Happy Birthday with Vera!

What better way to celebrate your birthday than with cupcakes! And what an even better way to celebrate than with Vera Bradley cupcakes! For my 18th birthday, I decided to be really creative, and make my traditional birthday cupcakes spectacular Vera Bradley cupcakes!

 Some of the cupcakes.

I chose the Cupcakes Pink pattern, because it had "cupcakes" right in the name. I printed out the pattern on a piece of paper, and put wax paper over on top. I had previously bought colored melting chocolates: hot pink, white, light blue, navy blue, mint green, and dark chocolate. I melted the chocolates, and then put them in little plastic lunch bags. I cut the tips and piped the chocolate where it was in the pattern. I put the tray in the freezer to solidify the chocolate quickly, and repeated with the rest of the colors. The total process took about 3 hours, but it was so much fun. I then baked the cupcakes, and dyed the icing a bright hot pink. After I iced the cupcakes, put one of the finished chocolates on top. When the cupcakes were all together, they looked just like the Cupcakes Pink pattern!

 I also printed the Vera Bradley logo-name, and put it across some of the cupcakes.

For my birthday, my mom bought me Flip Flops and the Morgan, both in Cupcakes Pink. She also got my ice cream cake (I don't like cake! And I didn't eat any of my cupcakes!) from Dairy Queen, and asked if they'd put the Cupcakes Pink pattern on it. Although not her vision (or mine!) it still turned out cute!

My cupcakes, Flip Flops, and the Morgan, all in Cupcakes Pink!

 My Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cake!

I think my 17th birthday is the first day I started matching my outfits to my Vera bags. I wore a hot pink dress, a little belt with white, hot pink, and dark brown in it, a mint cardigan, turquoise earrings, and a cute Brighton ABC Cupcake Charm. I also wore my new Flip Flops, and used my new Morgan bag that day. The whole day was great! The cupcakes were delicious, and super stylish!

 Me and a cupcake :)

 

My friend Alyssa and I. We both matched my cupcakes!