Sheila
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Yum!
My upline has been doing a whole cupcake buzz, so I decided to go for it!
I helped a friend do cupcakes today for her son's class. He was adamant that she could NOT do girly looking stuff for the boys in his class, so they are getting the plain sprinkle ones. But the girls are getting the cute little Christmas Trees! I'm super anal when it comes to format & appearance, she's not. So I had to bite my tongue that the ones she did were not "perfect" ... but I was a good girl & let it go. She did most of the trees, I did most of the stars. I like perfection! LOL
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs024.snc6/165477_1740972209320_1389121744_2733717_4148389_n.jpg
And I did one poinsetta for the teacher! I absolutely LOVE this one & am going to do a whole batch for a party tomorrow! It was my first time doing it. It definitely takes longer than just using the EAD & throwing on some sprinkles, but I think the finished product and the WOW factor is so worth the effort!
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs734.ash1/162891_1740983769609_1389121744_2733726_1971915_n.jpg
To do the designs, take a mini marshmallow, cut it diagonally once, then dip in colored sugar (1 drop food coloring to about 1/4 cup sugar & stir well). The colored sugar clings to the sticky marshmallow & maintains the color. Then design however you want. The top one is colored sugar. The red & green on the poinsetta are done with the pre-bottled sprinkle - I like the bold color better. They didn't have yellow at our store, so I used the left over from the trees.
I'm going to do a full batch of poinsettas for a party tomorrow & I've darkened the yellow to blend better with the rest of the poinsetta. I'll post photos of that batch after I've made them.
My upline has been doing a whole cupcake buzz, so I decided to go for it!
I helped a friend do cupcakes today for her son's class. He was adamant that she could NOT do girly looking stuff for the boys in his class, so they are getting the plain sprinkle ones. But the girls are getting the cute little Christmas Trees! I'm super anal when it comes to format & appearance, she's not. So I had to bite my tongue that the ones she did were not "perfect" ... but I was a good girl & let it go. She did most of the trees, I did most of the stars. I like perfection! LOL
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs024.snc6/165477_1740972209320_1389121744_2733717_4148389_n.jpg
And I did one poinsetta for the teacher! I absolutely LOVE this one & am going to do a whole batch for a party tomorrow! It was my first time doing it. It definitely takes longer than just using the EAD & throwing on some sprinkles, but I think the finished product and the WOW factor is so worth the effort!
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs734.ash1/162891_1740983769609_1389121744_2733726_1971915_n.jpg
To do the designs, take a mini marshmallow, cut it diagonally once, then dip in colored sugar (1 drop food coloring to about 1/4 cup sugar & stir well). The colored sugar clings to the sticky marshmallow & maintains the color. Then design however you want. The top one is colored sugar. The red & green on the poinsetta are done with the pre-bottled sprinkle - I like the bold color better. They didn't have yellow at our store, so I used the left over from the trees.
I'm going to do a full batch of poinsettas for a party tomorrow & I've darkened the yellow to blend better with the rest of the poinsetta. I'll post photos of that batch after I've made them.