flowers

My kitties chew on my fresh flowers all the time but they have yet to crawl in with them. I'll watch out for that.

It's almost Spring, right? Why else would they be cranking up the air conditioning in here? It must be because we're expecting lots of flowers and sunshine and warm breezes, yes? This chance to use my office Snuggie must be a sign of good times ahead. More flowery cupcakes please.

Can't you just see her gamboling in a thicket with butterflies and rainbows?

It's flower time! Bring it on, plants! Bring it on, cupcakes! Show me what you got!

I love this sort of impressionist painter style design. It looks pretty easy to do and is so elegant and fancy looking. I bet I could totally impress people with cakes like this. Though I'd be kidding myself if I thought I could pull off the checkerboard cake effect. Baby steps.

I love peonies so much and my neighbor's yard is bursting with them right now! Sadly these gum paste flowers will last longer than the real thing. Peony season will be over by the time you finish reading this sentence.

Normally I'd scream overkill at a cake this busy but there is some amazing balance going on here. A striped rainbow heart inside a striped rainbow cake? A rainbow of fondant sprinkles so perfect they must have been placed there by very patient elves? I swoon for this kind of overkill.

I suppose you could mount this on your bus pass if you must but it really isn't necessary.

Let's play sleuths: What's the connection here? Sure sure, you may say it's someone's 20th birthday and they love owls but that's too easy. There must be a deeper meaning. Is there a secret society of owls? Is there a code to which side they wear their flowers on? Is 20 a mystical number?

If you spend too much time thinking about how cute this guy is before you eat him, his ice cream head is going to melt and slide right off of his cupcake body. Eat him quick and save him from such a dishonor.

There are few things better than a white cat with mismatched eyes. My iPhone agrees!

I've had a photo of bird shaped cookies on my computer desktop for approximately a skrillion years now. These cupcakes win. The home decor inspired use of a floral with polka dots is genius! In fact, I may use this as inspiration to redecorate my home. Cupcakes, you win!

Something about these amazing cupcakes reminds me of India. The colors are reminiscent of the ubiquitous marigolds in "Monsoon Wedding" and other films. They make me want to crank the Bollywood soundtracks and celebrate!

I've never seen a muffin covered in chocolate but I'll take it!

As you can imagine, I've seen a LOT of poinsettia cupcakes on these here interwebs. This photo here, these are the BEST poinsettia cupcakes on the whole internet! Congratulations, poinsettia cupcakes! Can I eat you now?