Beautiful in Shades of Blue!

Feb8

Wendy Branfield's 50th Cupcakes Shades of Blue 50th Cake & Cupcakes

Wendy celebrated her 50th birthday last September in a tranquil setting with her family and friends and I was delighted not only to be invited to share her celebration with her but also to make the cupcakes for her special day. Wendy’s only requests were that they were to have a floral theme, that I used shades of blue to match the arrangements of roses that she had specifically ordered for the tables and that I decorated some of the cupcakes with a sugarpaste topping and the others with buttercream.  This was the 2nd time I had done sugarpaste covered cupcakes and the result was dainty and beautiful blue cupcakes that were perfect for the occasion.  Wendy is a vivacious, cheerful and loyal person and is always gracious and complementary about the skills and talents of all her family and friends and her celebration was a perfect tribute to the beautiful woman that she is.

Shades of Blue 50th Cake & Cupcakes

Gallery of Cupcakes!

Feb8
Funky flower Cupcakes

Happy Birthday Ceire

With all the house and kitchen alterations last year, my baking continued but my blogging was erratic and not all my cupcakes ended up in individual posts.  These are some of the cupcakes from last year I made inspired by family and friends for different occasions.  Thanks to my wonderful husband we now have a beautiful new home and I have a magnificent new kitchen in which to create beautiful cupcakes and sugar art to delight all my customers. Catherine, you kindly and selflessly loaned us your beautiful home and kitchen for us to continue our lives in while we were out of our own home so thanks to you I was still able to bake and take orders. Ceire’s birthday fell in October just before we moved back home so she had very simple but pretty Green Flower cupcakes to celebrate her birthday.

Dog Cupcakes

Barking up the right tree with these cupcakes….

Other cool orders were for these really cute dog cupcakes celebrating the 1st birthday of a special guide dog and these 50th and 21st combined birthday celebration cupcakes.

50th and 21st Birthday Cupcakes

Happy Birthday Gary & Matthew!

Hats and shoes were the order of the day for these Red and Black Mad Hatter Cupcakes, Top Hat Cupcakes and Pink and Peach Cupcakes for a lover of fashion.

Mad Hatter Cupcakes

Mad Hatter Cupcakes in Red & Black!

Top Hat Cupcakes

Top of the morning to you Willem!

Pink and Peach Cupcakes

Cupcakes for a Fashionista!

Thank you to all my amazing clients of 2013. It is because I am inspired by your celebrations, ideas, personalities and enthusiasm for my cupcakes that I have so much fun creating these different cupcakes for you all.  I am looking forward to a fantastic 2014 which has started on a wonderfully busy note and promises to be just as sweet a year as 2013 was.

Blue & Lime Green Flower Cupcakes

Happy Birthday Gaby!

Bridal Shower Cupcakes

“I Do” love making cupcakes….

Clowning Around!

Feb6

Clown Cakes

Michelle and Hayley celebrated their birthdays a week apart so we had a joint celebration at scrapbooking for them in October last year.  They are both beautiful women so fairies on the cakes would have been totally appropriate but as I was feeling more adventurous and Grace Stevens’ new book Celebration Cakes was beckoning me to try something new I bravely made these 2 clown figurines for the first time.  Not sure why I had taken so long to try something new as Grace explains and demonstrates so clearly in her book each step for every figurine.  I loved the 2 really naughty and cute clowns that I created and they were a delight sitting on their individual cakes.  Their naughty faces and bright cheerful colours were perfect for Michelle and Hayley who are bright characters in our class and always make us smile and laugh with their comments and stories.  We work hard but my title for this post “Clowning Around” can definitely be applied to many a Wednesday morning!

Clown Cakes

Clown Cakes

 

Wine Fairy for Wendy’s Birthday!

Jan4
Wendy's Wine Fairy & Cupcakes

May Your Glass be Always Full of Fun Wendy!

Wendy is off celebrating her birthday on a sunny, golden beach today so we celebrated her birthday with her Wine Fairy before she left this week. As Wendy is my blogging guru, the co-founder of this blog, a great friend & a passionate lover of my cupcakes (and was hinting for most of 2013 that she hadn’t had a birthday fairy yet), I thought that I would surprise her with her own special fairy.  My inspiration came from Wendy’s love of wine and her love of red and black and I thought what better way than to have her sitting in her own wine glass! Wendy’s wine fairy even has the same black pants with the ruffled bottoms that we love seeing her wear and I think I have captured her mischievous face and funky hair style too. Her matching cupcakes completed the red and black colour scheme for the celebration. Have fun today Wendy knowing that you finally have your own fairy and that she is sitting looking pretty in her own glass.

In Loving Memory of Teresa.

Dec12
Breast Cancer Awareness Cupcakes

We love and miss you Teresa!

Last Saturday Teresa’s family and friends paid a moving tribute to her at her memorial service. Teresa was a beautiful and humble woman who battled for many years with breast cancer.  Her spirit and love of life never held her back and it was only when her frail body was finally exhausted that God decided that it was time for her to rest and end her brave fight. We will miss Teresa as a friend, as will the family who loved her so dearly. Thank you Teresa for being a friend and for being so passionate about my cupcakes and my creativity. My life was blessed and enriched by our friendship.

Nelson Mandela – Tata Madiba!

Dec6
South African Cupcakes

Proud to be able to call Madiba the Father of Our Nation!

We woke up to the news this morning that Madiba passed away last night surrounded by his family.  We mourn the loss of such a humble and incredibly charismatic man.  His loss is being felt around the entire world today and we pray that his legacy will remain alive in every South African! Rest well Madiba we love and miss you.