Friday

Double Digits {Giveaway}

Random Number Generator picked lucky no. 8! Congrats to Lauren of Team Giles. You won!

Today, I've been a parent for 10 years. A decade!

My little girl is not so little anymore. I'm not so young either.


I love that girl. And I don't want her to grow a day older or take another step away from me!

But it's her birthday and I'm not going to cry.

(I did tear up a bit when she got on a giant horse for her first horse riding lesson -her present)


Instead of crying, we're throwing a fantastic cupcake party tomorrow. We're getting out our special birthday banner and she and ten of her best pals are decorating their own cupcakes and making felt cupcake shirts like these:


(we bedazzled a sample shirt)

Each girl is getting a white shirt of their own in these felt bags from the Dollar Spot at Target (they had ornaments on them, we peeled them off and glued felt cupcakes instead!) We're also making bottle cap necklaces and learning how to decorate real cupcakes-to eat, of course.



Of course, we needed some special birthday party announcements!

Thanks Pepper for customizing some delicious birthday invitations for free! If you need some invitations, I highly recommend her!


And, one of my sponsors Party Cupcake Ideas is helping us celebrate! (Do you need cupcake ideas for your parties? This is the place!) They are generously giving away something incredible: a cupcake charm and bracelet from Tiffany's!!! ($200 value).

I may have to break my rules and enter my own giveaway for this one!

Tiffany Cupcake Charm Necklace


Happy 10th Birthday, Honey!

Go, have a look and tell me your favorite kind of cupcakes as your entry.

This giveaway will end soon, don't miss out.

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Cathy said...

Happy Birthday!!!
What fun - and on a horse - YAYAY
Thanks too for the lovely giveaway what fun to treat us too
Cheers
Cathy

Anonymous said...

I love the details on the baby shower cupcakes, they are so cute. I think I'll be following their blog too now. Thanks for featuring it. Hope your daughter has a wonderful birthday party.
Amber
mopedgirl007@gmail.com

stacief said...

The ducks!

Crayl said...

Hey Kristen, as of tomorrow my twins are 20
TWENTY! Man does time fly! So happy B-day to your daughter.

Love the lady bug cupcakes, but the thought of cinnamon intrigues me. :)

Anonymous said...

Pumpkin ones are so cute...love your blog traciek@sonic.net

Christina said...

Happy birthday to your girl! I would choose the peppermint buttercream cupcakes for me and my daughter loves the ladybug cupcakes! Thank you!

Brooke Walton said...

The Hello Kitty cupcakes are my favorite. We are planning a hello kitty bday party for my niece right now :)

Jessica said...

loved the baby shower cupcakes...too cute!

thatmormonlady said...

What a momentous birthday for you! Have a happy, happy day.

I always love a beautiful tower of cupcakes. The wedding ones are beautiful. So easy to decorate!

Michele P. said...

Wishing your daughter a very happy birthday! My favorite cupcakes that I would love to make with my daughter, who just turned 8 last month... are the cute cat cupcakes.

micaela6955 at msn dot com

Amy said...

the barrel of monkeys cupcakes are too cute!!!! Hope your girl has a great double digit day!

Jessica said...

Happy birthday to your daughter. My Son turns 10 on Tues (12th). We are having a boys only Wii and DS party.

Loved the guess the game cupcakes.

Tamara B. said...

Happy Birthday to your sweet daughter! My daughter just turned 13. I love the Princess cupcake designs
tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com

Lee said...

I just love cupcakes. I've been wanting to make rainbow cupcakes, but those with the strawberries on top look wonderful.

Wander said...

I love these! The periodic table is amazing! I would enjoy sharing that with some of my students!

DLANNAN said...

I loved the candy marshmallow cupcakes.

Tress said...

WHat wonderful ideas for a Birthday Party-I am looking for cupcake ideas for my daughters birthday in May and I have to say I love the yellow goldfish-they crack me up. Happy Birthday to your daughter!
Tress

Katie said...

My favorite cupcake was the candy corn. Such a cute idea!

Lisa said...

My little guy is going to be four soon!! He really liked the Star Wars and Spiderman cupcakes!

Katie said...

My favorite is the Teddy Graham at the Beach cupcake. Too cute!

SavannahsSmiles said...

I love the 80s cupcakes and the butterfly cupcakes

Elaine said...

Happy Birthday to your precious daughter! My favorite one was the 21st Birthday Cupcake tower. Love her website for cupcake ideas! Thanks Kristen!
eswhiteside@bellsouth.net

The Martin Family said...

I just love the piggy cupcakes! Adorable!!

Happy birthday to your eldest!

Thanks for the opportunity to win this great giveaway.

Heather

Jessica said...

What a great party idea!

My favorite are chocolate with vanilla frosting....but only store bought! haha

Gina said...

I loved the bug cupcakes! Well, I loved them all...but those were adorable!

Saving Cents in the City: said...

Aww, happy birthday to your daughter! As for the cupcakes - I LOVE red velvet! :)

JD_Denver said...

My daughter wants a periodic table of cupcakes for her birthday now! But my favorite would be the rubber duckies cupcakes, made with white cake and vanilla frosting dyed blue to be a pond.

John at darrows dot us

stephanie said...

What a fantastic birthday party! My fave cupcakes are the ladybugs! SO CUTE!

Jen said...

Any of the baby shower cupcakes!!

Erica said...

I like the strawberry heart anniversary cupcake. Simple, tasty, and practical. Our seventh will be this year!

Kimberly said...

Holy Cow! Did anyone see the Princess Cupcakes? Whoa! They would be a hit at our house!

Happy Happy Big 10 Bday! Yippee!!

Kimberly said...

Holy Cow! Did anyone see the Princess Cupcakes? Whoa! They would be a hit at our house!

Happy Happy Big 10 Bday! Yippee!!

Kristen M. said...

Red velvet peppermint. Mmmm

Grateful for Grace said...

The game cupcakes are hilarious!!

I like cupcakes that have an equal height of icing as they do cake. With sprinkles.

Leslie said...

I saw some very cute pig cupcakes on the Party Cupcakes Idea site that I'd love to try! Growing up every year for the Super Bowl we'd always go to a Cajun Cochon de Lait (basically, a pig roast) and those would have been great cupcakes to have there!

shana said...

happy birthday to YOU, momma! i had quite a rough time of if when my oldest turned 10 last spring (just days before my youngest -- #5-- turned 1. it was a rough week!)
i think my favorite cupcakes (although it was tough to pick) were the nerd ones. i think i might even be able to pull those off and i'm nothin' special in the kitchen, let me tell you!
enjoy your 10-year-old. man, time sure flies!
blessings,
shana

Balancing Act said...

Love the barrel of monkey cupcake toppers! Even I could do that.

Carlee said...

Chocolate...or Funfetti. It's a tie.

Happy Birthday to your 10 year old, and congrats on a decade of parenting!

happyhome said...

Thanks for directing me to such a great site! I'm hosting my best friend's baby shower in a couple of months and am excited by the great baby shower cupcake ideas.

Karen said...

Happy Birthday!
I love Hello Kitty, always have. We had a Japanese exchange student in '79 who brought us alot of Hello Kitty merchandise about 5 years before it hit the states--I turned out to be a trend setter! Love the cupcakes!

The P in PJs til Noon said...

mmm...cupcakes..caramel with caramel icing (does anybody else remember this kind of box mix? I have great memories of warm caramel cake)

Or anything w/ a creamy center or chocolate..I won't be picky!

Janis said...

Hmmm The red velvet peppermint cupcakes and the rocky road cupcakes are a tie for me!

Congrats on 10 years!

Mel Wilson said...

10! Congrats on both of you for making it this far! :) I gotta say those baby shower cupcakes were adorable!!

The Clines said...

Happy Birthday to your girl! I have two 10 year olds and can't believe they're 10 already!
I looked at the site and love the Hello Kitty cupcakes. So cute!
Teresa

crystal said...

What a fun party!!! Everything is adorable for your special birthday girl!
I like chocolate cupcakes w/ vanilla frosting:)

cyclona66(at)aol(dot)com

The Unlikely Homeschooler said...

my oldest entered her 'double digit midget' years a few months ago! It was a fun birthday...and I made puppy cupcakes for it...so in honor of 10 year olds I choose the dog cupcakes!!
But I also really like for the upcoming Valentine's holiday the chocolate strawberry heart cupcake!!

rachel at bartlettlearningsolutions dot com

Angie said...

I would love to try the Peppermint Buttercream cupcakes! They sound divine!

Crossing my fingers for a win this time!

Angie

Perfectly Jenn said...

Happy Birthday to your dear daughter!!
I only wish I could be 10 again just to be able to really cherish everything!
My fave of their cupcakes are the baby shower themed ones
:)

Cranky Cat Studio said...

I have to admit... I never met a cupcake I didn't like! But the Peppermint Buttercream Cupcakes sound super delish!
Thank you for introducing me to this new to me cupcake site!

And congratulations on your decade of parenting. I am on my 2 1/2 yr and I hopr I can make it to 10!

Liz from CT said...

I like the game ones especially the simon and pac-man ones! Honestly though I don't think that I turn down cupcakes very often no matter what kind...

Rebecca said...

Cute! Happy Birthday!

Unknown said...

The baby shower cup cakes are adorable, but I definitely don't need them.
tia

Anonymous said...

I LOVE the game theme cupcakes. And while I couldn't figure most of them out...I really loved the Simon game and the pacman one. These guys are amazing!!

Thanks for another great giveaway.

Liz2@iname.com

Jessica Crozier said...

Too cute!! They are all adorable...hard to pick just one! I really like the pool party cupcakes with the teddy grahams and gobstoppers. Since we live in AZ, I could do those quite a bit!

J.C. said...

Happy Birthday to your dear daughter! I hope she has a wonderful party and enjoys every minute of it!

Our favorite cupcake in our house is a deep dark chocolate cake with girly pink icing. I plan on making them again for Valentines day.

Take care!
Johanna

Unknown said...

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl. My oldest/youngest just turned 5 and there is nothing I can do to stop them from getting older. Such a bittersweet moment.

I love the games cupcakes. I like that they are unique and bring out a certain nostalgia.

Hillary said...

It's amazing how fast our kids grow. The orchid wedding cupcakes are so cute. It would be a great change from the standard cake.

Hillary
indeelady@yahoo.com

Clark Family said...

Being the mom of 2 boys who LOVE LOVE Star Wars and Legos, Im going to have to go with the Star Wars Cupcakes.

Happy 10th birthday!!

Britta said...

I love the thank you cupcakes

Anonymous said...

I sooo love the sunflower cupcakes. I saw some at Harry's market the other day, but they wanted $4.00 a piece for them :(

The Alquintas & The Jennings said...

I love the party hat cupcakes and the website is adorable!
chrissiealex (at) yahoo (dot) com

Nicole @Team Pipkin said...

oh i love the Teddy Graham at the Beach cupcakes...they are so cute!

Happy Birthday!

Mariah Washington said...

I'll be makeing the Starwars Cupcakes for my husbands B-Day!http://partycupcakeideas.com/stormtrooper-star-wars-lego-cupcakes/

Thanks for the idea!

Aaron Griffin said...

My "big" kid is turning 10 this month as well. We are trying to plan a "mad scientist" birthday for him. Between pinching myself that this can't be true....my baby is 10!

Adrienne said...

I am all over the bug cupcakes! How cool are they?!

Chris Trampel said...

What a cute idea! I am sure the cupcake party will be a big hit! I think the vegan cupcakes sound interesting. I have never heard of such a thing!
The cupcakes with miniature baby items were adorable.
spiced.chai@hotmail.com

Samantha said...

I love your blog and happy 10th to your beautiful daughter. I am very intrigued by the tiramisu cupcake-yummy! And, I would most likely get them all to myself as hubs doesn't care for the espresso taste in tiramisu-bonus!

Anonymous said...

I definitely like the chocolate covered strawberry cupcakes! Happy Birthday to your daughter!!! My son just turned 10 in August. It goes too fast doesn't it?!?!?
Stacey
smmwellington@yahoo.com

Deborah said...

Happy Birthday to your daughter. My youngest is going to be 19 in Feb. time flies.
I liked all of the cupcakes but I really liked the baby shower ones.

inkelywinkely said...

Did you see how cute the baby shower cupcakes were?

Those are the cutest I saw there...but in RL I like yellow with chocolate icing best. :)

Tracey said...

This is the sweetest giveaway of 2010 and the bug cupcakes on their site are adorable!

A Charmed Life said...

I love the 'gone fishing' cupcakes and the 'fish cupcakes' just the idea I was looking for! so many are tooo cute!

Sam said...

Happy Birthday!
What a cute idea, I love it! I personally love the black bottom cupcakes.

Cynthia said...

Aww! What a great theme! And such creative activities.

I'm a carrot cake girl with butter cream icing. Traditional, I know, but you can't go wrong with a classic.

Shari said...

The gone fishing...too cute!

Shari said...

The gone fishing...too cute!

picklemommy said...

Happy double digits- my first is turning 10 in March and I am right with you! I love the ladybug cupcake, but if someone were to send me to cupcake heaven it would be with carrot cake and cream cheese icing. Delicious giveaway!

LindaLea said...

Happy Birthday to your daughter. I love the felt t-shirts.

Love all those cupcakes, but the baby shower ones are so sweet. I'm not so creative, but our just-turned 3yr old had a cupcake birthday cake where I made the cupcakes into a caterpillar with the first cupcake as the head and the rest with legs. :)

Kari said...

It's my baby's 2nd birthday tomm- and she loves cupcakes!! We're doing Hello Kitty- so that is my pick for the giveaway (wow!) and anything with chocolate gets my vote!! Love it & THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Happy Birthday Zoie Senait!

Shannon said...

How many kinds of cupcakes could there possibly be? I love the wedding ones, elegant with the gerbera daisies especially. My friend had cupcakes at her wedding, such a good idea!

Lynn said...

Wow, what a fun site! I saw the words peppermint and buttercream in the the same sentence. Yum!

The decorations on the Christmas cupcakes are divine.

Angelina said...

We LOVE Hello Kitty here, so I'd have to go with that as a favorite. There are so many inspiring ideas, the ladybug is super cute.

CJ'SMOMMY*KIMBERLY said...

I will cry if i win this. My favorite cupcakes were the candy corn cupcakes.

Bassie said...

Anniversary cupcakes!

Jackie said...

I like the Puppy Dog cupcakes...but i laughed when I saw the Lady Gaga cupcake!

Happy Birthday to your daughter! Sounds like a fun party you are planning.

Sarah said...

Happy Birthday to your daughter!! Mine is 15 months and just can't imagine who she'll be at 10!!

Loved the hamburger cupcakes...how creative!!!

Sandy G said...

Happy Birthday to your not-so-little one! What a special time. (My "little girl" is 13...)

As for the cupcakes, I loved the wedding cupcakes. I'm getting married in May, and my H2B are using cupcakes instead of a wedding cake. Can't wait!!

Jendeis said...

I looove the Frog Cupcakes! My nephews would love these. :)

Julie From Inmates said...

First of all, happy birthday to your sweet girl!!! The birthday party sounds like a great time! I liked the candy corn cupcake and the RIP cupcakes! I laughed out loud at the Lady Gaga cupcake. Too funny! Is it rude to say good luck to me?

blissphotobooth@gmail.com said...

Mine turned 10 in August and I think ive been having a midlife crisis since... cant believe how time flies... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Jen said...

Wow-10 years! What a special birthday! Oh my, those cupcakes were adorable - I love the baby shower cupcakes! So fun!

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday to your daughter! How exciting :-)

My favorite cupcake from the site was the 40th birthday tombstone cupcakes. My husband will be 40 next month so I'll keep it in mind. However, when I turned 40 last August if he would have given me those cupcakes I would have shot him.

But the best cupcake I've ever had is called "Velvet Painting" from the best cupcake establishment on the planet . . www.cupcakejones.net. Here's how they describe the little beauty:

Red velvet cake filled with vanilla bean pastry cream topped with cream cheese icing, and a hand candied rose petal

MinkyDink said...

Yellow cake with white chocolate icing. Yummmm!

Alice C said...

I loved the Celebrity cupcakes. The Steel Magnolias one would be perfect for a movie night. Just amazing and Happy Birthday to your sweet girl!!!

Shaunta said...

I love the strawberry heart cupcake! Hmm...how to make it gluten-free...

Chasity said...

I'm expecting a little girl in May, so the baby shower cupcakes are my favorite! :) Such a cute cupcake charm, too!

chasityann_03@hotmail.com

Allie said...

The ladybug cupcake is my favorite!!

brandie said...

I think the game cupcakes are so neat! What a ton of work, I wonder if they had a difficult time thinking of 100 games!
Happy Happy birthday to your little girl, her party looks so fun.
brandie08 at yahoo dot com

Jessica said...

They all look awesome - but the choc chip....yeah!

Anonymous said...

Wow, that is a great cupcake site! I love the Tiramisu cupcakes - they look so good!

Angela said...

Oh my goodness the Pig, Ladybug, Frog and Fish Cupcakes are adorable. I think the animals would be great for a child's birthday party too!

Rudy said...

simple.....chocolate with chocolate icing. the fish cupcakes are adorable.
what a wonderful cupcake site
wirefox1@cox.net

Lauren said...

i love the spring wedding flower cupcakes... cool idea!

I have to admit that the edward cullen cupcake face cracked me up....too funny!

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