Girl Talk - Project Inside Out Camp Speaker (July 2009)

I was really excited to bring cupcakes, bags of icing, and pupcakes to the Girl Talk Project Inside Out camp. I told them about how I started playing with icing and then they got to decorate their own cupcake. I had tons of fun and I think they enjoyed it, too!

Seussian Therapy... quite effective!

I was a little nervous about how to translate the bold, bright zany characters of Dr. Seuss into icing. I envisioned lots of patterns... polka dots, stripes, plaids. But, I wasn't sure if I could pull of the cat in the hat, the fish or Thing 1 and Thing 2. Well, a little sketching and practicing on wax paper, gave me the confidence to give it a go. These were made for my friends', Amanda and Rob, baby shower. Their nursery is AH-MAZING. :)

Babycakes for boys and girls!

What are little boys made of? Instead of snails, shells, and puppy dog tails, how about cupcakes, baseball cookies, and marshmallows? And, of course, sugar and spice and all things nice works for our little baby girls. Introducing the Babycakes for boys and girls.

Branching Out

While pupcakes make me happiest, I also tried a few sunflowers in my last batch. The cupcake is iced with a bright green. A chocolate wafer is placed on top and then bright yellow petals are piped all the way around it. A red m&m piped with black polka dots tops it off with perfect contrast as a lady bug.

The Group Shot

The Yorkshire Terrier could have turned out a little better had I 1) blended a yellow with the brown and 2) had used a firmer icing. Mine had been sitting out for too long, while I held a 30 minute photoshoot with Ralph and Lola. Yes, I have favorites! Going clockwise, you have a Schnauzer (George), a Dachsund (Shirley), a Sheepdog (Chewie), a Collie (Carl), a golden Bulldog (Buck), and in the middle is a spotless Dalmation (Maisey) -- I was worried about how the spots would work on her, and liked her just as well without them.

The New Breeds - Sheepdog

As I checked the Yorkies off my list from the Hello, Cupcake! book, I moved over to p.67 to try a few new breeds. These guys don't have nearly as much personality as Lola and Ralph, but nonetheless fun to create. Meet Chewbakkah the sheepdog (with eyes in view).

The Personality

The brown and white yorkie developed a personality of its own with the white stripes on his muzzle--giving him a bit of a scruffy appeal. Obviously masculine, I think he's the perfect pal for the white yorkie. Notice I'm referring to them as the 'white yorkie' or 'brown and white yorkie'... basically, because I don't want to sound too crazed/obsessed by revealing their given names. Okay... if you must know, meet Lola and Ralph.