality cardstock and craftmanship.

I love a challenge! If you have a cake idea for your special event contact me and let's make it happen.

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Happy Easter Weekend

FavorCakes by Erica wishes everyone a Happy Easter Weekend. This is truly a refreshing time of the year. Spring is well underway and there is a great sense of renewal and rebirth.

With the days being longer and warmer we become inspired to add new activities to our day whether it's tending to the garden, taking the kids to the park, or even braving certain areas of our home for Spring cleaning.

I've definitely been hit by the inspiration bug and will not only spend this weekend enjoying time with my family but also working on new FavorCake designs.

So here's to Easter, Spring, inspiration, and rebirth!

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I May Not Know Football But I Know Their Colors

If you've seen the movie Steel Magnolias, you may recall the scene where Clariee is live on the radio from the football team's locker room and instead of talking about the game she wants to discuss the color of the team's purple uniforms asking the announcer if he would call their colors "grape" or "aubergine".

I felt a lot like Clariee last Sunday during a discussion with my husband about the uniform colors of the teams in the playoffs. I know very little about the game but I wanted to create two FavorCakes for the winning teams so I relied on my sports savvy husband to help me out. I won't torture you with the whole conversation but it pretty much went like this:

Honey, what are the colors of the remaining teams?
Um, Indianapolis is blue. The Jets are gr-
Blue? What kind of blue?
Dark blue? Light blue? Navy blue? Sky blue?
Um, blue.

Needless to say, I had to do a little more research but I'm very pleased with the finished product right down to those little hand painted helmets. And since I will more than likely be crafting while my husband's watching the Superbowl, might I say "May the best team win!"

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Is It Too Late for Valentines?

If you notice the date this entry was posted you might think I'm crazy for asking if it's too late for Valentines. At the moment, we have about a month until we celebrate the day devoted to love.

One of my goals this year is to have my FavorCakes designed and posted on the website at least one month before the actual holiday. Let me tell you, thinking one month ahead does something to your mind in relation to real time.

I almost feel like I'm a little late with my Valentines FavorCakes and now I'm starting to think about St.Patrick's Day and Easter. I kind of feel like the craft stores when they bring in Christmas items starting in October, however for a stay at home mom with two little ones to keep up with, staying ahead is a must.

So here's to staying ahead while remembering to still take things one day at a time ;-)

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