I Should Go Pro

Seriously. How cute are these?

I wasn't sure how these Butterfly Cupcakes were going to turn out, but -- Wow! I'm impressed.

I started off by using the "How to Dress Up a Cake Mix" recipe. As I'm adding the flour, sugar, eggs, etc I'm thinking it's a lot like Making A Cake! But the cupcakes taste as good as they look, so I guess the recipe is a winner.

There were several steps involved: making the batter, coloring part of it and baking it like a sheet cake, cutting the butterfly shapes out of the sheet cake, centering the butterfly in a partially filled cupcake liner, and finally adding more cupcake batter on top of the butterfly.

All that being said, you'll not be too surprised when I say I won't be making these cupcakes again for a while. So, no professional baking for me.

But they sure are cute!

We're a Part of Something Great

Mitch and I donated blood today. It was my third time. I know that doesn't sound like much, but the first time was really bad. It's a miracle I ever got in the chair again!

Mitch, on the other hand, was given a pin this time recognizing him as a 2 gallon donor. Woo Hoo for him!

Little pain; big gain. Consider it.