For those of you in the Northern California Bay Area, there will be the 1st Annual Rock Paper Scissors Cupcake Bake-Off! Judging will be done by you the public.  This event is sponsored by the Rock Paper Scissors Collective.

Upon entry to the event for a measly sum of $4, you will be transformed into an official judge and be given a score card, a plate, and a napkin. Judges will sample all the cupcakes and vote for their favorite. The top three winners will get a super fancy prize, including the Cupcake Bake-Off Cookbook.

See you there!

All Things Cupcake is having a Vegan Week this week…April 13th – April 19th! You will still get all of the cupcake photos, recipes, tips, ideas, and products you usually get, but for one week they will all be vegan!

If you have any vegan recipes, products, tips, or ideas that you would like us to share during Vegan Week, please submit it to [email protected]. Please title your email “Vegan Week” Thanks!

Advertise on All Things Cupcake! With over 150,000 views a month, All Things Cupcake is the best way to get yourself out there. We love featuring the best of the best.. and supporting small businesses and those who have great ideas and blogs. (Look at our far right sidebar, those are some fabulous sites!)

All of our advertising is handled by Buy Sell Ads. They make it VERY easy for you to quickly upload your banner, and send you updates about your ad. The prices as you may notice are a little cheaper too. :) We offer a few different ad sizes for your convenience. If you are interested in advertising then head on over to our setup page.

All Things Cupcake will be having a Vegan Week April 13th – April 19th! You will still get all of the cupcake photos, recipes, tips, ideas, and products you usually get, but for one week they will all be vegan!

If you have any vegan recipes, products, tips, or ideas that you would like us to share during Vegan Week, please submit it to [email protected]. Please title your email “Vegan Week” Thanks!

Busy Bee’s Top 30 Website Award, 2009

All Things Cupcake was chosen as one of Busy Bee’s Top 30 Websites this year! We were in the Fun Blog category!

Thank you Busy Bee for including our blog!

We created a page called “Find Local Cupcakes” and we will be updating it with bakeries by state/area, etc. We need your help! Where do you get your cupcakes from?! and where do you live? Comment!

The time has come for me to ask for a little bit of help with the site :) This month alone, our stats have tripled and although, I’m not sure why… I have no complaints :) All Things Cupcake is looking for a few contributors to write about… CUPCAKES. If you want more information on this, send us an e-mail at [email protected]

Before you send an e-mail, please read a few requirements:

1) You must be familiar with blogging, linking, and posting.

2) We would love if you could post once a day, although we aren’t objecting to more than that.

3) This is an unpaid opportunity and is quite fun. You will however, be allowed to participate in reviews (receiving cupcake products for review, etc).

4) We will forward you submissions that others have sent in, regarding their cupcake product/site/recipe for you to post..  We do not expect you to go out searching for your own things to publish although we don’t mind if you do that.

If you are interested, feel free to write us an e-mail.

Like our new look? We knew you would! Thanks to Delicious Design Studio, we have a NEW look for 2009. Now we have more space in our sidebars (woohoo!) and are adding an archives page so you can find anything and everything we’ve ever posted about cupcakes! Isn’t that great? Thoughts!

We just opened up new spots in our sidebar over there. See them? We have dropped the price on one of our sections by $55! Seriously. For only $15 you can place your business’s logo, or even your blog in the sidebar and get tons of hits per day.

More details here:

http://buysellads.com/buy/detail/1072/

We will accept all blogs however it’s cool if it’s related to food/baking/sweets. If you feel like sponsoring All Things Cupcake with your blog, website, business, feel free!

(Pictured above…Pretty in Pink Cupcake Bear Plush by Paper Girl Productions, Sweetest Little Cupcake Name Bracelet by Sweetie Kai, Girls Child-Size Apron Set by The Diaper Bag Wrangler, Cupcake Cutie Soother Pacifier clip by Krafty Creations, Monogrammed Pink and Brown Dot Birthday Cupcake Onesie Tutu Set by avannabelbaby, and Yummy cupcake clippie by scrap-n-scribe)

I just wanted to share this post from the Muddy’s Bake Shop Blog…

In 2007, large toy manufacturers who outsource their production to China etc, sold toys with high lead content, unsafe parts, and made from dangerous chemicals. In response, Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) , which among other things, mandates third-party testing and certification for all toys. This testing will be easy for large corporations who churn out thousands of each toy a year.

However, the way the current act is written, it puts most small toy-making businesses out of business. All the Etsy sellers, crafts fair artisans, etc in America would also have to pay the $300-$4,000 fee for third-party testing for EACH toy that they make. This makes the crafts-fair toymaker extinct while Mattel and Bratz prosper.

Please visit the Handmade Toy Alliance for more information, including a sample letter and a list of state representatives and their contact information:
www.handmadetoyalliance.org

You can also sign the Handmade Toy Alliance petition here:
petition

I got a text message from CM Punk last Tuesday letting me know that not only did he get a cupcake tattoo that afternoon, but he also declares 2009 “Year of the Cupcake.” The first tattoo photo (taken with his Sidekick) was pretty bad so last night I asked him for a new one. This one’s better, believe it or not, and he said Shawn Michaels took it, which makes it even more awesome.

You may recall the Sugar Slam bake off I hosted a few months ago- Punk picked a Pepsi cupcake as the winner not only because it was named after him, but also because it wasn’t really frosted. What kind of frosting hater gets a cupcake tattoo?

2009: Year of the Cupcake according to CM Punk, you heard it here first.

I just noticed that ATC Celebrated it’s 1 Year Anniversary back on November 11th! It’s been a year filled with “All Things Cupcake“. I have tons of wonderful memories from this past year. What are some of your favorite memories that you have had with us? What was your favorite ATC post? What do you hope the future ATC brings?

Happy 1 year Anniversary ATC!

I would like to thank Jess for creating ATC. I would also like to thank all of the contributors, readers, and fans who have helped make All Things Cupcake what it is today!

After going through my e-mails (finally), I have decided to open up more spots in the sidebar for advertising! We have a few spots available in all different ad sizes, ranging from only $35 to $75 for the largest banner size! This is a great way to promote your blog, your business, your etsy shop. It doesn’t necessarily have to be about cupcakes, it can be about any sort of sweets, any type of baked goods, although cupcakes seem like it would ideal right? :)

Sign up while there are some spots left!

Happy Holidays <3

I am hosting an Auction for Conner this Saturday October 25th. 90% of the items are homemade by moms! I am donating a custom tutu set, and many other things. Since a large majority of the items are custom you can request things cupcake themed! :) All of the profits are going towards Conner’s surgery!

Here is a little bit of information about Conner…

Little Conner is in need of emergency surgery and unfortunately the only doctors who can deal with his case are in NY. This means that her insurance won’t cover the operation, because it is out of state. Conner has AVM or Arterio Venous Malformation if not treated it is deadly. The doctors say that he needs the surgery as soon as possible. His AVM is much worse than it typically can be and is progressing extremely fast.

Conner absolutely needs this surgery as soon as possible, the doctors say NO LATER than November.

Please visit Conner’s site, Keep Conner Smiling, for more information on the little guy.

Good news! Lulu’s has generously created a coupon for All Things Cupcake readers!!! Get 15% off between now and November 15th!! Have you seen their amazing cupcake items? We featured a few of them.. but in case you missed it.. check these out! Buy them! You get 15% off.

Coupon details: Type in allthingscupcake at checkout to receive your discount.