Weddingbee boards

I long battled with the idea of DIY-ing my cupcakes with the help of my MOH who is an amazing cake decorator. We came up with these. The letter E will turn a darker color purple as it dries. I found the clear sugar crystals at the craft store and I love the sparkle that they add. I plan on using the gold foil cupcake cups for the actual event. Our colors are plum and gold. They were too easy to make it! The best part? For 24 cupcakes (we'll make about 120 total) I only spent $11!!! Total about $60 for my cupcakes. The cupcake stand is also DIY. 

Think they'll work?

Mmmm yummy they look good. Fork um over :)

Here's a little trick I plan to employ for my cupcakes. Use chocolate or royal icing for shapes and make them before (say a couple weeks ahead), store in an air tight container with wax paper between layers just in case of meltage or breakeage. Your E's can be made with colored chocolate (chocolate or white chocolate and a bit of paste food coloring) or the royal icing. Just pipe it onto wax paper or parchment and slice the parhchement into sizes that will fit in your container and stack untill the day you make your cupcakes. It might save you some time that night. Oh and make a few extra incase of breakage. Anything left over can be used in icecream or something later. Good luck!

That's a great tip MissPopcorn!  Thanks!  I'll for sure be posting all the yummy pictures from the big day!

Thanks ladies! I have to confess I devoured two of them last night and this morning! Kinda healthy with the fruit....right? I used royal icing for the "E." It's the best for decorating cookies and cakes because it doesn't run and holds it's shape. I really like the idea of using chocolate like MissPopcorn told me about. I'll have to play with that. I can't wait to see them displayed on the tray!

That is the question Ismini...we'll be making them the day before and then storing them with the caterers. I made these ones last night and they've held up very nicely in my refridgerator....and yes I did a few taste test. Too bad I couldn't e-mail you all one! I'm sure I could manage to eat all 24 by myself, but that would be very, very bad...hello got a wedding dress to fit into! I'm sure the neighbor kids are hungry.

I spread the frosting on with a butter knife! Try not to make it look smooth. Missbq - I have a team to help. We've scheduled out the day before and day of down the minute. The cakes will be made Friday morning and then frosted that afternoon and stored in the bakers fridge at the hotel that night. Having an awesome maid of honor and mother help out a bunch. Thanks for the thoughts though!