July 2012: Sweet Pea Baby Shower

I am going to be an Aunt at the end of August!

When we found out months ago I immediately declared I had to throw my sister-in-law a baby shower. She's spent most of the pregnancy referring to the baby as "Baby P" so I decided on a "Sweet Pea" theme. While making the decorations and buying the gifts for the party was a lot of fun, what I enjoyed the most was making the cupcakes!

So, without further ado.....

 

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Both the baby and the sweet peas were made out of marzipan.

 Unfortunately it was hot on the drive over, so the chocolate frosting melted a bit.

 

The baby shower was a lot of fun and I look forward to meeting the little sweet pea in a few months!

July 2012: Bridal Shower Mini-Cupcakes

A couple of months ago a friend asked me to make some mini-cupcakes for her friend's bridal shower. They turned out great and I had a lot of fun making them.

For cupcake toppers, I decided on diamond engagement rings. Since it would be a little expensive to put an actual diamond ring on each cake, I decided to make some out of gum paste! ;)

 

First I rolled out white gum paste and using a circle cutter and round piping tip I made the rings.

 

I then sprayed both sides with silver food spray and let them dry overnight.

Meanwhile, I cut diamonds out of white gum paste and painted them with sparkle dust. 

The next day, using royal icing, I "glued" on the diamonds and "Ta da!": Engagement rings!