cupcake charms and beads

Just playing with an idea for the polymer charms. I first thought of making a charm bracelet but I wanted to try something different. I like the texture of the velvet cord and flowers and I also like the little pearl beads. Something about the metal I'm not too sure of yet. I think I'll keep working on this a bit more.

easy letter cupcakes

My local public library has a great little store where you can buy used magazines at 2 for 25 cents. I picked up the 09 February issue of BHG and found this cute cupcake idea. The letters are cookies from Trader Joes. The idea is to glaze the letters with thin icing and then sprinkle with colored sugar. That's it! No messy piping. I like that each letter is big enough to really pop on the cupcake. Valentine brunch or tea party anyone?

sculpy cupcake charms

After reading a few tutorials and watching even more on YouTube I picked up 4 colors of Sculpy and gave it a try last night. First I had to get over the fear of possibly asphyxiating my family if I used my kitchen oven to bake the clay. I decided that I was doing such a small batch that if I opened a window it would be okay. Hopefully I didn't get enough polymer residue in the oven to taint my next chicken roast.

#1 was interesting. #2 looked like a soccer ball. I was going for chocolate chip sprinkles but maybe not. #3 tried to be an ice cream swirl. I started getting the hang of it by #4. I liked it enough to put an eye hook in it.

Once Luna went to sleep I finally mixed a shade of pink I liked and made chocolate covered strawberry tops. 

Not sure about the sprinkles yet but I really liked making these so I'm going to get more colors. One video showed someone using chalk pastels to color white clay which sounds interesting. I also want to try the liquid Sculpy for making  fluffier icing. Time to find another Michael's coupon. Now I'm really craving a cuppycake.