Cake Archives - Lemon Thistle

Ombre Cake Makeover for Valentines Day (from a Grocery Store Cake!)

Colleen Pastoor — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:00:15 +0000

Psst! This post is part of a Canadian blogger Valentines Day blog hop! Scroll down to the bottom to get all the ideas! If you know me at all, you might know that I’m not much of a baker. I know how- don’t get me wrong. My mom is a fabulous baker and always made …

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DIY Cake Decorating Party for Kids

Colleen Pastoor — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:31:36 +0000

Plan your own DIY cake decorating party for kids with a free printable party planning checklist and decor ideas! My daughter loves helping me bake, but really… she only does so she can help decorate the cookies, cakes, cupcakes… whatever! She loves to decorate with icing and sprinkles and has even checked books out of …

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Happy Birthday Cake Topper (free cut file)

Colleen Pastoor — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:08:56 +0000

This happy birthday cake topper is simple and quick to make with a free cut file I hand lettered! Sharing not only the design, but how I made it and the materials I used. Yesterday was Shane’s birthday and even though he worked all day, we still celebrated with a delicious dinner and of course… …

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Easy Striped Cake With Railroad Cake Topper

Colleen Pastoor — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 01:01:31 +0000

If you’ve been following along with Lemon Thistle for a while, you’ll know that I love a good cake hack (a super simple way to decorate any cake, even one from the grocery store that looks homemade and rad). But you also might remember that I shared this birthday party A YEAR AGO. I’m digging …

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Half Cake for a Half Birthday Tradition

Colleen Pastoor — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:00:27 +0000

One of the things I’ve always wanted to make a value in our home is celebration. Not just for birthdays or holidays, but for little things too. Like when Aubrey stopped biting her fingernails (that was brief), or when we have a movie night (they’re pretty rare here, so we make them a big deal!), …

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Modern Kids Ice Cream Party

Colleen Pastoor — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:00:11 +0000

This post contains affiliate links. Party supplies provided by Oriental Trading. Find all my policies here. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! When we asked our twins what they wanted for their birthday party this year… the answer was without hesitation- ICE CREAM! We had hosted a mini ice cream party …

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DIY NYE Cake Topper (With Fonts & Cricut!)

Colleen Pastoor — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 19:26:31 +0000

This post is sponsored by Cricut. As always, I would never promote a product I don’t love! Find my full disclosure here. Can you believe it’s almost Christmas? And almost 2018?! Let me say that again… we are just a few weeks away from NEXT YEAR. I always let the buzz of the holiday season …

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DIY Wedding Cake Topper ‘So Much Love’

Colleen Pastoor — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:41:02 +0000

You guys, this project turned out exactly like I’d imagined it. It took a bit more mess than expected (I totally ruined my fave pair of jeans by spilling my liquid gold), but it was worth it… sort of. I’m still mourning the jeans. But enough about my pants… let’s talk this cake topper! You …

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DIY Winter Scene Cake Makeover

Colleen Pastoor — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:00:04 +0000

You guys… I just love shortcuts. I really, really do. This is the third cake in my ‘cake makeover’ collection. Which has really happened by accident, or laziness. Basically you take a grocery store cake- you know one of the ones with balloons or roses and you turn it into something that looks homemade and …

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A Modern Dinosaur Party!

Colleen Pastoor — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 20:37:58 +0000

This post contains sponsored or affiliate links which help support Lemon Thistle. As always, I’ll only recommend things I love, love. Full disclosure here. You guys, we had such a great weekend! Today we’re celebrating the twins turning 2 (where did the time go?) and we invited family and a few friends over yesterday to …

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