I can’t seem to get enough of Etsy! I love the creative items and the sellers! My sister is owed the credit for finding this Cupcake Cuties Candle Holder. For $16.00 you get one sweet little candle holder that looks like a head. Once placed onto a frosted and decorated cupcake the cupcake takes on the appearance of a doll! I love the concept!
Last week Oh Joy! Eats posted this great combination of cupcake related items. My favorite item out of the six is definitely the cupcake measuring cups available from Urban Outfitters. The 1 cup, 1/2 cup, and 1/3 cup measurements are the bases that look like wrappers. Then my favorite part is that the icing doubles as the 1/4 cup measurement! They are only $18.00 which would make them a great, under $20.00 holiday gift.
2011 is rapidly upon us and what better way to spend each month of the new year then with a cupcake calendar sprinkled with fun! This fun calendar is available on Monkey Mind Design’s Etsy site. The calendar costs $12.00 and each month has a different design and saying.
This cupcake stand from Talking Tables looks perfect for a tea party! Made out of card stock, this three tired cupcake stand costs £9.65. If only I lived in Europe, I would have already ordered this! They also have cake cups (liners), toppers, and other items that help to make any display look complete!
This Cupcake Girl print which, features an astronaut baker serving cupcakes, is by Elsie Flannigan. It is approximately 8X10 inches and is available from Red Velvet Art’s shop for $18.00.
Everyone loves piñatas and what’s better then a cupcake piñata? MommyDo offers a variety of made to order piñatas including cupcakes! Most of the piñatas range in price from $30.00 to $50.00. Since the piñatas are made to order you get to decide if you want a traditional piñatas or pull string. If you decide order a piñata, remember to allow enough time for it to be made!
If you haven’t already done so it’s definitely time to start that holiday wish list. The Betty Crocker Store has a giant pink cupcake carrier for $24.95. What better way to tote your cupcakes around then in a giant cupcake container? This cupcake carrier holds 24 cupcakes and can be pre-ordered from now until 12/8/10.
In May we shared Recipe Look, a site that simplifies recipes into illustration. This weekend I came across They Draw and Cook which is a similar concept; Artists and illustrators submit illustrated versions of recipes. I only found two cupcake recipes but came across tons other recipes with really great artwork.
I love the unique items that the MoMA store offers! One particular product that I’m very tempted to purchase is set of Pop-Up Cupcake Note Cards. Designed by Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart the set includes 6 cards with orange envelopes and costs $16.95.
Lately I have been trying to be crafty and these googley eye cupcake toppers are a great next project. I found these DIY toppers on Modern Kiddo although they were originally created by Scrumdilly-Do. Grab your materials which include:
* toothpicks
* scrap paper, printed paper, newspaper
* paint of your choice
* paint brushes
* cup o water
* glue and/or glue stick
* various paper punches or scissors
* googly eyes
* markers (optional)
Then head over to Modern Kiddo for the tutorial!
I know we have shared cupcakes with you from The Cupcake Project before but I could not resist sharing these apple cobbler cupcakes with pumpkin pie frosting. Here’s the recipe for the cupcakes: Read the rest of this entry »
Just last week I shared an image of a monster with a cupcake for a brain. This week it’s an owl that is thinking about cupcakes. My best friend shared this image with me and I love that it is titled “It’s Etsy”. This image is by Laurel Varian and is an antlered, mustachioed owl, perched on a piece of bacon and thinking of a cupcake. It really does combine all things Etsy!
The November 2010 catalog for J.Crew’s kid line, Crew Cuts, not only features kids in ridiculously stylish clothes but also kids with a sweet tooth! There are additional images on the Crew Cuts site where kids and cupcakes conform to spell out the letters of Crew Cuts (hop over to the site if you’re not sure what I mean)!
J.Crew must really love cupcakes since in August we shared with you images from The Romantics photo shoot where the cast enjoyed cupcakes.
Although this year I didn’t carve a pumpkin, if I had I know I would have attempted to carve it into a cupcake! Baking Bites did just that my carving a cupcake Jack-O-Lantern which has been titled, “I vant a cupcake.” On the website area few tips for anyone that wants to attempt carving their pumpkin into a cupcake!
The Disney Store knows little girls love three things, pink, cupcakes, and minnie mouse. When you combine all three you get Cupcake Minnie Mouse underwear! The five pack of 100% cotton underwear which, costs $16.50, is available in two sizes, 2/3 or 4/5
Hotel Chocolat is one of the largest chocolate companies in the United Kingdom. In addition to offering their chocolate in the UK, they serve the US! Hotel Chocolat offers a wide variety of Christmas gifts which are great for the upcoming holiday season.
ATC was sent a large selection of chocolates to review but sadly when the giant box of chocolate, which would excite anyone with a sweet tooth, arrived it was melted due to issues with shipping. Although some chocolate had been melted beyond edibility, a portion of the chocolates remained intact enough to sample. Read the rest of this entry »
The latest issue of the Hello, Cupcake What’s News letter features a Bootiful Mummy Cupcakes! The cupcakes which are by the creators of the Hello, Cupcake and What’s New Cupcake Cookbooks, have marshmallows hidden under red fruit roll-ups which looks like blood under the melted frosting. Gory, I know but it’s Halloween after all! For tips on how to make the mummy visit the candy corner and for help with the spider webs seen in the image below check out the technique of the month and for directions look below!
In April we shared with you DIY Cupcakes in a Jar, now as if anyone would need more then one reason to eat a cupcake from a jar, Daily Candy has given us 10 delicious reasons to eat cupcakes from a jar. Number 5 was something I had not realized, which is how long cupcakes in a jar can be stored (12 days in the refrigerator)!
Vol.25 created this downloadable freebie for Build Your Own Cupcakes. There are a total of 10 pages to print which include, a cover page, the recipe, 8 different cupcakes, 8 different liners, 8 different frostings, 11 different cupcake toppers, and a sheet of name tags for your little baker(s). Jessica, creator of this fun template, suggests printing your cupcakes on sticker paper which is a great idea!
I’m pretty sure everyone that reads this blog has cupcakes on the brain, at least that’s what I thought when I saw this image. Dr. Morvund is being held by a monster who’s brain has been mistakenly replaced with a cupcake.
Although it’s no longer available online, some Kohl’s stores still have the Halloween Cupcake Cookie Jar in stock. Be sure to check your local Kohl’s store soon before they are gone; keep in mind, Halloween is a little over a week away and the cookie jar is on sale!
Tratella has a beautiful collection of products related to food and paper. One item cupcake fans will like is the Cupcake Love Tea Towel. The tea towel with a pink and brown screen printed cupcake image on a white 100% cotton towel is available from the website for $14.00.
NPR frequently discusses cupcakes, for instance they warned us that macaroons were going to replace the cupcake as the top dessert and explained that cupcakes are so popular because we are in a cupcake bubble. Now NPR shares with how to have your (less sinful) cupcake and enjoy it, too. This article, unlike the previous two starts off on a positive not saying that the cupcake craze is not going away (yay!). The downfall to the cupcake trend is that as a society we are realizing we need to be more health-conscious. So Eve Turow has created several healthy cupcake recipes which allow us to still treat ourselves but watch the calories. Since I have a few bananas on the verge of going bad, I think I might try the Banana Cupcake with Chocolate Frosting but be sure to read the full article for all the cupcake recipes.
Looking for a unique way to display your cupcakes? How about a homemade cupcakes tower made out of maps. Realistically you can use any paper to make your tower personal. Lori, from Save On Crafts, who created the cupcake tower includes instructions in the blog post.
Pizzazzerie recently had a Cupcake Skewer Contest, the deadline for which has since past, but designs are still relevant to the Halloween season. The winning cupcake skewers were Black Magic Cupcakes, created by Sweet Cheeks Tasty Treats.
While she did not win the contest, The Decorated Cookie still created bright, festive Halloween cupcakes that impressed me! Below are The Decorated Cookie’s instructions for creating Halloween cupcake skewers but for
additional directions, Pizzazzerie has a How to Make Cupcake Skewers post.
