NOT a cupcake post but one from the heart.

Welcome autumn to grey old Blighty. Not for us the spectacular, crisp, Indian summers that some countries get to to experience.
Watching Autumn approach London is like watching the colour drain from a canvas, leaving behind only the faintest imprint of a city... It makes me a little meloncholy. The year is passing so quickly.
3 months until Christmas, unemployed (boo to redundancy), still no acting work on the horizon and almost another year older to boot.
But, I remain steadfastly positive, greatful for the wonderful experiences and people I have in my life and I know that even better things are just around the corner : )

And wedding number 5 was successfully completed on September 12th 2009 - yay : )
Beautifully themed in pink and black by the lovely bride Emma (is it terrible that I never did find out the grooms name???)

Emma wanted vanilla and chocolate cupcakes in black cases ( a nightmare to find and a double nightmare to get hold off due to the postal strike -yikes!!!) She requested pink ribbons on the outside of the cases (I was going to wrap the ribbon all the way around but it proved impossible so I made lots of little pink bows and fixed them to the outside of the cases) and pink heart sprinkles and pink glitter on top of the cupcakes with pink and white butter icing. She provided a really unique topper (A Day of the Dead - El Día de los Muertos or All Souls' Day - bride and groom) which I felt worked really well.

The venue was the fantastic London Canal Museum in Kings Cross:(http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/)

The only downside was entering the venue at the same time as the wedding party (hugely embarrassing...).
We were running late due to ridiculous Saturday London traffic and although we were actually at the venue a few minutes before the wedding party, we couldn't get in as the manager/owner??? had locked the door and couldn't hear us knocking/yelling!!!! Thank goodness the meet and greet and whatnot was downstairs and the catering upstairs. It meant we had a bit of time to set up away from the wedding party (not stressful at all...).
Ah well....
I think the cakes were a success but as I've yet to hear from the bride, your guess is as good as mine : )
I'll keep my fingers crossed for positive feedback and of course, I'll let you know!

Ah, so my fourth wedding of the summer has been and gone and it was (I'm happy to say) a huge success. The bride and groom (particularly the groom who's an amazingly talented graphic designer!) wanted something that was simple, clean and sharp and a little "outside of the box" and came up with the idea of cupcake ice cream cones.

Easy to make (if a little time consuming...) and easy on the eye at a fabulous venue in Central London. A perfect summer wedding : )