Buried Treasure!

So the Pirate Party is over and the cupcakes were a success... they looked even cuter when set up with the little pirate bones! I did mention before that I was also asked to go ahead and do the photography for the party so the birthday boy's mom could go ahead and pay attention to the party without worrying about how many pictures she got and to be sure everything was caught on film. I got all the photos (almost 200!) cropped and onto a disk for my co-worker (the lucky mommy) and to her last Friday. She was SO excited and was in love with them! It made me very happy to see how happy she was. =) Hope you enjoy the photos!

Ahoy Mate!

The pirate party cupcakes were a success! They turned out so cute and with the setup at the venue, they were even better! I had a great time making them (aside from the burn I got on the oven door, sigh). I was also asked to take photos at the party for the birthday boy's mom. That made for a great time as well! I enjoy photography and hope to get into it a bit more soon. ;)

The party was amazing! The birthday boy had a pirate jumper, scattered pirate confetti, pirate colors, a ship's steering wheel, a present table, some pirate punch, and a bunch more! The best part for the birthday boy was the pirate who came with his parrots! This was an interesting show and everyone got to hold a parrot, including the birthday boy! Even though some of the parrots were bigger than his head, the pirate helped hold his arm so he could hold the big guys. It was so cute too, the birthday boy followed the pirate around everywhere he went and was talking about the birds. I told his mom it sounds like a pet bird might be in their future!

Arrrgh!

Time for some pirate cupcakes!! A friend of mine had told me about her son's birthday party a few weeks ago and I helped her out with a few ideas. I'd offered to take photos at the party to document his big '4', but the thought hadn't crossed my mind to offer my baking! Needless to say, she brought it up late last week, so it looks like I'll be baking some pirate cupcakes for the party this Sunday! I'm pretty excited since it's been a while since the last time I made something. This will be my biggest order yet at 45 cupcakes, but it should be loads of fun!

Good to be back

So there have been a few changes since I was last here posting... Biggest one is that we've moved! It's not far from our old place, but it's bigger and it's our own! Not to mention we LOVE it! <3


Anyhow, I've come across refashioning lately and am super duper interesting in trying it out. SO... I have to get my sewing machine out, change the needle, and get to finding some awesome fabrics or thrift clothes to change up. I'm really excited. That's not to say I won't be baking anymore... I love doing that too and will continue. Things have slowed a lot since I've been here and I hope to begin getting used to the new oven soon. =)

(S)Lacking....

I know I've been lacking on posts, photos, and creativity lately... sorry about that. I even have some pineapple cake I really want to make at home, but I haven't gotten around to it just yet. Work has been super busy and they just implemented mandatory overtime, so needless to say I haven't been home a whole bunch. I'd like to make the pineapple cake soon (well, into cupcakes, but still) and I was thinking about topping it off with a coconut frosting... how's that sound? =)

Strawberry Banana Cupcake

Since I still had some leftover banana cream frosting, I decided that I would try to top some lovely strawberry cupcakes with it. The end result was not that tasty, so I also made some strawberry cuppies with plain vanilla frosting. There was no issue with the flavors separately, but when put together the banana really took over and that's pretty much all I could taste. I think I'll leave the banana cream frosting to the chocolate cupcakes. However, since I made these ones just for fun I tried out a few of my other tips to see what I could do with them. Enjoy my random designs! haha ;)

Chocolate Banana Cupcakes

I was personally asked to make cupcakes for a co-worker's birthday last Friday. She said it didn't matter what they were so I started parusing and thinking. I came across a recipe for some banana cream frosting and couldn't pass it up. I checked with the birthday girl and asked if there was any fruit she didn't prefer. She said only orange was a no-go. So, I was off to make some chocolate banana cupcakes for her! They turned out amazingly awesome! They were so delicious! They went off with rave reviews here at work and I was so happy it all turned out to be tasty!