Rainbows and Unicorns

Eloise's 5th birthday party was all planned out. It was a no-brainer for the girl who spent most of her 5th year crawling around on the floor and barking. The same girl who outlasted us all and watched The Puppy Bowl in it's ENTIRETY.  There really was no other choice, it was to be a puppy party. I was busy searching online for cheap dog bowls and bone shaped cookie cutters when the Oriental Trading Company catalog arrived in the mail. It took one look at the magic of the rainbow unicorn page to completely change her mind. She HAD to have a rainbow unicorn party. So, a rainbow unicorn party she had. Although I can be a no fun, vegetable and early bedtime pushing mama 364 days of the year, when it comes to birthdays, I aim to please.

Sweet Girl First Birthday

This was my first adventure in making marshmallow fondant. Somehow these pictures were lost, but thankfully I had shared them on FB and I was able to download from there, then re-upload here. I'm not sure what that does to the image quality, but that can't be good. The bottom picture is Eloise with her birthday presents doing a little baking of her own.

Wedding cupcakes

Ugh! I didn't get a good picture of this. Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream icing and fondant flowers. I made these for my cousin's wedding.
Edited to add: Well, what do you know! The wedding photographer got my cupcakes in one of his shots here.