Favorite Local Links . . . Check out these great places located in Rio Grande Valley!

The Inn at Chachalaca Bend  ~A Luxury Inn ~ Specializing in Events, Meetings, Weddings, Retreats and Parties.   

Little Women Tea Parties - Serving the Lower Rio Grande Valley from Brownsville to Mission

One Click Away Studios - I highly recommend Lindsey for all of your professional photography needs.

South Padre Island Wedding Information and Links

South Padre Island Wedding Resource Center

Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville, Texas - We attended a fun birthday party here last year!

The Children's Museum of Brownsville - Another great birthday party idea!

Dirty Al's- Our new favorite place to eat at South Padre Island.  Absolutely the BEST fried shrimp ever!  Great food at great prices.  We love it!  (Their newest restaurant, "Daddy's" is also a fantastic place!)

Scampi's Restaurant - A really nice place to eat at South Padre.  Try to get a table outside or at least in view of the bay at sunset!  You must try their Pecan Redfish.... Yum!!

Shrimp Haus (South Padre Island)- We've been to a wedding reception here... great food!

 

Favorite Cake Decorating Links

Here you will find some of my favorite links to cake decorating and other related spots on the web...

Sweet Dreams by Tracy - A free web site for cake decorators & home bakers~ (Not affiliated with the Food TV Network's show, Sweet Dreams)

Sugarcraft.com - Online Store for Cake Decorating Supplies

Wilton - Cake Decorating Online Store, Recipes and Projects, Discussion Forum, Decorating Techniques

Shop Bakers Nook.com - Cake Decorating and Candy Making Supplies

Earlene Moore - This lady does some of the most awesome cakes I have ever seen.  I dream of taking one of her classes some day!  Her website is also a wealth of information for brides and for cake decorators.

Charm City Cakes - Duff Goldman from "Ace of Cakes" on the Food Network

Mike's Amazing Cakes - You won't believe these cakes! 

Baby Shower Cakes - by cakestrings.com (Kansas City, MO)

Buttercream Wedding Cakes - by jbcakes.com

A really great article by Earlene Moore about pricing cakes

 

~ Some of my favorite decorators ~

Sweets by Sue, Harlingen

Alamo Sweets, San Antonio

Cakes by Sabra, Newport, Arkansas

Diane's Cakes and More, El Dorado, Arkansas

Celebrations, Medway, Ohio

Sweet Promises Bakery, Rossville, Georgia

Heavenly Cakes, Somerset, Kentucky

Kelley Kakes, Colorado (Denver area)

Dragonfly Desserts ~ Cakery and Coffee House, Milford, Nebraska

Bellissima Cakes, Huntington, WV

Cakes by George, Tama, Iowa

Creative Confections by Staceylyn, Puerto Rico

 

~ Even More Cake Decorators Websites ~

Click Here for a page with tons of links to decorators' websites or cake pictures.

Click Here to search for a cake decorator in your area.

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