Awhile back on Pinterest, I found this amazing cupcake idea for Mandrake cupcakes! It's absolutely PERFECT for my Harry Potter themed Halloween party! So I'm really excited about it! Hence the exclamation points!!!
I'll show you how to make the whole shebang closer to Halloween, obviously, but for right now I'm going to show you how to make the adorbs mandrake baby in the middle of the cupcake.
What You'll Need:
- 1 package of plastic baby favors (You can find these pretty much anywhere that has a baby shower section.)
- 1 sprig of foliage (this can be found at any craft store in the flower section. Just look for whatever kind you like the best.)
- a glue gun
- glue sticks (obviously)
- scissors
- a plastic box (for storage)
And, I don't need to tell you this, but USE COUPONS whenever possible. (Michael's and Hobby Lobby almost always offer coupons for at least 40% off. Just check their websites and click on "Weekly Offers." I even linked them for you!)
How You Do It:
Step 1: Plug in your glue gun and let that sucker heat up.
Step 2: While you wait on that, start cutting your foliage the desired length. It's totally up to you if you want it a little longer or a little shorter. I went with a medium length. When you're done cutting enough for the amount of babies you have, set it aside.
Step 3: Take your plastic babies out of their packaging and try not to get creeped out by the ones with the crazy eyes.
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Step 4: Your glue gun should be good and hot by now, so we're ready to glue our foliage on top of our plastic baby's head! Let's do it! Use your glue gun and apply just a tiny drop of glue on baby's head. Quickly, before your glue dries, press your foliage into the glue. (Careful, cos that shit's hot.) You might want to add one more little drop of glue just to make sure your foliage is good and stuck. Reinforce that shit! Feel free to add a little more foliage if baby looks a little too bare for your taste. Let it dry completely and then peel off any of those glue strings that you get when using a glue gun. You know the ones I'm talking about.
Step 5: Now just repeat the steps for however many mandrake cupcakes you'd like to make. And BAM! You got yourself a mandrake baby!
Step 6: Put the lil' guys in your plastic storage box and store it somewhere you'll remember. Cos there's nothing worse than making something awesome and then forgetting where you put it.
Fangirl Pro Tip #1: You'll more than likely have some foliage left over. Keep it! You can always reuse it next year for more mandrake cupcakes and that'll be one less thing you have to buy!
The Damage:
Like any good crafter, I already had a glue gun and glue sticks. And like any good type A, overly organized, obsessive compulsive, I already had a storage box handy too.
So I only needed to purchase the babies and the foliage.
After using coupons, I got 40% off each item and I ended up spending a mere $2.98 for the whole project! Holla!
And with that, I'm now officially one step closer to being prepared for my amazing Harry Potter Halloween! Don't forget to check back often for even more ideas!
Mischief Managed!
March 14th! It's so close I can practically taste it. And it tastes like... marshmallows! I'm, of course, talking about the Veronica Mars movie!
After what feels like forever, V and the gang are FINALLY headed for the big screen!!! And if Veronica and Logan cute-ing up the cover of Entertainment Weekly wasn't enough for you, I've got even more scoop to keep your inner fangirl sqeeeing and swooning!
First of all, you can now check out the first 2 minutes of the movie!!! Yeah! Like, right now! While you're just sitting around in your jammies! In the privacy of your own home! Go ahead! DO IT! I'll wait.
Wasn't that awesome!?! I know it's basically just a rehash of everything we already know, but who cares?!?! It's the first moments of the movie, y'all! It's our first moments back in Neptune since 2007! That's 7 friggin' Veronica-less years! We have SOOOOOO much to catch up on!
And if that wasn't enough, check this:
It's the cover art of the first Veronica Mars book! It's called The Thousand Dollar Tan Line and it's written by show creator, Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham. You can add this little bit of sass and mystery to your bookshelf March 25th for the somewhat low price of $15.95.
And that's not even all, y'all! There's also talk of a Veronica Mars spinoff series coming to the CW Seed! Rob Thomas will be at the helm of the project but so far no word on who will star in it. I'm hoping for a Piz and Wallace buddy comedy! Which, if you know me at all, has been my dream since the show went off the air. But I'd be totally cool with a Mac spinoff too! Either way, I'll definitely keep you posted.
So speaking of things being close, March 21st isn't that far off either. But I find it tastes less like marshmallows and more like Dauntless chocolate cake! ;)
Nice segue, huh? As if you didn't already know, the movie version of Divergent will be headed to a theater near you March 21st. And since I was in bloggy exile for quite some time, I completely shirked my duties of posting and reviewing the trailer. Well, there's no time like the present, right?
So, here is the official trailer for the Divergent movie. You know, in case you've also been in bloggy exile for the past few months (or just living under a rock.)
Ok, now let's discuss the shizz outta this!
Check out the factions, y'all. Look at all those colors! It's like a Benetton ad from the 80s! Well except for the fact that Benetton would never have their colors all divided like that. They were all about the unity, people!
Um, excuse me but your faction is Abnegation. You definitely should tone it down with that makeup, girl. I mean, how did you even apply that mascara? You can only look in a mirror four months out of the year.
Ok, I've never seen Jai Courtney in anything before but he looks sufficiently douchey enough to pull off Eric's supreme doucheyness.
Time for simulations! P.S. your bun is amazing!
Yay! Maggie Q! I'm beyond stoked that Nikita is gonna play Tori!
Soooo you wanna be Dauntless, huh? Well alls ya got to do is jump off this here roof into that there dark hole with no knowledge of what could be down there. Could be snakes. Or maybe spiders. Or maybe nothing. Hell, maybe it's an endless hole. Maybe you'll just keep falling forever and ever.
Or maybe there's a net and a hot guy with a number for a name.
Well, hello, Four. "Welcome to Dauntless," indeed.
And as an introduction to your new faction, here are some knives thrown at your face.
Ah, the ferris wheel! I don't know about you, but this is one of the scenes that I'm looking forward to the most. So don't fuck it up, Summit.
Uh oh. Things are about to get bad. REALLY bad. Like, Dauntless-under-a-simulation bad. So hide yo transfers, hide yo Dauntless-born cuz they shootin' everybody out here.
I'm excited for the train jump too! Weeeeeeee!!!
Oooh, swoony times! I don't recall things getting quite so steamy in the book though. But who cares! You know we're always all for shirtlessness here at Nancy Drew Is My Homegirl headquarters.
And then there's that bitch Jeanine. Although in this screen grab, I'm more interested in the guy on the left. He looks a little like Woody the coroner from Psych, does he not? Although Woody would NEVER join Jeanine. He would probably be a part of Amity and enjoy some silly times on that magical bread they've got! :)
This scene better not get fucked up either. In fact, you know, this whole movie is basically just made up of scenes that better not get fucked up. I guess we'll have to wait and see how Tris and Co. fare.
But if the 21st feels too far away to you and you want your Divergent now Daddy!, well just check out this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly, Veruca.
And if you're looking for some Divergent swag so you can attend the movie premiere in true fangirl style, Hot Topic's got ya covered. You can show off your faction devotion with this t-shirt. Or be a little more subtle with this Dauntless symbol necklace or these faction pins. Or go more of the badass route with these temporary tattoos.
And after the movie, if you wanna be all weird with your book love, you can get your very own Divergent Barbie dolls. You can get Tris (whose skin tone is described as "nostalgic") or Four (whose shirt you can remove in order to marvel at his back tattoos. Cos that isn't weird at all.) and reenact your favorite scenes! (Cos that's also not weird at all.)
Well, that's all the news for now. Now I'll turn it over to you guys. Hit me up in the comments section and tell me the exact amount of excited you are for both of these movies! Which Neptunian are you the most psyched to see again? What scene in Divergent are you most looking forward to? Have you already got your premiere day outfits picked out? And what do you really think of those dolls? (Gotta admit, they kinda creep me out.)
Welp, gotta jet. There's a Divergent T that's calling my name. ;)
Kisses, marshmallows!
