Well, I suppose the skirt did kind of give it away, and yes, it’s a Cars party, Lightning McQueen and all. I am having way too much fun planning this party and I’ll share my fun ideas in a bit.
For today, though, we had a special-little-actual-birthday birthday party. And there was plenty of pink. Because even though my little Gracie wants a Cars party, when I turned her loose with my Hello, Cupcake! book, she picked out the princess cupcakes for her day-of birthday treat. These particular cupcakes threw me for a loop as I used some homemade fondant rather than smooshing and rolling out a bazillion gumdrops for the dresses. The fondant wasn’t looking so hot with the pink sugar crystals, and my backup fruit rollup idea didn’t work either. And I really thought I was defeated this time. But then I gave it one last go with the fondant and omitted the sugar crystals and you know what? It totally worked.
Comments & Reviews
Patty@sewingseeds says
Are they sitting on cookie bases? Totally adorable. Love that your girl wants Cars for her theme.
Judy@cutest-little-things says
How sweet!!! You did a great job!
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emerson-j says
so cute!! my son is cars mad …
Kelly says
Beautiful ☼
Sixty-Fifth Avenue says
Oh so cute!! You look like a fondant pro already! We had almost a whole year of Cars over here…I do love that movie.
I can’t wait to see the cake!
Happy Birthday to your beautiful Gracie!
leemeandthegirls says
those are so adorable!
Tammy says
Those are amazing! So cute!
Brooke Douglass says
OMG those are soooo great!!! Way to not give up! Proud of you! brooke
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Kristie Clower says
So sweet. I’ve been wanting to make these but they seemed way to hard. Yours turned out perfect.
Jen says
Found you through the linky party at Somewhat Simple. These turned out so cute, and you made the fondant yourself!? Kudos to you!
Shari @For the Little Doll In Your Life says
Cute! I’ve never worked with fondant before either. What did you think (besides the issues of “to sprinkle” or not “to sprinkle”)?
Team Roy says
Darling! Can you throw me my next birthday party too? 🙂 Your ideas are so cute!
Linda says
My granddaughter would love these. Thanks for sharing. So creative!
Noel says
Those are amazing! My little girl will be 2 in May and these are perfect for my little princess:)
I “highlighted” them on my blog!
Kristen @ ladybug-blessings.com says
Those are SO cute!! Please if you would ever like to have a tutorial @ Handmade Tuesdays @ Ladybug Blessings please let me know! I would love to have you! http://www.ladybug-blessings.com
Megan says
oh my goodness! just adorable!
Ty's Adventures says
Ahh-MAZING!!! Daddy thought they were pictures from a baking website!
Ty's Adventures says
Ok wait…is Gracie going to be sad if she gets something more boy-ish that has to do with the theme of her party? Baby Bro picked out a “totally awesome” present for “Gwacie”!
sleepyhead designs studio says
Those are the cutest things I’ve ever seen—really! I have three girls too so I’m crazy over ideas like this.