The Little Princess: A Perfectly Pink First Birthday

When the sweetest little girl is turning one, pink princess cupcakes are a must!

Gotta love pink!

There are some people that you meet in life that constantly amaze you and bring you joy! Lucky for me, these two beauties come as a package deal!

Meet Emma (sweet baby girl) and her incredible mom, Stef.

...and her awesome husband too! Can't forget him!

I SO love these two women. They are strong and have an energy that instantly lights up a room. Did I mention they were beautiful? Because they are...both inside and out.

So you can imagine how honored I felt when I was asked to make cupcakes for Emma's first birthday party.

Theme: Pink Princess...what else?

I made 4 dozen cupcakes (half vanilla/half chocolate) with a pink swiss meringue buttercream.

If you haven't tried SMB (Swiss Meringue Buttercream)...you must. It is heaven!

When thinking of "princess", I thought of castles, dresses, prince charming...oh my! Since I did not trust myself to make some of these more elaborate decorations (i.e. prince charming would look more like a reptile than a human), I decided that crowns, flowers, magic wands, and bows would be adorable!

Here's what I had in my sketch book:

Planning stages! So fun!

Here's how they turned out!

Much better than a prince's face...awkward...

Just for sweet Emma!

These are all made out of homemade modeling chocolate. It took me a while to get to the shade of pink I liked, but with a few trials - I finally settled on the ballerina/rose pink.

I ended up blending some white into the pink.
The pink was like..80's pink. NEON!
Sidenote: I LOVE the 80's. But not for a princess.

Bows and crowns!
You should have seen my shaky hand put on those sprinkles...
No bueno.

Once again with the strategically placed sprinkles...
4 cups of coffee is a no no, Kina.

When deciding what style of frosting decor to use, I thought something that looked "ruffle-y" would be pretty. Is that a word? Well it is now.

Emma got extra frosting!

They are also covered in love, a synonym for sprinkles.

Aka Torrey's (my son) future floor treasures!
Imagine his delight when he saw...lots...of them on the floor.
Please don't call CPS.

I also wanted to make sure that Emma got a special cupcake...it is her special day after all!

Here it is standing solo on top.

Princess Emma!

And here's the rest of them!

Tower of sugar!

Wands for magical dreams.

Flowers for grace and beauty,

Bows for cuteness.

And crowns for royalty and power.

To Emma and Stef:

Thank you for being such a bright light in our lives. Stef, you are such a gracious host and wonderful mother. Emma has a wonderful woman to model herself after and I know how proud you are of your precious little girl. Thank you for letting Torrey and I be a part of your special day. It means the world to us! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET EMMA!

Love you all! Take Care and God Bless!