Sweet Sensations Blog

Our good friend Lara, Cameo Event, was planning her husband’s birthday party which was to be a murder mystery…she still went ahead with that idea.  The cake was going to be “light/handyman” related because John runs all the sound, lighting, etc at the Center for the Performing Arts.

Just before his birthday, she had some “news” and since John has been really looking forward to that moment, we went with a Father’s Day/birthday.  Notice the little lightbulb he’s holding and the stagelights around the cake!  Isn’t he adorable?

An entourage came to pick up this wedding shower cake….one of the guys thought we’d put real shrimp in it!! Compliment, but eeeww!!

There has been so much going on around Sweet Sensations!! Going to throw a bone with some photos and get some posts together about all the excitement.

The first cake has a hand painted Blue Jay with Iris and a sugarpaste Peony on top.

A 40th birthday party with a fiesta theme. They wanted crazy and tacky, but we think it turned out great!

It was Xbox 360 week…..

This family didn’t need any Sweet Sensations cake to sweeten them….they were already the sweetest!!! Dad called first thing after the wedding to thank us for a beautiful and delicious cake. Kind of made it extra special not leaving it up to the gals.
Mr. Thain graciously sent us a ton of photos we’d like to share with you. It was such a fun theme and done to perfection!

Introducing the new Mr & Mrs Zane Ardis!

Here is the old chicken house Mr. Thain converted to the reception area

The “fancy” outhouse with the “washroom” attached with Mr. Thain.

Our buddies from Contemporary Catering in the “buffet barn”.

As you may have noticed…feathers was a main factor in this wedding, including over 800 on the bride’s gown! Gorgeous!!

Thank you for allowing us to take part in this fabulous event!!

This story is too good not to share!  A bride called, having received a referral from Charm City Cakes, (thanks Mary Alice!) to do her wedding cake.  She wanted the cake to look just like the Waffle House where she and her fiance met.

The kicker is her ex-husband was in the back of police car of the future husband!!

So, here is an edible version of his squad car along with the Waffle House.

Alex and his family have been long time Sweet Sensations cake eaters!  This was his 9th birthday…can’t believe it!!!  

Kaylee and her family are joining the ranks of families who have our cakes, annually, for all their birthdays!!  They really wanted something extra special for her birthday in celebration of her design major.  The dress on the mannequin is part of one she designed that is going to be used in a Disney production!!! 

Everything on the cake is edible…made in the Sweet Sensations shoppe!!

Inspired by our delighted customers upon seeing their cakes.

Cakegasm – noun -

1.  intense emotional sensaton experienced when viewing their Sweet Sensations cake!

One of my favorite places on the planet is the International School of Sugar Art.  Nicholas Lodge is the best instructor to be found anywhere and there is a stack of certificates from the fantastic classes, I’ve had the honor of attending, in the shoppe.

When I heard Mike McCarey of Mike’s Amazing Cakes, my favorite 3D cake artist, was going to be at ISAC I only hesitated a moment….he won’t be Nick, but I love his work.  Was so not disappointed!!!  The class was about modeling chocolate….this is the dinosaur we made (we named him Michael after Mike’s fun assistant).

Nick Lodge and Mike McCarey…..talent times two!

The muscle behind it all…Michael rolling out the chocolate clay.

Mike McCarey and Sharon

Then it was off to Savannah to Minette Rushing’s Custom Cakes for three days of master sugarpaste flower class with Ron Ben-Israel!

Fun filled days learning from Ron and teaching him the art of “bless her heart!”. 

Isn’t he adorable?!?!?   Kate Essenberg took these photos, thank goodness because we’re having computer issues with the camera card.

Studio Wed Atlanta, along with CBS Atlanta and AtlantaOccasions.com, have come together to produce the wedding of a lifetime for one deserving couple. Couples will submit in 500 words or less why they deserve to win a free wedding along with a photo. The winning couple will receive a wedding valued at over $70,000 to include the venue, catering, photography, and more. The wedding will take place at the Atlanta Botanical Garden on the couple’s choice of either Sunday, January 10th or Sunday, January 24th, 2010.

 For contest details and to register please visit:http://www.cbsatlanta.com/weddinggiveaway/

 For further information visitwww.studiowed.net/atlanta and http://atlantaoccasions.com/

STUDIOWED SAYS “I DO” TO ATLANTA

 Wedding Planner Michelle Gainey Opens Exclusive Wedding Studio on March 2nd

 ATLANTA, GEORGIA (March 2, 2009)

StudioWed, an exclusive collection of Atlanta’s finest wedding vendors will converge in a stylish and sophisticated wedding planning studio in Atlanta on March 2nd.  Twenty six of Atlanta.s best wedding professionals will be in one location to assist the newly engaged couple in creating the most spectacular and personalized wedding imaginable.

Exclusive vendors include on-site spa and salon Luxe Beauty Co., full service caterers Hallie Jane’s Catering and WholeLife Catering, premier entertainment professionals Music Master DJs and Atlanta Music Company, floral designers Chelsea Floral Designs, Shosho Designs and Tulip, gourmet custom favors by Dreamy Gelato and Chocolates, custom designed linens by I Do Linens, rental company Event Rentals Unlimited, Sole Journey offering unique footwear, wedding photographers Ross Oscar Knight Photography, Liana Photography, Andrea Taylor Studio and Blue World Studios, custom stationery by Ink and Paint and Luxe Expressions, full service custom cake and dessert bakeries ~M Cupcakes, Sugarplum Visions and Sweet Sensations, wedding planning firms Favor Events, Kis3 Event Planning, and Lemiga Events, Officiant Rev. Deanna Lancaster, and Elegant Event Sitters offering babysitting solutions for special occasions.

 For more information please visit:

 www.studiowed.net/atlanta

 About StudioWed Atlanta

 StudioWed Atlanta located in trendy Midtown West (1000 Marietta St, Suite 124, Atlanta, GA), is an exclusive collection of wedding vendors representing the finest wedding professionals that service the Atlanta area. This is a hip and revolutionary concept in local and destination weddings in Atlanta: a stylish and sophisticated planning studio where the area’s best vendors come to you. Meet with a photographer over coffee in the morning and enjoy a glass of wine as you chat with a florist in the afternoon. Best of all, there’s no cost to you to use StudioWed’s services, so you can feel free to spend an entire day — or as many as you need — planning your big day.

“It is my goal with the studio to streamline the wedding planning process and be a resource for engaged couples. I find that brides are quickly overwhelmed with the number of vendors in the marketplace and the time it takes to drive all over the city to meet with vendors. StudioWedoffers couples a haven to find quality vendors and resources for planning their wedding..”

Michelle Gainey