Thank you to soapmaker Samantha in Texas for emailing me about Etsy’s Cupcake Lab – tonight! – at 6 p.m. in Brooklyn, NY. Click here for more info.
If anyone goes, let me know how the Cupcake Ornament Making bonanza went!
Because They All Look Alike
I just picked up a pair of sweet key covers to help me identify important keys in a flash. ModClothhas three key covers (cupcake, mushroom and elephant). It’s no surprise which ones I got.
Cupcake Bag Schwag
Thank you Amanda from Dancing Panda Soapworks for sending me this link to an ultra cute Cupcake themed bag.
Click here to buy one of your own (if you live in the UK).
Cupcakes I Want-Want
Underwater Cupcake Decadence courtesy of Cupcakes A Go-Go in Sarasota, Florida. They deliver to Sarasota, Siesta Key, Casey Key, Longboat Key and N. Osprey areas so if you’re hungry in Florida, give ’em a call.
Nifty Cupcake Carrier
Thank you Donna Maria from Indie Beauty Network for alerting me to this.There IS a better way to carry cupcakes in style. I can’t wait to get one. It will be a great excuse to make my staff cupcakes so I can waltz into work with my new cupcake courier.
I may be getting a little too excited over this product, but did you notice that it comes with a lid too?Note to friends with kids: I will make your next snacktime food if you just let me sugar your kids up and use this Cupcake Courier to deliver.
Custom Cupcake Mold
It was bound to happen – the merging of soap and cupcakes. We just got this photo from our custom mold sculptor. It’ll take a while to make this into an actual mold; it’s still in the putty stage. But,soon, there will be a cupcake soap mold. Cheers all around!
Candles in a Cupcake
Thank you SoapyElephant for this cute Cupcake bag and Candle! It is totally handmade and colorful. You can buy your own here for the ultra affordable price of $12. Get ’em fast before Michelle gets carpal tunnel syndrome.
Thank you for the kind and generous gift.
Alabama Round Up, tomorrow
Today was informative and fun – it helps that it involved three Red Velvet Cupcakes (my fat cells are bulging with sugared delight). I will post a full round-up with photos tomorrow morning.
That’s Debbie on the left from True Soaps with her precious Tank soap cutter.
Alabama Soap Meeting, "It’s Hot!"
Greetings from sunny, warm Alabama. It is warm here, like walking into a hot yet damp blanket every time you step outside.
The Alabama Soap Meeting (day one) was fun, professionally run and all the attendees are (super duper!) warm and welcoming.
The program had a good mix of demonstrations – M&P Cupcakes, Soapless Facial Cleanser, and a fun “15 minutes of Fame” segment with soap stamping, shrink wrapping and cutting soap. The soap cupcakes came out perfectly. Karen used mica to make faux-sprinkles.
Beth H. did a great job job showing us how to use some serious arm muscle and mica to make the stamps really pop! on the soap.
Dianne from Dearly Yours brought a special Coconut Macadamia Sea Salt Scrub (scented with Cucumber Melon) for me. The scrub has a melt and pour Cucumber on top. The soap slice is a sophisticated touch.
Along the way, there were some baby kittens found outside and adopted. They are called “Bubbles” and “Soapy.” They were very small (albeit flea-ridden) and seemed happy to be held and bottle-fed. They’re the mascots of the show!
We finished the night in Debbie’s (TrueSoap’s Debbie) room, “snorting soap” (her quote, not mine) and talking fragrance and business.
I can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings.
PS – PJ, I’ll do the MP tutorial Saturday or Sunday, I promise…
Perfect for Single Party Servings
FredFlare is making my heart go pitter-patter for this single cupcake stand. Made out of hand blown glass, the stand measures just 8″ tall. At $60 each, getting enough for a whimsical dessert set might seem extravagant but for the person that has everything? I’m betting they don’t have these.
Click here to read an interview with the (female!) glassblower who designs these trendy, topical, trig pieces.
Tiffany’s Cupcake Charm
Cupcake Art
Thank you New York Times Bitten Blog for making my evening that much sweeter.
For their book, Hello Cupcake!, cake artists Karen & Alan made this amazing sheet of cupcakes and frosted it in an extraordinary way.
Though, as a cupcake connoisseur, I suspect some of that frosting is so darkly colored that it doesn’t taste great. But, whatever… I’ll suffer for art.
Sushi Cupcakes
This is what the crafty artist says about this cupcake design on the Craftster Forum:
3 days, 3 pounds of white sprinkles, 3 pounds of butter, 1 pound flour, 2 pounds powdered sugar, 1 pound sugar, 110 green cupcake foils, 10 bento (lunch) boxes, 10 chopsticks later, 1 bag gummy worms, and 1 bag gummy fish later
A Real Cupcake
Thank you to an astute Soap Queen reader for telling me about Sugar Bliss, the cutest cupcakes I’ve seen for a while (at least a week!).
Feast your eyes … and if you’re lucky enough to live in Chicago, get delivery!