Cupcake Mania!
[ 2 March 2007 ]
I love cupcakes. I find their aesthetic inspiring, but I also usually enjoy looking at them more than eating them. Most cupcakes are, in my experience, fairly disappointing on the tongue — except for the cupcakes at Crabapple Bakery in Prahran, Melbourne! Anyway, I am a fan. Proof: I named my mailing list in honor of them, & I have three tattooed on my arm.
So, they’re quite trendy at the moment, which is great news for those of us who have a fondness for them. Like with any trend that touches on something you love, I suggest you take advantage of it & snap up as much as you can.
Here are some things I’ve found recently with a cupcake motif:
Buttons featuring cupcakes with ghosts from Nut & Bee! These are made by a girl I know called Annette who lives in New Zealand. We used to send each other FAXES, how old school is that? We met on a.g.f. — yes, the alt.gothic.fashion newsgroup! — in about 1996. Wow.
Hello Kitty cupcake tote from Hot Topic. I like this very much, but as much as I love Hello Kitty, if someone gave me a cupcake with her head on it, I think I would be creeped out. It kind of reminds me of this very scary photograph. (Cool idea though, right?)
Cupcake coin purse from Hot Topic. So cute & omg, it’s in my colours! The idea of a coin purse annoys me, since I hate carrying change & rarely do, but I am entertaining the idea of a shopping purse — it would contain all my stupid membership cards from boutiques, cafes & juice bars. I hate foraging around in my wallet for them. Hmmm.
Blue cupcake-covered thermal also from Hot Topic! Oh sullen Hot Topic model, we feel your pain. Cute thermal though! I would totally wear the hell out of this in winter.
Pink cupcake rainboots from Target. I’ve never been into an American Target so I have no idea what it’s like, but oh my god, cupcake rainboots?! They also come in lavender, for those of you who don’t dig on pink (for shame!).
A cupcake hat from Pixelgirl! Oh my god. I wonder how it would look on a head. Possibly horrific. Does anyone want to take a gamble?
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala 
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maybe we should have dress up like a cupcake day…
Oooh… I like it!
I’m picturing pink poofy skirts, strawberry lipstick, turqoise shoes… oh! and vanilla perfume!
Yes, definately nice to look and not nice to eat!
I made some last night (http://flickr.com/photos/annarose7/405611135/) but the amount of icing you have to put on to get a nice top is completely sickening!
Aw! Yay! Thank you for linking to Nut and Bee :D
I have to admit that I am very fond of the eating part too, when it comes to cupcakes. I wish someone would make super-fancy ones with interesting flavours in Auckland (or maybe they do, and I just don’t know about it…)
my favourite cupcakes ever are the ones that you make using the boxed cake mix with white cake and coloured sprinkles mixed in and then you you top them with green icing and a scattering of dinosaur-shaped sprinles on top. i think cupcakes are best served at tea parties where the cups and suacers are anitques bought at thrift stores and don’t match each other and everyone dresses up ridiculously and it’s like being five again.
it’s the perfect way to spend a sunday afternoon.
and this is kind of unrealated but cupcakes made me think about your party book with the cupcake and sparkler on top – i absolutely love that pic!! anyways — i was wondering if your book is available from stores or just online?? because i really want to buy it but i don’t have a credit card, haha.
thanks – lovelove
Anna Rose — I saw them on my photostream thing on Flickr! Very pink! Did you make them in preparation for your tea party? So wish I was going to be there, haha!
Annette — I don’t know of any either, you should make them yourself! Start a roaring cupcake business! Though you’re probably busy enough already!
Carleen — Dinosaur shaped sprinkles, awesome! My book is currently only available online. Where do you live? I could accept well-concealed cash if you want to do it that way?
well i kind of live half a world away… pretty much just stick a chop stick straight through the globe and you’ve found me (canada).
ho hum – i’ll have to find someone who would be willing to buy it for me!!
thanks darling!
How cute! I love cupcakes, too. So much, in fact, that instead of a wedding cake, I’m having cake stands full of cupcakes.
Courtney — That’s so cute! I want pink glittery ones for my birthday.
Check it;
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SJ-Cute-Hello-Kitty-and-cupcake-charm-necklace_W0QQitemZ270027994985QQihZ017QQcategoryZ35239QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
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ooh.. i stretched the page with the linkage. apologies miss tips hat
That’s okay… it’s cute!
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/POppy-DIY-love-ICE-CREAM-wrist-CUFFS-warmers-PUNK-Emo
_W0QQitemZ120091830042QQihZ002QQcategoryZ3004QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
more indulgences! (i am ebay whoring it up today. oh the shame)
Oh my GODDDDD. !!!!
I’ve got cupecake-obsession because of You, Gala!;D
I’m going to bake them!