A Few of My Favorite Things
I’ve been having a lot of fun when it comes to cupcakes and I want to share with you a few of my favorite cupcake-related items from the past year. So, read on and then we’ll have a little guessing giveaway for some of them.
I think most of us have heard about Sprinkles Cupcakes and if you’re like me you’re waiting with milk in hand until they decide to open one up in your area. Well, here’s the next best thing. It’s their red velvet cupcake mix. I haven’t actually tried the mix because I can’t bear to open the super-cute packaging. However, I did try the real thing when traveling to Dallas this year. And, yes… it was totally worth the car I rented and twenty minute drive from my hotel just to do a taste test. (Don’t tell anyone I did that.)
The pattern, the bows, the pockets, oh… the cuteness. I just can’t stand it. This Jessie Steele Apron is full of fun and funk. So who cares what your cupcakes look like because all eyes will be on you when you wear this in the kitchen.
Brown. Yes, brown. Who knew this color would be so popular when it comes to cupcakes. But apparently these things are hard to get your hands on. Thank goodness I can order them online from the Confectionery House because now I’m hooked.
Get your own brown baking cups.
The picture of sweetness… cupcake cartoons from Cakespy. I think I have six of these little drawings now. And each one puts a smile on my face. Order one of your very own from Jessie Oleson’s etsy store or just keep up with the cuteness on the Cakespy website.
Here is the exact cutter I use to make the Cupcake Pops. I have tried a few other kinds, but for some reason, this one works best for me. It comes in this cute set of 12 decorative cutters from Williams-Sonoma. I don’t think you can get them online, but I have found them recently at more than one Williams-Sonoma retail store.
Find a Williams-Sonoma near you.
36 cupcakes. three trays. one courier. PRICELESS! This is the best cupcake courier I’ve come across and, let me tell you why. Not only does it hold 36 cupcakes, but if you take the trays out, you can even use it for a cake. But here’s the best reason. I use it to keep my cupcake and cake pops covered. It’s tall enough that I can put my styrofoam block on the bottom and keep them covered without having to wrap them individually in treat bags and ribbon. Like I said, PRICELESS!
This super sassy cupcake t-shirt from bakelove.com is another one of my favorites for this year. And, it has nothing to do with the fact that I’m selling these. Even if I wasn’t selling these, I would still think they’re super-cute. Did I mention that I’m selling these?
Karen Tack is a genius. And it shows on every page of this cupcake decorating book that she co-authored with Alan Richardson. So take your cupcakes up a notch in cuteness and try one of the awesome decorating ideas from the book, Hello, Cupcake!.
This might be my favorite. It’s so simple and smart. Just tuck a cupcake in and snap the container shut. Shake it, turn it upside down, toss it. No problem. Open it back up and your cupcake is just as cute as it was when you made it. Perfect for a packed lunch or even an afternoon snack at work.
Okay, you’ve seen my cupcake faves. Now, let’s play a little game. Below are nine cupcakes with five different prizes listed on the bottoms. Get a good look. I’m getting ready to turn them over and mix them all up.
The FIVE prizes up for grabs are:
Brown Cupcake Baking Cups
Cupcake T-shirt
Sprinkles Red Velvet Cupcake Mix
Cupcake Container
Cupcake Pop Cutter
Okay, here they are all mixed up. I wonder which prize is under which number. You’ll have to wait to find out. Oh, the suspense.
Here’s how to play:
- Pick a number (just one) and leave your pick in the comments with a link to your website or blog profile so I can contact you if you win.
- And just for fun, list what you hope you could win from the FIVE prizes listed below. Don’t worry, it doesn’t have to be a match. I’m just curious.
Brown Cupcake Baking Cups
Sprinkles Red Velvet Cupcake Mix
Individual Cupcake Container
Cupcake Pop Cutter
- The deadline to enter is Wednesday, December 17th at midnight.
- I will announce the winners sometime Thursday night… That’s right I said winners. There will be five (5). Yippeee!
- The winners will be chosen at random using random.org’s integer generator.
- Once the winners are picked, I’ll reveal the number they chose and the prize behind that cupcake. Now, theoretically, the winners could all choose the same number, but I’m crossing my fingers that there will be one winner for each of the five different prizes shown.
So take a guess and play for a prize!
hmm… 7!
I’m hoping for the t-shirt, because my fiance always calls me ‘cupcake’!
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I pick number 3! If I had to pick, probably the apron.
Wow! I’m the first contestant! I love your list of favorite things.
I pick #6
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I’ll pick number 9. I’d like the pop cutter or the book.
I pick number 7 and am hoping that it is a year supply of your yummy creations.
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Lucky number 4!!
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I will choose #1!
I would love the cupcake container or the shirt….but really I would take any of those prizes! They are all great!
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number…..2!
and my favorite would be the pop cutter or the book
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I’ll pick #2! Thanks for the giveaway!
#5 – cause I just know it’s the set of decorative cutters!
#2, I hope it’s either the cupcake carrier or the tshirt!
I pick 8. I hope it’s … (tough choice) … the apron… or the cutters … or the cupcake mix … or …
jeremyb76 at yahoo.com
5. Cupcake Container.
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#1 – I would love the cupcake container. Would come in handy with all the cupcakes i make
Crystal890@cableone.net
Okay, that was toooooo cute! :)
I’ll choose #4 in honor of my four kiddies. And my “dream” win would be the cupcake pop cutter.
Number 4! I hope it’s the brown cupcake wrappers or the shirt. I have a sprinkles mix in my pantry right now. : )
#7 – I’d want the individual container or the sprinkles mix… tough choice!!!
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I’m going with 6. And I’m really hoping it’s the Cupcake Pop Cutter. I’ve been wanting to try my hand at those for a while…
I’m going to pick #8 and I hope it’s the cutters or the carrier. This is a fabulous give away!!
6! cupcake pop cutters i hope!
I pick #9. I would love to win the cake pop cutter! jmojmo24@gmail.com
Ok, I would love ANY of these prizes, as I LOVE LOVE LOVE cupcakes.. so i’ll go with #3.
SaraIto.blogspot.com
Lucky # 7…I hoping for the cupcake mix=)
#2… Cupcake t-shirt? *fingers crossed*
I guess #8 and am hoping for the cupcake pop cutter. Thanks for the fun giveaway!
I pick number 6 and I am hoping for the cupcake container, what a great idea.
number 2 and i hope its the cupcake mix, ive never had sprinkles cupcakes!
I choose Number 4! Some cultures say bad luck, but not I!
I hope its the cupcake cutters. I
<3 cookie cutters.
#4 is my pick. And, I want those cupcake baking cups!
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Number 5. I love Sprinkles cupcakes…they are the BEST!
#5! I hope I win the cupcake pops cutter.
Thanks! I’ve had a lot of fun following your blog this year!
Emily (unothinkmybrain(at)hotmail(dot)com)
I pick the number 4. I would love the cupcake pop cutter.
Okay, I’m picking number… two.
I’m hoping for either the Sprinkles Cupcake mix (I’d love to try it)… or the cupcake carrier… or the cupcake pop cutter.
They all sound wonderful!
Chocolate & Whine
I picked #6 – it’s my favorite number since there were 6 of us that were best friends in high school. :-) I love your blog! Thanks!
7!
I’d love the Cupcake Container!
I pick #3 and I really hope I win the Sprinkles cupcake mix!!!! It’s a little bit of a long story but I’ll tell why… Red Velvet is my Texan hubby’s favorite and I can’t ever find red velvet cupcake mix in Canada (and apparently I am too lazy to make it myself) but on my most recent road-trip to the states I bought the Sprinkles red velvet cupcake mix to make for my hubby’s birthday, and he LOVED them of course… but I’m a huge klutz so I made such a mess with the mix that I almost dyed my entire kitchen counter bright red! I’ve only recently finished getting all the red out of every nook and cranny (seriously, I had an accident with my mixer and there was red cupcake mix EVERYWHERE)… so I figure I’m about due to mess it up again now :)
#4! I would love the multiple cupcake carrier…it would make it so easy to take treats to work.
loritagirl@hotmail.com
um…9.
i’d love the cupcake carrier, i so need some of those!!!
choofymama @ gmail.com
9!
I’m hoping its the cupcake pop cutter, but I would love any of them.
okay i’ll go for #7!
hope my lucky number brings me luck, cos i’m hoping for the sprinkles cupcake mix! (:
#4
I would be really excited for any of them, but the apron would be great since I do not have one.
#7 woooohoo
I pick #5, and would love the cupcake container.
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I pick 1 – because I have one Princess Baby granddaughter! I would pick the t-shirt because I like people knowing that cupcakes are the new “everything!”
I’m going with door #6.
I’d love to win any of the prizes, but my heart’s desire would be the Cakespy art – I’m such a fan!
I will guess #1… because, why not. I am really hoping it is the cupcake pop cutters!
cute contest :) #5! and i’m wishing for the cupcake pop cutters ;)
I pick number 3! I’m hoping for the cupcake carrier – it would sure come in handy when I bring cupcakes to my kids classes! Thanks for the giveaway!
#2 and I’m going to pick the little cutters. How fun!
#4 and the sprinkles mix sounds yummy.
I pick number 6…and I really, really love all of it. Sprinkles, aprons, cupcake carries. Such fun stuff! Thanks for the chance.
definately number 5! If I was firced to pick probably either the cupcake container or the pop cutter!
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I’m going to have to go with the number 4! And it would be awesome if I won the cupcake container, haha :)
I love the list. Awesome stuff. I have the Hello, Cupcake book (just got it for Christmas) and it’s wonderful :)
Oh, #6 — and I would have to say I would choose the cupcake container — if I could choose, that is. Because, if I had the cupcake container, I would have to bake my husband some cupcakes for him to take with his lunch.
I pick 5. It is mine and my hubby’s birthday so I think it is lucky! I hope it is the cupcake cutters!
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Love your blog, such eyecandy –
voting for #8 and hoping for the cutter pop kit or the cute curior.. but they are all wonderful!
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Sandra
I'm going to pick numbah 3! If I had to pick from the prizes.. Most definitely the cutters! Anything would be amazing however?
#4 – I like the Hello Cupcake book – I ahve wanted this for awhile now!!
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number 3…and i ? that apron!!!
Oh, without a doubt, #5! I know it has those pop cutter’s underneath there!! http://laduecrew.blogspot.com/
#9. I’d love the brown cupcake liner or the container.
Oh…#4
I’d pick the pop cutters, but they all look great!
I pick #8.
I’m hoping for a cupcake container!
I’ll pick 7 but like others I would love any of them! book, cookie cutters, apron, carrier, cake mix….
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I am going to go with lucky number 7 and hope that it’s the cupcake pop cutter!
#3!!!
I like the brown cupcake liners (because they are hard to find!)and the Sprinkles mix because I haven’t tried their cupcakes yet.
7 is my favourite (and sometimes lucky) number, so I’ll choose 7 :)
I’d like to win the cupcake cutter or the t-shirt, but any of them would be great :)
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I pick 4 – for my 4 kids. I’ve always wanted the cupcake carrier. Just never splurged on myself. (remember, I have 4 kids :)
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I look forward to hearing from you on thursday ;)
I pick number three, since my mum, myself and my daughter are all born on the third of the month! I really hope it’s the red velvet cake mix since I’m in outback Australia and have no chance of getting to ANY cupcake shop any time soon…
(BTW, I have Cup-a-cakes, Cupcake Courier and a very similar cupcake pop cutter…love them all!)
I pick number 2!
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I would really love one of thosoe cupcake containers, they are so cute!
I guess #1. I would love the Jessie Steele apron!
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Four.
It’s a toss up, for me, between the cup-o-cake container and the nifty tee shirt. I would really love any of your sweet prizes. Thanks for the chance!
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I pick #3 – and I could go for anything – but I think I like the Baking Cups or the Container!
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I pick #9 and hope for the Cupcake Pop cutters.
We just got a Sprinkles in Scottsdale and I am hooked!! Even having at our wedding!
7. I hope to win the cupcake carrier. It does look awesome! I like the brown cupcake liners too. My daughter’s 2nd birthday party will be chocolate brown and turquoise colors. :)
number 9
I love all the prizes.. but the cupcake container and tshirt the most :)
lucky number 8 baby…come through for me! :) I love the cupcake courier!
#2! Cupcake Pop Cutter!
It’s a tossup between the apron and the shirt. I choose number 8. I hope I win!
#3 – and I would want the Sprinkles mix – red velvet is my favorite cake.
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I pick number 2. I like all the prizes, but I think I would like to win the cupcake carrier the most.
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I say #4. And I would love, love, love to win the cupcake pop cutter! Especially because I live on a tiny little island with nary a Williams- Sonoma in sight!
…5!
And I love the apron, and the liners. Anything; they’re all great!
I pick #8. I’d love any of the prizes, but if I had to pick one it would be the cupcake courier.
I will pick 4 in hopes of getting the cupcake mix!
#5
I cannot decide between the cupcake mix or the cup cake pop cutter!!!
#3!!!
I hope I get the Sprinkles Cupcake Mix because we had some for our wedding last year.
Our anniversary is tomorrow 12/15!
Number 3… hoping for the cupcake pup cutters or the apron. :)
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I’m gonna say number 5. I’d hope for the t-shirt or the cupcake mix!
#5
hmm…the cutters I think because i’ve tried a few and none am I overly thrilled with.
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hmm…very excitingg!!
I’m picking 8. My favourite number!
and I think I love the cupcake carrier….I make cupcakes all the time, and it would be amazingly handy.
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#2. That’s my daughters birthday month. I would love to win any of the prizes, but the ‘Hello Cupcake’ book would be my choice if I got to pick. My daughter and I have looked at it many times together in the book store!
Thanks,
Shannon
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I’ll pick #5. I’m hoping it’s the cupcake container. :)
my favorite # is 5 and I would love it to be the cupcake book, but if I won, I would be suprised! Mary @ runningthehalls.blogspot.com
number 8! and i’m hoping its the cupcake tshirt! *crossing fingers*
I’ll say 4. I would love the cupcake mix, although all the prizes are great!
Woopie, I love your creativity and yummy treats. Thanks for the giveaway. I pick number 3 and I hope its the cupcake pop cutter.
I pick number 8! I’d love the cupcake courier, but anything would be an awesome addition to my kitchen. :)
I pick #7, my favorite number.
I’d love to win any, but mostly I’d like to try the mix, or maybe the t-shirt.
#8!! The cupcake courier