Archive for the novelty cupcakes Category

August 19th, 2010

The pastry chef at Trophy Cupcakes got bored!

The pastry chef at Trophy Cupcakes got bored!

On a visit to Trophy Cupcakes in Bellvue, WA at the Bravern this week… the sweet girl behind the counter showed us what happens when their pastry chef has too much time on her hands in the mornings!  

July 27th, 2010

Mini Sizes Cupcake Measuring Spoons

Mini Sizes Cupcake Measuring Spoons

Over a year ago I saw Bakerella had these GANZ Cupcake Measuring Spoons and I knew I HAD to have them!  So, I found them online and bought some! (Thanks Bakerella for this photo!!) Last week at Jubilee Cupcakes in Tacoma, WA, I found the matching Mini sizes Cupcake Measuring Spoons!

June 14th, 2010

Cupcake Swag! Cute or Just To Much?

Cupcake Swag! Cute or Just To Much?

Cupcake Swag? Too much? Or just enough cuteness to match the pastry? I am a fan of the cupcake swag; anything with a cupcake on it has to be cute right?  So today cupcake friends I am going to show you my favorite items and point you in the direction to wear you can find [...]

May 3rd, 2010

Take Me Out to the Ballgame! – A collection of baseball cupcakes

Take Me Out to the Ballgame! - A collection of baseball cupcakes

Baseball season is in full swing and I am so excited!! I’ve already been to two games and I’ve got two more scheduled so far… with many more I’m sure to come!

April 30th, 2010

Cupcake Cannon

Cupcake Cannon

On the Johnny Cupcakes Suitcase Tour stop in Portland, Kamp Grizzly pulled out all the stops and custom made this Cupcake Cannon for the event!

April 22nd, 2010

Celebrate Earth Day… with Cupcakes!

Celebrate Earth Day... with Cupcakes!

I thought I’d celebrate today by sharing with you a collection of cakes and cupcakes I’ve found which celebrate Earth Day! Remember: TAKE CARE OF OUR PLANET! It’s the only one we have!

April 20th, 2010

Guest Blogger: Army Wifey Debbie shares a tutorial for Froggie Cupcakes

Guest Blogger: Army Wifey Debbie shares a tutorial for Froggie Cupcakes

Debbie is a fellow Army Wife who I met on Twitter over the last year.  We’ve shared some great tweets and I’ve enjoyed getting to know her.  Recently, Debbie tweeted about making some very sweet frog cupcakes and I asked her to blog about it for my readers!

April 14th, 2010

GLEE Cupcakes

GLEE Cupcakes

If you missed it last night… you missed out on another great episode of the best show on television, GLEE! Here are some GLEE inspired cupcakes (and one cake)  from several awesome bakers!

March 19th, 2010

Cupcake Love from Penelope

Cupcake Love from Penelope

As I entered Emily’s classroom this morning for another field trip, Penelope (they call her Penny too!) came up to me and gave me this adorable card!

February 28th, 2010

It’s Raining Cupcakes

It's Raining Cupcakes

At the book fair at Emily’s school last week, Emily was sooooo excited that she found a book that was PERFECT for me!!!  “It’s Raining Cupcakes” by Lisa Schroeder is about a 12 year old girl who is dreading her boring summer until her mother opens up a cupcake bakery!

February 25th, 2010

Cupcake Dance (Video)

Ran across this today. I bet this took a ton of time to make! So cute though!

February 24th, 2010

Puppy Love

Puppy Love

A friend of mine on Twitter (@peacelovedmb) sent me this photo… it’s too cute not to share!!!

January 28th, 2010

Emily’s Cupcakes

Emily's Cupcakes

Shopping at Wal-Mart the other day for my husbands Valentine’s Day goodies, my daughter spots this box of chocolate covered strawberries. 

January 7th, 2010

Can you name them all?

Steelhead Studio celebrated it’s 100th anniversary by making 100 different cupcakes… all decorated as a different game! Some are board games, video games, hand games, mind games, group games, card games, old school and new games! Visit their site to see them all and see how many you can name! Rock Paper Scissors was one [...]

January 3rd, 2010

Cupcake Queen

I’ve been called a lot of things that have “queen” in it… “Queen of the Internet” and “Cupcake Queen” to name a few.  And for Christmas, I got an apron that said “Bow down to the Cupcake Queen” and it got me to thinking about what other cute cupcake queen stuff I could find on [...]

January 3rd, 2010

Cutest Valentine Cupcake Magnet EVER!

By chance I found this ETSY shop with the MOST ADORABLE handmade felt cupcake magnets!! They come in various colors, but I thought this Valentine’s Day one was the cutest! ETSY Shop: Color Creations by Danielle London Here are some others!

December 28th, 2009

Ceramic Cupcake Goodness

I was at TJ Maxx and Target tonight and ran into some of the cutest cupcake stuff!! One serving/display dish for cupcakes, a cupcake plate and these adorable ceramic cupcake dishes with lids!! So cute, I had to take pictures of all of them to share with you! Enjoy their deliciousness! These little cupcake gems [...]

December 26th, 2009

Cupcake Christmas Gifts

I got some great cupcake things for Christmas this year!!  I can’t wait to try out the recipes in the book and to use the cupcake carrier to take them to a party and the stand to display them!! Thanks to @cupcakes for the fun lotions!! Cupcake Queen Apron Crate & Barrel 3-Tier Cupcake Stand [...]

December 20th, 2009

David Letterman drives $25,000 motorized cupcake

This video is so hilarious… I just had to share it!!

July 6th, 2009

Cupcake Art

Neil Jeffery of beepart! on ETSY emailed me about how much he enjoyed my cupcakes… Thank you Neil! To my pleasant surprise, Neil is also a cupcake artist! Check out his work: Theses cupcakes look good enough to eat!

May 31st, 2009

GANZ Cupcake Measuring Spoons

I saw these GANZ Cupcakes Measuring Spoons featured on Bakerella’s blog and I KNEW I had to get them!!! So I searched and searched until I found one on eBay. The ONLY one I could find!! I’m so excited to get them!! They are sooooo cute! *Photos courtesy of Bakerella!

May 21st, 2009

Cupcake Cookie Jars

I was inspired by a recent post on the blog “Cupcakes Take the Cake” about cupcake shaped cookie jars. I decided to do a little digging and see what other cupcake cookie jars I could find. This is what I found. PS. I want them all, but the one from Orson Gygi is my FAVORITE!!! [...]

April 16th, 2009

Sereh’s Cupcake Soap

One of my new friends on Twitter (@serehs) specializes in cupcakes that get you clean. She makes the most adorable cupcake shaped soaps! They come in a variety of “flavors” from:Bunny CornNeopolitianand Red Velvet… and she’s got some mini cuppie soaps too! Check out her creations at Sereh’s: Cupcake Soaps, Handcrafted Soaps, Scented Soaps, Decorative [...]

April 9th, 2009

Avocado Creations

Like I’ve said before, I’ve made some great connections via Twitter and this blog. But never would have I expected the generosity and kindness of Gina of “Avocado Creations”. She sent me a DM on Twitter a couple weeks ago and said she had made something for me. Shocked and surprised I gave her my [...]

February 26th, 2009

Celebrity Cupcakes!

Khloe Kardashian was joined by Joan and Melissa Rivers as part of Celebrity Apprentice to sell cupcakes to passerbys in Manhattan yesterday afternoon. It’s super exciting to see cupcakes in mainstream media… Cupcakes are here to stay! More info can be read here.