Valentine's Day Cupcakes Video Tutorial by Penny

HERE IT IS! My Valentine's Day Cupcake Video Tutorial! I did chocolate cupcakes with pink vanilla icing and a chocolate heart topper.
The recipes are in the sidebar!(Double click video to make larger!)
Yaaaaay! :)

Happy Valentine's Day! ...almost! :)

GREAT NEWS!

My Valentine's Day Cupcake Tutorial is uploading to YouTube as I type! Usually takes btwn 5-12 hours for that to go thru and be approved-I'll post it on my blog here as soon as it's up! :)
Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Frosting! Can't wait to have you see the tutorial! :)
Oh! and I have a random question. I've been wondering about this-maybe I could Google it, but I wanna know what YOU think.

"WHERE do hamsters come from?"

Please tell me what you thought before AND after googling this!

Obviously they're not from Texas...or at least I've never seen one or almost hit one on the road. I wonder about Jasmine too...She's half Siamese-When did her ancestors immigrate? Were they farmers? Beet farmers? Since I got her at the SPCA does that mean the rest of her family could still be out there?! Is there a family inheritance waiting somewhere for her?

I know-I'm getting all deep and philosophical on you! Sorry:)

We Power Football!

Go Saints! Go New Orleans!!

New Orleans Beignets-Cafe Du Monde-Hurricane Katrina- New Orleans Saints Superbowl Champions- Drew Brees on Super Bowl- New Orleans Tour

Cheech and Chong say this political ad is Heavy!

This is a serious-for reals-political ad out of California where there are 2 Republicans, Carly Fiorina and Tom Campbell, running for Senate. It seems that Carly has taken the gloves off and the bongs out. This ad(which is 3:22 minutes long), is one of the freakiest thing I've ever seen...besides 'The Village'...those creature things scared the skittles out of me!!
At the beginning, you'll wonder why there are so many sheep, and then you'll wonder if the sheep are good or bad, and then at exactly 2:25, you'll wonder... what the SHEEP EYES is going on?!
If you want to just see the freaky part, skip ahead to 2:25. :)

Kind of like a Jawa Sheep, right?!
That website at the end is real too - www.fcino.com
I'd just like to come out in support of 'Jawa Sheep' for Senate. He's really gonna have a lot of the grass roots votes. Who would you vote for?!

I've found my Double!

This woman may be a talented and successful artist, but her success does not mean we are not doubles!!
Erika, of Cakespy has some rather "Penny-esque" tendencies...don't you think?! It's a bit freaky really...

Cupcake Eating Candy

Cupcake Surrounded by Macaroons

Cupcake and Pie Gang Violence

Cupcake Screws With Cupcake

I love you Diet Cola! I love you, Cupcake! I love you so hard!

...RIGHT?! If Erika has a hidden camera in my house, she needs to tell me NOW! ...not four months later like that other woman... :)

We Need To Talk...

Dear United States Postal Service,

I hate you.
You're a selfish, lying facade that holds NO CANDLE to Fed Ex!
If I had anthrax, I would send it all to you.
If I had sand bags, I'd barricade your parking lot that never has a place open for me.
If I could make YOU use a line maze, I'd be sure it took you an HOUR to get through, and that it crossed the freeway a few times.

You've contributed nothing to our relationship.
I want my stuff back!!

XslapXslap, Penny

P.S. - Jasmine feels the same way, and she's not as mentally stable as me-so WATCH YOURSELF!!

Well played, Mr. Brand...well played!

Okay, I'm gonna say this only once...He made me laugh. Round Two: The "Grammys Red Carpet Couple Interview" Round goes to Mr. Russell Brand(Round One:The Hair/Looks Round did NOT go to him and his "I just stuck my bejeweled ring finger in a socket" look). I still don't think he's good enough to marry the infallible Katy Perry, but I have standards higher than the Empire State Building, and she's the Queen of my little world...my kitten, Jasmine, and my boyfriend are the only ones with higher stations.

To see more Grammy fashion from last night, click here.

'I want the CUPCAKE!' You can't handle the CUPCAKE!!' - 'A Few Good Sprinkels'

These are Fancy Nancy Cupcakes for a friend's daughter-She's a Princess, and I hope I did her justice!(Sorry the pics are blurry. I was rushed taking them and now I wish I had taken some of them out of their travel boxes to shoot. -It's hard to see detail and dimension. If there are any pics of them from the party, I'm gonna see if I can get copies.)
I did a simple white cake with vanilla frosting dyed pink.
There were 4 groups of decorations-
1) Princess wands with small gum paste flowers and leaves(Pictured at the top of post!)
2) Rings set in gum paste(removable) flowers.
3) Princess Crowns
4) Gum Paste flowers with ladybugs.
I named this one Miguel. He's an exchange student from Guatemala.The birthday girl wanted one right away when I delivered them. I think that's a good sign, and it goes along with the statement I try to live by:

"Cupcake+Multi Vitamin= Super Breakfast!"

Everybody go be fearless today! Dream outside of the normal world. Everyone who ever achieved what they wanted out of life was once normal. Only YOU can hold you back!