Cute Cupcakes ★

so. . . i failed to mention this yesterday or earlier because i had other stuff to post about but on Friday afternoon i came home to find a belated Birthday present waiting for me by the gates!!!

it was off my best friend Courtney and inside the pink tissue paper wrapped bundle i found a cupcake maker!

yes you read that right, she got me my very own mini cupcake maker!!!

a cupcake maker that allows you to make cute mini cupcakes in minutes!

i'm not gonna lie, i fully squealed when i realised what the present was! i'm not the world's best baker and to be honest i often struggle just to make decent cupcakes so this is a real god-send!

it's kind of like a little toastie or waffle maker except you pour cupcake mix in instead

according to the instructions, it's not necessary to use cupcake cases but i'd seen a few blogs and sites online showing people using cases with their makers, and luckily my cousin Mandy bought me a lovely little cupcake making kit for my birthday that i have been dying to try out!

the cases fit perfectly, so now all i needed were the ingredients!

like i said. . . not the best baker! i didn't trust myself with completely raw ingredients (measuring wise i really suck) so my dear mama got me some simple 'just add eggs/water' kits instead.

the maker itself is actually really awesome, once i'd mixed the batter and heated up the little maker it cooked the cupcakes up in no time!

+ it was an absolute doddle to clean (as you can see i spilt some of the batter) and super easy to use!

i actually cooked up 15 mini cakes altogether and then of course, came the fun part. . . decorating them!

i mixed up a bowl of buttercream icing with a dash of strawberry milkshake powder. ok so i failed to buy any proper vanilla essence or flavourings but the milkshake powder actually worked really well! it made the icing a sort of blushed peachy pink and it piped out really easily onto the cakes

even if my piping skills aren't quite as good!!! i threw on some sprinkles for good measure though

before promptly running out of buttercream icing!!! luckily my star of a mother whipped up a batch of chocolate icing for me to use

so i ended up with some strange sort of marbled iced cakes as well

but at the end of the day the proof is in the taste and these taste delicious! even if i do say so myself . . . and i do!

a mini cupcake success i think!!!

thanks to Courtney for the amazing gift, thank you deary xX

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in other news, i've spent the afternoon writing and editing my digital logbook ahead of assessment next week, 

planning on watching a movie or something now but to be honest i've been at a bit of a loose end since i finished my re-watch marathon of 'Supernatural' which means i now have nothing to watch!!!

any suggestions for a show i could maybe get into and watch/re-watch would be greatly appreciated!

i was thinking maybe 'True Blood' or 'Misfits' but i'd quite like a new show to watch

anyway, enough rambling! enjoy the rest of your Sunday

that's all folks . . . ★ ◕‿◕ xX

Little Cupcakes ★

so today after spilling water on my new copy of Elle magazine + running around playing hide and seek, little miss Sienna helped me bake some cupcakes

we cheated by using some cupcake mixes but it was still fun to crack some eggs and stir up the ingredients

it was also the first time we'd both gotten to test out or new funky aprons, here's Sienna modeling her cute little cupcake one

because she doesn't like icing on cakes, Sienna decorated her 12 using chocolate sauce and tiny little chocolate mini eggs

she did a smashing job dripping the sauce everywhere + used up all of the little eggs to create her chocolaty easter cakes

they looked very pretty when they were all done

then of course it was my turn to do some decorating

my cakes were made using a Disney Princess kit (we bought it for Sienna but of course... she doesn't like icing)

Sienna left me to it and practiced playing skittles over the other side of the kitchen...

while i shakily and messily coated the cakes in gloopy icing and the cute little fondant decorations

they're not perfect (far from it in fact...) but it doesn't matter what they look like... 

it's what they taste like that's important!

Sienna ate most of her chocolatey creations and boxed up the rest to take home

she let 'Fumbo' (aka Dumbo) try one first though...

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in other news...

i got a nice message on twitter last night off someone asking if it was ok to do a mini feature of my work on their blog

my answer was... OF COURSE!!!

it's always nice when someone likes your work enough to want to mention it on their blog so i was more than happy to let Danielle post 2 of my pieces on her gorgeous blog 'Dusty Rocket'

her own artwork is amazing so i think i'm going to ask her if she'll let me do a little feature on her work one day as well

check out the original blog post/feature about my work here - Dusty Rocket

and check out Danielle's awesome website here - Danielle Parker Portfolio

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not much else to report, i'm still working on the little kawaii purse i've been sewing since last Thursday

i WILL finish it... eventually!

i'll post pictures when it's done i promise!

ok i'm heading off to play some 'Pikmin' now on my new Gamecube

that's all folks...

★ ◕‿◕ xX

I Want Candy ♥

So I know i've been quiet for a few days! I promised to post on Saturday but I got home in the afternoon and just didn't feel like preparing a post!

Lazy... yes

I know, and i'm sorry!

Then I thought, ooh I actually have an idea of who to dedicate a Super Sunday post to... for once!

But now that i've made it a fortnightly thing... you'll have to wait until NEXT Sunday!

Right anyway on with today's post

I spent Friday morning working on a new digital cupcake file

here's the finished image... (click it for a full view)

it includes the cupcakes from the files i've made recently + a tidied version of an old drawing from LAST YEAR'S Valentine's Day montage

I honestly haven't a clue where i'm going with this whole 'cupcake' thing but i'm enjoying drawing, colouring and embroidering them so who knows what i'll draw next!

I actually made this particular file in 'landscape' to fit a very cute little frame I bought last Wednesday afternoon

remember the rococco style frames I put around my  'sweet' and 'eat me' cupcakes???

well just look at this lovely little frame!

Isn't it divine! So super duper cute I just love it

I literally could not resist that scrumptious candy coloured pink

I bought another one as well but that was white... to begin with!

But as you can see... I painted it a sweet sugary shade of pink :-D

i think the frames suit the cupcakes perfectly to be honest, just the right mix of girly cuteness and super duper sugary sweetness...

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and now for the Little Dolls...

well, those of you that have seen the pages from my 'Where's Charlie?' picture book might remember this scene in the dance studio...

well i had a go at creating a little ballet costume for Little S...

it's not quite the same i know, but it was tricky enough to make the 2D dress for the book let alone make a 3D one for the doll!

and as for Little B...

well she took the opportunity to dress up as a Fairy Princess

i'm not sure what i'll make for them next, i should really make a start on making Little B's little sister... Little H

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that's pretty much it for today dudes and dudettes 

day off tomorrow which means i'll sleep in late and watch many movies...

until next time,

that's all folks...

◕‿◕ ★ xX

ขอบคุณ มาก และการ ลาก่อน

(that's thank you and goodbye in Thai on behalf of Thailand, another beautiful country that i've sadly not been lucky enough to have visited... yet! ♥)