I'm Not "Crafty"

I've never considered myself "crafty". Probably because I still associate crafty with tole painting and scrap booking. I do, however, like to make stuff. Halloween inspired me. I made Duncan and Bennett's vests complete with handmade patches. I also made Livi's B-day cake. I was particularly proud of this one because, at the time, I had no Internet. It was 9pm and I knew I had to make this cake and had no ideas. I normally would just google "cute kid cakes" or something like that and get some ideas. I was a bit scared but it was actually really fun to figure out how to make these cute butterflies and caterpillars all on my own.

The butterflies are white chocolate covered pretzels and the holes filled in with sprinkles. The caterpillars are mini marshmallows stuck together with frosting.
For the flower I warmed up starbursts and molded them into petals. While I know this is very uh...amateur (even that's an overstatement)I think it shows that you can make a cute enough cake for a 1 year old with using the old thinker and some left over Halloween candy. I always loved my birthday cakes as a kid. They were typically still in the pan, with yummy homemade frosting, sprinkles and M&M's shaped into balloons or something. I think I'm going to stick to that tradition. No fondant -just butter cream, candy, cookies, pretzels, whatever. Nothing fancy =)