I'm like a bird, I wanna fly awaaayyyy

Long time, no write! Well, oddly enough, I totally forgot about this blog after my vacation and I *just* remembered it now. I am probably going to have to draw/paint more cupcakes, because I only have a few more cupcake envelopes left over!

I still work for Bettie's Cakes, but we have to switch up our envelopes, so now, it's near impossible for me to get a good drawing out. Plus, the summer was so busy on DeeDee that I had maybe 5 spare minutes a day.

This envelope I drew back in May. I was bored, tired, and not motivated. So, of course, I drew something just as bland and boring: birds. A lot of people like birds - my cat loves them more than anything. So, in honor of my Sushi cat, have some freakin' birds. 

The Nurse's Office

The day I made this, my dear Mattie called me, feeling a bit under the weather. So I made him an envelope to cheer him up! I took this picture with my cell phone and sent it to him. He felt better later on, so maybe the power of cupcakes runs strong!

Either that, or he was faking it to get my sympathy. It's been known to happen. ;)

I scream, you scream...

Bettie's rolled out a new product a month ago - cupcake ice cream!

Basically, it's crushed up cupcakes and homemade ice cream. The Red Velvet is divine, but my personal fav is the Coffee Oreo! it's a coffee ice cream with oreo bits and chocolate cupcake with oreo buttercream swirled throughout. 

So this envelope is inspired by the amazing ice cream! The poor little cupcake, too - they got his friend, Jimmy, in the ice cream! OH NO!

80's Throwback! Care Bears

I have a confession to make. I am obsessed with the Care Bears. I have a Bedtime Bear tattoo on my foot. I own four or five Bedtime Bear plush toys and my family has another dozen or so of the other bears in storage. They are so cute! I happened to stumble across the plush toys the other day and found Birthday Bear! I forgot she had a cupcake on her tummy, so I thought it would be cute to feature her in an envelope.

CARE BEAR STAAARRREEE!!!!!!

Under the sea, Under the sea!

Funny story about this envelope - it cursed the markers! No, seriously, all the markers dried up at one point or another while drawing this envelope, as you can tell by the color gradient in the ocean.

My best friends and I have a slight obsession with Disney movies. And by slight, I mean we sing along with every movie, knowing all the lyrics.My personal favorite is Hercules (envelope coming soon) because Meg is such a proud woman!

But my second favorite is probably Little Mermaid because Ariel knows what she wants and she goes for it. I like that take-charge attitude. Plus, Ursula is such a terrifying antagonist! She is a giant octo-human-pus that turns merpeople into seaworms. King Triton is a bit, stuffy, though. I wish he were a little bit more relaxed - maybe take a sedative or something to calm down once in a while. His anger issues and need to control his daughters every move really leave a sour taste in my mouth.

And so the Little Cupcake has a tamer looking Ursula, a calmer Triton and Ariel looking a lot healthier than that absurdly skinny figure that Disney gives all their princesses.

and now for a kid-friendly version for today: Bettie Street

Admission: I HATE Sesame Street with a passion. It creeps me out - the puppets are so scary! Only exception is Cookie Monster, who suffers from some sort of OCD comorbid with an eating disorder and Oscar the Grouch who is obviously depressed. Like I've said before - I love psychology! But I had no idea what to draw. 

I ran with Sesame Street after my best friend suggested it. I actually had to research Sesame Street and see what the characters looked like. Do you know how hard it is to draw Big Bird as a cupcake? 

Oddly enough, Bettie's Cakes actually makes Elmo and Cookie Monster cupcakes per request! So I used our actual cupcakes as the base for the drawing. I used some crayons to color them in, but I have very few colors to chose from, so Elmo ended up being "Violet-Red." Oh well - he looks a lot less scary in violet-red.