I was look­ing for a spe­cial gift to give my sis­ters and mother this past Christ­mas. I decided to have some spe­cial water­col­ors com­mis­sioned by a famous cup­cake artist. Okay– I know that’s a seman­tic stretch, but tech­ni­cally it’s true.

Jessie from Cake­Spy will paint cus­tom “cup­pie” art for you. You have read about Cake­Spy and Jessie ear­lier on this blog. She is a joy to deal with. I highly rec­om­mend com­mis­sion­ing your own art. Check out her Cake­Spy Flickr page for more exam­ples and ideas.

I gave this to my sis­ter, Lau­rie. She and her fam­ily go to a fab­u­lous local bak­ery every week­end for break­fast. Mommy and Dinky Diva are the “cup­pies.” Daddy and the Dinky Dude are the “bacons.”

For my sis­ter, Chris­tine, I wanted some­thing to com­mem­o­rate our trip to Paris with my niece– the other Dinky Diva. This is a pic­ture of her favorite place we vis­ited ~ Monét’s house in Giverny.

And last, but not least, one for my Mom.  About 8 years ago we went to Italy. This is us in Firenze (Florence.)

At first, you may think it’s strange to com­mem­o­rate a spe­cial moment with a cupcake…but I say, what bet­ter way is there? Noth­ing says love like a pink cupcake!