spring break & wedding cakes!

26 hours of driving, 3 hours with the Rhodes (1 hour holding baby Cora), 2 days with Matt, Kathryn and Andrew in Little Rock, the best Damgoode pizza I have ever had, 2 meals at Cracker Barrel, and lots of sermons, car dance parties and This American Life later, and my spring break is coming to a close. Thank you to Kathryn (read her blog here) and Matt for being the most hospitable hosts. I am so rested because of you and my notions of hospitality are so challenged.

now that spring break is almost over, it is time to get busy on the wedding cake and wedding cupcakes of these little lovebirds. great friends of mine, Erin and Adam are finally getting married in 1 week. always non-traditional, they have having a Friday evening wedding and a big blowout reception on Saturday night. for their wedding, I am making a simple, ivory, 2-tiered wedding cake (with hints of lavender) with a rustic, messy buttercream frosting and lots of fresh flowers. for the reception I will be making 150 lavender cupcakes. it is going to be a busy week (and possibly some skipped classes) but at the end of it, i get to sing for their wedding, present the wedding cake to the Bride and Groom, and watch two of my best friends blissfully make a serious covenant of love and commitment before their friends and family.

pictures to follow (give me a week).