http://myriadcakedesign.com/blog Thu, 20 May 2010 05:54:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And here is the professional shot, with thanks to Powers photography out of Portland for helping me out. http://myriadcakedesign.com/blog/?p=153 I've always said I stink at shooting photos of my cake creations. I swear I would double my orders if I could just get some beautiful photos of them like you see on blogs like Style me Pretty. Plenty of photographers have tried to give me ideas on better lighting ... http://myriadcakedesign.com/blog/?p=149 My first big wedding cake of the year was this past weekend, and I did a four-tier cake plus two sheet cakes for an adorable couple, Shayla and Geoff at Willamette Valley Vineyards, where I will be spending a lot of time this summer (thanks, Willaby's!). The colors were bright (but ... http://myriadcakedesign.com/blog/?p=144 Once again I was honored to be part of Community Warehouse's annual Chair Affair fundraiser. I provided the desserts (nearly 500!) to finish off the dinner that featured food from Relish Catering. The theme was Pan-Asian, so I went with natural tones: brown, tan, redish-brown, green and white. My favorites ... http://myriadcakedesign.com/blog/?p=136 In addition to the pink, I somehow latched on to the harlequin pattern (giant diamonds in a grid, like argyle). I've never really used it before, and suddenly it was everywhere. Here's a couple. By the way, the cake on the stand was made for a client who was going ... http://myriadcakedesign.com/blog/?p=131 Lately I've been doing a lot of smaller cakes for bridal/baby showers. Many of them have called for a lot of pink, sometimes with brown. One was an Alice in Wonderland theme, and others weren't so specific. Topsy turvey cakes are not my favorite, but on the small scale they can ... http://myriadcakedesign.com/blog/?p=126 When we had our open house at the Willaby's Loft in September, I'd planned to have a stencil with my business name and logo on the wall so visitors would have it seared into their memories. Alas, the stencil has been sitting in my kitchen for months, unpainted. But I finally ... http://myriadcakedesign.com/blog/?p=121 I'm hearing from other bridal service companies that jewel tones are the hot colors this season. Does that mean we finally are done with the "brown and insert color here" trend? That's kind of too bad because I bought a lot of brown ribbon... Anyway, I had a lot of turquoise ... http://myriadcakedesign.com/blog/?p=117 Some business owners are wary about having friends for customers, but I love it. First of all, it's great to see someone you are friends with being so happy and in love. When former coworker Lin Ly and her fiance Denver came to see me for a consultation, I had ... http://myriadcakedesign.com/blog/?p=114 One of the exclusive offerings we have at Myriad is the Little White Cake. It is for a bride on a tight budget, and starts at $2 per serving for buttercream and $2.50 for fondant. It's mostly a plain white cake (you can get polka or swiss dots in white ... http://myriadcakedesign.com/blog/?p=108