We had our cake and ate it too!

I was glad to be a part of the planning for Art's Richmond's 2012 fundraiser event themed Fire & Ice.  In addition to dinner,dancing and a silent auction, we decided to add a cake baking contest to the evenings events.  We out together some guidelines and invited local bakers, or cake artists as we like to call them, to participate.

In the guidelines the cakes had to represent the theme and offer a bite-sized sample for approximately 150 people.  Guest were encouraged to vote for Best in Theme and Best in Taste.  We opened the contest and encouraged people to vote at a $1.00 per vote.   The area around the cakes quickly became busy with guests taking a look and sampling the artwork.  We also provided a prize for Best Overall based on the total of the guests votes for Best in Theme and Best in Taste combined with sponsorship money that each cake artist collected on their own.  We had six cake artists participate and his proved to be a very large part of our fundraiser.

Special thanks to the cake artists:  Bambi Provensano, Wanda Bullard, Tracy McNair, Melissa Newton, Micheille Coggins and Jackie McAuley for their hard work.

Winners:

Best in Taste:  Michelle Coggins
Best in Theme: Tracie McNair

Best Overall: Tracie McNair


This could possibly be an event on it's own.  Planning for the Second Annual Cake Showcase will begin soon.

You call that roughing it?

Memorial day provided an opportunity for my sister and brother in laws to show us their new camper.  They setup at nearby Sycamore Lodge Campground and offered to keep all of the young kids over night.  Actually, the two brother in laws spent the night.  Sis in law was smart enough to head back to a house with plenty of space and no bugs.

Growing up, I spent many summers with my grandparents and their camper.  I do not remember their camper having an outdoor kitchen, flat screen TVs, cable!!!!!, and part of the camper that slide out to make space.  campers have come a long way!!

I didn't spend the night either.  I preferred the beds in the house.