What girl doesn't love flowers?

I received an order for birthday cupcakes, sans fondant for a bit cheaper (minus the birthday message). The only request for design I had with these were "something girly".. so I decorated these double chocolate chip cupcakes with two-toned pastel yellow hydrangeas and pink begonias. Girly, yes? I was able to use my new piping tip to create the hydrangeas :) Check out the close ups for details of the petals.

Bon Voyage Ma Famille!

These cupcakes were made as a send off for some friends (aka family) who are traveling to Vietnam for a month to do some tremendous charity work. Please take a second to learn more about the family-run organization they're representing, the GIFTS Foundation HERE
To keep with the traveling theme I made some airplanes, Vietnamese boats and hats and rice bowls with chopsticks. For the boats and hats I used a chocolate marshmallow fondant (also in the sunglasses, nail polish caps and guitars in the previous post), which gives your a deeper dark colour without having to add as much colouring gel. And yes, again: double chocolate chip cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.


I also had another friend, Kelly, who left yesterday to teach in London for the next 10 months. These were made for her going away party.

So many people leaving!! Good luck ladies!!!

Happy Birthday Mon Emi!

Birthday cupcakes for two very lovely people in my life. Set one for Monica who loves the greatest colours of nailpolish and is always styling some great shades (and outfits)! Set two for Emi who is a great guitarist and knows a helluvalot about his macs.. yay for apple! These were both double chocolate chip cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Again, the most popular flavour as you'll see with the next few orders I'm posting...