Rock n' roll!

A former student of mine needed some cupcakes to celebrate his birthday. According to his mom, he loves rock and roll music. That was music to my ears (ha ha), since I hadn't done music-themed cupcakes yet! They involved lots of detail work- but I LOVE them :) They looked pretty snazzy on top of the cookies & cream cupcakes he chose too. I hope you had a great birthday, Jason!

Guitar and microphone

Music note and microphone

Drum and guitar

Rock and roll box

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Where to even begin... A good friend of mine asked me to do the cupcakes for a wedding shower. Instantly I begin thinking of wedding-y things: flowers, wedding bells, you know, pretty things. Well, when she came back and asked me to include a 1/2 monkey 1/2 pony, a creepy doll and a brain with a bite out of it, needless to say, I was slightly shocked.

Apparently they are doing a couples shower and the groom-to-be is a big fan of a singer named Jonathan Coulton. He has songs about a code monkey, IKEA, a mustache, a creepy doll, a brain with a bite out of it and a 1/2 pony 1/2 monkey. So it started to make a little bit more sense.

All in all, even thought they are a really strange request, they are also strangely cute! And if the bride and groom are happy, I'm happy :)

Monkey on laptop aka Code Monkey

Brain with a bite out of it

Creepy Doll

Jonathan Coulton-themed cupcakes

"Can you tell me how to get...

...how to get to Sesame Street?"

For a little girl's birthday, she requested Sesame Street- specifically Elmo, Cookie Monster and Abby. After a little research (they didn't have Abby when we were kids, did they?) I transformed my original monster cupcakes into some pretty friendly Sesame Street monsters :)

'Tis the Season, take 2

Somehow, Mark talked me into doing cupcakes for his business Christmas party ;) These were a little more whimsical then the classic trees and stars I had done before. I did love those Christmas trees so of course, I did them again. But I also added Santa, Rudolph, Frosty and some other really fun Christmas icons. I love how they turned out, especially Santa and the glittery leaves on the holly. Merry Christmas everyone!

'Tis the Season!

These festive guys were made for a friend of mine who was hosting a table at a Christmas event. She wanted something traditional and yummy. We decided on a cinnamon spice cupcake with cinnamon buttercream frosting decorated with Christmas trees and Christmas stars. I think they turned out nicely, especially the cute little trees, which I had a lot of fun decorating :)

Peace, love and cupcakes!

A previous co-worker of mine asked me to do the cupcakes for her daughter's 10th birthday. She said that she loves peace signs, rock and roll and oh yeah, the invitations have those little hearts with wings on them... How fun is that?!
I was super excited to try something new and to be able to use my new favorite color of frosting- tie-dye :)
Her daughter was so sweet when they came to pick them up, gushing about how she loved them and how cute they were. What a sweet little girl! I hope she had a wonderful birthday!

"Claire"/heart with wings & peace sign with flower


Peace!


Record (her mom might have to explain what this is ;) ) & "10" on a heart


Have a nice day


Tie dye box #1


Tie dye box #2 (camera died before I could snap a picture of the 3rd box)

Paintball!

A request from a special parent and student of mine for his paintball-themed birthday turned out spectacular! I love the little chocolate candies that look like paintball pellets and the swirly icing colors.

This design gives me so many more ideas... tie dye party anyone?