I just found this apron at DiscoveryStore.com for  $29.95!

They also have a kid’s tee-shirt, a woman’s tee-shirt, and a travel mug!

After going to see Katy Perry in concert a few weeks ago and reading a bit further into her interests and fashion sense, I read that she loves doing her nails! This has inspired me to be a bit more creative with my nails, which I usually never paint!

As I was doing my nails tonight (still in the middle of them) I said to myself – “CUPCAKE NAILS!!” I thought to myself there has to be tutorials out there somewhere. Low and behold, I found some Cupcake Nail Art!

I found these great nails and a Cupcake Nail Art Tutorial from the blog, Cupcake Clothes! Check out the rest of Georgia’s blog, she has some AMAZING nail work.

What’s in a label?  We all know the answer to that question:  jobs.

So I started to wonder if the cupcake industry should be declared the gold star of American business for creating local jobs.  Cupcakes from The Cupcake Shoppe Bakery in Raleigh to the Little Cake Bakery in Atlanta are baked fresh daily in our local bakeries.  This part of the argument seemed easy enough.

But are supplies made in the USA also easy to find?

Cupcake Couture

How about these lovely cupcake holders from House on the Hill, made in Seattle Washington, that they put on their website under “Cupcake Couture?”  Or, check out Wedding Fads for their baking supplies, like cupcake stands the size of wedding cakes – all made in the USA.  Global Sugar Art has a multi-page list of supplies, including lovely, lacey cupcake wrappers that are laser cut in the USA.

Just by adding “made in the USA” to your search strings for supplies and suppliers, you can join in the patriotic parade.

Are you a collector of cupcake items?  Going to a cupcake-themed birthday party and looking for the perfect gift? Disney has just come out with some really cute cupcake-shaped vinylmations, designed by Susan Foy.  There are six in the collection, but you can view the Minnie cupcake, Tinker Bell cupcake, and Marie cupcake online. These vinyl figures are all 3 inches tall and each one includes detachable frosting which reveals each character’s face when removed.  Another cool feature is that the arms and head can be moved into different poses.

Minnie Vinylmation accompanied by detachable frosting

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Teacup cupcake

I collect odd bits of china – the only real criteria being at least a touch of gold.  How about using the teacups to serve your cupcakes?  It’s one idea for creating an inviting scene to share cupcakes with your adult girlfriends, while evoking those wonderful scenes from our childhood of playing at tea time.

If you’re looking for china to set a table out of Victoria Magazine, you won’t want to miss the CNY Regional Market on Sunday mornings during the summer.  Syracuse was home to Syracuse China from 1871-2009, and I’ve purchased pieces of their bone china for as little as $1/plate.  And Rochester’s Public Market offers Sunday morning fleas with nice china too, if you’re there early.  I’ve left with Lenox and even Limoges for less than $10/each.

Though a little bit more than paper or plastic, if you’re serving a cupcake work of art, why not complete your artistic presentation?

I know that Halloween is more than 6 months away but this find was too funny to pass up. Check out this “Eat Me” cupcake cake costume from Buy.com.

Great Cupcake costume with a funny adult twist. Have you ever dressed up as a cupcake ? Where did you buy your costume?

If you are looking for the latest thing in cupcakes, then this is it.  One of our newest ATC Sponsors has hit the market with a bang with these ‘babies’.

What are they exactly? Well these are ‘Batter Babies’ and make creating your two toned cupcakes a breeze!

The way they work is you line your standard baking pan with papers, then insert your Batter Babies into the papers, so they effectively dissect your cupcake into two halves.  Spoon or squirt your first cupcake color, or flavor into the first side and the other color or flavor into the other.  You then remove your Batter Babies and bake!  Too easy, but fantastic results.. so next time you are having a sports party, celebrating something at school, or wanting to create the perfect flavor combination, think about adding these to your baking accessory collection!

For more information about Batter Babies, check out Kimber Cakeware!

As soon as I saw this cupcake key ring in Coach I wanted to buy it.  I loved the lilac Swarovksi crystals for the sprinkles but couldn’t seem to justify  spending $48.00 on myself.  Even though I passed on buying it in the store I still bookmarked it in my folder of things I want!

Welcome to Kandi World, a new online store featuring candy and cupcake inspired swimwear, jewelry, and other treats. Check out their leather change purse and their leather business card holder!

Looking for a new purse? Well if you are and you are looking for one that has some style and a cupcake theme then I have just the purse for you.

Cyclone Purse – HELLO CUPCAKE on eBags

If you have an old laptop, you can probably really appreciate this laptop cushion created  by Rosangela Ferreira.  On many occasion I had to grab a pillow or towel to stick between my knees and the laptop so I wasn’t scolded.  Now I have a new computer which doesn’t heat up, it poses a different problem.  It is so small and dainty that when sitting on my knees it is just too far away.  This cushion would be perfect!

Unfortunately for us, Rosangela is located in Brazil, where she sells her wares online.  You can check them out here.

A few weeks ago I posted a makeup giveaway from Cake Mineral Make-up and I was amazed by the amount of interest we had.   And it got me thinking, why would cupcake obsessed people also be in love with makeup?  Well, makeup can be fun, pretty and make you feel good- just like a cupcake.  Makeup allows you to be creative-  just like a cupcake. (Of course, it probably also helps that the majority of our readers are woman too!)  So why not pair these two unlikely loves more often?

Cupcake Make Up Bag $10

 Chocolate Cupcake Lip Tint $6.25

Cupcake Brush Roll $16.50

Cupcake and Makeup Shirt $30

Does anyone on your list need a Cupcake Dispenser? Available from Amazon for $15.93, this cute contraption allows you to use three different colored sprinkles and comes with stencils to make cool designs!

What better way to light the candle on your cupcake then with a match that comes out of a cupcake decorated box? This cute cupcake matchbox is only $4.00 from Love & Luck Greetings.  While your on the site be sure to look at all the cupcake cards they offer.

Is this for the kids or me? 

This “too cute to be true” cupcake maker bakes 6 cupcakes in 10 minutes!  This tiny oven is available in pastel pink or blue and can be found at Target for $49.99.  Is this the perfect gift for that cupcake lover who has everything?

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.

Be the hit of any Halloween party with these cupcake sleeves from Roundabout Sleeves!  Transform your cupcakes into (possibly scary) works of art in about 2 seconds!  One dozen sleeves costs $8.99.  Your cupcakes will be almost too cool to eat!

Want to have your iPhone and your cupakes too? Well now you can. I found this adorable cell phonecase for the iPhone on ModCloth.com. If you have a iPhone and a cupcake obesssion then this has your name written all over it.

Have Eyes for My iPhone Case in Cupcake on Mod Cloth

I have found that you can always count on Urban Outfitters to have unique, and somewhat random products. The nail polish remover pads which they currently have in cupcake vanilla fragrance, is a perfect example of a unique product.  The container of 100 alcohol and acetone free pads is on sale for $3.99.

I absolutely love Etsy! The sellers on there never cease to amaze me with their creative and unique products.  My sister sent me the link to this cupcake ukulele handcrafted by Celentano Woodworks, which is a great example of how talented Etsy sellers are.  The $450.00 ukulele is made to order and you can watch this youtube video of it being played: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkIvYCb0L2I

Continuing the run of Uncommon (cupcake!) Goods posts, here is just the sweetest little sugar and creamer set I’ve ever seen.  Artist Beth Mueller hand-paints these herself in her studio in Vermont. I love how adorably but simply she conveys the ideas of cream and sugar!  This ceramic duo isn’t cheap, but then again you’re getting what you pay for in cute creativity and handmade in the USA quality.

Juicy Couture always has great cupcake related items.  This week I was looking at Bakerella’s blog and realized I was just a few days too late to enter her contest to win the Juicy Couture Cupcake Oven Charm.  I figured I would still share it with our readers since it can be purchased from the Juicy Couture website for $58.00.  Although the charm it tiny, only 1 5/8in X 1in in size, it contains a great amount of detail including “bake me some couture” written on the back.

Tweet Tweet Cupcake Set by Uncommon Goods

Cupcakes of a feather flock together!  Apparently, so does good cupcake merchandise, since this is my second great cupcake accessory find from Uncommon Goods.  The Tweet Tweet Cupcake Set is $12 and has enough wrappers and toppers for 24 cupcakes, which seems like a decent deal to me.  The folks at the Uncommon Goods labs were also kind enough to throw in the recipe for Orange Pineapple Sunshine Cupcakes in their blog post as well:

Orange-Pineapple Sunshine Cupcakes or Cake (Serves 21 or 16)
Cupcakes/Cake:

1 box yellow cake mix
1/4 cup applesauce
4 eggs
1 can mandarin oranges in light syrup (11 oz.)

Frosting:

1 8 oz. container Cool Whip (Lite or Regular)
1 pkg (3-4 oz.) INSTANT vanilla pudding mix
1 can (15 1/2 oz.) crushed pineapple in juice

1) Preheat oven to 350 deg. In a large bowl, stir together all the cake ingredients until moist. Beat by hand for 2 minutes. Chop up the oranges as you mix.

2) Line a muffin pan with cupcake papers or coat a 13×9 cake pan with cooking spray. Pour the batter into the papers/pan. Bake cupcakes for
25 minutes or bake the cake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.

3) Frosting: In a large bowl, mix together all the frosting ingredients until well blended. Spread over the cupcakes/cake. Store in fridge. Enjoy!

Toolkit for Tasty Filled Cupcakes :)

I was paging through the Uncommon Goods catalog the other day when I came across this cupcake corer and decorating set.  You can find decorating sets and kits all over the place, but I thought that the corer that’s included in this kit set it apart.  Getting just the right-sized filling hole in a cupcake can be fussy, possibly crumbling the cupcake in the process.

In case you’re skeptical about this corer’s usefulness or the quality of the kit in general, Uncommon Goods did a gift lab on this product to see how well it worked. While

Finished Filled Cupcakes!

a manufacturer’s take on their own product isn’t exactly objective, the post is pretty informative about the kit’s performance.

You’ll want to click the link to get the long version, the short version is that the cupcakes weren’t picture perfect, but they turned out better than they would have without the kit.  All in all, it sounds like it’s worth the $20 price tag if you’re into making filled cupcakes on a regular basis.

Applecupcake gets the credit for introducing the design collective 64 Colors to ATC earlier this summer with her post about the group’s custom-painted Cupcake Dunny.  So this is part follow-up, part realization that I own something designed by them.

The Blue Q Sweet Cupcake Shopper is equal parts adorable and useful.  It’s got plenty of space and good strap length, and is a step above most reusable shopping bags in stylish cuteness and sturdiness (woven polypropylene is tough stuff!).  Two more important Sweet Cupcake Shopper attributes: you can own one without having to tackle anyone for it, and it’s only $12.