Star Wars Cupcakes

The very first Star Wars cupcakes toppers I made last year.

This is my second time of crafting Star War cupcake fondant toppers.  I crafted one for a customer last year.  And just did one more this week.  I am not fans of Star Wars (sorry Star Wars fans), so I did some research before crafting the fondant cupcake toppers each time.  The last time I crafted it, I made them more 2-D.  This time I made some different characters and I also crafted the characters a little bits thicker to make them look more 3-D.  I love both sets that I crafted; they are equally adorable; what do you think?

Second time of making Star War fondant cupcake toppers

So cute that I didn't want to give them out to the customer=p

Louis Vuitton Spring Inspired Cupcakes

If you have been following my blog, you might see the Louis Vuitton (LV) cupcakes I crafted about a month ago.  I received another order of  LV inspired cupcakes from the same customer about couple weeks ago.  She loved the cupcakes I crafted for her the last time and wanted to make order some more from me to bring to the LV store at the South Coast Plaza for their staffs.  So here you go...for you, all the fashion and cupcake lovers!

I hand painted the LV logo on the fondant. 

Aren't they classy?

From LV Spring fashion show

Inspired by the LV Spring fashion show

The mini speedy bags and I made them slightly different than the last time.  I simplified them a bits to make them look cuter and also add some flowers with the same color schemes to make everything tight together.

Close up of the Speedy bag

Inspired by the LV key chains

Jello Art

When I was a little kid, I always thought jello was the most interesting dessert ever.  Why?  Because the jiggly textures makes jello so special and unordinary.  And when I was kid, my mom used to make some colorful jello candies (covered with coconut shred), they were one of the most fun things to eat when you were a kid. 

I would like to share some jello arts I found online with you today (photographs from websites:  Eat Me Daily and South Jersey Real Estate; please visit these two websites for more information).  These "jello artists" took jello to another level - they used jello to create jewelries, food, and EVEN architectures and cities...these artworks just blown my mind away!

Look like a very fancy French dish

American classic - burger and fries

A close up of the "burger" (everything is made with jello)

How about some caviar?

So tropical with the jello pineapple

Ready for BBQ?

Classy! 

If you like fashion and jewelries, how about some vintage style jewelries made from edible materials and jello:

Look like a piece of good jade

Can you tell they are jello from this angle?

An amazing artwork

 My day time job is an Environmental Planner, and I have a thing toward architectures and urban planning/design.  I just love to look at buildings (especially those historical ones=))

Love is in the Air

2/14, tomorrow is Valentine's day.  All the TVs, radio station, newspaper, magazines...are all over about this holiday, but how many of us know where this holiday came from, when, where and who are we celebrating for?!  Here is a website I found online: click about the history of Valentine's Day (If you are interested, go check it out).

This week is a busy week for me - There is a big deadline coming up at my full-time day work and couple Valentine's Day cupcake orders, of course, my birthday and my mother-in-law's birthday are also coming up this week too.  O well, I guess sometimes busy means productive, right?! 

 I am such a bad wife - my husband complained about how I make cupcakes for others all the time, but never for him.  Finally, Valentine's Day is a PERFECT reason for me to not to make up excuses for not making him anything, so I made some AWESOME horchata cupcakes decorated with everything that remind me of him JUST FOR MY HUSBAND!  As many of you know that I have a very art-sy husband; he is very into music.  He is a lead singer and a guitarist in a punk rock cover band, called the Knockoffs.  When I was thinking about what I should make for him, immediately I think about guitar pick and his guitar.  Except for music, he is also very into tattoo arts too.  So I just made a heart shape with frame inspired by the tattoo on his chest. 

 

The inspiration of the other two cupcake toppers - I always like the beautiful and colorful hand painted skulls from the Día de Muertos (Day of Dead), every time when I am looking at these skulls; it reminds me of "Love till death do us part" (that's what love and marriage about=)).

The last but not the least cupcake topper - Even my husband is a social smoker (only smokes when he is drinking on the weekend).  But smokes are smokes, and they are bad for you.  I LOVE him and I want him to live healthier and longer.  So I made this topper with a very special note on it.  

In return, I have received a lovely cupcake necklace from Tiffany & Co from my husband as a "Balentine's" gift (Birthday + Valentine's)!  OMG!  I could not ask for more than a better husband in my life and my next life.










To my dear husband,


I know I am not a perfect wife (I could be better)!  Sometimes, ur texts and some stuffs u said to me really touched my heart.  When you told me when u had a hard day at work, as soon as you saw me at home; u feel MUCH BETTER!  That really touched my heart and make me have a very complicated facial expression (smile and dropping happy tear drops)


Thanks for everything, Mr. G!  I love you more than you know.


XOXO,