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 was lucky enough to spend this past weekend in San Luis Obispo, CA and while shopping in the Cal Poly Tech University bookstore I came across some great cupcake finds.  Some of which I could not resist buying one for myself and one to save as a gift!

Ganz Cupcake Luggage Tag

Bad Cupcake Shopping Bag

Cupcake Flour Sack Towel

The Cupcake Cauldron gave her friends and co-workers some of her favorite Holiday flavors this holiday season. She chose Egg Nog, Peppermint Mocha and Gingerbread with Cream Cheese frosting to give as gifts!

What a great gift idea! They look so delicious! Thank you for sharing your cupcakes with us!

One of my best friends just announced last week that she is having another baby and I couldn’t be more thrilled for her.  So in honor of this new little life, I found some cute Etsy essential baby items to share. 

Cupcake Pacifier Clip $5

 Cupcake Onesie $6

Cupcake Newborn Mittens $5

Cupcake Baby Blanket $35

Cupcake Diaper Bag $59.95

Pottery Barn Kids has a realistic looking toy version of everyone’s favorite food.  They have a cake and cupcake set made out of fabric, making it safe for little kids.  The set includes 4 differently designed cupcakes  for $24.00 and the cake which is purchased separately for $34.00.

For those of you who are last minute shoppers, here are some cute cupcake gift ideas from some skilled Etsy sellers. Only 9 days left until Christmas!

Christmas Cupcake Bib 3 for $19.99

Cupcake Christmas Tree Ornament $9.95

Cupcake Christmas Earrings $10.20

If you are looking for a unique gift for the cupcake lover you know, this customizable cupcake sign available from Three Potato Four might be just what you have been searching for.   You choose the between red, yellow, green and blue for the text color.  Then add the name, and the shop/service, as show in the picture above it is cupcakes! This vintage sign is approximately 24″w x 16″h and costs $150.00

Sarah Hough Paper has created several products featuring cupcakes.  There is the 200 page spiral bound Cupcake Crazy Chunky Notebook which costs 4.95 euro.   The Cupcake Crazy Skinny Notebook containing 40 blank pages for 1.95 euro.

Or there is the Dancing Ledge Notecard Collection which contains 8 notecards for 5.95 euro.  The pack is mixed which means you get four images, two of which will be the Cupcake Crazy pattern.  All Sarah Hough Paper products are entirely make in the UK.

Forever MK Cupcakes recently launched their “Create a Cupcake” factory.

Custom design your own cupcake trinket box and include a pink necklace with cupcake charm, and a certificate for less than $20.

All  cupcakes come in a FMK signature Cupcake Box.  This is a great gift for that cute little pixie of a girl in your life.

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Forever MK Cupcakes
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Sadly I am unable to translate this site and the description despite my years of high school French.  I do however know a cupcake when I see one! I can also deduce that “en stock” means that this cupcake card is available for purchasing.

Looking for a special way to wrap a holiday gift this year? Well, I found some cute cupcake containers on Etsy today that would be perfect holders for a sweet little present. 

Create Your Own Cupcake Gift Box$6 

 Ceramic Cupcake Trinket Box $20

I was just bumming around online and i stumbled across these lovely ingenious water bottles from CafePress. Perfect Christmas gift for the one cupcake lover that cant seem to get in all their water in one day!

Three Cupcakes Sigg Water Bottle

Cupcakes Sigg Water Bottle

Alphabet Plates offers two cute customizable cupcake plate options.   Both plates have blue background however you can choose between a chocolate cupcake with pink frosting or a chocolate cupcake with white frosting.  Of course you also choose the name.  The plates are $22.00 each and read “—– loves cupcakes.”  I know that when I was growing up I loved anything that was specifically mine and not my siblings so I am sure this will make any child happy!

Since Christmas is coming quickly, the holiday catalogs have begun to fill mailboxes.  While flipping through Pottery Barn Teen I came across this gift idea.  It is a set of three cupcake shaped storage holders.  The set comes with one cupcake of each color and size for $29.00.

As I was picking up the mail yesterday I found one of  my Favorite Catalogs in my mail box, The Lakeside Collection . I love this catalog but I loved this one even more. The whole front cover is advertising all cupcake items!

This is what the cover looks like;

The 2 items that are on the front cover are these 2 items …

Hello, Cupcake Book

AND

Cupcake Cake Pan

These are great gifts for all the aspiring cupcake bakers both young and old out there!

Enjoy!

If you not only love the taste of vanilla cupcakes but also the smell then you will enjoy Sephora’s Vanilla Cupcake Body Collection. The collection includes dry oil, body wash, bubble bath, and body scrub with prices ranging from $8-$16.  The scent was originally part of the gift package for members and had a cupcake image on the bubble bath container.  It was so popular that they added it as one of their Sephora brand lines.

If you are looking for a unique way to display your cupcakes, an individual cupcake stand is an alternative to cupcake trees.  These antique white ceramic stands come as a set of six and are available from farmhouse wares for $38.95.

I am always trying to find new and different jewlery and home goods as well and i stumbled upon this love website called ShanaLogic . After I found some cure camera earrings I said to myself , “Mhhh, they MUST have cupcake stuff!” So I did a Cupcake Search on the site and found LOTS of inspring cupcake things. These are a few of my favorites …

Wear a cupcake around your neck with this Happy Cupcake Necklace

Check out your sweet little self with this Cupcake Pocket Mirror

Wear your cupcake on your sleeve, or on your shirt with this Cupcake Shirt (they also have it in Plus Size)

I think i know what i am doing with my Christmas Bonus! :-)

Quick! Hurry! This Cupcake Tea Towel is available on 3Potato4 for $8.00.  It comes as shown, white with green stitching and includes the sewn on loop so it can be hung as pictured.  There’s also a tea cup one on sale as well.  Hurry and get yours before this cute deal sell out!

This porcelain cupcake container is by kgrandey and available via etsy for $35.00.  According to the description, the cupcake container is slightly larger then an actual cupcake.  I think it’s great for holding small things like hair ties or the buttons that come with clothes that you never know what to do with but are afraid to throw out.

Based in the great northwest, Cindy of Angel Heart Design specializes in handmade ceramic pieces that speak from the heart.  Some of her cupcake designs include this cupcake clock and cupcake nightlight.

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Angel Heart Designs
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As the weather gets too cold for ice cream, Bergdorf Goodmans offers a fun and tasty way to remember those hot summer days.  Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes that come in a set of 4 for $50.00 each.  The set includes two of each variation, one with a milk chocolate dipped cone and another with a strawberry-flavored chocolate dipped cone.  A second option is the Chocolate Cupcake Set. This set is two solid milk chocolate cupcakes with white frosting and sprinkles. The cost is $28.00 for the set of 2.  What is nice is that to ensure freshness, you choose the day you want them to be delivered.  They almost look too good to eat, almost.

Dean & Deluca two delicious looking cupcake options for this fall.  One of which is a set of nine cupcakes, which means you get three of each flavor for $55.00.  The flavor options include pumpkin with cinnamon cream cheese frosting,  chocolate with  chocolate buttercream, and Madagascar bourbon vanilla with vanilla buttercream.

Dean & Deluca’s second option are little cupcakes are made out of white, milk, and dark chocolate that come with three filling options.  Those options include chestnut caramel, spiced pumpkin, and maple walnut.  The set comes with nine cupcake chocolates for $48.00.

My best cupcake hunter friend sent this to me this morning and I couldn’t wait to share it.  A cupcake car? Yes, it can be your’s  this Christmas for just $25,000!  Neiman Marcus will customize it for you.  This is quite possibly the coolest cupcake item I have ever seen.  It’s tops on my list this year!

Put on your matching hat, slip under the muffin top of your Cupcake Car, and let the world figure itself out for awhile. Get (or give) the sheer, joyful chaos of a gift that is mind-blowing, triple-dog-dare, double-infinity forever cool. Make the kids or grandkids literally squeal with joy. Bring it to work and buzz the breakroom. Crash parades! Putter about the ‘hood. Ever had a crowd of kids chasing after you just for the crazy gleeful heck of it? (No worries, the top speed is a comfy-safe 7 mph.) What’s it made of? A 24-volt electric motor, a heavy-duty battery, sheet metal, wire, fabric, wood…and mad genius. Launched at Burning ManSM as a cooperative art car project, the Cupcake Car sprang from the fevered mind of Bay Area artist Lisa Pongrace and her less-rules-more-laughs posse of artists and techno geeks. Yours will be tricked out with your favorite topping, so start thinking flavors.

I a big fan of presents and birthdays which is why I secretly love those belated birthday gifts that surprise you when they show up.  I had a small package waiting for me yesterday when I go done with classes and one of the items inside was a charm for my Pandora bracelet.  The popular Pandora bracelets are the new version of charm bracelets.  The charm I received was of course a cupcake! It is sterling silver with 14k gold on top and is $35.oo.