Eileen Hull

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Guest Towel Cupcake Webisode with Jonathan Fong

While I was out in LA for the CHA show a few weeks ago, I spent some time with my friend Jonathan Fong, an amazing designer and all around talented guy. Not only can he design, but he has written three beautiful books and speaks all over the country giving his unique approach to home decor. (read this post to hear how we happened to meet up)

When Jonathan found out I was coming to California, he invited me to appear as a guest on his weekly web TV show, Style With a Smile. It was so much fun to get behind the scenes and see all of the equipment, lighting and camera. Many thanks to my friend Lorine Mason for her help with the filming- you might not realize it but she was also Jonathan’s stunt double. This was some operation!

As you will see in the video, we were making guest towel cupcakes, which I posted about here. Jonathan used some cool cardstock and rolled it through the Sizzix Big Shot along with the ScoreBoard Cupcake Ruffle die in the video to make the wrappers. ScoreBoard dies are actually designed to be used with thicker materials such as matboard and chipboard to cut and score into boxes, folders and totes. This is a very versatile die and one that you will use over and over. I hope that seeing the video might encourage you to try a ScoreBoard die.

Just this past weekend I had reason to break out my cupcake die myself. My daughter Jess is getting married in April and she had her bridal shower. It was decided (by the shower committee) that we would serve cupcakes in Sizzix die-cut wrappers instead of having a cake. Lorine baked up some delicious vanilla and chocolate cupcakes. (I had to try both because I didn’t want to offend the baker). We then placed them in blue and white corseted cupcake wrappers. Unfortunately, as I went to take a picture, my camera died! NOOOOOO! But believe me, they were the hit of the shower. What a nice time it was- thanks so much to Tina, Lorine, Pam and Mary. I know Jess was very touched by what you did for her.

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Comments

  1. Bea says

    really enjoyed the video – I have this die and think it is great – also tried the flannel cupcake – thanks for sharing

  2. Eileen Bergen says

    Eileen, you two were just adorable!

    The video was one of the most enjoyable craft videos I’ve seen in a while. I’m still smiling.

    Loved the subtitles that came up and the tips on rolling the sucker up rather than sticking it in at the end.

    I’m sending the link to a friend who is looking for fundraiser ideas for a high school.

    This would make a fantastic “make and take”, even for teens whose usual response to such things is “that’s lame”. lol.

  3. Eileen Hull says

    Thanks for your comments Bea and Eileen 🙂 It cracks me up too- he is so funny! I had my 7 year old niece make one and she colored it with markers. It’s adorable. And I imagine teens would also have fun with it despite some complaining and mockery as you mentioned 🙂 Had four of them… Thanks for passing the link to your friend Eileen!