Mary's Violet Birthday Cupcakes

These were a last minute change of design for my friend's mum.  I had seen a picture of some cupcakes in a beautiful lilac / violet colour and I thought I would give them a go.....these are my homage to the lovely colour that is violet!

(They were lemon cupcakes with a lemon buttercream underneath the flat disc of fondant - a different way of topping your cupcake)

(apologies for the 'arty shots'....I do love instagram!!)

 Embossing mats were used to give different textures on the flat discs

 A mixture of different flowers, some dusted with a little dusky pink lustre dust

 Arty shots!!!!