candle cupcakes for my 2nd YEAR BLOGIVERSARY

time flies when you're having fun. 

boy ain't that the truth!

i mean, i've done so much stuff in terms of blogging and seriously have gained so much from it.

like meeting friends.

from all over.

sometimes never seeing their face or talking to them in person but feeling pretty cool about what we have together.

you know what i mean.

cuz it's YOU that makes my stress days unstressed.

it's YOU that makes me smile and laugh with your funny comments.

it's YOU that warms my heart with your sweetness. 

you know who i'm talking about whether it means coming here often or inviting me for a blog collaboration.  

awesome folks like Dona, J, Kim, Sue, Beth, Karyn, Brenda, Jill, Heather, Toni, Melinda, Krista, 

and many many countless others.

including the blogs that took me to over 400 features alone in the past 2 years... 

you guys give me the energy and drive to come up with 

out-of-the-box stuff that keeps people coming back.

you guys make me find out things about myself and what i can actually come up with that i never knew existed.

and to all of you who are new here and have found this crazy place recently i hope you keep coming back! thank you so much for visiting me when there are 99 million gazillion other blogs out there. i can't thank you enough!

lots of people ask me where the heck i get my ideas from and i tell them it's divine intervention. for me i find when you share with others then you get lots more in return. lots more in regards to lots more far fetched over the top ideas that you just gotta share.

so that's what my blog is about.

to make you happy.

so i made something sweet for you on this very special day. 

and you can make them too, just by doing this:

i just used a yellow box mix.

then i tinted half of it pink.

then i made this frosting and,

a million pics are mandatory.

especially of sprinkle cupcakes.

because then you can make printables like this:

when you right click on it and save to your computer, you can print it out whatever size you want.

so back to more frosting.

i divided the rest and colored it 3 ways.

you can watch this awesome video to help you understand this method a little clearer.

ok so it's not the prettiest dollop in blogland but whatever.

i added too much confectioner's sugar but it's still fun right?

it doesn't become fun for me when the shape is stressed over to get it to look like a perfect dollop so we are just gonna go with this one.

cuz look:

and when you open the cupcake up, you get this:

ta da!

i guess it would look cooler with a perfect flame dollop but i ain't gonna stress about it.

that's one for each blog year.

yup i made these for you and also because today marks my 

2nd BLOGIVERSARY!!!!!!

YAHOOOOOO!!!

one part of me feels like i've been blogging for decades and another tells me reality when i see the number of FB likes is far below the number of many other blogs.

but no matter, i don't stress out about numbers.

i just wanna have fun and not spend hours on social media. 

cuz that takes away from my creative fun and mom /wife duties. and with the career i have, 

i need all the fun i can get!

so i keep making stuff, not ever realizing at the start that this was gonna end up being mostly a tutorial blog. but my parents were teachers and i guess that's the part of me that wants to teach and besides, it's a heckuva lot of fun.

so here's to more fun!

let's have a giveaway!!!

it's a SPRING FLING PARTY PACK!

and if that's not all, you get one more thing too!

WOOHOO! 

Enter below on the rafflecopter widget and hope for the best! 

the giveaway starts NOW and ends on the 31st. i'll announce the winner on April 1st-no foolin!

UPDATE: CONTEST CLOSED

a Rafflecopter giveaway

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ENTERING!

WE HAVE A WINNER! 

CONGRATS TO YOU DONA!

:)

here's to lots & lots & lots more fun together :)

thank you from the BOTTOM of my HEART 

for being a part of hoopla palooza!

you make me pharrell happy 

:>D!!!