"Be Mine" Cupcakes

I made these out of my cupcake book. They were decorated a little different in the book and also had red hots mixed into the batter, but I left the red hots out after taking a vote of people who like them...ha ha. These are white cupcakes with poured fondant icing (basically powdered sugar icing).

In order to make sure the icing doesn't overflow on the cupcakes you only fill the cupcake mold 1/3 of the way...

All decorated and ready to be devoured by my work peeps...

Yay for keeping up with my 12 things in 2012...2nd (ok well technically 3rd) cupcakes of the year!!

Did anyone else make any special treats for Valentine's day?!?!

Happy Valentine's Day

Found these "Nature" hearts and wanted to share...hope everyone has a fabulous day! Oh and even though today is Valentine's Day I'm going to make it a whole week!! Get ready!!

Old School NKOTB Valentine

You're never too old to send a valentine to a good friend, right?!?! Especially if it's as awesome as this one! I saw the idea here and immediately knew I was going to make/send one to my friend. Let's just say that a few years ago we did the New Kids dance in our dorm room (obsessed much...maybe). I made the card using publisher (I love that program) and wanted to make it a little more girly so I added the curlz (or kurlz) font and a pink marker.

Boy Baby Shower Card

The color of the card kind of looks purple and white but in regular lighting it's baby blue and pastel green. I've been dying to use these cute baby animal stamps forever!! Aren't the adorable?!?! I used my cuttlebug to emboss the "dot" paper and my cricut to cut out the congrats.

Abduction



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We rented this movie the other night since we never got around to seeing it in theaters. It was an okay movie. Do I think Taylor Lautner has some mad martial arts skills? Yes. Did I keep thinking he was going to turn into a ware wolf at any given moment? Yep...thank you Twilight...ha ha.

There was some good and bad acting, cheesy lines, action and romance. So really they packed it all into one, but the story line was a little far fetched for me (that's Hollywood for ya). The movie is about his character finding out who his family really is and how he has pretty much been in training his entire life to fight this fight without even knowing it.

Bottom line...if you love all movies (like moi), rent it. If you are selective, don't waste your money, unless it's free.

Football Cupcakes

I know I'm a day late (and a dollar short ha ha), but I'm gonna ask anyways...what did you do for the Superbowl??? Me? Well, I made chicken enchiladas and football cupcakes. I was so excited when I came across a picture of these cupcakes (sorry don't remember where...probably pinterest) I was even more excited that I was going to get to use my mechanical pastry bag for the first time!!

I went the easy route and got a box of cake mix and a tub of icing. For the "football" I just made zig zags and the "laces" I melted white chocolate and pipped it on. Cute, simple and oh so yummy...just like I like it...

p.s. These don't count as part of my 12 things for 2012. I said that I'm going to make them from my new book and sadly these weren't in there. That just means my co-workers will get another round of sweets next week...he he he

Man on a Ledge

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I can't believe I'm going to say this, BUT I liked this movie more than Contraband (just a little more). To me the movie picked up right away, to my watching buddy it was a little slow, but to each their own right?!?!

The movie is about an ex cop who is framed for stealing a 40 million dollar diamond and then escapes from jail and has his "re-trial" on the ledge of a building. The movie makes you think about how far would you go to prove your innocence...seriously how far would you go??

Even though I enjoyed the whole movie, I have to say the end was my favorite. I knew something was up but didn't put it together right away and when it was revealed I was happy with how things turned out.

Anyone going to the movies this weekend? Are you seeing Contraband or Man on a Ledge? I love discussing movies, so let me know!!