taking pictures of cupcakes for my banner

On friday night while baking Mac and Cheese for dinner, I decided I needed some cupcakes.  I'm not celebrating my birthday with my family until next weekend, and so this would serve as a birthday treat during the week. :)  They are just from a mix - Betty Crocker has my favorite cake mixes - in Butter Recipe Yellow with Butter Cream frosting.  On a whim, I pulled out the sprinkles, because what makes cupcakes more birthday-ish than sprinkles?  These happen to be Easter and Valentine's sprinkle containers, but since I love hearts, and I love springtime, they served more as *my* colors than being easter-y or valentine-y.

I filled up my muffin tin twice and still had a little left over, so I pulled out my mini muffin pans (which I got for Lisa's bridal shower and realized just now I hadn't posted the picture of the cheesecakes!  It's up here: Lisa's shower cheesecakes)  These are nice bite-sized cupcakes now!

When I saw how pretty these turned out, I knew they were destined to be photographs and turned into a blog banner. I really had fun playing with the macro settings and a variety of different angles.

kristine's cupcake banner