ROYGBIV Cupcakes & Shamrock Pricking

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Busy day! I was able to snap a few pics. Happy St. Patrick's Day!!
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The Sunshine Crew said…
Love your ROYGBIV cupcakes and pricking work. Happy St. Paddy's to you!
Colleen:)
March 17, 2011 at 6:03 PM
Anonymous said…
Love the cupcakes. How did you make them?
March 17, 2011 at 6:55 PM
Jessie, The Education Of Ours said…
We made white cake batter, separated it into 7 bowls, added gel food coloring to each (the girls mixed the colors from primary colors). Then, I layered them into cupcakes tins, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Lots of fun!
March 18, 2011 at 4:05 AM
Megan said…
Great Cupcakes. Happy St. Paddys day. I just saw your question about easels on my blog and wanted to write you back here in case you don't check back for my reply :)
Hi! The shorter easel is from Ikea, but I cut the legs down so that it would be a good height for young toddlers. The taller easel is an adjustable easel by Melissa and Doug (it is currently set at the shortest level). Hope you find one that works well for you!
Megan (Littlest birds Studio)
March 20, 2011 at 11:39 AM
Jessie, The Education Of Ours said…
Thanks, Megan! I ended up getting the ikea easel. I'm really impressed with its quality. I'll be chopping the legs soon for my twins.
March 20, 2011 at 12:03 PM
Ewa said…
Love you cupcakes. My boys saw it and wanted to do the same. ;-) Love. Ewa
March 22, 2011 at 2:04 AM
XYZZ said…
Cupcakes - YUM! ;)
March 24, 2011 at 8:27 AM
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