Lily turns 1!!!

One of the most gorgeous little girls I have ever had the pleasure of making cupcakes for - LILY! Just look!


And here's how her "lily pad" cake and cupcake tower turned out.




Cute baby - courtesy of Josh Hamilton and Angie Mueller.
Cake and cupcakes - by BluRuby.

Congratulations Bob & Tom

I mentioned early this year that I was commissioned by my friend and former director at Warner Bros., Bob Doucette, to make the cupcakes and cake for his wedding to his partner of 22 years, Tom Slotten. It was a very intimate ceremony, shared with their respective families and friends. I was very honored to have been asked to be part of their very special day and here's how their cupcakes and cake turned out.

The Cake Table

The Cake

The Mini Cupcakes

And here are a few pictures of the grooms!

Bob and me

Dashing Tom

Cake cutting

the happy couple

We'll Miss You, Chowder

The artwork on this cake was drawn by Carl Greenblatt, creator of Chowder.


What else can I say? All lot of inspiration that were translated into cupcakes and cake. I had the best time working on this show. I haven't worked on something so different and aesthetically pleasing to the eyes, not to mention, funny! Thanks, Dan Krall, for teaching me how to use the croquille. Now I can't seem to put it down. I love that darn tool :/

And the happy hours - thanks to my partners in crime, Mr. Bill Flores and Mr. Blake Lemons! And here we are........


Okay, not my most flattering picture but it WAS happy hour! What do you expect? This picture was actually taken during our last happy hour on Chowder. And here's more....








Why would CNS not want to make more Chowder? Beats me.

February Birthdays

No cupcakes this month, just cakes. And it's okay, I like baking cakes. Really I do. No, really, believe me, I swear, really, really, really! Okay, fine....you got me. I like baking cupcakes more! But it's okay - REALLY!!!


It was a Happy Birthday - Poker Night celebration for my sister-in-law's nephew, RJ, last February 8. The birthday boy turned 30 and by Filipino standards, he's finally legal! Just kidding :) He's been let loose for some time now.

And for the Ben10 birthday people, hope you all enjoyed the red velvet cake. See you next month!

Happy 2009

What a year 2008 was! It had it's high points and EXTREMELY low points for me. But, like we always say, we just try and pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and move forward once more. I'm going to try my best to focus on all things positive and not let the minor (or major) inconveniences throw me off course. Easier said than done but I'll damned if I don't try!

So, I'm off to a good start with my good friend (and former boss :D), Bob Doucette and longtime partner, Tom, commissioning BluRuby, for their upcoming wedding in August this year! Yay! Another cupcake tower looming in the horizon. I'm honored to be a part of this wonderful union.

Just last week, I started back on the 3rd Season of Chowder at Cartoon Network. Yay! I'm employed, at least for now. Hopefully, CNS will be generous enough to keep giving the show it's support and keep us out of trouble :)

And most recently, I had just launched my cupcake merchandise on Etsy.com. Check out my little cuppies (nothing edible this time) on http://bluruby.etsy.com. Tell me what you think and while you're at it, shop if you see anything you like.


I pray that 2009 will be a good year for all of us. But like I said, no matter what the year ahead may bring, let's all stay optimistic, it's still a better choice than the alternative. At least, that's how I'm choosing to be.

BUSY BAKING MONTH!!!

Well, well, well.......finally a peep from yours truly. Been a while, I know but what can I say, life has been extremely challenging for me and my family these past months. But all is good, life is as it should be, and the baking was resurrected this month.

As a present for two cute nephews, an Elmo cupcake tower was requested. Like the push-over aunt that I am, of course I had to oblige!
SATISFIED CUSTOMERS!!!

The following weekend, Oct. 18, was my friend Angie's baby shower. It was a fun afternoon with the gals. The highlight for me though was mistaking Angie's lantern for the baby shower pinata and smashing it to pieces - oops! I still owe them a paper lantern :( By the way, she gave birth to her daughter the following Sunday, Oct. 26, 4 weeks early!!!


On the same day was my friend Bev Chapman's website launching party. Of course I couldn't go because I was at the baby shower, but my cupcakes did!



The next day, I little boy named Elliott celebrated his 3rd birthday. His mom wanted a dinosaur themed cupcake tower for his party and so here's how it turned out.


Hmmmmm............T-rex.........How precious does that face look???

Finally, this past weekend was the 18th birthday of the daughter of a family friend. This time, the mom wanted a cake instead of a cupcake tower for the special occasion. Check this out:



October's over tomorrow - and I'm done baking for now. Happy Halloween eveyone!!!

Few and far between

I'm back and I know, it's been quite some time since the last posting, which also means, the last time I baked. The day job, I'm afraid has been taking up more of my time, not to mention, some occasional freelance. It's really difficult to balance animation and baking as both are labor intensive. However, I did make some exceptions along the way for special customers like Helen and Richard Smitheman's daughter, Holly, who celebrated her 12th birthday back in March. Holly is into elephants and bees (cute combo I thought) so here's how her cupcakes turned out.




And, of course, I'm always available for my studio's cupcake needs and so here are the cupcakes for the Ben 10 Wrap Party at the House of Blues in April.

Finally, as a special request from a friend's daughter, who wanted her favorite band on her birthday cupcakes, here's what we came up with. An homage to My Chemical Romance! Rock on, Jade!