Thursday, January 29, 2009

Happy Birthday Joe!

Today, we celebrate Joe's birthday. As is my tradition, I designed his card myself:





Ok, no, not really. But wouldn't that be awesome?

I used his <3 cake tins to make him a really yummy cake:

SomeMonkey suggested I cut the cake into layers so I combined the two cakes from the tin (yellow cake mix + mocha extract) and used a mocha frosting between them. The outer frosting is vanilla with a bunch of sprinkles. My boy loves sprinkles, I have no idea what that's about.

For his gift, I'm giving him the plague a baby some cool solar lights for the porch. We practically live on our screened porch when weather is nice. In general, he's difficult to buy for so if he doesn't like it, well, see his card above.

Happy birthday, Joe!
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20 comments:

  1. blognutJan 29, 2009, 11:36:00 AM

    Happy Birthday, Joe!

    I think he better like the solar lights because punching him in the face is unbirthday like.

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  2. UnknownJan 29, 2009, 11:43:00 AM

    Crafty Cate...that's gonna be your new name. My cake would totally not look that well put together. Did you get any sleep last night, or were you distributing the sprinkles evenly? I would be bothered by unequal distribution. Happy Birthday to Joe...let me know how the card goes over;)

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  3. Juliet ColorsJan 29, 2009, 11:46:00 AM

    Aw... That cake looks very tasty. I like the colorful sprinkles. Happy Birthday to Joe! (I hope he doesn't take this birthday to mean he gets an excuse not to pamper your sick self.)

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  4. kimJan 29, 2009, 12:10:00 PM

    I've just nicknamed you Sprinkles..lol

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  5. angi_b72Jan 29, 2009, 12:51:00 PM

    Happy Birthday Sprinkle Boy!! Hope you have a good one!! I love solar lights too!!

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  6. TinaJan 29, 2009, 1:06:00 PM

    Solar lights and sprinkles. Sounds like a great birthday to me!

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  7. AnonymousJan 29, 2009, 1:14:00 PM

    Aw, what a bootiful cake. Did it taste as good as it looks?

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  8. DebJan 29, 2009, 2:01:00 PM

    cute cake. so much effort... he is a lucky fellow.

    happy b-day, joe~

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  9. AnnelieJan 29, 2009, 2:27:00 PM

    Happy Birthday, Joe!

    I hope you guys have a fantastic day! The cake looks delicious, and the card is brilliant!

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  10. AngelaJan 29, 2009, 2:46:00 PM

    Too funny! You should work for hallmark with those wonderful sentiments!!

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  11. SarahJan 29, 2009, 3:19:00 PM

    I'm gonna go ahead and veto "Sprinkles" as a nickname right now. It sounds like a fetish specialist porn star.

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  12. Call Me CateJan 29, 2009, 3:58:00 PM

    Sarah - it DOES sound a little porn-ish.

    SisterFriend - will report back tomorrow after we eat it.

    I'm home sick for the afternoon and I'm SOOOOOOOOO tempted to eat his cake.

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  13. PatJan 29, 2009, 4:58:00 PM

    the cake looks good! now I am in the mood for something cakey!!

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  14. LyndsayJan 29, 2009, 6:05:00 PM

    Any guy man enough to love some sprinkles gets a check mark in my book ...

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  15. AnonymousJan 29, 2009, 8:43:00 PM

    Happy Birthday joe! Love your card!

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  16. Ryan Ashley ScottJan 29, 2009, 8:53:00 PM

    Beautiful cate, Cake. I mean cake, Cate. In case you are still wondering how stupid I am: I totally just got the less than three cake joke. It's been like a month, right? It's funny now.

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  17. RandomWondersJan 29, 2009, 11:07:00 PM

    Beautiful cake!

    Visiting from SITs =]

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  18. The Wife O RileyJan 29, 2009, 11:35:00 PM

    Happy Birthday Joe! That cake looks and sounds yummy!

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  19. KathyJan 30, 2009, 6:12:00 AM

    Happy Birthday Joe.

    I like the sprinkles & the solar lights. I agree with blognut about the punch in the face... you want something different for a birthday.

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  20. Call Me CateJan 31, 2009, 10:09:00 AM

    The cake WAS delicious, by the way. And it's hard to tell from the picture but they're such a nice little size - that was perfect for sharing. And since it was his birthday, I did allow him to eat some too. :)

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