When it rains.................

it pours.......and pours.........and pours! Well that's what happened this past wet, LA weekend during the Holiday Bazaar where yours truly was showing off her little cuppies! It was not disheartening though, it was still fun and I met some new friends and great contacts - which was one of the primary reasons I participated in the event. Many thanks to those who braved the wet weather and came to show support. Special thanks to the models who posed with my cupcakes! Happy Holidays everyone! Here's how everything looked:

Holiday Bazaar this coming Saturday, December 12'09

Yours truly has decided to join this year's Holiday Bazaar in Downtown LA. I figured it would be a great way to meet new people outside of my comfort zone in animation. It might also open new doors for me and BluRuby come 2010.

So, if any of you have time to check it out, there's lots to see at this event and admission is only $5 - good deal, eh? And there's lots of parking - at least that's what I'm told! :)

Paddy turns 1, too!

So before I flew to Manila and Singapore this past November, I had the honor to make cupcakes for my favorite new dude of the millennium, Padraig. He's the first born of my friend Laura Dalesandro and her husband Kevin. Paddy loves Snoopy, as we all do. My birthday cake gift for the little guy turned out like this:
Then we accompanied that with these:

Don't you just love seeing them enjoy eating their cake, which by the way, is vegan!!! A first for moi! Thanks for the recipe Laura!

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!