wheels and squeals!

Well its September here in caketopland and we'll soon be waving cheerio to the 'summer' that we nearly had... A bit of a damp one here this year, but still there was a few good days of sun, at least i think there was... i'm almost sure of it..... Oh yes indeed!! One such glorious day was the wedding of two lovely seaside living folk and for a change i made the cake top AND attended the wedding! Oh yes! I am so used to posting off caketops to far and wide, that it was quite a new experience to be there in the same room as one! It was a lovely day, not just with it being a rare sunny one, not a cloud in the sky, but a happy day and a happy vibe all round. The bride and groom had sent out invitations where they were pictured cruising along on a moped... uh oh i thought when i got mine.... how on earth can i make a moped.....oh, i tell ya, i almost left the country, but no!! Instead i attempted the challenge and thankfully the two wheels stuck to the road and i'm glad to say no one fell off.....

Congratulations to Milly and Ally, and thanks for a lovely day at your wedding......oh and while we're at it, let's wish a wheelly good time to the 'webmaster'.... She is currently touring Scotland in some sort of wee sporty kit car... i am afraid i have been told but it went in one ear and straight back out the other, i can't tell you what sort of car it is.... It's em... blue.. it's got four wheels but no roof....oooh but its really cool!! Wheelly wheelly cool.....lets hope for a late sunny summer for the webmaster and Mr W, as so far their waterproofs have been well worn!!

Hey have you noticed there is a theme to this blog entry?? Could it be something round and not square?? Yes i knew you'd get it eventually!! Wheels!! I have been thinking 'wheels' for weeks now and have been on the search for the perfect wheel for a wheelchair!! It is tricky.... Making wheels from scratch is harder that you may think... there are lots of model wheels on the web sold for everything from model railways to robot warring..... but so far i haven't found the elusive sport wheelchair wheel, triple spoked and sleek, and just the right size for a caketop..... Still, i do have some very nice wheels in my collection that do the job pretty good i hope...

completely clay....

Hello hello! Long time no type, i have no excuses... over at Invergarry Lodge they have been blogging like mad, about time i caught up.... unfortunatley i have no tall tales of kayaks, mountain bike movies or devilish eggs, and i'm not even considered 95 % brilliant.......

However what i do have is some nice photos of a snowboarding ewok. Oh yes!! Thanks to Kay who is a photographer for the RAF, she spotted the wee ewok i made as a Christmas pressie for a lovely fella (who bears more than a slight resemblance to one, some would say....) and took him along to her studio for his photo oppertunity....the ewok not the fella....

How lovely to have some professional shiny glossy snaps hey hey!! Makes a change from my attempts with point and shoot, wobbly lamp and tea towel background... but hey, i shouldn't let out my trade secrets eh??

Wee ewok fella was made completely from clay, and that's not something i do all too often. Takes alot of time.... i do a few commissions a year for LVCC in clay and every now and again i might be persuaded to do something in clay for a customer if clay happens to be the best way to achieve thier request. On this note i've just finished a cake top for a couple who wanted to be depicted wearing thier desert army camoflage gear. This sounded like a good challenge to me and i thought it would work well, so i was happy to give it a go.... Groom is in the Royal Signals so he has an ariel sticking out of his backpack, while the bride is a doctor and has her red cross armband on.

Still time to make your orders for a cake top should you be thinking of one... i am off on a wee break from 24th May to around the 10th June, but if you get in touch now i can still cover those dates!!

Good catch!

Oh it's been a busy old week here in caketopland! It must be June. So far, sunny weather for all to enjoy. Oh I remember the days when it was snow all over the country and no one could get to work and, oh! watch out for that snowball... ooops too late.... and now it's sun everywhere. Don't forget the sunscreen, and that nice straw cowboy hat I saw you wearing... and picnics.... and if you happen to have a secret swimming spot, (some folks do, you know) keep it secret, keep it safe!!!
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I wonder if there are fish in it? If there are I know a young fellow from caketopland who'd want to know the secret. Mind you, he's got a fish on the line already, well done that man!

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I must appologise as I have been very bad at keeping on top of the emails just lately. There's just not enough hours in even the longest of June days. I promise to do better. Just in case you have an urgent query you can always give me a bell. Leave a message if I don't get to the phone in time- sometimes I'm gluing, doing the post, having lunch or, well, answering emails.....

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There is a FAQ page on the website which the webmaster edited using her great talents of attention to detail, excellent vocab and translation from the 'Helen', to make the complexities of personalised cake top ordering infinitely easier to understand. That may help. Sometimes it's hard to know where to start eh? It also explains the basics like, how big are they? What are they made of? How do I pay?

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The webmaster is working on the new caketops site, so let us know if you have any feedback on the FAQ page or any other part of the site that we could improve on.

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I do hope you're having a lovely sunny June day today!

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P.S.

Would you believe I can almost call myself a 'runner' ? Thanks to Coach Jenny over at Invergarry Lodge I have earned myself a place in history and a lovely shiny medal for my trouble, running 10K in the glorious time of 66 minutes. If it hadn't been so hot that day it probably would have taken us half the time.... not. Anyway, my first race and in the beautiful surroundings of sunny Skye. Hooray!

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The Italian Job

Look what Maury the Italian photographer did to this cake top!!

Don't worry; no bride or groom was harmed in the making of this photo, Signor Maury photoshopped it.... Congratulations to our happy Bride and Groom who were wed in a beautiful and romantic Italian Castle, and grazie to them and to Maury for letting us see this super photo! There's another picture of the beautiful cake with it's cake top (unphotoshopped!) in the gallery, along with photos of other cakes with thier cake tops 'in action' so to speak. Its always a treat for me to see the cake top i've made on its cake, and its wonderful how different, imaginative and personal each cake is, and how happy the bride and groom's all look!

STOP PRESS!! We have TWO, not one but TWO, new genuine followers to welcome!! Hooray!! Hello Tony, Hello Jen!! Thanks for adding yourselves and wee pictures to the 'caketop club'. How cool... but oh no the pressure to write something interesting on the blog has now gone up significantly with two new real people to 'entertain'....... however i shall give it a go, and it does mean i do HAVE to eat some more chocolate cake to celebrate..... oh its a hard life..... Cheers! xx

Show me the welly...

I'll tell you a secret; the bride's I make don't actually have any legs under their dresses! Well, unless they want to show off their wellies that is, in which case they need a couple of feet to wear them on, plus a bit of structural engineering to make them stand up and a skirt that stays hitched in just the right place...

When not wearing wellies, perhaps you like to wear a sturdy pair of hiking boots? Just the thing for stomping over a muddy field or hill or whatnot, dogs in tow...

Sure, that's not everyone's cup of tea. Footwear can be the kind you just like to shop for eh?!!

Here's to shoes and Jimmy Choos!

I saw you...

I've never had a request for a chainsaw before... I had to be careful to position it so that it didn't look like the bride was in serious danger of a chainsaw massacre... The groom is a professional tree surgeon folks, please don't try this at home.....

Not much left of March now- don't the months fly by?! April next. My diary is getting busy, but still some space left as I make cake tops full time so days, weeks, months - actually years- are devoted to the 'art'!! The busiest times I find are June to August, so if you'd like a caketop then, or for any other month, don't forget you can reserve a spot in my diary even if you haven't yet confirmed some of your details. You don't know what hairstyle or flowers?!! Has the groom still got to pick a tie?? What?! The dress!? Don't panic, you'd be surprised how often the bride tells me a month before the big day- 'hey you! I've got a new dress'!!

Anyway get in touch for a quote and perhaps book a slot in the diary, its good to be organised, even if its just about the cake top... and I would never, ever call you a 'bridezilla', I promise...!

Love Vegas

'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada' the famous sign says!


I know that sign quite well as I have built my own... I just haven't figured out how to get the flashing lights on it yet...

These 2 happy couples are getting hitched stateside and I do hope they will drive round town in a pink cadillac and meet Elvis! Hey hey! I may be a country girl but I have to say I'd love to go to Vegas, and I'd gladly dress up like Priscilla and gamble my life savings on blackjack..... yes you're right, probably best if I never go...

So here's wishing our happy couples much luck, fortune and the very best Honeymoon that Vegas has to offer!

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That's not really Elvis you know, apparently it's an impostor who calls himself Jesse Garon, but he does really drive you around town in that car! Rock on! However I have never had the pleasure myself... if anyone has or wishes to recomend thier own Elvis and/or pink cadillac from real world experience, do add your comment! I shall look them up if I ever get there....

Anyone for cricket?!

It's quite a sporty month I think! Looking at my 'to do' list, I have rugby and football fans, golfers and a lovely bride holding her O'Neills Irish football... Oh and a couple of classic motorbike fans, but I'm not quite sure if that is a 'sport', so I'll save mention of that for another post... Apart from all the sporty brides and grooms there are those who love their pets! And lets not forget those happy couples who just want a bride and groom, nice and simple! whew...... I must get caketopping...

March of the.... caketops!

1st of March already!! I am now back from a wee holiday, and have a pile of emails and caketops to catch up on. I had a lovely break, thanks for asking, and caught up with all my Edinburgh friends, and even a visiting Brighton one! We acted like proper tourists in Edinburgh and wandered spooky closes underground.... above ground the webmaster and I had a grand day out too, and I have recorded the event for posterity....

Now I have returned to caketopland I see I must proudly welcome my first Genuine Follower!! Hooray!!! Nice to see you Jennie! No offence to my other two loyal supporters, but I have never met Jennie, and yet she has seen fit to proclaim to the world that this blog is 'interesting' enough that she will (in theory) read it more than once.... Hooray!!! There are fireworks going off in Laggan Jennie, to mark this momentous occasion, and I think I may even have to eat an ENTIRE chocolate cake to celebrate...

music- Angus & Julia Stone