Today was the family picnic that I had originally planned to make the Watermelon Cake for. However, on Wednesday night, it was brought to my attention that all the food had to be Christmas themed. That completely threw a wrench in my plans! So I had to think of a new game plan. I had already contemplated making the White Russian cupcakes since I love, love, love them! So I decided I was definitely making them again, but decorating them with some sort of Christmas theme.
I remember seeing beach themed cupcakes on my favorite cake blog, Sweet Creations by Stephanie, that I wanted to attempt some time. She also has some great tutorials on making a fondant beach towel and surfboard, which I wanted to incorporate into my design idea. Then, it occurred to me to do Christmas in July cupcakes by bringing snowmen to the beach!I was a little worried of how it would turn out since it was my first time actually decorating cupcakes and I knew it would be a long and tedious process. And it was! On top of that, I had to do all the decorations in one night! I started preparing my beach decorations and snowmen at 930 pm on Friday night and finished at 3am Saturday morning, with a half hour break to nurse the baby.
So I spent 5 hours on the decorations alone! Now, I know most of you would think I’m crazy for wasting my time doing that when I should be catching up on as much sleep as I can being a mommy of two under two. But I enjoyed every minute of it! It’s the only time I have to myself and aside from blogging, there’s nothing else I’d rather do with my free time.
And here’s the product of all my hard work:
My cupcakes were a HUGE hit at the picnic!
So huge that…
I won First Prize in the Dessert category! I can’t believe that I made “Prize-Winning” cupcakes. I feel so honored and proud! =)
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Congrats on winning! By the looks of it, its well-deserved!
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Sofia's Ideas
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SUPER CUTE!
Hi! From Mom Bloggers club! Those cupcakes are cute! I am a fan of Wilton products and enjoy making cakes and cupcakes for my kids too. I am not as good as you though – Congratulations on your win!
Danielle
http://bizformomsonline.blogspot.com/
These are super cute!
-Jessica a.k.a Nya's mom
Congrats on winning! My birthday is on Christmas Eve and I always asked my Mom to celebrate my birthday in July — but she never did. You did a great job!
Leilani, those cupcakes are SO cute! I love how you came up with the snowmen at the beach theme. That melting snowman is very cool!
How do find time to do it all, being a wife, mom, blogger, college student, and cake decorator? Amazing.
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Have a delicious day!
Jinnia
P.S. I saw Belmont, CA on your prize-winning certificate. Are you from there? I'm near there…
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Love the melting snowman! So cute!
Those are SO cute!! Wonderful job!
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~Melanie
http://mburbage.blogspot.com/
Wow that is so cute! Yummy! You have a new follower from MBC! I look forward to reading future posts! Come and visit Mama's Little Chick.
Mama Hen
http://www.mamaslittlechick.com
adorable! I love them. what a great idea.
adriana
http://www.justbyliving.com
Great blog! I love to design, bake, and decorate special birthday cakes for family and friends. Your cupcakes are so creative and fun! Congrats on your win.
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DigiMom
http://www.digicrumbs.com
Congrats – SUPER cute cupcakes!
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Leilani
They came out great! I love them!! Snowmans look perfect!
Steph
http://www.sweetcreationsbystephanie.com
Cute!!
I am your newest follower from mom bloggers club, I look forward to reading your blog
Kari,
http://shining2save.blogspot.com
Those cupcakes are a little bit adorable. And now I'm hungry. Great. Ya know, I can't even remember the last time I had a cupcake–let alone one that was Christmas themed. I may just have to hit the bakery today.