Orders on hold until further notice

As many of you may know already, Karren is currently pregnant and due October 24th. Sadly, we found out that her child has a terminal chromosomal disorder called Edwards Syndrome (or Trisomy 18). Karren has named her Miah Rachel Wilde and she isn't expected to live long. There is a high chance of still birth and an even higher chance that she will pass away during the first week of her life. There is a tiny chance that she could live up to a year or more. For this reason, Karren will not be taking any orders until she learns the ultimate fate of her daughter and has enough time to grieve. We appreciate your understanding in this matter and we will update this blog when we know more, so please become a follower if you would like to know more. Currently, we are thinking April 2010 as a return date, but if her daughter is still alive then, it will be later. Thank you once again for your patience and understanding and we look forward to serving you again soon.

Motorcycle Cake

This cake was a groom's cake for a wedding yesterday.

Getting married and want a free cruise?

Karren is featured in the newly released Portland Wedding Notebook. We usually don't advertise, but this was an offer too good to pass up. What is it, you may ask?

Quoting from the web page:
"Our Wedding Workbook's are printed, 200+ page, full color wedding workbooks created exclusively for brides in specific areas."

"With over 100 worksheets, timelines, planning sheets, questions to ask wedding vendors and coupons from local wedding vendors our wedding workbooks are all brides need to plan a beautiful wedding everyone will envy. The best part is that it has full color photos of local wedding cakes, decorations, reception and ceremony sites, photos of real weddings and a 7-day Carnival Cruise certificate for every bride who purchases the workbook for only $39.95!* (travel agency fees, port charges not included)"

It was the offer of the free cruise that we thought was really cool. They are available in Boston, Chicago, Phoenix, Portland (our favorite), Los Angeles, Seattle, and Washington DC area.

So, if you are getting married and want a free cruise, or if you just want to see Karren's ad, or you just like free cruises, click here.

Foulger/Becker Wedding

Despite Karren's pregnany, Karren still did a number of wedding this summer. This particular wedding was for a friend, Kathy Foulger, and her now husband who were married June 20, 2009. These photos were taken by Bagdanoff Photo and we felt they did a great job capturing Karren's art. Enjoy the photos of Karren's mad hatter cake and delicious cupcakes.

Separation of Church and State

Whether you enjoy something spritual like the Mormon temple in Boston ....


or revel in the knowledge of your books at school ...

Here at Karren's, we don't mind doing both on the same day.

An 80th Birthday in an RV

This cake was made to celebrate a grandmother's 80th birthday. The cake represented the good memories of her past growing up in Dusseldorf, Germany (children statue in the front of the RV) and her current life relaxing in the RV.

Bridal Workbook

Karren will have a full page ad featuring her cakes in the upcoming first edition of the Portland Bridal Workbook. If you need a way to stay organized during all the wedding planning, this is a great way to do it.

Benefits of this workbook (and why we decided to advertise in it):

* A Beautiful Keepsake
* 200+ Full Color Pages
* Planning Tips & Ideas
* Timelines & Calendars
* Local vendors and interview questions
* Things for out of state guests to do
* Budget worksheets
* Local marriage license information
FREE 7-day Carnival Cruise certificate inside each workbook! Look on page 172 inside the workbook for details!

It will be published late this summer and you will be able to purchase it in major bookstores or online at http://www.bridalworkbook.com/ for $29.99.

So far, we have been very impressed with this company. We worked with a graphic designer named Mary Housenga to create our full page ad. We think she did a great job! What do you think?