John Mayer

Ok, those who know me well understand my fondness of John Mayer and his music... it speaks to my heart.  This year I decided to enter John's Second Annual Interfaith Baking Contest.  His new musical creation is entitled Battle Studies, hence the name for the studio. 

                                                  

The line "this is my heart" is included in the Continuum CD booklet displaying a copy of John's studio, a full expression of his heart.  As I was creating this piece and posted the banner "this is my heart"... I realized baking and creating is the whole of my heart.  Enjoy -

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Run For Clean Water

The mission of Water is Basic is to empower the local leadership of Southern Sudan to bring the gift of clean water to their own people. Decades of war, poor land management and the current drought have left the people of Sudan facing a desperate water shortage. Over 70 percent of the population has no access to safe water, and only 18 percent have a toilet.

I'll be there - if your in Dallas or will be in the area on October 10, 2009, plan to participate in some fashion... make a difference in Sudan from Dallas, Texas! If your not able to join the fun on October 10, you can contribute directly to the cause. Every dollar given goes to purchasing the equipment needed for the Sudanese to drill wells that supply clean drinking water.


WHAT: Basic 5k+10k race, plus a 1 mile fun run for kids/families
WHEN: 8:00 am on Saturday, October 10, 2009
WHERE: T.W Richardson Grove Park, along the Campion Trail in Las Colinas

Registration
Registration Closing Date Monday, October 05, 2009 @ 10:00 PM

Fee Structure
$25.00 Until October 5, 2009
$30.00 During packet pick up at Luke’s Locker
$35.00 on Race day
$10.00 For Children (Under 12)
Dri-Fit shirts for the first 800 participants at packet pickup.


Volunteer to Help
An event of this nature requires the willingness of others to contribute their time as volunteers. If you are willing to help prior to the event or on the day of the event, please contact Steven at 972-443-3311 or email info@waterisbasic.org

Sponsor Information
Want to become a sponsor for the Basic 5k/10k?
All proceeds go to benefit Water is Basic.

Contributing Partner/Sponsor ($500)
Website listing
Goody Bag Availability
Selective Media Exposure
Event Sponsor ($1,000)
All inclusions as Contributing Sponsor, plus:

Event Poster Listing
Outerwear Listing
Selected Booth Location at Event
Prime Media Exposure
Title Sponsor ($15,000)
All inclusions as Event Sponsor, plus:

Exclusive Naming Rights of Event
Premier Media Listing and Exposure
Premier Booth Location at Event
Signage at Post Race Event

"Go Green" Wedding Cake

This is the wedding cake I made for D and M's big day. Enough for 200 guests. Tiers of white wedding cake and spice cake were alternated for this wonderful creation. Wedding cake photograph credits go to J. Todd Photography in the Kansas City area.

While loading the cake for transportation to the reception site to two tiers were bumped... but never fear a wise wedding cake artist always has her tool kit packed. So on the way to the reception site my friend S and I were stopped by a train. On your son's wedding day a mother should always make good use of time...S popped the hatch and the repair was under way!

Wedding Cakes and Gingerbread

Happy New Year! I hope your 2009 is off to a wonderful beginning - Last week I was in KC for D's best friend's wedding. Below is the wedding cake and groom's cake I created for the big day! I must admit I have never been to a wedding where my cake was served and completely devoured... it was an amazing sight. The wedding cake consisted of three tiers of fun-fetti and two tiers of chocolate with rasphberry filling.

My favorite carrot cake recipe (with currants and walnuts) was baked for the groom's cake...

Gingerbread making with the M family has become a tradition in our family. Here is the this year's village. The M kids came up with the idea that our village this year was going to have a house and treehouse for the M family, D and M's house, and Ms. A's bakery - The Marrying Cake... this day of baking and creating was truly the highlight of our holidays!

This is the inside of the bakery... we came up with the wonderful desserts ourselves!