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the day it all blew away…..

allison — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:09:53 +0000

…is a fabulous kids book illustrated and written by multi-talented Lisa Cinar. I was fortunate enough to collaborate with her on making a cake to celebrate the book launch! We did a cake shaped like the book’s main character, Mr. Tadaa. How can this guy not make you smile?

The launch, and the book (which went on to win a prestigious award!), were a big hit, although it was sad to cut up Mr. Tadaa and see him go! He went down OK, though

each book has its own flavour…

allison — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:46:59 +0000

Back in 2008, the Regional Assembly of Text converted a storage closet in their store into the Lowercase Reading Room, which is now home to hundreds of zines and self published books, all in a space measuring less than 9 by 3 feet.

Of course the opening of the Reading Room called for a cake….

…..and what would be more fitting than a stack of books?

The opening was a hit, and everyone got a piece of their favorite flavour