LOOK AT ALL MY PEARLS Y'ALL

Today is John's and my 18th wedding anniversary, and before you ask, yes, we DID get married as toddlers. We wore onesies and tottered down the aisle to the theme from Muppet Babies. It was awesome.

Anyhoo, I know what you're thinking. "Jim," you're thinking, - because you've again mistaken me for a starship captain with a penchant for pauses - "Jim, how can *I* be married for 18 blissful years?"

Ahhhh, SAY NO MORE. I do the talking around here.

Oh, and John says I have to use a bunch of these older submissions from the archives, but don't worry; I can make anything work with my stellar marriage advice. SO BRING IT, JOHN.

MARRIAGE PRO TIP #1:

Um, don't... radiate... each other. Instead, BE RADIANT.

(booya oh yeah i got this)

MARRIAGE PRO TIP #2:

Keep each other as happy as a pig in poo.
And then stay away from bees.
(Which is really more of a life tip, so that's a bonus for you single folk.)

MARRIAGE PRO TIP #3:

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[pin dropping]

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Next!

MARRIAGE PRO TIP #4:

Every piece of clothing ever makes her look the sexiest she has ever looked. Period.

And that goes double for the wedding dress.

MARRIAGE PRO TIP #5

When the haircut goes wrong, stick a hat on it and buy him/her cake.
And when you accidentally run over the pet snake...

...stick a hat on it and buy him/her cake.
(Your spouse, I mean, not the snake. I'm pretty sure the snake won't care for cake at this point.)

MARRIAGE PRO TIP #6:

Be their rock:

...with spontaneous wrastlin' matches.

(MROWR)

And finally,

MARRIAGE PRO TIP #7:

Give them what they want, and lots of it.

By which I mean cake.

MOAR CAKE PLS JOHN.

Thanks to Julie G., KK, Becca H., Samantha B., Ellen W., Mark H., & Diana A. for the excuse to share all these pearls of wisdom. LOOK AT ALL MY PEARLS Y'ALL.

And a special thanks to john, the hubby of me, for still being here after 18 years of poo puns and demands for whoopie... pies. I love you, Sweetness. Here's to many multiples of 18 more.

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Sunday Sweets With Character

It's been a little while since we looked at some of my favorite character cakes, right?

GOOD.

Because lookie:

(By Cake Up)

How gorgeous is this Maleficent cake? Those wings!! And don't miss the tiny little spotted mushrooms, because I love them.

Another one of my favorite characters with huge black wings:

(By this Redditor's girlfriend, who isn't named)

Castiel from Supernatural!

And I may have squealed like the fangirl I am when I found this cake. (I learned that from the pizza man.)

Classic Winnie-the-Pooh never goes out of style:

(By Cake By Annie)

Those soft watercolors are perfect, and I like how Pooh & Piglet look like a 3D paper cutting!

There've been quite a few new kids' movie out this year, like Secret Life of Pets:

(By Sweet Prelude)

Finding Dory:

(By Cakes By Dani for The Dory Sugar Collaboration)

Can you find Dory? :) Also: WOWIE ZOWIE.

And apparently we got an Angry Birds movie?

(By Adore Cake Decor)

Granted, there are no birds on this one, but c'mon. That pig is the bee's knees.

Ah, and another Kung Fu Panda!

(By Oana Maria Ilie)

D'awwwww.

There's a new Pete's Dragon reboot coming out soon, but I'm feeling all persnickety about it, because Elliott is not furry. Elliott looks like this:

(By Tracy's Custom Cakery)

::squee!::

Ahem. As I was saying: THIS IS ELLIOTT.
And I loved this scene where they play tic-tac-toe on his belly. So cute!

I'm used to Alice in Wonderland cakes being bright, bold colors, so this pastel White Rabbit is like a cotton candy dream:

(By Emma Jayne Cake Design)

Look at all that detail! And the playing cards half-submerged in the cake board!

And finally, one more of my favorites who, again, has the loveliest black wings:

(By Alisa Asami)

TOOTHLESS POTTER!

Or is it Harry Toothless?

Whichever, this Toothless/Harry Potter mashup is the cutest thing I've seen all week, and I reeeeeally want that topper for my desk now. It's so perfect! And little Hedwig! AH! ::faints from teh cute::

Hope you guys enjoyed! Happy Sunday!

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