Cupcake Yuletide

Hope the holidays were happy for everyone! This Christmas season was full of cupcakes at my house. Aside from my Cupcake Christmas Tree, many people decided to have cupcakes for the holidays. I made a Lobster for a friend's Creole Christmas and two plates of Spaghetti Cupcakes for another friend's Christmas Italia. Not traditional Christmas cupcakes but just as fun!

Christmas is my favorite time of the year, and this one was full of hand-made gifts. Sneak a peek at my family Christmas and take a look at my Cupcake Christmas!

My favorite cupcake apron, made by my Aunt Rosemary. It's Christmas cupcakes and green sparkles!

Gingerbread Men and Candy Cane Cupcakes

Sprinkles and white chocolate/raspberry drizzle....YUM!

My sibilings: Noah, Michael, Me, Gretchen, Kirsten, Katrina and Ralphie!

Amazing hand knitted Cupcake hat by my sister-in-law Laura Beth. And of course the adorable hand-quilted Cupcake bag made by Oma.

Side view of the Cupcake Hat! It even has rainbow sprinkles!! Love it Laura!

My sister-in-laws: Lisa Anne, Laura Beth and Noah & I.

Mohawk Skeleton vs. The Cupcake Hat...

My younger cousin Jacob's hat was not as cute as mine!

Our red and silver Christmas tree!

Christmas truly is the most wonderful time of the year. I hope everyone had a joyful and loving Christmas and Happy New Year!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...How lovely are your cupcakes!

Cookies, Candy Canes and Cocoa are the three favorite sweet C's of the holidays. Well at my house we add Cupcakes to the list and make it four! My cupcake obsession wouldn't be complete without a Christmas Tree decorated in nothing but cupcakes! Here's a look at the Cupcake Christmas going on at my house!

Red polka-dotted bow on a white Christmas tree is all I need to be happy!

One of the best parts about cupcakes, besides eating them, is decorating them! Here's the 2010 Season's Treatings ornament from Hallmark. I could probably get some ideas for next from this!

Oh, so sweet! This is Hallmark's new ornament collection starting this year. This "Oh, so sweet!" collection will be a new cupcake every year! How perfect to fuel my obsession! This cupcake is a sweet little poinsettia on top of  'snow'.

I think of this ornament as the Ice Queen's Cupcake. Frosty, blue and sparkly....and wickedly tasty!

Of course Martha Stewart thinks of everything. Here's just two of her cupcake ornaments. They look so perfect, good enough to eat!

Another source catering to my cupcake fetish is the gift shop at my work. They are the ones providing me with most of the cupcake trinket boxes for all occasions.  Here's a look at the large crocheted cupcake ornament from them. It has pearls on it, how elegant!

A gingerbread house on a cupcake, two classics, one adorable ornament!

 

Bottom's up! Here you can spot the cupcake garland that my mother-in-law found for me last year! Who would have thought they would make a string of garland out of cupcakes?

Here's Bob. He's adorable in his candy cane striped bow-tie!

This is my 2009 Christmas Cupcake trinket box, he's like a little Bob. He's so cute!



Special thanks to my mother-in-law who not only gave me my tree last year, but also gave me the garland and made me the cupcake tree skirt! She's the best.

Then another thanks to all my friends and my own mother who have bought me cupcake related ornaments and decorations, I love them all!

Elmo's World

Elmo from Sesame Street is apparently a favorite character for a little one's 1st birthday. Who wouldn't love him? He's cute, cuddly, red, fuzzy and don't forget ticklish! Well I guess he's similar to most one year olds! Elmo is one of my favorite characters to make on cupcakes! Here's a look at my friend Lindsey's twins 1st Birthday Party that I made Elmo cupcakes for!

I love Elmo's large eyes and huge nose!

Here's a closer look:



The happy family of five celebrating Gavin and Nolan's 1st birthday!

Best way to celebrate is with cupcakes and lots of presents!



Here's a look at the birthday boys!

Gavin loves his Elmo!

Nolan looks like he likes picking Elmo apart!

First birthday parties are the best for cupcakes, may it be a giant cupcake for smashing or a regular cupcake, just the perfect size for an individual birthday cake! They are adorable and yummy!

I loved this picture from their party also so I had to add it, they grow up so fast!

Happy 1st Birthday Gavin and Nolan!

Cupcakes Take Over VAmpire Academy Book Signing

Paranormal Books have taken over. They are the most popular books on the market right now, which is fantastic for me, a paranormal book lover. One of my favorite authors is Richelle Mead of the Vampire Academy series. I wanted to do something fun and special for the book signing that was held at Joseph-Beth Booksellers on Dec. 10th during her Last Sacrifice Tour. So I made some vampire bite cupcakes, and cupcakes with a Vampire Academy flair.

This series follows a character who is a dhampir named Rose Hathaway. Rose is a strong and powerful female character, who knows how to kick some serious Strigoi, a group of 'dead' vampires, butts! She has promised to protect the Moroi, a group of 'alive' vampires, from the Strigoi. With each kill and battle she faces she gets a new tattoo. The three tattoos mentioned in this series are as follows: The Promise Mark, the Molnija, and the Zvezda.

Jessica, Tracy and I with Richelle Mead!

Here's a look at the cupcakes!

The Promise Mark: Place on the back of the neck, for each graduate, who promises to protect the Moroi and uphold the most sacred saying... "They Come First."

The Molnija: This tattoo is placed on the neck as well, it symbolizes a Strigoi kill.



The Zvezda: This means star in Russian, it is given after a battle where the Strigoi kills are too high too count.

All these cupcakes are made of Red-Velvet and Cream Cheese frosting....this is one of my favorite combinations!

Then of course I made the signature Vampire Cupcakes.... my Red-Velvet Vampire Bites Cupcakes, with Raspberry blood oozing out! Here's a look at all four cupcakes and my completeVampire Academy collection, all signed by Richelle Mead!

Cupcakes and books, my two favorite things to do!! Check out Richelle Mead's Young Adult series Vampire Academy, or her two Adult series, which are also amazing- Georgina Kincaid Series and the Dark Swan Series!! Also, look out for her new VA spin-off series coming out in 2011- Bloodlines!

Here's some action pictures from the book signing!

Richelle Mead reading a passage from the sixth and final VAmpire Academy book, Last Sacrifice.

Discussing my CupcakeBug business with Richelle, while she signs my book!

Jessica and I supporting Arcane Vault with out Molnija t-shirts!!

Love. Read. Bake.

-this is my new motto...

Happy Thanksgiving... Let's Celebrate with Turkey!

A time to give Thanks to all those people and things in our lives that make them better. God, family, friends, and cupcakes rank high on my list! Thanksgiving a.k.a. Turkey Day is filled with lots of turkey and desserts. My personal favorite part of the big dinner is the dessert, and my favorite dessert at this time of year is pumpkin pie! I can't get enough of it. Many people think the large and delicious turkey is the best part. So to compromise between the two parts of the Thanksgiving dinner I made 'Stuffed Turkey' Cupcakes.

Nothing's better than a perfectly 'Stuffed Turkey' for Thanksgiving! Gobble, Gobble!!

Talk about having a perfectly caramelized turkey right out of the oven! YUM!

Here's a look at the turkey that hung out at my house this season!

This is my Turkey Cupcake, I named him Burt....



My friend Erin gave him too me as well as my spider, George. I love these Cupcake Trinket Boxes by Ganz.

Thanksgiving 2010 was a wonderful time this year, spent in great company! Here's a look at my family Thanksgiving, Hope you enjoyed yours!!

My adorable and sophisticated Sister-in-Law, Lisa Anne.

My cousin Emily and I with little baby Iris.



The Osterhage Clan- Lisa Anne, Noah, Me and Laura Beth.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Vampire Bites & Camp Out S'more Cupcakes

The Twilight Saga has swept the nation. I have been a paranormal fan most of my life, so when the books first came out I was instantly a fan. Then making a movie about this fabulous YA Paranormal Series, made it even better! My girlfriends and I have a Girl's Night every time the movies come out to theater and on DVD. This is a look at the Eclipse DVD Party we had. The theme for this party was the 'Camp Out' before the big battle.

The Vamp-tastic Candy Bar

Erin and I taking full advantage of the candy first!

Pin-the-Lips on Jacob or Edward

Here's a look at the Vampire Bites Cupcakes and S'more Cupcakes as the party centerpice. This is also a great view of my new Cup-cak-elabra (new word I just made up, very technical).



These were fang-tastic Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese frosting and Raspberry blood oozing from the bite marks.

These Scrumptious S'more cupcakes had a Graham Cracker Crust bottom, moist Chocolate Cake center and Marshmallow Cream Cheese frosting on top. A little graham cracker crumb and hershey for garnish. They are perfect for all your camp-out needs!

The party was fun, all the food was delicious and the company was the best.

Now we have to anxiously wait for Breaking Dawn! November 2011 is too far away. Guess I'll have to make more cupcakes to tie us over in the mean time!

Happy Cupcake-o-ween!

Halloween was a little busy this year. Lots of things to do, not enough time to do it in. So I made some basic cupcakes for work to bring in. Sometimes simple cupcakes are the best. You know they taste just as good!

Boo! Written in white chocolate so it pops up off the cupcake. Chocolate cupcakes, chocolate icing with orange sprinkles.

Simple, yet YUMMY!

Here's a look at the Halloween Cupcakes I had around my house!

My Halloween Cupcake trinket box was something my good friend Erin B. gave to me last year. The spider is so cute!!

The best way to celebrate Halloween is by carving pumpkins. So what's the best way for a cupcake enthusiast to celebrate?

By going pumpkin picking and carving a cupcake in it! I traced the cupcake outline in colored sharpie. I thought the pumpkin could use a little extra flare with a cherry on top!

Hope everyone had a great Halloween, filled with sugary sweets!! Can't wait to post some fall and Thanksgiving cupcakes!