New Bakery Opening SOON!!!

Dachelle McVey and Kelly Roberts are teaming up to open a bakery in beautiful downtown McMinnville, Tennessee. The bakery, which has yet to be named, will be located in the old Capalanos building. We are super excited about our new venture, and will offer speciality cakes, a cupcake bar, and various other desserts and treats. I will let you all know when we will officially be open. We are shooting for February 12, in conjunction with the festivities scheduled downtown for Valentines Day as a sneak preview, with a grand opening to shortly follow. I hope to see you all there!!! xoxoxox
Kelly

Chocolate Shoe Box w/High Heel Cake

Jackie Powers ordered a special cake for her daughter Courtney's birthday. She is a fashionista so we decided to give Courtney her own shoe line: Courtney Couture! A Pina Colada Cake is surrounded by a chocolate "box" that is hand painted with royal icing. The hot pink chocolate shoe boasts the same royal icing flower design as the box. Happy Birthday Courtney!!!!!

Gift Bag Cake with a special surprise!!!

Happy Birthday to one of the sweetest people I have ever had the pleasure to meet....Miss Ashlee Reep! Ashlee's mother contacted me a few weeks ago and wanted to surprise Ashlee with a unique chocolate cake. I decided to do a triple chocolate cake inside a Tiffany blue chocolate "bag" filled with chocolate clay tissue paper and decorated with chocolate clay an royal icing adornments. Nested inside the "tissue paper" is a Tiffany blue chocolate acorn box that holds a special gift for the birthday girl: a "Happy Birthday" ribbon banner, and a silver peace sign charm. I hope your day has been a special one Ashlee!!!!

Sweet 16 Cake

Happy Sweet 16th Birthday Bailey Griffith!!!! Bailey is one of the sweetest young ladies I have ever had the pleasure to know, or to bake a cake for!!! I hope you enjoy your day Bailey!! xoxoxo

Vanilla and Chocolate Zebra Stripped Cake and Chocolate Cake with Buttercream Frosting, candy clay dots, fondant ribbon and roses, crystal sugared candy "16", and crystal sugared layers.

Snowflake cake~Happy Birthday Shelby Rae Roberts!

This cake was designed by one of the loves of my life, my beautiful daughter Shelby Rae who turned 9 on January 3rd. Shelby wanted a winter themed, snowflake cake. The cake was chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla with buttercream frosting, sugar pearls, and adorned with royal icing snowflakes with a shimmer of luster dust added. Shelby has plans of one day taking over my cake business, as well as, being a Veteinarian~yeah, she's mine!lol A wonderful time was had by all at the skating party. Thank you all so much for coming and making Shelby's day special!

Peace Sign Birthday Cake

Happy Birthday Emily!!!!

Vanilla Cake w/Buttercream Frosting and Royal Icing Peace Signs. Thanks Jamye!!!

Sandcastle Cake~Happy Anniversary Jason and Jen!!!

Happy Anniversary Jason and Jennifer Loh!!!! Jason and Jen married on the beach, so Jennifer surprised Jason with this beach cake for their anniversary. My favorite part is the little red crab. He took forever to make, but was so stinkin cute....even if I did make him!lol Thanks Jen~may you have many more years of wedded bliss!!!!

Personalized Cupcake Plate Set

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

January 1st starts the annual Dream Custom Artwork 10+ days of giveaways contest. Once again I am very proud and honored to have been invited to participate. I never know what to offer up as my days prize, so I have decided to keep with the tradition of "something cupcake". This year I would like to introduce the latest at Kelly Roberts Designs: Personalized Plates, Cups, and Forks. These items are 100% hand painted by me using non-toxic, ceramic paints. These make great gifts for weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, new babies, and any other celebration you want to turn into a special tradition.

To win this set visit http://www.dreamcustomartwork.blogspot.com/ All you have to do to enter, and you can enter as many times as you like daily, is to leave a comment on Brandie's blog under that days giveaway post. Good Luck!!!!!

If you would like to order a hand painted, personalized plate, cup, or fork just give me a call or shoot me an email. 931-808-5518 or kellyrobertsdesigns@yahoo.com

Plates: $18

Cups: $10

Forks: $5

Complete Set: $28

Royal Icing Snowflakes

Shelby has been designing her "my super sweet 9th" Birthday cake for a couple of weeks now. She wants a winter themed cake in shades of blue and white with snowflakes and snowmen. I don't think I have ever made royal icing in my life, but it was surprisingly simple and easy to work with. Would've been even easier if I had some wax paper and templates to cheat from!lol Anyway, here are the snowflakes...I think they turned out pretty good for my first time, and seeing as how they are all hand piped originals....now if they will just hold together long enough to put some bling on Shelby's cake. BTW~These need to be sprinkled with luster dust to make them shine....was going to add clear sprinkles, but was out of those too!LOL Shelby came to me as I was piping the snowflakes and said "mom, I THINK that is ENOUGH snowflakes"....you all know me~go big or don't go!!! xoxoxox

Lady Broncos Christmas/Winning Season Party

I promised the Lady Broncos a HUGE cake and a party if they won overall in the county this season....guess who won???? ORANGE CRUSH!!!!! I am so proud of these girls. They are phenomenal basketball players as well as young ladies who have the best sportsmanship in the league. You are all so special to me and I have truly enjoyed watching you all grow into the wonderful young ladies you are today. I hope the cake was all you dreamed of. We will have a sleepover soon!!!! xoxoxoxox LOVE YOU LOTS~Kelly

A special THANK YOU to Coach Greta Hoover and Coach Brittney Taylor you two are amazing!!!!

Birthday Cake Ornaments

For my sweet little birthday girls I made ornaments to match their cakes. Their names were painted on the back along with the date. I loved seeing their faces light up when they opened their ornaments. Now they can remember their special day every year when they place the ornament on their tree. Merry Christmas to you and yours!!!!

Ornament Giveaway-UPDATE

Congratulations Bea Andrew!!!!! You have won the Gingerbread Ornament. I will be delivering it to you today. Merry Christmas!!!!

Please come back soon...I am planning another giveaway before Christmas. xoxoxo


Update: I have had so many people tell me they are having trouble leaving comments. I am not sure what is going on with this, but if you will shoot me an email with your comment, I will be happy to enter it for you. I want everyone to have an opportunity to win. Thank you and good luck!
Email: kellyr931@yahoo.com

My life has been blessed in so many ways, and I am truly grateful. I know how lucky I am to have so many good friends and family, and a community of fellow bloggers that inspire me to reach higher than I ever dreamed possible. Thank you for your support over the past year and all the encouragement, orders, and requests I have received. I love to run into people I have never met before and they tell me "I follow your blog". That is amazing to me, and I want you to know you all are the best!
Now~Let's get this holiday started with an Ornament Giveaway! Leave a comment under this post to be entered for a chance to win a Kelly Roberts Designs Original hand painted gingerbread house ornament. The last few posts I have included my favorite quotation, favorite poem, and favorite prayer. Now I want to give you a chance to win one of my favorite ornaments by leaving a comment on something that is your "favorite". You do not have to be from Warren County, Tennessee to win...I will gladly mail you your prize. Please enter as often as you like, the winner will be chosen at random December 10th at 6 a.m. Good Luck and I hope you have a blessed holiday season!!!!

My Favorite Poem~After A While....

God grant me....

God, grant me the...

Serenity to accept things I cannot change,

Courage to change the things I can, and the

Wisdom to know the difference

Patience for the things that take time

Appreciation for all that I have, and

Tolerance for those with different struggles

Freedom to live beyond the limitations of my past ways, the

Ability to feel your love for me and our love for each other and the

Strength to get up and try again even when I feel it is hopeless.

When I stand before God....

"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, I used everything you gave me".
Erma Bombeck