I have exciting news . . . P and I have a pet!  Of course we have Ruby already, but since I got her before I met P, we’ve been looking to find one that both of us choose together!  

We’ve been hiding our pet in the garage all summer, and he (we think he’s a he) actually found us!  Herman (our pet) appeared one day in the garage window, and stayed there until last weekend when we caught him, and put him in a cage.  He will have a happy life in his cage, with branches, freshly sprayed water, and corn padding liner.  Herman is a Diamond Back SPIDER!  Yes, we have a pet spider . . . and yes, he is our pet.  He gets talked to, put in the sun, watered and fed (nasty, dirty, gross stinkbugs!) It started out as a joke, but now its kind of nice 🙂  

With spiders on the mind constantly at home, and at school (you can’t teach Kindergarten in October without studying spiders!).  I was bound to come up with a tutorial for a spider themed cupcake.  

This video is dead easy way to have people impressed with your decorating skills!  

You will need two colours of buttercream . . . I chose orange and black for Halloween purposes obviously, but you could use any two colours.  ** by the way, when did purple become a Halloween “colour”?  

I hope you enjoy the video . . . and I will send your well wishes to Herman, because I know you’re happy for us 😉