{Sugar Bee} Little Mermaid Tail Cupcakes

Today is a very special day in my household...it is my daughter's birthday! We have been so blessed with such a wonderful daughter and are so excited to celebrate another year with our Ava. Tonight's festivities consist of being with family, having a nice dinner, and of course eating cupcakes!

Well let me tell you that my girl loves everything pink and purple, and very girly- princesses in particular! Her top princesses  (in this order) consist of Ariel, Rapunzel, and Belle. So of course, when I asked her what kind of cupcakes she wanted, she told me MERMAID! Well I couldn't have been more thrilled because I have been dying to make these! So voila, mama created mermaid tail cupcakes!

These cupcakes are a vanilla cake but colored with pink and blue food coloring and swirled so that they create a mixture of pink, purple, and blue....such a fun surprise when you take a bite out of it! They are topped with a vanilla buttercream and sprinkled with a very pretty sprinkle mix to add a little glitz. But the part that my daughter loves the most is the white chocolate mermaid tails and shells!

 

 

 This face says it all! My sweet and happy birthday girl! 

Happy birthday my baby girl, mama loves you to the moon and back, to infinity and beyond, forever and ever!

{Sugar Bee} Celebrating a Big Day with Pink Champagne Cupcakes

When I found out that my friend and colleague was getting married in a small ceremony over the weekend, another colleague and I knew we had to do something to celebrate such a momentous occasion. So we decided to surprise her with a little dessert table, and I of course wanted to create the cupcakes. I thought it was the perfect time to pop open the bubbly and create some cupcakes that screamed celebration! And what says celebration better than pink champagne?! These pink champagne cupcakes topped with a pretty white flower and lightly sprinkled with edible pearls were the perfect treats to toast the new bride and her husband!

So let's raise our cupcakes and say CHEERS! Wishing the happy couple a beautiful marriage filled with love and laughter!

{Sugar Bee} Enchanted Forest Sugar Cookies

This week has been a lot of fun as I have had the opportunity to create sugar cookies for a girl who is turning 15 and having an amazing quinceanera! Her mama contacted me months ago letting me know they are having a celebration for Bella who is turning 15 and the theme of the party is an enchanted forest. Well I was very excited to do these cookies because who doesn't love an enchanted forest theme?! It is the best of both worlds...both natural, rustic, and foresty; combined with beautiful, whimsical, enchanted elements! For this collection, I created pretty pink flowers, a bed of moss topped with flowers, a plaque with deer antlers decorated with flowers, a pink magical fairy, a wood grain plaque topped with the number "15" to look like moss and decorated with small flowers, and of course a wood grain heart with the birthday girl's name and surrounded with a bit of moss and a pink flower. I was so happy with the outcome! I hope Bella has the very best day...Happy 15th Birthday!

{Sugar Bee} Quinceanera Chocolate Covered Oreos

When I was asked to make sweet treats for a special girl's upcoming quinceanera, I was quite honored to be entrusted to create desserts for such an important day and also very excited because the theme and color scheme were right up my alley! The birthday girl chose an enchanted forest theme with a color scheme of mainly pink and brown. This theme entails a lot of rustic and woodsy elements, but also the beauty of an enchanted forest, such as the flowers and pretty creatures (i.e. butterflies, fairies, deer, etc.). But in addition to the theme and color scheme, they wanted to incorporate a bit of glitz with touches of gold....this is a quinceanera after all! 

So after learning of the theme, I knew the look I was going for for the chocolate covered Oreos. I created a variety of sizes and designs that when all put together are fit for a princess. I created standard sized chocolate covered Oreos topped with the number "15" in gold, gold butterflies; and pink, white, and yellow flowers lightly brushed with gold and placed inside a gold fondant decorative frame. I also created mini roses to add dimension to the platter. 

I am so excited for the birthday girl to see her treats on her dessert table for her big day!

{Sugar Bee} Gimme Some Sugar Red Velvet Cupcakes

It is Valentine's Day and today should be full of love, hugs, and kisses....and not just for spouses and significant others, but also for those people who bring joy to your life and smiles throughout the day! For me that means my family, kids, friends, and my besties! So in honor of today, I have created some red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting topped with heart and lip chocolate covered Oreos. Now pucker up and "Gimme Some Sugar"!

 

 

 

Wishing You All a Happy Valentine's Day full of lots of love, hugs, and sweets!

(Sugar Bee) Hearts & Kisses

I just couldn't help myself....I thought I was done with creating Valentine's goodies, but then I remembered these little hearts and lips and I just had to make them this year. I mean, if hearts and lips don't scream Valentine's Day, then I don't know what does! Especially all done up in pink and red. The best part is that they are minis....little bite size treats that hit the spot!

I have even more plans for these sweet treats....stay tuned for tomorrow for the big reveal!

Who else is busy creating Valentine's or goodies for tomorrow?!

{Sugar Bee} You're So Sweet Valentine's Day Sugar Cookies

Nothing says Valentine's Day than hearts...so this year I wanted to make hearts, but I wanted to add a little something extra in addition to the typical pink heart. So using inspiration from my favorite cookie artist, Sweet Sugarbelle, I created love birds, a puppy dog, and a traditional pink heart. The tags I designed for these cookies really make these cookies the perfect Valentine....the puppy dog cookie tags read, "I Ruff You"; the lovebirds cookie tags read "Be My Tweet Heart"; and the traditional pink heart cookie tags read, "Happy Valentine's Day". I don't know about you, but I heart these cookies so much! Hope everyone who receives them this year does as well!