Missouri State

These cupcakes were for one of Courtney's friend's little brother.  You know that my favorites are the cakes I do for kids I have seen grow up since childhood!

After graduation, he was headed to Missouri State University.  Their colors are Maroon and White.  I learned from the Americana Baby Bum cake, that maroon isn't necessarily what I thought it is.  I sent the mom of the grad several shade options before we got the one we wanted.

One of the first trials, with the final shade.

Unfortunately, the amount of dye needed for that deep of a color can stain fingers, tongues, clothes... I was really nervous that they might have issues with that, but she never said anything.

The bearcats were cut on my Cricut.  By the time we got what we wanted, I had cut so many of them, I was dreaming Bearcats!  Every time I see one on a bumper sticker to this day, I groan.

Each Bearcat was mounted on a white disc, that was set on top of a cupcake swirl.

This was also the first time I delivered them in a cupcake crate, which I will ALWAYS do, from now on.

One dozen in white, and one dozen in Maroon.

Piano Recital Graduation

My daughter's, piano teacher was the first person to purchase a cake from me. It was for my daughter's recital when she was in elementary school. This week was her last recital as she is graduating and going off to college, so her teacher ordered a special graduation one for her and four other seniors at the recital. All of the decorations were done in fondant, and the "2012" was cut on the Cricut.

Breannah's Graduation

Graduation cake for two friends. The only instructions were "leopard and zebra print in purples and/or greens. One of the graduates used to be on the drill team and had seen a similar cake layout in my photos, so that is where the structural idea came from. I hand painted the leopard print, and really liked the way it turned out! Letters, numbers, and stars were cut out on my Cricut.