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Just because this is late doesn't mean I'm not patriotic...

...it just means I'm behind on blogging. I was on vacation for the 4th of July. I enjoyed EVERY SINGLE MINUTE of relaxing. No work. No cupcakes.


No cupcakes = no grocery shopping, no Michael's or Hobby Lobby, no making picks, no cutting ribbon, no putting boxes together, no making frosting, no baking, no emails, no re-arranging contents of the fridge to make cupcakes/frosting fit, no decorating, no cleaning up thousands of sprinkles after decorating, no dishes, no arranging pick-ups....just pure relaxation.


Did I miss cupcakes? Nope. Not one bit. With that said....I'm refreshed. I'm not tired. I feel good and now I'm ready for more orders. I didn't miss cupcakes because I only had ONE week off...and I wanted to enjoy every second of it with my family.


Now getting the 4th of July. I had to make something. As much as I tried to give up baking completely for one week, I just couldn't.  I had to make something special to celebrate the holiday. I baked for fun...and that's something I'm not usually able to do.


Everyone though my (hand-made) topper was my patriotic twist.

And then I cut the cake.

My family and I celebrated the 4th with a classic American cook-out. Hamburgers, hot-dogs, baked beans...all on decorative plates. We ate American flag cake...and yes...it tasted THAT much better since it was a flag.

I'm late on this post. I apologize.

Happy (belated) 4th of July.

Elmo

Elmo cupcakes were a challenge, I'll be honest. In the end, they turned out GREAT.

Pottery Barn Nursery Cupcakes

I designed these to match this Pottery Barn nursery...

Cookie Monograms

I love monogrammed cookies as wedding shower favors!

More Monograms!

Maybe it's just me...but monograms never seem to get old (especially for wedding showers!)...

Bunco!

These were my first BUNCO cupcakes...

Winnie the Pooh

Meet Celia.

While this post eventually relates to cupcakes, I have to preface the cupcakes with some background information.


Meet Celia.


I've known Celia for nearly 15 years. We rode the bus together in elementary school. We danced together for the Gatorettes dance team. Meet the Gray Gatorettes captain and 2nd lieutenant (I think). Believe it or not, even these sparkly costumes, we actually thought we were cool.

We laughed uncontrollably together. We spent birthdays together...one of those being a Celine Dion concert! Yes, we are a select few that have seen Celine LIVE in concert.

We went to the mall...and on $10, could eat and find something we HAD TO HAVE at Claire's. We went to Ground Round. We went to movies. We even got in the wrong man's car once after a movie. This story is funny, but probably would not translate that way if I tried to tell the whole ordeal. We were on the Speech and Drama team. We played piano together....too many piano inside jokes to explain.

Our mom's are friends, and we forced our siblings to be friends.




(this is one of my favorite pictures)



We babysat together. For two intelligent people, we made stupid decisions together. I'm not ashamed to say that we put cheese...on bread...in a toaster.....and then tried to hide it.




(please excuse my pants...I have no words for them)

 We analyzed middle school boys together. We got in trouble in high school for talking too much in Biology. We grew into different people in high school. We had different interests, different hobbies, different friends...but still remained close.

I'd do anything in the world for Celia, and I know with confidence she would do the same for me. So, last weekend, as we celebrated her wedding, I had to stop and reflect on our friendship. We live hours apart...and its amazing how we can catch up within minutes of seeing each other.

Celia, I couldn' t be any happier for you. I can't wait for the real celebration in September.


Oh yeah, I almost forgot the cupcakes...

PS: Only celia will understand this...

(can't believe I kept this)

Mother's Day

I know I'm late...a lot late. I'm a bad daughter. I didn't do a mother's day post on the actual day like everyone else. That definitely doesn't mean we didn't celebrate though. We had a mother's day weekend that ended with a family dinner.....grilled hot dogs, real potato salad, beans, and cupcakes for dessert. MMMMMMM!


Mom got flowers, a gift card to buy more flowers (that's what she wanted), and a charm for her Pandora bracelet. 

The flowers were from The Secret Garden (I highly recommend). The cupcakes were german chocolate...by her request. This was the first time I have made them and they turned out okay. Here is a close up...

What can I say about my mom?!? She's my bestie, my BFF. We shop, we eat, we watch TV, we make fun of each other. 

And just because I feel I should include the OTHER daughter...I'll put one with Jord in it too. haha. Happy Mothers Day!

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