I love fresh flowers, and try to bring them into my house every week. Usually that means cutting them from my rose plants, or begging my mom for a few of her hydrangeas. Flowers make me happy and bring life into our house. Not that we’re in need of adding more life here. The boy and his buddies run in and out daily in the summer, usually only coming into the kitchen to tell the short order chef their orders .And then there’s the Naughty One… anyone want to borrow her for a day? I guarantee more life than you’ve ever dreamed of. I was never much of a believer in reincarnation, but am almost positive that there is a two-year old trapped in her body. She opened my pantry this weekend and carried a box of brownie mix over to my oven. I guess she was craving chocolate??? The girl opens the pantry, the art cabinet, the trash cabinet, and the toy cabinet ~ all in two minutes or less. What the two-year old inside her is really say is, “SOMEONE PAY ATTENTION TO ME!”.

Unlike wild boys and wild dachshunds, flowers bring a serene sort of peace to my house. Please take note Prince Charming, if given the choice between cupcakes or flowers, I’ll pick the cupcakes every time. And if you happen to bring flowers in cupcake form, I’ll know you’re what I’ve been waiting for!

These flower cupcakes were simple to put together. I found a great video tutorial by Chef Alison McLoughlin at the Culinary Institute of America . I wanted something cute and easy to make for the My Little Pony party that I also made the 3D rainbow sugar cookie favors for. The cupcakes on the highest tier were made to look like the ponies were in grass with the Wilton tip # 233.  Hallie, the birthday girl loved seeing those little ponies and her cupcake flower garden.  

                                                                                                                                                                                                  If you make cupcakes on a regular basis, I highly recommend this cupcake stand from The Cupcake Tower on Etsy. I have several fancy cupcake stands, but what I love about this is that with just a little double stick tape, you can use different ribbons around the tiers to coordinate with the party color scheme. It also breaks downs and is easy to store, unlike the tall, bulky cupcake stands. If the three-tier cupcake stand is more or less than you need, they offer two other sized stands.