Cupcake and heart decorations for Valentine’s Day

Half pearls from Buttons Galore make awesome sprinkles perfect to decorate a cupcake. They also can form letters such as “X” and “O” perfectly!

So I start out spreading out all the fun 28 Lilac Lane buttons, sequins, beads, and pearls. Then I “test drive” different options of colors and shapes. Once I land on the combinations of embellishments I then decide what color I am going to paint the objects that will feature the sparkly elements.

I painted the cupcake base with Folk Art Purple Color shift and the top with Martha Stewart Pearl.

The little hearts I used a mixture of several pinks and silver for slight variations.

To make the embellishment on the top of the heart I wove pieces of ribbon through the hole of a button then through a charm and then back through the button. I gathered up two pieces of tulle up into a puff and wired it to the back of the wire coil. The button and charm embellishments can be stuck on with hot glue or foam dots.