For those of you who buy or sell on Etsy, on Monday July 12th their weekly Craft Night will be a lesson on how to make cake-inspired felt confections.  If you live in Brooklyn you can join them in person for free from 4-8pm or at 5pm in their online chat room.   Unfortunately, I will be far away from Brooklyn so look for me in the chat room that evening.  Click here to see all the details. 

Another trip to Michael’s craft store this week and more sweet cupcake finds to share with you!  Check out these beauties:

Cupcake and Ice Cream Pencils and a Cupcake Pocket Calendar

Cupcake teacher supplies- birthday badges and nametags.  They also had cupcake birthday certificates and scratch and sniff stickers.

Cupcake wall calendar.  They also had mini calendars.

And now here is the best part my friends:  every item was just $1 each!  Get them while you can!

Every bakery has a story, about the people and the passion that over time, combined with lots of hard work has formed part of its success.  In this particular case, Joanne (now 62) proved that there is no barrier, not even age there to stop you from living your dream.

Joanne gave away her career in nursing and with her husband opened a home based cupcake bakery in Naples after recognizing that although there was a cupcake craze sweeping the nation, it hadn’t yet reached them.  Every Saturday she would be up early to sell her cupcakes at the Farmer’s Market, and every week she would sell out.  Joanne, without the money to invest in a physical store, decided instead to build an online cupcakery.  They established the website and are now the successful owners of  Simply Cupcakes of Naples.

Joanne and her husband Ken, learned a lot from the numerous trials and errors they faced over the past years of building their cupcake business from Farmers Market to retail store and now have extended their business model to include Cupcake Training.  This isn’t ‘how to bake a cupcake’ but a concise series of training sessions on how to establish your own cupcake business.  In fact if you are interested, the 2010 session is due to be held on July 30 to Aug 2 and more information can be found on their website.

I have fallen in love with this necklace from Lucius. 

This Sterling Silver necklace is handmade by a Chicago artist. 

This is a cupcake necklace you could get away with wearing to work.

Lucius offers this pendant with a 16″ or 18″ double rolo chain and toggle clasp. It measures approximately 1″W x 1.3″H and costs $85.  (With free shipping to US and Canada!)

I personally am a fan of themed parties and  who could resist an unbrithday party?  Found via Oh Joy!, the pictures from Adele’s 10 year old daughter’s party look like as much fun as a tea party with the real mad hatter would be.  Both adults and children dressed up like the characters and enjoyed what look like delicious cupcakes! An unbirthday party would also be the perfect time to make the Alice in Wonderland cupcakes we shared with you.

Phister & Philina who create clothing for children have a few pieces named after cupcakes.  Available from Huset, these cupcake  shorts are $36.00 and range in sizes for children aged 6-10 years old and the coordinating top is $44.00.

Or if you are looking for a cute sundress for your child,  the cupcake ocean bam dress is $52.00.

Is it pink and pretty or evil and foreboding?  It surprises me how much variation we see in the different styles and takes we receive on the cupcake when it becomes art.  This collection is no different.

Melissa (right) had her Tattoo sleeve designed by Dana Tyrell in Santa Rosa at Inky Cells Tattoo Co. and says that her inspiration was her sweet and loving daughter Denae.

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   Would you like to be part of the next Cupcake Wars? 

              Here’s your chance! 

                       And here’s the official casting call …

NOW CASTING SEASON 2 OF THE FOOD NETWORK’S HIT NEW COMPETITION SHOW, “CUPCAKE WARS”!

 We are casting bakers (store owners, caterers, pastry chefs, new bakers…)

NATIONWIDE, so get in touch with us ASAP to apply for the show.

 If you think you and your cupcakes have what it takes to compete against the best bakers in the country, then we want to hear from YOU! The winner of the show will have their cupcakes featured at a HOLLYWOOD EVENT and receive WORLDWIDE PRESS!  The winner of each episode also wins $10,000!!!

 We’re looking for great bakers with AMAZING personalities in every city.

 To be considered for the show, please e-mail us your name, phone number, photo (and website if available!) to: [email protected]

Be sure to tell us what makes you the perfect candidate for “Cupcake Wars”!

And this week’s winner is…

Wani
June 28th, 2010 at 1:27 pm

I just had my third kiddo less than two months ago. I love the whole process of putting together really fun and personal birthday parties for my children and that includes the cake (or cupcakes). I would love to get Hello Cupcake to learn some skills that would help me to make all of their special days even more special!! ;-)

Congratulations! Please send your mailing address to [email protected].  Thanks to all who entered and commented on the the baking cookbooks.  Special thanks to Snubbr for sponsoring this awesome giveaway.

I love birthdays which is probably why I like cupcakes so much, since the two go hand-in-hand.   I also love when it turns July, which is my birthday month, and the snail mail begins to arrive.  Today I came home to find a little padded envelope from Anthropologie, one of my favorite stores.  Inside was a flat cardstock card that read as follows

“Happy Birthday! Make a wish…And treat yourself to something special! Use this card for 15% off your total store purchase any day in July.  Your candle necklace is for you to keep.”

Attached to the card was a little candle necklace atop a perforated cupcake! Anthropologie really knows how to make a cupcake lovers birthday!

Every week I meet fans our Facebook page and on this main site that have little girls and love to dress them in our precious sweets. I too am included in this wonderful group of moms who have turned their daughters into walking advertisements for cupcakes. There are so many clothes lines out there now for our little princesses that have cupcakes on them.   Just looking in my daughter’s closet today, I counted no less than 15 cupcake shirts, dresses and pants.  I also even had a cupcake birthday party for her just a few years ago.   Well, what about the little men out there? Where are their cupcake items? Are they doomed to Spiderman and Thomas the Tank Engine (my son wears both!) or can they too share in the cupcake fun? Well, I went hunting on Etsy today and found some great items for the boys in our lives!

 

                                                                                                                                                        Cupcake Birthday Frame $16           Cupcake Boy Print $9

 

 

Cupcake Crown $24

 

Share a link to a favorite cupcake item for boys in the comment area below!

It appears according to a story in the Christian Science Monitor that in Jordan, what is Western, is cool. This is particularly so, with what is American and to be honest, what is better than an American style cupcake?

The Sugar Daddy is one of a number of businesses that have set up in Amman over the past decade inspired by successful American businesses.  It is a small market, at a little over $2 a cupcake, only the top 5 percent of Jordanian’s can afford them, but this hasn’t stopped business from booming.  Most customers speak English, and Mr Jaber the owner felt that in this way, kids that had studied abroad could remember their time overseas, with this little piece of America in their city.

Mr Jaber’s Sugar Daddy Bakery stores have also opened in Dubai and in Beirut.

photo courtesy of CakeJournal

When I was tooling around CakeJournal‘s site after getting info about Louise’s cupcake needle felt pillows, I found her collection of cake decorating tutorials. This made me happy because it reminded me that the creation of fancy cupcake decorations are indeed within even my beginner’s grasp.

In my quest to find new and interesting cupcake news for ATC, I see the incredible craft and artistry that goes into decorating cupcakes and cakes. I’m always  impressed by the creativity of these pieces.  However,  most of the time  I can’t say that I find inspiration in them because it often looks like a level of composition and sculpture that’s well out of my league. I think that CakeJournal’s collection of tutorials is just the thing to bridge that gap.

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Looking for a last minute 4th of July cupcake idea?  All you need for these semi-homemade firecracker cupcakes are 24 cupcakes, angel flake coconut, cool whip, food coloring, and red licorice.  Follow the three easy steps in the directions which include dying the coconut red and blue.  Then top each cupcake with cool whip then coconut and finish by inserting the licorice into the top of each cupcake.

The Meringue Bake Shop of Placentia, California is celebrating the 4th in creative style with cupcake kabobs!  They almost look too sweet to be true.  Click here for a complete tutorial on how to make your own kabobs!  I am thinking these would be fun for the winter holidays as well (of course, with a slightly different color scheme)!

How is everyone spending their 4th of July? If you don’t have a lot on your agenda you should add these lovely cupcakes to bake! This are so cool and definitely different from any other 4th of July Cupcakes I have seen.

Lady Liberty Cupcakes

The World Cup is now almost all but over, and is over for the majority of readers, with the USA going down to Ghana, England being defeated by Germany and Australia, well I’m not going to dwell on Australia as we didn’t even make it through our rounds :(

But before I leave this subject alone for another four years!  I just want to bring you one more fantastic giant football cupcake.  This one comes from Parklife Cakery in England, which they made to support England through the World Cup.   I think it is just fantastic, and I love the little players down the bottom! Too cute!

photo courtesy of CakeJournal

These darling pillows are by cupcake and cakecraft enthusiastic Louise of CakeJournal.  Besides the fact they look great, you know that they were made with love and care because needle-felting is not a quick process.  I wonder if someone can persuade her to make some for sale…

Photo courtesy of CakeJournal

Longtime ATC friend Green Party Goods has recently come out with a new line of mini cupcake stands.  I just love these new additions and think they would be perfect for your next cupcake gathering!  Look for another Green Party Goods giveaway coming this fall.

Cupcake Camp?  Are you kidding?  My parents made me go to church camp!  (Not that there’s anything wrong with church camp — but we sure didn’t get cupcakes!)  Cupcake Camp DC 2010 will be held on the rooftop of the Zoso Flats building at 1025 N. Filmore Street in Arlington, Virginia on Saturday, September 18th.  The event plans to run from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Attendance is free … and get this … you get to eat cupcakes … free ones … I know, too good to be true, right?  I am so there!  Some people bring cupcakes, and some people show up just to eat them!

Futurama Cupcakes by Unicorn Magic Baking Co. (photo courtesy of Unicorn Magic Baking Co.)

I was clued into this week’s nerdcake by Cupcakes Take the Cake. While Rachel of CTTC hasn’t watched the show, I have and it makes these cupcakes all the more adorable. We have the Unicorn Magic Baking Company out of LA to thank for these hilarious creations.

Here at All Things Cupcake we receive quite a few cupcake tattoos, then all of a sudden we receive something slightly different, like this one from Becky in Ohio, who instead of going with the finished product, went instead for a whisk.  This piece was done by Iggy Sweeney at Bodystain Tattoo in Columbus, Ohio and looks fantastic.

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Cupcakes by Cupcake Queen with Duff Goldman Animal Skin Cupcake Tattoos (photo courtesy of Cupcake Queen)

I heard about this nifty new product from one of the cupcake blogs I regularly read, Way More than 52 Cupcakes by Cupcake Queen out of DC.  As it turns out, Duff Goldman of Ace of Cakes is rolling out his own line of cake accessories at Michael’s which includes edible cupcake tattoos.

According to the Michael’s website, you just lay down a nice even layer of frosting and then lay down the tattoo(s).  Cupcake Queen tried them out herself on several batches and says that they’re very easy to use.  The Michael’s website only shows striped and floral tattoos, but Cupcake Queen was showing off batches with skulls & crossbones and animal print, so my guess is that you’ll have a better selection in store than online.

Thanks for the heads up, Cupcake Queen!