(This item is available online, but is not available in stores.)

• Take Her Along with this Front or Rear Facing Wrap Carrier
• Multiple Facing Positions
• Features Ergonomic Design with Ventilation for Healthy Air Flow
• One Size Fits All, No Straps Buckles or Rings; Crossover Shoulder Straps; Tie Closure
• Made of 100 % Cotton
• Rhinestone Appliqué

$99.99 at Target

Avast! I would encourage ye’ to make yer way over to Dogbone Art and check out their vast variety of Pirate (and landlubber) Cupcakes. Ye won’t be disappointed:

Click images to be taken directly to product, all images courtesy of Dogbone Art’s Etsy

 Washable Vinyl Sticker $2

Screen Printed Cotton Tote $10

Sticker Pack $4.25

 Magnet $4

 Notecard Set $8

For this and much more visit the shop, mate.

I’ve posted before about my love for Hot Topic and while on a business trip to the States last week I made sure we went to the nearest store so I could spend a good hour in there looking for goodies!! I wasn’t looking for cupcake things in particular but managed to come across these two lovely buttons for me to buy:

The first is a Jeffree Star one which is available on their site, here. The second, I’m assuming is a Loungefly one which unfortunately I can’t find but it should be in the store if you happen to be passing ;)

This led me to have a mooch around the online store when I got back to see what other cupcake-related items you could get from them at the moment, so here’s a couple…

First we have the Invader Zim Gir Cupcake Pig Tote, I’ve provided a close up so you can see the pattern better. This is $19.99

And second, the Morbid Metals 14 Gauge Cupcake Bones Curved Barbell – for all you girlies who have a tummy piercings, just $10.00.

After winning a contest for an adorable cupcake calendar from CB, I just now realized it had a cute definition of what a cupcake is, on the back.

Cupcakes have been around since the late 18th century. The term “cupcake” is mentioned in E. Leslie’s Receipts of 1828. The name is said to come from the amount of ingredients used to make them – a cup of flour, cup of butter, cup of sugar and also because they were originally baked in tea cups or cup shaped molds.

So technically, a cupcake IS a cupcake without frosting. It’s not the frosting or topping that makes it a “cupcake”. It’s the ingredients.. and how it is baked.

Wa-la!

This paper clay cupcake is about 4″ tall by 3 1/2″ wide. It is painted with acrylic paints and coated in a clear varnish and embellished with glitter. This would look darling as an accent on a shelf in a kitchen or in a sweet little girl’s room.

$15.00 at this etsy shop.

Searching for the perfect cupcake has never been yummier than stumbling across Bakerella’s blog. It is just one scrumptious picture after another. Even better, she’ll walk you thru recipes and how-to’s for the cutest things cupcake. She also has many other yummy recipes, plus another blog called Lovely Little Cakes.

As Seen on Regis & Kelly this morning:

Girl Gourmet: Cupcake Maker
Price: $29.99 / Ages 8 and up
Available: Fall 2008
Maker: Jakks Pacific

Toy industry analyst Chris Byrne said this new cupcake maker from Jakks Pacific could give Hasbro’s classic Easy Bake Oven a “run for its money.” The product includes a microwave container, cupcake froster, 4 flavored cupcake mixes, 4 frosting mixes, 1 tube of sprinkles, 1 mixing bowl, 1 spoon/spreader, 4 multi-designed cupcake cups, 1 cupcake cup holder and 2 recipe cards.

Available at Toys “R” Us, Walmart, and Target.