A Pirate's Life for Me

A Pirate's Life for Me - Arrghh!

I had the pleasure of making the treats for a fun Pirate Birthday Party! And it was not a child's party either

This was a particularly fun order for me because I finally had a reason to use my amazing Silhouette Cameo that I got for Christmas!!! The Cameo is a cutting machine that works very much like a printer but that cuts paper instead. See those fierce little pirate ships to the left? Well my fantastic Cameo allowed me to cut out these shapes on cardstock and make some lovely little cupcake toppers!! Awesome, right?

I can't wait to have many more projects with my new Cameo!

The possibilities are endless!! Is it weird that I am so excited over paper cutouts? I think not. It's pretty darn cool that my amazing bf can create an image in Photoshop and then my amazing Cameo can bring it to life!! I can see lots more cupcake toppers in my future. Did you have an event coming up that could use some delicious cupcakes with a custom topper?! I am ready for it, give me a challenge!

I really LOVED this order! It was so much fun to create the toppers and the X's marks the spot island cupcakes?! Perfect! I could not have been more happy with how everything turned out. I hope the party was a blast!

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