Graduation Cupcakes

I made graduation cupcakes for my coworker Rich's daughter-Kylie's graduation party in Laguna Beach this weekend. It was a last minute order. I worked on it all night Friday into the wee early morning hours of Saturday.  He came to pick them up at 8:30am on Saturday. I was super stoked for this opportunity. :)

The flavor-Vanilla-made from scratch.

The theme: A 2010 Girly Graduation with a Cheerleader Twist. (since his daughter Kylie was a cheerleader).
Enough words. Time for pictures.

Made Diplomas out of Fondant :)

POM POM CUPCAKE OUT OF GUMBALLS :)

Grad Cap made out of Fondant & a Peanut Butter Cup!

Another Pom Pom Cupcake..Used Frosting with this one!

She was a California graduate. Had to make her a Cali themed grad cupcake!

Fed Ex Destroyed My Cupcakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just spent $122.00 out of the kindness of my heart Fed Exing these lovely cupcakes to my mom so that she could make some money out of them at her rummage sale in Wisconsin.  There were a few cupcakes for my one year old nephew Griffin and my three year old niece Gaia that I custom made.

I ordered two day delivery, and wrote arrows pointing up all over the box. I also wrote:
"Do not tip upside down."
"This Side Up."

I packed them tight to ensure nothing bad would happen to them.

Unfortunately when my mom received the cupcakes they were melted, demolished and tipped upside down.
She couldn't even tell that the cupcakes may have been beautiful at one time.
On top of that, Fed Ex must have stored the cupcakes in a really warm place because she said that one of the cupcakes had turned really hard, stale and didn't taste good.
The upside: the remaining cupcakes tasted good.

The other upside: I took BEFORE photos.

So here mom..this is what your cupcakes looked like before Fed Ex ruined them!
Fed Ex is a cupcake downer. Psh. They need a spoonful of sugar.