Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of ...cupcakes?

This is one of my most epic creations. I want to make another one similar to this because I had a blast drawing the scrolls that have the writing on them. The thing is, it's starting to get super busy in the shops now, so I don't have time to get as detailed! And, as much as the blue pen looks fab, I'm leaning more towards pencils now - they are easier to blend. I wish I had taken the time to make the ship look s a bit more realistic, though. 

Does anyone know any other movies where ships are featured prominently in a pirate-type setting? Besides Waterworld? Because Kevin Costner does not make a good cupcake persona...

Especially when he has gills behind his ears.

Spidercake, spidercake, doing whatever a spidercake does!

So, my inspiration for the envelope came from some little kid running around the food court in his pajamas. He was wearing Spiderman pajamas and my first thought was "well, seeing that this child is climbing all over everything, those are some appropriate PJs," and my second reaction was "I hope his mom doesn't buy him a cupcake - he is already rather hyped up."

And then I thought...SPIDERMAN ENVELOPE!

And so, it was born. Personally, though, I hate Spiderman, so I had to put the Cupcake of Steel and Batcake alongside their friend Spidercake.

I use mostly pencils or ink for all my envelopes, so this is one of the few where I introduced color. I believe it was just a red pen I found sitting around in the back room.

Do you have a great idea for an envelope that involves cupcakes? Leave a comment!

About Bettie's Cakes

Welcome to my blog! My name is Laura (I know my screen name says Leonna - that's my nickname with my friends!). I work for Bettie's Cakes in upstate New York. http://www.bettiescakes.com/

I don't bake the cupcakes, I don't frost them (although both jobs sound like fun, too!). I sell them. I am one of the many "Betties" that work for Bettie's cakes! 

Who is Bettie? 

We are all Bettie's! Bettie is a 1950's term for a Suzy Homemaker type of woman - think Bettie Crocker, but cooler! Our "Mama Bettie" is Lorraine Murphy, the mind behind the business. She is the face of Bettie, she is the one who thinks of great ideas and she is, by far, the coolest boss I have ever worked for. She also owns her own pinup photography business and makes modern day gals look like the early day pinup models! Lorraine really has a flair for the 1940-1960 era of clothing and mannerisms. She started Bettie's Cakes a few years ago and eventually she and her husband, John, went out to LA and bought a double decker bus, DeeDee!

DeeDee is a 1963 Bristol Lodekka double decker bus all the way from London! She was moved to LA sometime after her use as a city bus. John and Lorraine heard about the bus through an online sale and bought her. They went out to LA and planned to drive DeeDee all the way back to New York! However, halfway through the desert, DeeDee decided to break down. The only company that would work on her was out in Pennsylvania. So DeeDee got towed the rest of the across country. The day after her repairs were finished, she caught fire and had to be brought right back to the doctor! Now a days, DeeDee is working just fine and I love to be the lucky Bettie that gets to work on the bus!

What the hell is this blog about?

Now to the fun stuff. This blog is about what I do at work, namely, my envelopes. At the end of the day, as I count up my money, I prepare an envelope. Most of the time, these envelopes are bland and boring - so, on my very first day, I decided to jazz it up! This blog is all about me envelope work! Some days it gets busy, so my envelopes are pretty plain. Other days, the weather is just too bad for people to try to make it out for cupcakes, especially this past winter, so I have time to get pretty elaborate.

Now, without further ado, I present to you, my very first envelope I ever made.

And it just gets better from here! If anyone had any idea on what to draw on an envelope, where I can incorporate cupcakes, let me know in a comment!