Last month, we celebrated Lady's first birthday. I've never thrown a party for a dog before, but it was a great excuse to invite my Las Vegas grandchildren over for cake!
I made most of the decorations on my Silhouette Cameo, but a few things - like the backdrop and the balloons - came from Amazon.
I bought the picture frame, dog bowls, and tableware from the dollar store, of course! I got the small wooden fire hydrant and dog house from a craft supply website, then painted/glittered them. The "dog bones," actually "Scooby Doo" graham crackers, were a big hit.
I cut a piece off of the backdrop to make a table runner (using packaging tape to "hem" the raw edges). I made the ribbon garland with a thin piece of rope, and a few spools of coordinating ribbon. It was a time-consuming task, but easy to do while watching some of my favorite guilty pleasures on Netflix.
My favorite bakery was unable to make the cake, so I had to do it myself. This tutorial made it easy, but it was still very time-consuming: Yorkie Dog Cake Recipe - BettyCrocker.com I couldn't find hot pink cake board foil, so I used wrapping paper (but if you do this, be sure to have an extra cake board under the cake, so the icing doesn't stain the paper). I used fondant to cover an ice cream cone for the hat, and to cover a waffle cone bowl for the dog bowl (then I used edible glitter on each). The "dog food" is cocoa puffs. The bone was also made of fondant, cut with a cookie cutter.
I ordered the puppies from Amazon. They're keychains, which were more cost-effective - I just cut off the attached key rings.
