Cupcake Weekend

Friday, this lovely surprise arrived in my mailbox:

Saturday I had to test it out, and these were the result:

Sunday, I used the apron my sister made me for Christmas for a photo op (I conveniently forgot I had it when actually baking the cupcakes):

It was a Betty Crocker weekend!

Lessons learned:

1. Filling the cupcake cups to the top in the pan, does not make bigger cupcakes. It does make a big mess in oven.

2. 5 1/2 cups of icing will only decorate about 20 cupcakes. (that's a little over 1/4 cup per cupcake! eeek!)

3. You cannot make homemade icing and decorate cupcakes with four different icing colors in an hour. It takes more like four.

4. You will need a shower, and your clothes will need to be washed when you are done.

Bridesmaids

I love the idea of having each of my bridesmaids in a different floral summer dress. So far these have caught my eye.

Find them here, here, and here

Brooch Bouquets

I've been drooling over these brooch bouquets all morning. Aren't they gorgeous? Since purchasing one is pretty much out of the questions (they're a little pricey), I'm going to figure out a way to make one.

images via Fantasy Floral Designs

I want it to look like this.

Hopefully I'll come close :)

Happy New Year!

This New Year's Eve was the best one yet, and probably ever. I got engaged. Squeeeeee!!!! Nothing really tops that. The smile has not left my face.

From now until July 31st this will pretty much be a wedding planning blog, which may or may not be the reason I started it in the first place. I knew 25 was going to be a good year.