weekend cakes & giveaway winner!

first up this weekend, were these cupcakes for Miss Abigail.....she turned 3 this year & i've gotten to make her cake every year! this year, her mom just wanted cupcakes for her party - 4 dozen, made to match the party decor

so here's how they turned out....confetti cupcakes - i made all the flowers from fondant & the butterflies from royal icing & rice paper - everything is 100% edible!

next up, was Miss Heather's wedding cake....she chose to please the masses, by having marble, chocolate & white cake to serve everyone.....all iced in butter cream.....the flowers & leaves are all gum paste - some i made, & some i ordered

i also made them this little 4" cake to save for their 1 year anniversary

next, was this Pokemon cake for Miss Alyx - again, i've been making Alyx's bday cakes for years now....her mom sent me her favorite characters from Pokemon, and here's what i came up with...

the ball on top is part of the cartoon/game - not sure what exactly tho? it's made of rice krispies & covered in fondant....the cake is yellow, iced in butter cream....i made royal icing pieces with a fondant overlay for the characters - then i hand painted them on with edible gels, looking at pics that Alyx's mom emailed to me....they're kind of creepy looking, but hey - the bday girl gets, what the bday girl wants! :0)


and lastly was 1 dozen strawberry cupcakes for Michael....i work with Michael & his parents moved to Florida a few months ago....his mom emailed me about making something special for him - how sweet, that she's still looking out for her boy! ;0)


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and now, for the giveaway winner...

i have to admit, i was a little disappointed in the number of people that left comments....i got a total of 24 visitors from the time i made the giveaway post friday (late afternoon), until this morning, when i logged on.....but only 7 comments! those lurkers must want to stay in lurkdom - that's cool....i lurk other blogs too ;0) and hey, at least one of my faithful readers/commenters will win ;0)

i also realize that i posted this on labor day weekend & not everyone was on their computers & checking in on my blog over the weekend
(several of u pointed that out to me this morning via email - i'm sorry if u missed the deadline - i promise to do another giveaway soon)

so anyway - i went ahead and had the kids draw this morning before heading out for our day.....and from the 7 entered, the lucky winner is....

AUTUMN

autumn will be receiving these goodies:

crystal talked about these on her blog a few months ago - she saw them being sold on etsy & i thought it was such a cute idea - cupcakes in a jar! so just know up front, this creation was NOT my idea....i just made it my own with these flavors.....and i've got so many other fun flavor creations in my head - can't wait to try them out too! i thought, what a great thing to send to family & friends that live far away, when i'm not able to make them a cake! :0)

so autumn, u get to be the first to try them out.....my fam & i think they're fabulous - but u'll have to let us know what u think after u've had a chance to try them!
shoot me an email with ur address, and i'll ship your goodies out today :0)

CONGRATS!