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!

Your favorite, 

Wedding Season

I've done soooooo many wedding shower cupcakes lately.....most of them are very similar (except for a special post I'll share soon).

It's graduation time again!

Note: Graduation hats are an additional .50 cents per cupcake :)

more John Deere

Princess Party

I've said this a million times, but I LOVE making cupcakes for kids. Girl, boy, sports, princesses...I love it all. These pink and purple cupcakes were covered with sprinkles and glitter....and of course princess picks!

New Flavors!

This week I had some time (and a very nice customer who let me pick her flavors) so I got to try some new recipes!!! 


First I updated my white cupcakes that are filled with raspberry. I baked the filling in the cupcake (rather than adding it after they were baked)... and I thought they turned out much better! You can't really see the flavor in this picture...but this was them...

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The other new cupcake I've added to my menu are yellow cupcakes filled with miniature chocolate morsels. MMMMM. I like them with chocolate frosting...

On a different note, I have decided to charge extra for the filled cupcakes. The filling was not  a part of my original pricing structure, PLUS, they take more time to make. A dozen filled cupcakes (see my flavor combinations page for a full list of filled cupcakes) is now $20.