Happy Birthday Miss A

Last Tuesday was Miss A's birthday and on Saturday we had a slumber party for her and some friends. I found a cake idea on Pinterest that I wanted to try. It wasn't as successful as I had hoped, but I know why. I need to make my own icing instead of relying on that crap in the can.

I took a 13x9 sheet cake and cut in half to make a double layered cake. After frosting it, I took the number 12, which I cut using the font on "Life's A Party" and put it in place. Then I added a ton of sprinkles.

After I removed the numbers this is what the cake look like. The only think that matters is she loved it. So happy 12th birthday Miss A!!

Stay crafty.

Birthday Cupcakes - Witches Hat

What did I do last weekend? Well I baked and decorated 30 cupcakes for a special birthday party. Some of my coworkers have come to know me as the "crafty" lady. If it requires an ounce of creativity, then I'm the go-to person. I don't mind. It makes me have to do stuff I would otherwise put off. 

I was given a photo to replicate and although I went the cheap route and used canned frosting instead of making my own, I think these came out cute. Here's the recipe:

Cupcakes

2 boxes of White Cake mix (use oil and water measurements from box)

15 drops of orange food coloring (I used Wiltons, because that's what I had one hand)

1 can of white vanilla frosting (or whatever flavor you like as long as it's white)
10 drops of yellow food coloring (for decorating the top)

- Prepare cupcakes by directions on box
- Add orange food coloring to batter and mix well
- Once cupcakes have cooled, mix yellow food coloring with icing and frost using a star tip to "create" hair

Witches Hat
24 Sugar Cones (they should be over by the ice cream)
2 Bags of Chocolate Melting Wafer (in the candy section of your craft store, the AC Moore brand works better)
20 drops of black food coloring (Again, I used Wiltons) **
Black sugar **

**Wear some gloves while assembling the cones, black food coloring and black sugar will stain hands for a day ;-)

- Melt chocolate as directed on packaging. I used my microwave
- Mix in food coloring to create a darker chocolate
- Roll sugar cone in melted chocolate, then roll in sugar.
- Set on a sheet of wax paper to dry
- I used some orange frosting to write the "10" on each cone, but you can decorate to your liking
- Once dry, stick on top of the cupcakes

These were a huge hit! Even the parents were fighting over the cupcakes. The funniest part, watching the kids run around with black lips and fingers. I bet their parents loved me!!

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Aaargh!!!

Hi Crafty Friends,

My apologies for being MIA. It's been a crazy few weeks around here. Between taking some time off to vacation down in WV with my family and filling Etsy orders, I didn't even realize that we are halfway through the month of October. 

I just wanted to share a quick photo of the 72 pirate chest invitations I finished up last night. They are on their way to Toronto later today. YAY!!

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