Featured Cupcakes & Going ons!

I'm so excited my Angry Bird Cupcakes were featured on Posed Perfections Creative Ways this week.  A big thank you Nici for featuring them!  It made me smile since this was the cake I delivered to a very ungrateful and RUDE mom who didn't even say thank you for the cupcakes that took me 5 hours to make.

Next on my list of things going on is more of the remodel!!! We now have counter-tops in the kitchen.  Well on the island side!  We have new cabinets in on that side and now the tile went in.  We picked a really cool charcoal that has flecks of silver that is so pretty! Rick put a high shine on them and they just pop!

He also hung the closet doors in our bedroom and started on the doors in the pantry. I even got busy to organizing my pantry, all rubbermaid is labeled and easy to get to. I also found some amazing lights to hang over the bar side of my island.  I found these regular $50 on sale for $7, yes $7!!  Hopefully those will go up in a week or so.

Have a GREAT weekend!

Angry Bird Cupcakes (Modeling Chocolate) .. Birthday Dreams

Cake #2 of 3 of last week for Birthday Dreams (bringing birthdays to Homeless Kids) was an Angry Bird theme.  This was FAVORITE cake so far I made ... NOW the mom I delivered to turned out to be the rudest person ever but as I told my husband it's for the kids not the parents.  I love the people at Birthday Dreams they were so nice and sent an email on my behalf to let them know the hard work I put into these cupcakes and this behavior is not acceptable.  The party was scheduled for 3pm well the mom decided to start the party at like 1p instead.  WELL this volunteer was working and didn't get there until 2:30p the mom actually took the cupcakes from me and then turned her back to me, not saying one word to me!  I was speechless, Rick wanted to take the cupcakes back.  I calmed him and let him know it was for the kids and that is all that matters!

These cupcakes took me about 5 hours to make but they were so cool!

What you need:

Modeling Clay (Red, White, 

Large Circle Cutter

Small Circle Cutter

Medium Oval Cutter

Small triangle Cutter

Candy Eyes

Frosted Cupcakes

Cupcake Box (I bought mine on Amazon)

Modeling Clay

12oz Candy Melts (In Pink and White)

1/4 Cup light corn Syrup

Melt your Candy Melts in microwave (mine takes about 2 minutes). Stir them to become smooth and add the corn syrup.  It will become thick and form a ball.  Wrap in plastic wrap and let it sit out and dry.  Takes a few hours or over night is best. (Alexis note: I found to roll this out use a little powder sugar (like you would do with flour), also you have to kneed it a little like you would dough to make it easy to roll out).

Green Pig was my fav!

Green Modeling Chocolate

Black Modeling Chocolate

Yellow Modeling Chocolate

Candy Eyes

Large Circle Cutter

Small Circle Cutter

Medium Oval Cutter (or circle and form into oval)

Cut the Large circle in green, 2 small for ears and medium oval for nose.  Add 2 candy eyes and 2 small black circles for ears and 2 black lines for nose.  I cut a rectangle and then cut out triangles to look like a crown.  If you have problem with the chocolate connecting to each other use a little water.

Blue was a cut too!

Blue Modeling Chocolate

Yellow Modeling Chocolate

Candy Eyes

Large Circle Cutter

Small Triangle

Cut out a large blue circle for the face.  Add 2 candy eyes and 2 blue tuffs for hair above the eyes. for the mouth I made 2 small triangles of yellow and 2 half moons for under the eyes.  If you have problem with the chocolate connecting to each other use a little water.

The classic Red

Red Modeling Chocolate

White Modeling Chocolate

Yellow Modeling Chocolate

Black Modeling Chocolate

Candy Eyes

Large Circle Cutter

Small Triangle

Cut out a large red circle for the face.  Cut a white circle, cut in half and then I flipped it to make an oval shape (couldn't find my oval cookie cutter). Add 2 candy eyes and 2 red tuffs for hair above the eyes. For the mouth I made 2 small triangles of yellow and 2 black lines for eyebrows.  If you have problem with the chocolate connecting to each other use a little water.

Yellow was pretty cool too :)

Yellow Modeling Chocolate

White Modeling Chocolate

Red Modeling Chocolate

Black Modeling Chocolate

Candy Eyes

Large Circle Cutter

Small Triangle

Cut out a large yellow circle for the face.  Cut a white circle, cut in half and then I flipped it to make an oval shape (couldn't find my oval cookie cutter). Add 2 candy eyes and 2 black tuffs for hair above the eyes. For the mouth I made 2 small triangles of yellow and 2 red lines for eyebrows.  If you have problem with the chocolate connecting to each other use a little water.

White Bird

White Modeling Chocolate

Black Modeling Chocolate

Yellow Modeling Chocolate

Candy Eyes

Large Circle Cutter

Medium Oval Cutter

Cut out a large white circle for the face.  Cut a black circle, cut in half and then I flipped it to make an oval shape (couldn't find my oval cookie cutter). Add 2 candy eyes and 4 lines for hair above the eyes. For the mouth I made a oval of yellow and cut to make a mouth and 2 black lines for eyebrows.  If you have problem with the chocolate connecting to each other use a little water.

And the last one Black 

Black Modeling Chocolate

Yellow Modeling Chocolate

Red Modeling Chocolate

Candy Eyes

Large Circle Cutter

Small square Cutter

Cut out a large black circle for the face.  Cut a black circle, cut in half and then I flipped it to make an oval shape (couldn't find my oval cookie cutter). Add 2 candy eyes and 1 line for hair above the eyes ad a small circle of white at bottom and small oval yellow at top. For the mouth I made a small square of yellow and a small triangle to go above to make the mouth and 2 red lines for eyebrows.  If you have problem with the chocolate connecting to each other use a little water.

Phew sorry for the long post!  These did take a lot of time but I just love how they came out I didn't get to meet the kid to see his face but I so hope I was able to bring a smile to his day.

Thanks for Stopping by!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Angry Bird Lunch - Chuck and Red

Our last Angry Bird Lunch theme this week will feature Chuck and Red (yes I had to google their names, since the boys were asleep when I made this ... hehe).  This was actually a super easy one.  This is my 2nd time making red and I found some tricks to make it easier this time around.  Then Chuck was so simple, who could complain (this is after yesterday's angry bird lunch that almost made me want to throw the lunch and say never again ... lol).

What you need:

Chuck - PB&J Sandwich cut into triangle, Yellow Cheese, Black frosting gel (for the glue), Wilton Candy Eyes & Wilton Licorice.

Red - Babybel Cheese, Carrot (for nose), Black frosting gel (for glue), Wilton Candy eyes & Wilton Licorice.

Cheese Nips Angry Bird Crackers for the side.

I think I will hang up my Angry Bird Lunch making skills for a while .. lol

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Angry Bird Lunch - Angry Bird & Bomb Style

Next on our Angry Bird Lunch theme was one that I swear I will never do again.  I agree with Melissa at Another Lunch that this was a pain in the butt to do .. hehe.  It was a one time I did it and I won't do again.  It's not that it was crazy shapes just a lot of little work that took time.  My rule is while the egg is boiling I get the lunch done.

What you Need:

Bombs (well that is what I called them) - Olives with icing eyes and carrot beaks.

Matilda White Bird - hard boiled egg with carrot beak, olive feathers and black frosting eyebrows, and eye balls.

Pigs - Grapes with black and white icing eyes.

Red - Babybell cheese with a carrot beak and Black icing eyebrows and eyes.

Yes I put the pigs the wrong way, oh well I gave up by then.

Not a simple one like the other's but worth a one time try :).

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Angry Bird Lunch - Pig Style

I've seen all over Pinterest several versions and thought why not give my hand at some Angry Bird lunches for the boys.  I saw several versions and forgive me I just kind of ran with it and used some here and there of the idea's but I didn't write down who had the idea, so forgive me for plagiarizing on the lunch idea.

This was a VERY simple one to do, my pig came out cute.  I did use my brown Wilton Candy writer to make his nostrils and I must have pressed too hard on one side since it is very brown ... oh well life right?

What you Need:

Sandwich (I made PB&J)

Knife

Babybel Cheese

Mozzarella Cheese Slice

Circle Cutter (I used one of my cupcake filler hole maker .. yup its technical terms)

Wilton Candy Eyes

Wilton Candy Writer (brown)

Make Sandwich cut into 1/3, place in lunch box to look like the towers in Angry Bird game.  Unwrap Babybel Cheese, I kind of squished it to make it oval instead of a circle.  I then took my cupcake tool I use to remove the centers to make the nose and did the same thing squished it to be oval instead of round.  I place it in the center with 2 Wilton Candy Eye's on each side.  I took my brown Wilton Candy writer to make nostrils (be careful not to press to hard or it will look too dark like mine).  Put the pig in the middle of the towers! I added some Angry Bird Cheese Nips and Carrots!

Another simple one to make!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.