Remy Roo and Mommy Too

Here is what he did used.

1 box of vanilla cake mix (made to box specifications)
1 tub of vanilla frosting
12 cupcake liners
1 box of food coloring-He used neon and basic colors
Frosting piping tool


First, he preheated the oven and lined his cupcake pan.

Then, he made the cake mix. After it was made, he divided the mix up into 6 different bowls. He added food coloring to each bowl to make red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple batter.

To make the rainbow effect in each cupcake, he layered the purple first and spread it evenly in the bottom of each cupcake liner, tapping the pan to remove bubbles.  He then layered each color evenly on top of each other in a backwards rainbow order. He was able to make 12 cupcakes.

Bake according to the instructions on the box.

While the cupcakes were baking he started to create his amazing neon frosting. To do this, he divided the frosting into 4 different bowls and added neon food coloring to get pink, purple, blue and green frosting. He then took each color and put it into a plastic bag and then piped it into our plastic cake piping tool thing. I honestly had no idea we had the thing.

Imagine a plastic version of this.

I am sure it was purchased in a diluted Ashley way in which I was sure I was going to use it and make greatness. Trust me when I bake it is never greatness. I only make cookies to eat the dough. Andy is the baker, and he is awesome at it.

After he piped each color into the plastic circle tube in four separate areas, and the cupcakes were done and cooled, he used the nifty star tip to pipe the neat frosting on top of the cupcakes.

Here is a layout of the day:


Pictures: 1. Pre-game "Frankie-furter" chili dog and Chicago Dog 2. Pre-game tram line up 3. Andy Gruenebaum 4. Wondolowski 5. Awesome save by Gruenebaum 6. Higuain corner kick 7. Post game celebration

Images: Me
Kit used: One Little Bird Designs Meadowlark

• 1 LARGE piece of cardboard for my base
• 700 (yes 700!) Plastic spoons- brand and kind really don't matter since it is so many (this varies and depends on your base size)
• Glue Gun
• new bag of glue sticks
• 3 colors of paint- I used 1 can of spray paint and 2 small tubes of acrylic paint from the hobby store
• Wire to hang
• 10" round mirror
• Sharp scissors or snips

Image from http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net

I am playing catch-up on all of the projects I have been working on for the past 6 months- here is a cute Halloween wreath I made last October with a How To. :)

I love the colors of Halloween. I can't get enough of the purple, black, lime green, and neon orange everywhere! I just love the emotions and feelings of this spooky holiday! So when I found a Pinterest board devoted just to DIY wreaths, and then a Spiky Halloween Wreath! Woot! I just knew I had to make it!

So I headed to Michaels and picked up:

• a circle Styrofoam wreath
• a container of foam glitter vase fillers 
• 300 toothpicks 
• a can of black spray paint
• some super cute Halloween ribbon.

Cost for everything with my coupons was around $10.00.

Assembly was pretty simple. First I placed all 300 toothpicks in the Styrofoam wreath in any direction I could make them fit. Warning: I did end up with a few injuries adding the toothpicks, and I suggest you add a hook or a bit of ribbon to hold onto after all of the toothpicks are on since it is a bit prickly after all the toothpicks are in!


Next, I took it outside and I spray painted it like crazy. This is another time when the ribbon hanger is super helpful. I had a good paint so I felt like I had good coverage with just the one can.



After it was dry, I took the foam glitter base fillers and stuck them on the toothpicks. I was super happy they were foam and they stuck right on the toothpicks and I did not have to glue any of them!


Once I was satisfied with the placement of the glittery foam thingies, I added my ribbon to the top.



I was super excited to put it on my front door, but it didn't quite fit in between the 2 doors. Oops! I  guess I shouldn't have added the toothpicks to the back!  I ended up hanging it in the house, and was sad to take it down when Halloween was over!

Thanks for stopping!

Ash