lego crayons

As promised, here are photos of some of the many lego crayons I made this past Christmas to give to Avery's friends.  These are the ones I ended up keeping for Avery, and as you can see, they are a little worn down because they've been in use!  I purchased a lego-shaped mold on eBay and used this tutorial, but ended up increasing the oven temperature to 225-250 degrees (depending on the batch).  Recycled crayons are fun and economical to make, and there is an endless variety of shapes and possibilities out there!

frosted cupcakery

 

Over the weekend, we bought a half dozen cupcakes using a Groupon at Frosted Cupcakery in Long Beach.  I thought I would snap a few pictures before we dug into these beauties.  My favorite was the lemon cupcake with lemon cream cheese frosting.  (From top to bottom: neapolitan {the monthly special}, strawberry with strawberry cream cheese frosting and orange with orange cream cheese frosting.)

flags

Flags are an easy way to add a little extra something to your cupcakes, sandwiches, whoopie pies, etc.  You can make them out of paper but did you know that you can make them out of ribbon, too?  You can see a couple of examples here and here.  Take a look at a tutorial from Peach and Pearl here.