Hi,
I'm going to be doing my first cupcake cakes, a frog and butterfly.
Any tips or suggestions.
Thanks
Joanne
You need to remember to "glue" down the cupcakes with a dab of icing before you start and then use the big icing tip to completely cover the cupcakes first. Then you can smooth and decorate as needed. Here is a great tutorial that you can refer to as well.
http://community.webshots.com/album/105830324epGFhn
good luck! 
I do these all the time for work now (I've done 15 in the last two weeks)
I don't "glue" down the cupcakes first, I've never had them move around on me, but I don't use the shiny cupcake papers either.
The easiest way to frost them is to use the big tip and make sure there is alot of frosting covering it then smooth it over. They seem to be going over great with our customers since its the end of the school year.
I've done:
puppy dog face
strawberry
watermelon slice
hamburger
rainbow
clown
butterfly
martini glass
golf course
football
ballerina slippers
The sad thing is, now when I think of doing anything I think of how I would form the cupcakes to make that shape 
Barb
that tutorial is great! I really refer that site.
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