This week’s giveaway is sponsored by Etsy seller Nattie Cakes Decor. She specializes in beautifully made hair clips, beanies and headbands for little girls.   And of course, she has sweet cupcake items available in her shop:

 When my package from her shop arrived, I was beyond thrilled with these lovely well-made treasures.  My daughter squealed with delight and quickly wanted to put them in her hair.   The only problem we had was deciding which one to wear first! 

This week we have a very special type of giveaway fromNattie Cakes.  You get to choose your prize!  Actually your PRIZES!  Nattie Cakes is giving away a $25 gift certificate to her shop.  You can choose clips, headbands, beanies- any mix up to $25 and you get free shipping too. 

To enter this giveaway, first go to Nattie Cakes’ Etsy shop and pick out a favorite item.  Then come back to ATC and click on the comment area below.  Tell us the item and an item you think would be a great addition to her shop.  One winner will be chosen on Monday, January 24th. 

Make sure to “Like” Nattie Cakes Decor’s Facebook page too!  It is a great way to stay up to date on her new items and sales. 

I am always looking for the cutest checks that I can find and by golly I think I found the next ones for me.

Cupcake Craze Checks from Bradford Exchange Checks

You can also purchase this Cupcake Craze Checkbook Cover

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It is no surprise to anyone that I love Etsy and cupcakes. I also love anything vintage and am a hippie at heart. So I think I have found the perfect necklace on Etsy(of course)  from Chocolate Silver Designs.

Vintage Peace, Love, Cupcake Necklace

I came across My Favorite Things because one of my favorite artists, Stephanie Fizer has created illustrations for them, like these really cute robots.  My Favorite Things is a website that sells clear stamps and while looking around on the site I noticed quite a few cupcake stamps.  Most of the stamps are pretty girly looking like a bunny named Flopsey holding a cupcake or a little girl hugging a cupcake (each shown above).  The prices for the stamps range in price from $9.00-11.00.

Additionally, I really like the cupcake card template which features the à la modes birthday girl stamp. It’s a downloadable file that costs $1.95.

How often do we hear someone say, “You are the icing on my cupcake!”? Well if you do not hear it enough you then purchase this sign from Funki Folk Art’s Etsy store and hear(or see) it every day. I love the pink on the edges and the vintage feel to the sign.

You Are the Icing on My Cupcake Sign

I have been craving pancakes lately which got me thinking about pancake cupcake recipes.  I came across this recipe for stuffed pancake cupcakes by Katin Cooks.  They look pretty interesting and I think I might give them a try this weekend (recipe below).  I like that they’re semi-home made but wonder if they’re still cupcakes without frosting? Does syrup count?

Ingredients
2 cups Original Bisquick mix
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 stick butter
12 tbsp filling: try Nutella, fruit jam, or cream cheese
confectioners sugar for sprinkling
maple syrup for serving

Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Generously coat the bottom & sides of a 12-muffin tin with butter. Make Bisquick pancakes per instructions on the box. Fill each cup in the muffin tin half-way. Add 1 tbsp of filling to the middle of each muffin, then cover with the remaining pancake mix. Bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven, place on serving dish & use a flour sifter to sprinkle with sugar. Serve with warm syrup.

Serves 6

WallCandy Arts creates reusable wall stickers and wall art.  These wall decals can easily be removed and reapplied without leaving any marks on the walls.  One of there products is a large cupcake wall decal that doubles as a chalkboard; Which was what we here at ATC were sent to review.

I love this product and have to admit it is one of my favorite reviews so far.  As the website states it is easy to use, you simply peel the decal off the backing, stick it onto the wall and smooth out any air pockets with your hands.   Then when you want to remove or rearrange the layout, you just peel the decal off the wall.  It comes off with out damaging the walls.  These wall decals are great because you don’t have to use nails that leave holes in walls or I’ve had comand hooks peel off the paint before.  So if you are looking for a unique way to decorate, these are a great option. Read the rest of this entry »

This time of year is the best cupcake hunting time. It seems that so many retailers pair Valentine’s Day and cupcakes and I love it! Here’s some of the sweet items I found yesterday in Target’s dollar section:

Cupcake socks, dry erase board, oven mitt and pot holder and cupcake erasers. They also had cupcake shirts for small dogs.

Facebook fan, Lindsey also found this cupcake bank at her Target.

I have also had Valentine cupcake sightings at Michael’s, Hobby Lobby and my favorite Kohl’s.

Kohl’s cupcake placemats, wreath, table runner and vinyl tablecloth.  These photos only show half of what they have available this year.   All are so sweet and so tempting! 

Please click on the comment area below and let us know about your cupcake sightings this week.  

Our Stella Dot Cupchain winner is…
Beckster
January 3rd, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Love the “Together Forever” necklace. That was the title of my husband and mine’s wedding song!!!!

Congratulations! Please email your mailing address to [email protected].  Thanks again to all who entered the giveaway and thank you Lisa Daly for sponsoring this giveaway.

I have been to Target more times in the past few days then I would like to admit.  On one of my many trips I found this cupcake lamp that would be perfect for a little girls’ room! I think it’s cute that the cupcake looks like it it sitting on a plate.  I also like that it is somewhat simple with pink ric-rack along the top and bottom of the lamp shade.  Brown and pink are such popular colors right now that it’s easy to match other pieces to this lamp. The table lamp costs $99.99 and might be eligible for free shipping.

Green Party Goods has once again done it, amazing cupcake items that are good for the earth. They have 3 new awesome silicone cupcake molds to choose from and bake with.

Totem Silicone Cupcake Forms

ROBO Cupcake Form

Trophy Silicone Cupcake Form

Happy Saturday to all our sweet fans! 

This is just a reminder that Sunday is the last day to enter our Stella Dot Ava Cupchain Necklace giveaway sponsored by Lisa Daly. Please click here to go to the original post to enter.

Good luck!

Call Me Cupcake has modified a Martha Stewart recipe to create these Apple Spice Caramel Cupcakes.  Not only does the recipe sound delicious but I love the little green fondant apples used to decorate the cupcakes! The blog is written in Swedish so I used Google Translate to convert the text to English for the recipe which can be found below.

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Happy New Year cupcake fans! Our first giveaway of 2011 is a special one.  I’d like to introduce you to Stella Dot’s Ava Cupchain necklace.  Now I know it doesn’t have too much to do with cupcakes but isn’t it beautiful?  To me the little Czech stones resemble our little cuppies but maybe I just have cupcakes on the brain!  I love that the ribbon tie allows this necklace to be any length you wish.  I wear my cupchain often and get many admirers checking it out. 

Now you have the chance to win this necklace from Stella Dot seller, Lisa Daly.   First, visit Lisa’s Stella Dot site and peruse all the amazing  jewelry, girl’s items and totes they have to offer.  Then come back to ATC and click on the comment area below and tell us what was your favorite item. 

One winner will be chosen on Monday, January 10th.   

Check out a few of my other favorite Stella Dot pieces!

Special thanks to Lisa Daly for sponsoring this wonderful giveaway!

Now it is no secret that your ATC contributors are totally and completely obsessed with cupcakes but I have to admit another obsession in my life: crafts.  And cupcake crafts?  Well, they are what I dream about at night!  I love making polymer clay cupcakes, crocheted cupcakes, soap cupcakes, fabric cupcakes, felt cupcakes and so many more than I need not admit too.  So this week I thought I might share what some of my next cupcake craft projects might be.  Click on the links to find the tutorial for each craft.  

Cupcake Washcloths

How adorable would these be for a baby shower?  And if you haven’t seen the diaper cupcakes yet, you must click here!  So stinkin’ cute!

 Cupcake Ornaments

Perfect week to craft these cuppies.  I can picture my whole Christmas tree decorated with them!  What a sight that would be…

 Pin the Candle on the Cupcake  Game

Why didn’t I see this before I had my daughter’s cupcake birthday party?  Argh!  You could also make a pink or blue one and it would be a perfect baby shower game too.   Or maybe make a red and green one for a holiday party?  The possibilities are endless!

Feel free to leave a link to your favorite DIY cupcake in the comment area below too.

On this chilly December night these hot chocolate cupcakes sound perfect!  This cupcake recipe is courtesy of Babble, a website for parents.  Naturally I love that the cupcakes are baked in mugs and actually look like a cup of hot chocolate!

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Since it has been freezing outside here in North Carolina and Christmas is right around the corner, it seems like the perfect time to bake Gingerbread Cupcakes!  I came across this recipe which has been adapted from Land O Lakes by Baked By Rachel.  My favorite part of these cupcakes might be that Rachel topped them with little gingerbread men cookies.  Rachel kept her cupcakes simple by not decorating the gingerbread men but you could easily add some flare to your cupcake and decorate the cookies as well.

Hello all my fellow cupcake lovers out in Cupcake Land! Did anyone happen to catch the newest episode of Cupcake Wars on the Food Network last Tuesday at 9pm? I haven’t had the chance to watch it, but I didn’t even know that there was a new season of Cupcake Wars going on until I was channel flipping yesterday.

Here is a look at the contestants from the premiere last week — Cupcake Wars Competitors (Tree Lighting) (if you follow this link  it shows you who the winner is)

Check out one of the winning cupcake recipes right here — Chocolate Peanut Butter Ball Cupcake

Enjoy the season everyone!

Santa Baby is one of my favorite Christmas songs to sing to and dance with. So when I found these Santa Baby Cupcake Toppers from The Gypsy Factory’s Etsy Shop I was singing extra verses of the song and dancing my lil’ cupcake shaped heart out!

Here are some more Christmas Cupcake items from The Gypsy Factory —

Red and White Stripe Christmas Cupcake Wrappers

Retro Peppermint Merry Christmas Cupcake Topper and Wrapper Set

Glam Elves Christmas Cupcake Toppers

These fondant cupcake toppers which have been crafted to look like Santa Claus’s face make decorating your cupcakes easy. For $15.00 you get a dozen fondant Santa’s handcrafted by Two Sugar Babies.  If you’re considering ordering these, hurry and place your order, because they are made-to-order they take extra time and there’s only two weeks until Christmas!

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

Check out these gorgeous photos! Keira’s Cakes is a small home-run business near London. Visit their website for even more cupcake beauty!

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I love this super easy DIY cupcake topper idea.  One Charming Party call’s them Jackson Pollock cupcake toppers since they resemble the abstract art created by Pollock.  All you need to create these simple decorations are candy melts, ziplock or disposable pasty bags, and wax paper.  Then follow the three steps below to create your own unique toppers.

1. Melt candy melts in a glass bowl in the microwave. Spoon the melted candy melts into disposable frosting  bags.

2. Cut the tip of the bag a tiny bit to allow the melted candy melts to get out.

3. Make random paint splatters onto wax paper. Let them cool. Place on top of your cupcakes.

Congrats to this week’s Cupcake Cutie winner!

isabeau
November 30th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
I love the popcorn one!
I think they should add a face/head one and you could make the top brains! Perfect for halloween or people who just love to be different and scare and freak out their friends!

Please email your mailing address to [email protected].  Thanks again to Cupcake Cuties for sponsoring this week’s giveaway!

So I know that we here at ATC seem to be obsessed with Christmas Ornaments in the shape of Cupcakes, who wouldn’t be?  But these ones have to be the cutest and most original cupcake ornaments I have ever seen!

They come in 2 different sizes, mini and large as well as many different colors.  They are one of a kind, not one is the same.

Cupcake Ornaments from Kiwi and Kiki’s Etsy Shop.