Cupcakes and Cocktails Birthday

Recently I did some cupcakes for a 50th birthday party. The theme was "Cupcakes and Cocktails" and the birthday lady had a love of shoes, handbags, martinis and the color red. Here are the cupcakes I did, along with a glitter champagne bottle and rosette cake!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lily Baby Shower Cupcakes

I adore lilies. The variety of colors, the big blossoms, they are a gorgeous addition to any garden. When I was recently asked to do lily themed cupcakes, I was really excited to try my hand at them! These cupcakes were made for an elegant pink and gray baby shower. The mom to be loved star gazer lilies and was planning to name her daughter Lily.

Pink and Gold Bridal Shower

I discovered that Pinterest can say a lot about your style and personality. I have a client that I've worked with a few times.  She was emailing me about some bridal shower cupcakes for her friend.  Being the genius that she is, she sent me the link to the bride's Pinterest page and told me that I could draw inspiration from there.  No kidding! Brilliant! I poured over her beautiful pins and then emailed my client back.  I pitched some ideas and she laughed telling me how I basically nailed the vision the bride had for her wedding. Yay, thank you Pinterest!  Here are the cupcakes for this bridal shower....

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Champagne Wishes and Strawberry Dreams

This weekend I made some really fun cupcakes! I was asked to do cupcakes for a bachelorette party.  The bride's wedding colors were hot pink and green.  The bachelorette party plan was a classy champagne soiree. I was given full creative license on the design....which is always fun for me!  We decided on strawberry cupcakes with a vanilla cream cheese icing.  Check out the design!

I am in love with how these turned out! I tried some new techniques such as using liquid gold to accent almost all of the designs.  Here is a close up of the champagne and strawberry cupcake....

 I hand painted the champagne glass and included my signature strawberry heart.

These individual blooms were accented with gold as well.  I drew designs in royal icing on the leaves and painted them gold as well.  I love the effect!

I made an oversized flower just for the Bride to Be.  You cant really tell in this picture but there is a ribbon with gold painted "Bride To Be" as well.

Last in the collection is my favorite one, the engagement ring.  I made gems from fondant and decorated with disco dust.  I painted the ring band gold as well.  I know sugar gems are popular, but I wanted to create something really sparkly and disco dust has that awesome glitter effect.  What girl doesn't love a little sparkle?!

This is my favorite cupcake collection so far this year!!  Thank you Kelly for the opportunity and the creative freedom!