{Blushing} I’m Featured!

Amanda over at Today’s Top 20 featured my Maple Bacon Cupcakes on her blog today!! Pop on over and check out all the wonderful goodies she has highlighted today!!

Thanks Amanda!!

xoxo, Mama Bird

FANTAB…

This is just FANTAB. I love it so much I think I may paint it on a canvas and give to every girlfriend I have this Christmas! We should ALL believe this.

spotted on Simply Bee

xoxo, Mama Bird

Teacher Appreciation Week

Mercy, I can not believe that it is almost that time again! The end of the year. Seems like yesterday we went to “HEY DAY”  and now after losing both the original teachers, having many, many subs we have 2 sweet teachers to express our appreciation too!

I have a few ideas and as always I starting searching through blog land to find some more fun ideas for teacher gifts.  A few of MY personal favorites are

SHINE ON!! 

Teachers ROCK CD

Cupcake Bath Bomb

I love giving Plants and this adorable printable from Skip to my Lou makes it special!

Crayon Art

Beautiful Cake or Cupcakes with this great printable!

How about planning a luncheon to honor all the teachers?

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Won’t you share YOUR ideas for Teacher Gifts?

xoxo, Mama Bird

Frosting for a Cause

I can’t recall how I actually found Frosting for a Cause, I stumbled I guess upon it in one of nights spent researching cupcakes and I was so intrigued. I have been personally affected by cancer in so many ways and I want this post to honor all of those I have loved and lost and those who have so courageously battled this and are winning!!
Mimi my full of life grandma who is next to my son, my most favorite person I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. She had a radical double mastectomy when she was in her 30’s and lived until she was 89 Cancer free. She loved to tell everyone she baked, the crazy thing was she never actually baked!! She was the first female buyer that Belk Dept stores ever had this was in the 50’s she was a pioneer. She was a career woman who had a chic hat for every single occasion. She only wore a hat once. I have everyone!! Back to the cakes. Being that she was known by every woman in the Charlotte area she knew all the best bakers and she would claim these women”s cakes as her own! Shame!! I make all my cakes, but like her I love to entertain and sharing food is my way of sharing love.

I recently participated in Cupcakes for Cures (www.cupcakesforcure.com) at Grove Park Inn in Asheville NC. I am hoping to help start Cupcakes for Cures in the Charlotte Metro area and I would love for all of you to help start one in your area. It was a great success and gives 100% of the proceeds to American Cancer Society.
Today in honor of my Mimi who had some great rules to live by a “toddy a day, will keep you looking young and staying sain”. How true that is!

Pina Colada Cupcakes
I took my favorite vanilla cupcake and switched up the liquid, added some fruit and boy was it a success!!
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 tsp baking soda
2 sticks soften butter
4 eggs
¾ cup coconut milk
¼ cup coconut rum
1 tsp vanilla
1 small can crushed pineapple
Preheat oven to 350. Mix coconut milk, rum, vanilla and juice from pineapples; set aside. Sift flour, sugar, powder; cream in butter. Rotate between milk mix and eggs. Stir in pineapple. Makes 2 to 3 dozen. Bake 20-22 mins at 350.
Hope you enjoy!!

Frosting in Memory of

“Mimi”

Phillip

Pat

in Honor of

Heather

Dana

Becca

Clem

Sunny

Tahina

Steven

Moose

Robby*

Especially for Robby. Robby is 9 and has Ewing Sarcoma. Robby has touched me in a way that I can’t really explain. He and his family take my breath away. I am truly having trouble getting this out I am so gut retched about how a family holds it together  faith, family, friends.

If you pray I ask that you add Robby to your nightly prayer. I do believe in prayer and I know The Casky Family does too. Their strength astounds me.

All my love. kathryn

aka Mama Bird

Easter Special {Cupcake Sampler}

This EASTERS cupcake sampler will include 3 of the following: Sno White {vanilla}, Wicked Witch {choc}, Simply Red {red velvet} and Bunny Surprise. $24

All will be dressed and ready to go for your Easter celebration. Choose from kiddie fun or chic Easter.

Orders must be received by midnight on Wednesday. Specify if you want to pick yours up on Friday or Saturday. 

Order your families today!!

Mama Bird

Easter Treats!

Easter is just around the corner! I have been working on our Easter Egg Hunt at church and completely forgot to plan for my own Easter celebration! Looking around at some of my fav spots I have seen some great ideas and love to put them all in one spot!

 

Peep Sushi

Adorable Spring Crispy Pops from Glorious Treats

Bunny Tails!! from eighteen25

Veggie bouquet by Living Locurto

Easter Basket cupcakes via Tori Spelling @torianddean on twitter

Easter Crayons by Henry Happened

Easter Lollipops

Here is a pic of last years pops. I haven’t started making them yet! oops….

My buds over at Sugarbomb Bakery

shared a great recipe with real fruit juice.

Go check them out!!

I am IN LOVE with ALL of these ideas!!

What am I going to do for Jack’s Easter Party?

What are you excited about this EASTER?

Mama Bird

the smell of spring

this is my newest favorite smell. I love the box, the bottle etc… I haven’t bought it however, I have gone through all the mags in the waiting area for the little perfume cards.

What’s your fav smell?

{Wedding} Cupcakes

Congrats to the beautiful Erika and Will! I was so excited to do cupcakes for their wedding!
Thank-you to J Panache Photography for the beautiful images.

I made chocolate and my very popular red velvet with cream cheese butter cream vanilla bean frosting!

xoxo, Mama Bird

Cherry Vanilla Pepsi Cupcakes

Thanks to Annie Eats I found this yummy recipe that I adapted a little to fit the theme of PEPSI!! Some dear friends are celebrating the upcoming nuptials of the heir to to the local Pepsi thrown!

For the  topper/décor I wanted something that would be fun and still go with the Pepsi theme I came up with a little soda bottle gummy candy, sugared cherries and Pepsi bottle caps. I glue gunned tooth picks to the back! I think they turned out super cute!!

The cupcake was quit good, very similar to a red velvet just a lighter cake.

What’s baking in your oven?

Mama Bird

and the winner is….

Firefly! Who said she loved the Happy dress best!!

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CONGRATS!!! Mama Bird

Last chance…. to WIN

You have until I wake up in the morning to enter to win the Shabby Apple dress giveaway!! Better do it now! go HERE!!!

Good Luck!!

Mama Bird

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Mad for {Science}

A few weeks ago I did a party post with the Mad Science theme. I was scouting out cake and party ideas for Hayden. He is really into science, which I think is so cool!  I love how it turned out! Everything but the 2 vials are edible!!

xoxo, Mama Bird

Southern Shrimp Curry

This is a STELLAR dish, if I do say so myself! DELISH! It is so easy and will appear to those who are lucky enough to eat it that you spent hours slaving away in the kitchen! oozes love.
1 lb shrimp peeled and deveined
sprinkle shrimp with salt & pepper and the juice from 1/2 lemon; sit in fridge until ready to use
1/2 onion, chopped fine
1 T olive oil
1/2 to 1 cup salsa
1 can butter beans, corn & tomato mix (Margret Holmes makes a great succotash combo that I used)
2 t curry powder (I use 1 tsp Madras & 1 tsp Dean & Deluca)
1/4 c white wine (opt)
1/4 c chicken broth (or 1/2 c if you prefer not to use wine)
1/2 can lite coconut milk
Soften onions in olive oil; add salsa & bean mix, wine & broth cook on low while preparing rice or risotto to pair with. Add shrimp; cook until nice and pink, stir in coconut milk. Serve with rice or risotto. YUM!!
Toodles, Mama Bird