Art and Cupcakes are two words I love to hear together and so does Caboodle Cupcakes of Indiana Terre Haute, Indiana. Yesterday they had a an art exhibit of all cupcake art. Here is some of the art that was shown —
"One is never enough" by David Erickson
If you are in the Terre Haute area stop in and see some of the art.
Who is your favorite cupcake artist?
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When my sister shared with me Gemma Correll’s flickr I immediately loved her cupcake images. The first image, titled “Let Them Eat Cake” shown left is exactly how I feel about cupcakes, you can eat them, just not so many that it becomes unhealthy. People always find my interests to be contradicting since I have a love of cupcakes but studied nutrition in college but Gemma’s image sums up how we should go about eating cupcakes. I also liked the cupcake fight image (featured below) with a cupcake that has gotten into a fight so he has a bite taken out of him.
Gemma Correll has tons of other fun photos on her flickr page or her website features her portfolio. She also has an etsy page, for the purchase of her art and other goods.
After my post about the Blue Q Cupcake Shopper by the fine folks of 64 Colors, I took a tour of the 64 Colors photostream. And what d’ya know: more cupcakes!
Cakewalk
Falling
Cuppycake Pals
Hello Kitty Print
Also, I checked around the internet, and as I far as I can tell everything here was custom, either one-of-a-kind and already sold or for a show. However, if you like 64 Colors and you don’t mind your merch not having a cupcake on it, check out their online store or search for them at Rotofugi.
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.
photo courtesy of Look Cupcake
These were created for a first birthday party that was ever-so-appropriately hosted at Woodland Park Zoo. I like the mural-like frosting art on the cake, but am particularly tickled by the detailing on the cupcakes:
Photo courtesy of Look Cupcake
Rawr! Beware the wild cupcake! They may be sweet, but they are fierce!
Today is my (hungry runner’s) birthday and I just received an email which included Ten Images of Inspiration, Birthday themed by Design is Mine. The first two images from the set of ten, shown below, are perfect for cupcake lovers. The first image is by Paul Barbera and is from Book out now in Holland Cup Cakes. The second, a partially eaten cupcake from Danske’s Flikr. To view the other ten images be sure to check out Design is Mine!
Like most foods, there are many ways to eat a cupcake. In my family everyone’s always had a different style but my mom’s was the one stood out the most. When I saw the image above from Twin B, I immediately thought of my mom and how she eats cupcakes. My mom will take the cupcake and separate it into a top and bottom half, then she will place the bottom half on to of the frosting to make a “sandwich.” This way each bite contains equal parts cake and frosting! How do you eat a cupcake?
Cupcake Dress Display by Alice in Cakeland
This lovely dress, which is possibly the best cupcake stand ever, was created by Alice in Cakeland for the kickoff of Amsterdam International Fashion Week at Maison de Bonneterie. Alice in Cakeland was founded by American transplant Rebecca Treherne, who decided to start up her own bespoke, American-style cupcakery because she “was disappointed to not find an American cupcake that tasted as good as it looked” in the fine city of Amsterdam. These are some fine looking cupcakes, so I hope that Rebecca has succeeded in her mission to make them taste as good as they look.
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!
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.
64 Colors is an amazing collaboration of talented individuals who make art out of the unusual, and this is their latest creation, a commissioned 8 inch Dunny (a vinyl art toy produced by Kidrobot). Their customer who is a collector asked them to produce the ‘Cupcake’ Dunny in their own vision, and they did a beautiful job. As their website is under construction, if you like this, check out their flickr page for all their other creations.
The more I look at her adorable little face and sad stunning eyes, the more I want to rugby style tackle its owner and run off screaming “she’s mine, she’s mine!”
Southbank Centre, an arts and culture center in London, recently spearheaded a new project of interest to us cupcake-lovers: Poetry Cupcakes!
GPS, otherwise known as Global Poetry System, is a Southbank Centre project that tries to explore and map the poetry of the world. The project is built on the idea that poetry is all around us, from gravestones to graffiti. GPS invites people to take a fresh look at where they are and to find the poetry that inspires them.
And today I have: poetry on a cupcake. The project has earned a nickname: Poetry Digest! Ha! Get it? Digest!
Why didn’t my English teachers think of this?
Created by B Mok is this amazing photograph of a deconstructed/reconstructed sundae in the form of cupcakes. B Mok seems to be talented in many medias but his photography is an area where he is talent truly excels. Here both the photograph and the cupcakes look perfect!.
These fanciful pointillist cupcake scenes are the work of Nessa Guillet, artist and graduate of Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. While Nessa’s work covers many other themes, as a fellow cupcake lover Nessa especially wanted to share these pieces with All Things Cupcake.
Ladybug Cupcake
Alice in Cupcakeland
Alice in Cupcakeland 2
Regarding the inspiration for her art, Nessa says, “My art is really an expression of my love of daydreaming as well as dreaming (both as an adult and as a child). I like to imagine worlds that I could be a part of.” As far as cupcakes are concerned, “Red velvet and anything dark chocolate related are my all time favorite flavors. I am in the process of trying to create a breakfast cupcake involving a poached egg, rosemary, and maple syrup covered bacon…we’ll see how it goes : )”
While Nessa says that she does not presently have original artwork or prints for sale, she is more than happy to take commissions. You can contact Nessa at nessa.guillet(at)gmail.com.
Thought I would share today’s Family Circus Comic:
art by Cakespy (who else?!)
In my time writing with ATC, I’ve seen a lot of things cupcake: clothing, tattoos, furniture, events, drawings, and of course the genuine article in many shapes and sizes. What I have not yet seen is a cupcake-themed art gallery. Until now.
The beloved Emerald City-based and cupcake-themed artist Cakespy just bought her own art gallery in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. As of April 1st, Cakespy, a.k.a. Jessie Oleson, and her husband became owners of Bluebottle Art Gallery. They will keep the gallery open as they transition and will have a grand-opening/re-opening party on May 8th when Bluebottle officially merges with Cakespy Shop. As you might expect, the event will feature cupcakes as art and in their edible form.
Painting For The Home and Heart by Amy Keys
I found these awesome handpainted cupcake plates by Amy on Facebook and I fell completely in love with all of her work. She does tons of personalized items…perfect for gifts!
I found these adorable little cupcake friends on MagicBeanBuyer’s Flickr Photostream. MagicBeanBuyer’s got all kinds of painted polymer clay preciousness on her Etsy site, many of whom are just as cute as these little buttons and also have baked goods on their heads. These cupcake buddies run between $16 and $20.
sweet treat print – cupcakes $99
I was looking through one of my most favorite catalogs, baby & child – Restoration Hardware, and came across this super cute cupcake art.
Then I saw this adorable felt cupcake mobile that happens to be sold out! :(
And this felt cupcake box set that also is sold out!
Musician and more recently artist, Pharrell Williams was recently on the cover of Modern Painters. Inside, the article discussed some of Pharrell’s latest works of art including a line of chairs. More importantly to all cupcake fans is the cupcake he created. The cupcake is part of a series which features items that Williams views as underrated essentials. The cupcake is made out of 18k white gold and 5,218 stones, including 32.61 ct. cognac diamonds, 15.39 ct. brown diamonds, and 44.5 ct. white diamond. The piece of art stands 2¼ inches high and is 3 inches in diameter. The best part is in a vernissage interview Williams is claims “the irony and the twist of it, the poetry of the project is that no matter how good that looks to people, for me, the taste of cupcakes is worth far more than diamonds could ever be.”
I think cupcakes are pretty great. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t be writing for All Things Cupcake, right? But it takes something special for me to bestow an “OMFGBBQ CUTECAKES!” award. CakeSpy has it…CakeSpy, in fact, takes the cutecake.
I first discovered CakeSpy a few years ago at I Heart Rummage, a local artist swapmeet that goes on every other month at Chop Suey (Capitol Hill, Seattle). I stood at the booth for at least five minutes paralyzed and making cute noises over freakin’ adorable drawings of wee little cupcakes living their little cupcake lives: checking the interwebs at a coffeeshop, falling in love, and running from zombies. It made my week. 
Turns out that CakeSpy (aka artist and writer Jessie Oleson) not only does prints of the wee lives of cupcakes, she also have a blog and plenty more merch. I mean really – what says awesome like a hip cupcakes and unicorns tee in the closet, a cupcakes and unicorn checkbook in your purse and teeny-beeny cupcake and unicorn magnets on the fridge?
I thought I would share some of the some of the cupcake images I have come across lately. This photograph of a tray of unfrosted mini cupcakes is captured by Laurie Frankel, whose clients have included companies such as William Sonoma, Nestle, and Martha Stewart Living. (Image courtesy of lushee)
Cupcake Heaven Print
Cupcakes of Happiness Print
Cupcake Postcard Set
Second is photography by Susannah Conway who is also a writer. From her shop the 8×8 inch prints can be ordered for $30.00 each or the postcard set which includes 6 postcards, 2 of each image for $10.00. Below are additional cupcake photographs by Conway which are from her website.
Finally there is my favorite, Elodie Rambaud. I was first drawn to the cupcake photographs because they are simple and look delicious. Then as I saved the images I realized they were unique flavors including Sesame Tahini, Apricot Ginger, and my personal favorite, Pumpkin Maple. It’s my opinion a good photograph of food not only looks good but makes you wish you could eat it. There are more cupcake images as well as other sweet treats so take a look at her site.
Sesame Tahini
Apricot Ginger
Pumpkin Maple
This cute image of a deer approaching a cupcake is by Elizabeth Soule Photography. While the image is from her “Little Zoo” series, it is the only one that features a cupcake. The image can be ordered as a card, or various sizes of prints including 6″x6″ or 12″x12″ or two photo box sizes. The prices range from $3.50 for the card to $70.00 for the largest print size option.
Well, we here on the U.S. East coast are in the midst of a large snow storm today that will allow us to have our first white Christmas in many, many years. Have you noticed it’s also snowing here at ATC? In honor of this snowy weather, I went to Etsy and looked up “snow cupcakes” and found some nice little treasures to share with all of you. To all who are enjoying the white stuff out your window, stay warm and eat a cupcake!
