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Well the little virus I mentioned in my last post turned out to be a bit more than that! With 168 cupcakes to bake and decorate, as well as a sugarpasted cutting cake to make, 48 hours before the wedding I developed a dental abscess! Maaaaan, was I rough! The two dentists at my surgery were on holiday so I was referred to a covering dentist who drained it and gave me antibiotics. All the baking was completed on painkillers and the icing and decorating was all done the day the abscess was drained - the anaesthetic injection wore off with 12 cupcakes left to ice! Thankfully I got it all done.

The pictures aren't the greatest I'm afraid - partly due to the fact they were taken on my iphone and partly due to the fact I felt truly hideous!

The cupcakes were red velvet cake with cream cheese icing. The wedding theme was 'The Movies' so the bride had sourced some Hollywood style cake toppers for the decoration.

A view of some of the 168!

A blurry image of the cutting cake - red velvet cake, layered with cream cheese icing and covered with white sugarpaste. The Star Trek lego figures are a reference to the bride and groom who got married as Princess Leia and Han Solo!

The summer holidays are going swimmingly and I've accomplished quite a bit in the house as well as with some crafting projects. I have finished the Amy Butler knitted cushion cover - I shall refrain from posting a picture until I've decided on a suitable fabric for the backing. I'm off to the quilting exhibition at the Birmingham NEC on saturday so hope to find something lovely there!