A “Wicked” Birthday Celebration
Posted by Brad at 7:40pm Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Today, we had the opportunity and the joy to surprise a colleague of ours, Ashley Burget, who is a special person and a very good friend. She is most deserving of a blessing and special gift for her birthday (which isn’t really until July 5th, but today was her last day of work this week, so we had to do it today). So, we decided to make it a special surprise for her.
Ashley is a huge fan of The Wizard of Oz and the prequel musical Wicked. So we decided to have a cake made that was Wicked-themed. We worked with a local caterer who makes custom cakes to create something unique for Ashley. Then we created a special Wicked-themed birthday card that included a digitally created representation of Ashley as the lead character, Elfaba (who becomes the infamous Wicked Witch of the West in the end of the musical).
She was so excited and we were so excited, that I just had to share pictures that I took of the cake and of Ashley’s reaction.
The “Wicked” Birthday Cake with the “Wicked” Birthday Card
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A detailed shot of the custom “Wicked”-themed birthday cake that shows some of the detail put into this cake by the local caterer who worked on this custom creation for Ashley Burget. The witches hat is edible.
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Ashley Burget looks at the special card created for her birthday celebration.
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Ashley Burget shows off the inside of her special birthday card that included a digitally created representation of her as the lead character, Elfaba.
On Jul 3, 2008, Brit' Gal Sarah said:
That is sooo utterly cool and what an amazing cake! I loved that book and hope to see the musical sometime.
On Jul 3, 2008, Karla said:
You do such great work. Love the card. That cake is just incredible! Wow! She looks absolutely thrilled.
On Jul 3, 2008, Joshua Ritter said:
That is sooooooooo cool!!! Ashley, you have extremely thoughtful and creative colleagues! I was blown away by the digitally created representation of your face as the lead character, Elfaba. You are a lucky lady!