MINION CUPCAKES | ONE-IN-A-MINION

2 Minions putting up a banner.

A great way to celebrate a farewell, I made these cupcakes for Nigel's class party in September when one of his teachers decided to further continue her studies. They are just plain ole Vanilla cupcakes with a luscious buttercream top. Here's a little tute on how I made them minions.

They all start off as little baldies, capsule like heads are rolled out first. They all come in all shapes and sizes. I know, they are a little orangey. Was trying to get that rich yellow, but I got orange instead. Sigh! The lighting did not help.

Blue bottoms.

I used this plastic holder my mom saved up for me for drying.

Straps on!

Eyes and their many expressions.

They have to have some lids.

Goggles!

Glued on with some sugar glue.

Mouths were easy to accomplish. Just poke and tweek.

All in a row.

This Minion is my fav.

Them black work Shoes.

Armless but standing in a row to dry.

Made the arms and props. This one has a heart pillow.

Of course, a half peeled banana.

Floating in nothingness. Smoothie in hand.

Banner duties.

Lolly in hand!

More minion eyes.

Little hearts and sprinkles.

Clouds raining little hearts.

The whole ensemble.

Spot the minions.

Adios muchachos! LOL!

Moo Cards, Little Amy Butler Dress & Barcelona Themed Cupcakes.

That sums up my very short post for the past three months. More to cover actually, hopefully I do that before end of this year. Sigh!

MOO Cards are what I call bite-sized scrapbooking little treasures. These are teeny tiny cards created for an exchange held among the members of NNC this year. The Theme was Summer. Thanks Janet for organising this!

The mess I get into for these tiny cards. It was my chance to use up some lovely buttons my big sis gave me when she was on a road trip to Bangkok. Thanks Esther for the lovely buttons. It's great to know that I was on your mind when you saw these wonderful summery buttons.

In exchange I receive 4 other beautifully made Moo Cards. Aren't they gorgeous? The different styles will tell you who the artists are. LOL!

I've had this yarn forever and was waiting for an idea to use these precious bamboo yarn my aunt gave me awhile ago. And so happen, I have acquired a few fat quarters of this super gorgeous Amy Butler print from Zarina, that matches the blue beautifully. So Ta...da!

Here's my little model. Crochet top dress.

I just can't get her to standstill for a pose. She loves it so much that she put it on right away and was swirling about like a crazy person.

Caught her! And for a split second!

I even made a teeny button from some leftover scrap.

I also made this for little God daughter. I found this light tule with sparkles all over. A little girl's dream tutu. 1 whole meter, divided into 4 strips. Combine the 3 to make a puffy skirt and the other quarter a giant poofy bow on the right. I am still wanting to make a grey version of this for her. Now to convince Stan to drive me to that cloth shop in the middle of nowhere South of here. Sigh! The grey is really nice.

 BARCELONA THEMED CUPCAKES

These were for Victoria's little celebratory cupcakes for her colleagues.

Remember them black stilettos?

Chocolate Fudge! Roses and laces.

I like the swirls on this one.

Hayley's 2nd Birthday Cake | Hayley Doing The Gangnam Style

Hayley's favourite dance moves captured in a cake! This was in April and the gangnam craze was just so phenomenal that my 2 year old god-daughter mimicked the Korean star to the T. Enjoy!

Hayley on a cake, doing the Gangnam.

Transporting the figurine separately, I had to do the assembly at the restaurant.

Hayley looking all dressed up and so Pweeeety!

Hayley and Kai-Yeh!

Nigel and Joel.

Us Four!

With Popo and Kung-Kung.

With Nie-Nie & Ah Gong.

Smile! Hayley's a model.

Some fun with some Korean fashion! LOL!

Close Up of cake!

Still standing...

It's a cherry bomb cake. Layers of pink vanilla and country cherries in between. Covered in cream cheese. Super Yum!!!!

Did I mention how Hayley LOVES CAKE!!!!

 THE MAKING | FONDANT FIGURINE EXPERIMENT

I started with the head. Used a pingpong ball for the form.

I have a picture of Hayley on the side and some fondant model for reference. Adding bits and pieces to form the facial expressions and the hair.

Tendrils of hair and a nice beaded fringe.

Curls for the back and making sure the ears are aligned.

Assembling the body, part by part and supporting it with skewers here and there.

Placed on a styrofoam block, easy to poke the skewers and manouver around when you have a flexi base.

I followed her shoe to the T. That's her favourite pair of Converse.

A little edible glitter to her cheeks. Looks like make up.

A little button on the side. My signature!

Candy pops all over.

Here's to A FANTASTIC 2!!!!