Cupcake Obsession

I got a mail from Serena the other day asking if i could make some underwater theme cupcakes for her daughter Keisha that was celebrating her 4th birthday. Keisha’s birthday party theme was The Little Mermaid/ Underwater theme. Of course, the cupcakes had to include Ariel and Flounder the stars of the show right

After some discussion, we finally settled on  the design and had a mix of both Finding Nemo and The Little Mermaid, and well.. some generic underwater sea creatures This would be my very first attempt at making Ariel and having to make her small enough to fit on a standard sized cupcake no less!!!

After a few attempts, i finally managed to make the mermaid small enough to fit on the cupcake, but due to it’s size i couldn’t add as much detail to her as i wanted to. Making Ariel’s face was also difficult, partially due to its size and also just her look! No matter how many attempts i made at modelling her, i couldn’t seem to capture her look exactly. This was the one that i was most satisfied with in the end.. but I’m not sure to what extent i managed to capture her likeness. My super frank hubby had no compunctions however about telling me later that he didn’t think it looked like Ariel  Wah!!! Now i can’t seem to stop my mind from analyzing what exactly was it that is off I only hope that the birthday girl still liked the cupcakes even though it seems i wasn’t successful in my attempts at modelling Ariel

As for the rest of the cupcakes, well it was super fun to make all the different sea creatures and i would have to say, the one i liked the best was the little pipe corals i made I loved the bright colours of the cupcakes as well with all the little sea creatures all on it!

Happy 4th Birthday Keisha!!! I understand that this birthday cupcakes are different from the usual birthday cake you receive, so i hope it was a nice surprise for you I also hope you liked the cupcakes and I’m so sorry if my little mermaid didn’t look enough like Ariel

Oh, i also do have to apologise for the lack of nice photos. I thought i managed to get some good photos, but when i loaded them up on my computer i realised a lot of them were actually blur! Such a sotong i am.. think it’s time i get my eyes checked again! :p

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