In other cupcake news...

It's obviously 1:45 am over here, and I'm obviously still awake... so naturally I'm doing what any normal person would do on the internet at all hours of the night: look at things that are cupcake-related. (I wish it were still socially acceptable to say "duh" right now!)

I came across a handful of cupcake tattoos, and I have to say I have mixed feelings on them. Although I must say that this one by Conor Blue Eyes won me over - great concept and very well done.





And Oh. My. Gosh. Adorable. Nothing more needs to be said about this.


I want to put everything I own in these storage bags from KangaRoom!

Cute cute cute!

Freakin' Cute Snowmen are Comin' to Town

As cupcake fanatics, we clearly look for any and all occasions where cupcakes would be appropriate-- the neighbour's birthday, Groundhog Day, Labour Day, Thursday... So when a valid holiday like Christmas comes around, we're jumping for joy at the thought of having a bona fide excuse to go cupcake crazy.

Our creation which graced the table at 2008's Christmas dinner? Why, cute little snowmen, of course!

They were as much fun to decorate as real snowmen; perhaps even more so since it didn't involve any kind of freezing outdoors in Montreal's arctic winter temperatures! Mini chocolate chips, orange Smarties for carrot noses (or if you have these!), Oreos (and mini Oreos) for hats, Fruit by the Foot for earmuffs, scarves, mittens... These babies are all about the accessories. (So is this girl, and if I may, her blog is fantastic.) Just roll a white cupcake in coconut flakes to make him look snowy, do the same with a mini cupcake, stack 'em, and go wild!

Without further ado, here they are!

The nose gives him a vaguely Tim Burton-esque jack-o-lantern look, doesn't it?



We managed to find a pink Smartie that was kinda heart-shaped, so that became a sort of button for this guy on the right!


I love this photo because they look like a little army of snowmen, ready to attack! Note the mittens on the one with the pink button.



Definitely our first real success! Right?

See Ya Later....

For my nephew's first birthday, my sister and I took on a vaguely absurd project-- making an alligator out of cupcakes! I won't lie; this one was probably our biggest flop-- but I figured I'd post it for comic relief!
His "skin" was supposed to be a much brighter green, and have scales. We figured that was a bit overzealous for a one-year-old (who ended up sleeping through cupcake time anyways!) so we just spread it, leaving our alligator looking somewhat amphibious. His eyes are smarties stuck to the end of two halal marshmallows and his teeth (yes, those white things around his snout are teeth) are little chunks of said marshmallows. I haven't been close enough to any real alligators to know what the black things on his back (Oreo snack things, the 100 calorie bag... don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about) are supposed to represent. I also didn't know they had yellow fingernails.

Take a look:

It's too funny for words.

I tired really hard to take a photo of him looking as menacing as possible. Note the green nostrils.




This is Noah, ready to dig in... Not sure where to start!

Note: I'm working on making vegan marshmallows! As soon as I am successful, the whole world will know.