GLEE CUPCAKES!!! Do you love???
I think the slushies were my favorite. I had done a batch earlier in the month for one of my darlings at church. But a friend of ours has a daughter who is obsessed like me. So I made some for her birthday on Thursday. So much fun.
And yes, the WMHS Cheerios cupcakes have actual Cheerios on them. I had so much fun with these. Totally a great way to end a year of baking.
They were red velvet. For hubby's boss and his coworkers. See, hubby works weekends so he was scheduled to work Christmas. So he put in to get the day off as soon as he possibly could. And he got it. So when his boss (who knew me when I was in junior high and pretty much loves my mom and me) gave him his December schedule he said, "You'll notice you're off Christmas Day. As of December 24 I'm no longer on a diet. So if Ashley wants to thank me with cupcakes she could do that." (They kind of know me for my cupcakes there.)
The month (and the year) started out tame. I went for a doctored up cake mix and whipped cream filling. And they were mighty tasty.
Surprisingly no Valentine's Day cupcakes. But I saw the tie-dyed idea and HAD to do it. Tad enjoyed helping with these.
Hubby's birthday came. And of course I made cupcakes for the occasion. Some super tasty cappuccino buttercream topping chocolate cupcakes...
... and a true labor of love: these lemon ones. I had to make lemon curd for the first time ever. They were totally worth it.
My sister had one of those... "girl" parties. And I felt a festive cupcake was needed. So I replicated the shot called a "Blow Job" in cupcake form. They were amazing. Seriously.
I also got to make my first paid cupcakes. Some fun polka dots for a friend of my cousin's. Also my first adventure into fondant. I MADE my own because I was too scared of the gross store-bought ones.
And here was my second paid job. The most adorable and girly little first birthday cupcakes for my friend Heather. Her granddaughter is super cute and I was really pleased with how these came out.
This month brought another first birthday. This time for my niece. Only one picture this time because I didn't get good ones.
I also got to do a baby shower! They were super tasty lemon cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. The decorations are just melted chocolate.
These are probably my favorite. I love the girly ones, but Curious George??? How do you beat that? These made me beyond happy. And I was so thrilled that I may or may not have sent a picture message to several friends proclaiming my awesomeness...
It was a quiet month. Just some cute ones for my brother-in-law's work (also my former place of employment). My former coworkers were pretty impressed.
Mom asked for festive Fourth of July cupcakes. I was more than happy to do so (especially since several of her coworkers were looking forward to them).
I couldn't resist doing the tie-dyed effect. It makes me happy.
Our dear Heather (yup, same Heather from before) was having a party (for those wall vinyls that are super cool) and wanted cupcakes. Go ahead and call me her dealer at this point. She's my best customer.
Little brother-in-law's birthday came. We threw the party so there were THREE kinds of cupcakes. I'm a little crazy.
Then Claudia's birthday came next. I was dying to try out red velvet. It totally worked. Not to mention my fun Twilight toppers that Claudia squealed over.
I got a mini cupcake pan. So I looked for any excuse to use it. National Punctuation Day was good enough for me.
Sissy's bridal shower was at my mom's. I made coffee frosting and tried out a lemon white chocolate cupcake. YUM.
Sissy's other bridal shower was more... adult themed. So the blow job cupcakes were necessary. This time in miniature.
Okay, you can't see it, but those candy toppers spell out "Happy Birthday Taytem." More birthday cupcakes, for my other niece.
Mad Hatter cupcakes for mom's work. I LOVED these colors.
See how cute they are all stacked on their display? They were pretty tasty too.
One more birthday party.
This time for a little boy. Hubby works with his mom.
It was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!! I loved them! Apparently they made hubby's coworker giddy, and she's not a giddy person.
While I meant to get fancy this month, there's just too much going on. I already make cookies! So we finished the month (and year) with some good ol' filled cupcakes.
Vanilla with chocolate mousse filling and a chocolate buttercream. Tad enjoyed it. He licked the beaters of course.
There was the birthday cake for my Tad this year. Which he loved. And I'm still pretty proud of. Totally his idea and I was able to do it for him.
I'm also thankful for friends that have had enough faith in me to put me in charge of their parties! It takes a lot to trust your son's first birthday goodies to someone. I'm so lucky to have people who have that much trust in my work.
And I'm thankful for friends who are just awesome and give me a chance to try something new. I played with fondant, I played with shimmer powder, and I attempted my first red velvet when I made these for a friend's birthday. It was SO fun.
Hubby enjoyed them.
And he was kind enough to suggest that I was eating the exclamation mark because I'm loud.
*sigh*
YESSSSS!!! TWO mini cupcake pans! I had these on our wedding registry and when we didn't get them they made their way to my Amazon list (side note: you should totally make one for your Christmas list, my mom and grandma love that I have one). Mom didn't even realize they were on my wish list, but she saw them while shopping the other day and decided to get them for me.
Can you say BEST MOM EVARRRRR!!!
I'll be breaking these lovelies in today with some special cupcakes for sissy's bridal shower tomorrow. I am SO excited! You may be seeing a lot of baby cupcakes popping up around here...
These things are edible! How pretty are they? I'm not even about to attempt sugar work so I think I'd have to buy anything this pretty instead of trying myself. I'd love to throw them on some Mother's Day cupcakes.
This box is just cute. I need to go pick up some more cupcake boxes for occasions where they're a gift or something to be left somewhere. I can't go giving away my fancy plastic carriers, now can I?
These are the cutest labels ever. Nuff said.
Ohhhh and the cupcake liners. Let's just ooh and ahh over all of these.
A sparkly heart. Because Edward sparkles. *sigh* Mom asked about that one too...
And OF COURSE I had to do these!! They were my favorite (and Claudia's, and Heather's, and probably everyone else's). All the decorations were done with marshmallow fondant (only my second time using it). And the frosting was of course cream cheese. So if anyone wants them, I'll take orders...
