Woodland Theme Baby Shower

Sweet little Levi is a beautiful miracle! Without going into too many details, we'll just say that the pregnancy and delivery of this cute little guy had both his and his mother's lives at risk. Prayers of thousands wrapped around their sweet family, and I'm happy to say that mother and son are happy and healthy!

I was so honored to be a part of their baby shower celebrating a glowing new mom and her healthy premie boy.

His mommy, Melissa, loves the outdoors and chose a woodland themed nursery. The shower was a beautiful representation of the great outdoors with pine trees, bird houses, pine cones and woodland creatures peeking through little details here and there. I had so much fun making a cake to match the fun decor!

This cake took forever, but was worth all the effort. Unfortunately my bottom tier dowels gave way (one of a baker's worst nightmares), but it actually worked with the cake. Because of the woodland theme, the bottom layer took on a mountainous look. Though the bottom cake was "condensed" it still tasted yummy!

I used homemade marshmallow fondant for most of the cake except for the grass which is buttercream. The brown fondant is chocolate and was achieved by adding cocoa powder to the melted marshmallows before kneading in the powdered sugar.

A circle of pine trees adorned the middle tier along with some fun woodland creatures...a bunny, bear and raccoon. The top tier featured "LEVI" in fun lettering cutouts and was topped with a baby boy in a pom-pom beanie with pacifier and blanket featuring a little turtle on top.

I'm so excited for my dear friends Tyler and Melissa as they are adjusting to life as parents. And, of course, I love holding little Levi to get my "baby fix." I love you guys! Congratulations!

Photography by Stephanie Morgan Photography.