Monday, March 22, 2010

MIA Lately but... I have cute ladybug cupcakes to make up for it!

So I know I have been MIA lately and haven't visited anyone's blogs. Life lately has been a little crazy. From packing up the apartment and now unpacking in the new house while we are also trying to remodel some...it's been a little hectic. Hopefully after a girl trip this weekend to Vegas my life will slow down a little.

A friend of mine from work, Shelley, had a birthday party for her little girl's 1st birthday. Once she decided on a ladybug themed I started to brainstorm possible ideas.


We decided on ladybug cakeballs and used those to top the cupcakes. For centerpieces I put a few of the ladybugs on sticks and had them in ladybug pots (see picture below).

In order to make it look more like a plant, I crushed up Oreos and sprinkled them in the pot to resemble dirt. However, I can't take credit for these cute planters, Shelley found them at Hobby Lobby. I used a round Styrofoam ball and cut it in half to hold the pops in place.



I tested out a few way to make the lady bug pops but in the end used 2 size cake balls for the head and body and use candy melts to attach them. Below is a picture of the antennas. Which were also attached with candy melts to the head after the body and head were attached.

Below is a picture of the ladybugs drying before I added the eyes. Looking back I probably could have added a red smile line or something and made it even more lifelike.




I used buttercream as the frosting and tinted it Kelly Green to get the grass effect before adding the ladybug toppers.





















A few I just used white frosting and added red sprinkles for a little contrast!
















Here is a picture of her dessert table, if you look in the back you can see one the centerpieces with the ladybug pops! Sorry I must have spaced out and not taken any :) Off to the sides is Avery's special cake :)

A close up...










How cute is the birthday girl and mom too!!


For Avery's cake, I made hers a little bigger than a cupcake. It's a 2 x 2 inch cake with 2 layers with a ladybug on top of course!


These cupcakes were so much fun to make! If you look closely you can see the birthday girl liked the green icing as well! I promise I will be back to visiting your blogs and baking soon! Enjoy :) Print This

11 comments:

  1. These are so precious! I love ladybugs!

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  2. I've never heard anybody say a trip to Vegas would help their life slow down. LOL
    These ladybugs are adorable!!! You have so much patience!

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  3. These are off the charts adorable!!! LOVE them!

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  4. You did a nice job on those! No worries I totally get being busy!
    ~ingrid

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  5. So cute! At first I could envision the lady bug cake pops until you said they were two different cake balls, put together. Then I saw them resting on the green frosting and smiled. So darn cute! You did such a great job!

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  6. What can I say...the bugs and cupcakes were a total hit...again!! Thank you so much for your hard work, talent, and creativity. I appreciate you making Avery's 1st birthday so special, you're a good friend, Smitten!!

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  7. I love them, you did an excellent job! :)

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