My Life in Cupcakes

By now, some of you may have noticed that I still haven't done the promised "How to Work with Fondant" post. To be honest, I've barely even begun to write it (*hides in corner*). School's just been keeping me so busy that I don't know when I'll have the time for it. But before, in your outrage, you start throwing tomatoes at me, please give me a chance to make a peace offering. (Unless, of course, the aforementioned tomatoes are plump and juicy. In that case, throw away; I'll make spaghetti sauce!)

Now, about this peace offering... Perhaps more cupcakes will do the trick?

This semester, as a fun elective, I'm taking an acting class. Here were the directions for our first assignment:

"You may use any medium-- song, dance, drawing, etc.-- to present to the class a self-portrait. It is your opportunity to share who you are as a person. Be creative."

Pretty open-ended assignment, huh? I love projects where you get to be creative :o). At first, I thought about making a scrapbook. I've blogged before about my passion for scrapbooking (here). But then an even more creative idea came to mind: "All About Me" Cupcakes! So here it is-- my life in cupcakes:

I was born in England.

I've also lived in Philadelphia...

Japan...



China...

and Texas:

From living all over the world, I developed an interest in learning about other cultures and languages. Fittingly, I'm majoring in Spanish.

I'm also very athletic. In high school, I played both varsity soccer and tennis.

I still play tennis, but just for fun.

And I'm a fervent sports-fan, too... especially when it comes to the Dallas Stars!

I'm an avid scrapbooker and love anything to do with arts-n-crafts.

And, after taking a class in high school, I became hooked on Adobe Photoshop.

Helping others is really important to me; right now I have two charity projects-- Project Pillows (more on that here) and AfriCards (more on that in a future post). I also am a volunteer dog-walker two days a week at a local animal shelter.

Oh yeah, and I'm a vegan.

All together now:

To everyone who didn't vote for cupcakes: Don't dispair! I'm still planning on a snack post and a "day-in-the-life" post in the near future.