4th of July Cupcakes!

I am going to a BBQ today to celebrate 4th of July. I was going to make a pie, but the cherries were really expensive. I had already bought some strawberries on sale, so I decided to make strawberry mini cupcakes and decorate them for the 4th of July. I dripped some blue and red food color into the frosting bag and went from there. It was pretty messy! And they didn't come out exactly as I wanted, but something to practice on for next time. Still I think you can get the gist of what I was trying to do, and they came out pretty cute!

Thing 1 Thing 2 Dr. Seuss Theme Babyshower Cupcakes

A friend of mine was helping her sister throw a baby shower last weekend and asked if I would make the cupcakes. It was a Dr. Seuss theme baby shower for a baby boy. She sent me some links of ideas for Dr. Seuss theme cupcakes. The choices were Lorax Trees or Thing 1 Thing 2 Cupcakes. hey decided on Thing 1 Thing 2, because they were very cute, and fit the rest of the decorations better. I made half chocolate cupcakes with marshmallow frosting and the other half vanilla with vanilla buttercream. I hunted down red cupcake liners, which was actually kind of hard. Most of the places had the fun themed liners and not just basic colors. I finally found the at Michaels. Then I printed out circles that said "Thing 1" and "Thing 2" that were attached to the front. FYI...tape doesn't stick, glue is needed. And for the crazy hair, I found tubs of blue cotton candy at the Dollar Tree! I bought 5 tubs because I didn't know how much was needed. I went through 1 1/2 tubs for about 30 cupcakes and left the 1/2 opened container and one full unopened container if touch ups were needed. I wanted to set the cupcakes up close to the start of the shower, but got the time wrong, so I was an hour earlier than I thought I wanted to be. The cotton candy melts, so don't add it right before you need to. Also, be careful when handling it, because just the contact with your hands can make it start to get hot and melt. But overall, I think the cotton candy hair was the perfect touch to these cupcakes.

Girl Baby Shower Cupcakes

I just wanted to post some pictures of cupcakes I did last weekend for a friends baby shower. Per the mom-to-be's request, I made Pink Lemonade Cupcakes and Shirley Temple Cupcakes. She gave me free reign on the rest of the decorations. There really was no theme, so I went with lots and pink and baby girl! I used random cupcake liners I found at Party City that were baby shower theme, with little foot prints all over. I ordered some really cute wrappers online which said "its a girl" and were just pink and cute. I love the idea of the cupcake wrapper. You can just buy cheap, generic, whatever liners since they always fade during baking anyways. But the wrappers you put on after the baking is complete so they look fresh and lovely for the event. I topped the cupcakes with "Its a Girl" picks, and 2 different kinds of pink sparkly sprinkles.