No, I haven’t taken up sewing. (Not yet anyway.) These adorable little buttons are all candy.
And, umm… they are like handmade.
Not by me, but remember my crazy talented, cupcake fanatic friend, Julie?
She made them for a friend’s baby shower using a fab tutorial from Bake it Pretty.
They are just about the cutest things I’ve ever seen.
The tutorial even includes a pdf for the labels so you can print them out at home and make your own packaging.
Julie made yellow, pink, green, orange and blue buttons with colored candy melts.
Just melt the candy and pour into a button mold. Let them dry and pop them right out.
Place them in small plastic bags and attach the labels. Just fold them in half and staple them together.
Or, if you’re crazy like Julie, then you make the labels work with your own wooden custom candy button display that your awesomely talented husband built for you.
Yeah, I’m sucking up in case he reads this and wants to make one for me, too.
So, instead of folding the labels in half, you can fold them in thirds. Two-thirds in front and one-third in the back so you have enough room to use a hole punch on the labels without messing up the graphics. And then just use a little double-sided tape to attach the labels to the bags.
Easy and like I said… cute as a button.
Julie also made these onesie sugar cookies for the shower. I’m gonna work on her to get this recipe because they were really good.
Okay, back to buttons…
Here is the Candy Button Tutorial from Bakeitpretty.com.
Check out the site when you have some time. Cute stuff for baking AND for decorating!
Guess what else…?
The guys that run the site gave me a gift voucher code to shop at their store last year. I forgot I had it until Julie showed me these buttons and I remembered the email they sent me. I decided that since I had not used it yet, I wanted to give it away to one of you guys. Hopefully it still works. And if not, I’ll buy a new one for you. K?
Enter to win a $100 Gift Voucher to BakeitPretty.com.
Leave a comment on this post and let me know what you enjoy more…
Baking sweets or making them look pretty?
Deadline to enter is Monday, February 1st at 6:00 PM ET. Sorry, Time’s Up! Winner Announced Below.
One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Monday evening on this post.
Good luck!
And the winner is… comment #1326.
That’s you, chakins! I’m glad you love to bake. Now, get shopping and start decorating.
I have loved Bake it Pretty for so long. Amanda and crew have the cutest stuff!
I like making them pretty!
definitely prefer baking sweets, since i’m still not the greatest at making them look pretty – working on it!
If it looks pretty and tastes bad then it wasn’t worth the time to make it look pretty. If it looks bad and tastes good, I can still eat it with my eyes closed so I pick baking it :)
Have to say baking sweets, because although some may look good doesn’t mean they taste good :)
I’ve ordered things from bake it Pretty and the qualiy is AMAZING. Everything is gorgeous and lovely and I would recommend her to anyone. I <3 her so much.
Both are enjoyable, but I think I like making them look pretty a little more. The excitement on a persons face who bites into something becuase it looks pretty, and then realizes it tastes even better than it looks, is priceless; especially on when it comes to picky taste testers.
I like making it pretty more. I mean, I love baking, but I don’t really love sweets so the extra touch to make them look gorgeous is totally worth it for me.
Love, LOVE baking anything and everything… but making things look pretty is far more satisfying than the process of baking :)
I LOVE to make my sweets pretty! But baking them isn’t half bad either. ;)
Baking sweets is a lot more fun for me, and easier. :)
well, since i end up eating everything before i have a chance to decorate, i’d have to say i enjoy baking sweets more!
i’m all about instant gratification baking. :)
The most fun part for baking or cooking to me is making the food look pretty. If it doesn’t look good, people aren’t as anxious to taste it!
Baking Sweets. I love to do it. Plus, who can bake and not taste.
Definitely making them look pretty … if they look too good to eat then you know it’s been worth it!
Makin’ them pretty! I love that part! :)
I love making treats that look and taste delicious! Which isn’t hard with goodies as fabulous as those on Bake it Pretty. :)
oh baking much much more. i get nervous trying to make them pretty!
I love baking sweets. I haven’t been so good about making them look pretty.
Cute as….how fun!!!
I like it to look atleast presentable to eat and then taste good.
I’m more of a “bake it” than “pertify it.” Seems I’m either lacking the talent or the patience for the latter.
Baking! I’m so much better at baking than making them look pretty!
baking, the pretty part is not always as easy as some make it look!
I think I love to buy the goodies for decorating better than the actual decorating, and the eating rather than the baking! Mmmm…
OH making them pretty for sure! Things are much more fun and enjoyable to eat once they are pretty and prepared!
baking – really not known for my patience and making pretty is having alot of patience
I LOVE making them pretty! =]
Just baking is the best. Of course if they’re for a special occasion, then making them look pretty is important too. Really cute buttons. I’m just not creative enough to think of these things on my own.
Hmm, eat them is probably my favorite part :), then baking them, then making them pretty. I haven’t really taken off with the whole making them pretty part yet, but every time I come to your blog you inspire me!
Definitely making sweets look pretty. Recently completed all 4 Wilton courses so right now I’m in a creative mood – normally what you can do with whole cake can also apply to a cupcake – smaller scale. Decorating skills can be learned – take some classes or buy a book – practice, practice.
Thanks, Bakerella, for sharing your talents.
Definitely the baking!!! My hands aren’t too steady, so my decorating always looks wobbly, haha, but I sure love to bake (heck, I like the decorating too, just not so good at it).
I love to bake. This past year I have been really into decorating and making things look pretty! Love your site!!
P.S. Can’t wait for the next baby shower to make these buttons!!
I so enjoy making the sweets look pretty! It is definitely a creative outlet for me :) Thanks!
I love both! But if I had to choose, I love making all my baked goods look SO pretty. It allows me to work my artistic flair, and as well, I can cater to the friends and loved ones I’m baking for, and make them even happier!
My creative side likes to make them look pretty!
Hello Bakerella,
I just baked some puff pastry rolls filled with cream cheese they were yum but they looks very rustic . I care about the look but of course the taste is number one for me.
thanx
now that i have reliable recipes that i know are yummy, i’m all about making things pretty!
I enjoy baking the sweets, I have tried to make them look pretty, but it hasn’t worked yet. However, they always taste good.
I love baking the sweets. I will leave the decorating up to my sisters.
I love the theraputic nature of baking sweets, and the satisfaction and challenge of making them look pretty… but if I had to pick one or the other I’d say making them look pretty! :)
I love making them look pretty – so much of the tastebuds starts off with the initial look – that’s what attracts us to eat it in the first place. It’s so much fun and then it is just all the better if it tastes good too!
Choice 3: Eating them. Oh, that wasn’t a choice?
It varies with my mood, but now that my kids are old enough to help, I like making things with them.
Cute as always!! This gives me more ideas for my daughters baby shower.
I love to bake…it is so relaxing! It helps to have things turn out great also.
I used to just love to bake – but since finding your website – I’m practicing on the pretty part! I get so excited when I wander around your site and I would love some extra help in making it all come together. We have Friday Treats at work, and two of us take turns bringing things. I always come here first for ideas! Thanks for your inspiration.
I like baking more than making things pretty, because I haven’t managed to figure out the pretty stuff yet, but I can bake and eat like there’s no tomorrow!
And THIS is the delight of baked goodies… making them a treat for the eyes as well as for the soul.
How darling! perfect for decorating cupcakes and cookies!
it’s a hard choice!! i love decorating and making things look awesome but i think it’s got to be the baking! there’s nothing quite like watching something you’ve made come together.
I love to bake but I am not skilled at the making things look pretty yet. Still a work in progress.
I really can not choose between the two. for me it would depend on the situation. If I was baking them just because … it would be the joy of baking ALL the way. But if it was for a gift or a party or something like that … than I would have to go with the joy of making them look wonderful!
I like “attempting” to make things look pretty :D I am not so much a great baker, but I do like decorating!
I love trying to make them pretty…I still need more practice!
Wow…how do i pick. I LOVE making them look pretty…but they have to taste as good as they look. Nothing worse than seeing your beautiful creation tossed in the garbage. ^_^
Ummm…..eating them….but first I like to make them look pretty!
Can I say both? Hehe! Well, I love sweets and in the past didn’t care if they were pretty. I just wanted them to taste good, but now that I’m eating healthier,it is more ejoying to me to make them look pretty. I don’t get to eat them, but I could look at the cute little things all day long!!
i enjoy both – baking them & making them look pretty. but what i love the most is the look on people’s faces when i give it to them as gifts :)
Definitely making them look pretty. I love that more than eating them, I think!
I like both but making them look pretty is a little more fun because you usually have more options.
It’s a tie! I like to bake treats AND make them look pretty. My husband keeps telling me they’ll taste the same no matter how they look, but I think they taste better when they’re pretty!
i like making them look pretty! so much more impressive to your guests, don’t you think? :) thanks for the giveaway!
I love baking-but I love making the sweets look pretty. I love being meticulous and making them look “perfect” (perfect to me, at least!)
Honestly, I prefer the baking! I like looking at the pretty sweets, but I’m not as good at that part ;-)
That’s a really tough choice. I love baking more than doing just about anything else, but I am also a total perfectionist, so I like the sweets to look perfect, identical, and pretty!
I prefer baking sweets… don’t have the patience or supplies to make them pretty!
Duuuuuuude. Baking is best and makin’ it pretty is just for when I want to show off.
I love baking but the designer in me needs everything to look well presented. Nice giveaway. This will sure come in handy.
For me, there’s nothing more joyous than baking sweets. But making sweets look pretty is an absolute passion (now whether the treats come out the way I want it; well, that’s a different story). :)
Great giveaway Bakerella!
Currently, I enjoy the baking itself. My kids are little, so they are more impressed with the sugar content and actually being able to help. But wouldn’t it be fun to be able to make something pretty for me!
I already shop at Bake it Pretty (I have the button molds) so this gift voucher would be awesome!!!!
I love to make pretty things (and I will admit, I love it when people comment on how pretty they are). But they still have to taste yummy.
As much as I find baking sweets a balm to my soul, I love to make my creations pretty. Then I sit back and admire my work.
I like baking them best! I enjoy making them pretty, but there is just something about taking plain ingredients and making something amazingly delicious!!
I like baking them, but making them pretty takes them to whole nother level.
Hmm..that’s hard…
I like making them looking cute and pretty, but I also like baking them and taste great..lol
But the best part is to share with your family and friends…:D
I love love love baking sweets, but I also enjoy making them pretty. My favorite things to bake are cakes and cookies during the holidays (the butter cookies with a hard, shiny frosting that you can make all kinds of beautiful decorations with). I’m still trying to master some decorating techniques (for example, how to make my cake balls as beautiful as yours…. I don’t know if I’ll ever understand how you get them to look so perfect!) Anyways, thanks for the inspiration!
It’s all about being pretty and pink for me.
We both have very talented friends called Julie. My Julie is very creative in other ways, kitchen also, but very artistic, fun and fabulous. Love her.
Your Julie sounds like a sugar coated great friend.
Loved the tutorial.
Thanks so much
Love Claudie
xox
Both! i love to make special treats and make them look amazing. My favourite part is watching the person i made the treats for take that first bite.
I love to decorate everything from cookies to cakes and chocolates. Oneday I’m going to have my own bake shop.
I love your site its makes my day much yummier!
I usually like to bake more but after looking through the website I think I’m going to start getting into making my goodies all dolled up. Great giveaway!
Baking. Decorating never works out well for me.
As much as I enjoy making sweets, I’m not very good at making them look pretty. I’m trying though.
I love both, baking them and making them pretty. I really love these buttons!
Catherine
I love to bake!!! Nothing is more relaxing than baking and having the whole house smell delicious…..
While they have to taste good, I enjoy making them pretty even more!
Baking sweets! I don’t mind if they’re messy as long as they taste good :)
I definitely prefer the baking. I’m good at making them tasty, not so good at making them pretty!
I like baking the sweets best, I love seeing all the ingredients combine together, and *ahem* taste-testing the final product. ;)
Making them pretty is just icing on the cake (Pardon the pun.)
Baking sweets! No matter how hard I try, I just can’t seem to make them pretty. It doesn’t matter really because they usually don’t last long enough for it to matter!! I am jealous of all the beautiful things I find on your site!
oh i love to bake, i love to make pretty……but what i love the best is to eat!!!!
Making them look pretty, of course! Baking the stuff is just prep work, kind of like chopping onions and celery.
I love to bake sweets, but don’t have the patience to make them look pretty… except for my son’s birthday cakes. Those I make from scratch (both the cake and icing) and spend hours decorating them!
I love baking but I love making it look pretty the best!
I love the prettiness of the sweets the best but of course not enough to not eat. ;).
I enjoy baking more, though I do try to make my sweets look pretty.
As much as I like pretty treats, it is all about baking them. They can be cute, but if they don’t taste well, does it really matter?
I would have to say my first love is baking the sweets…if I can get that part right then I love to decorate them :-)
I am going to have to say neither. while i enjoy making treats AND making them pretty. EATING them is by far my favorite! ;)
I think I like baking them best. But that’s just because I never can get them to look as pretty as yours or Julie’s!
Baking because I don’t have the patience to make things look pretty. Although I am trying and I love all the inspiration on the web.
Oh that is so adorable! I have a baby shower I’m hosting later this Spring, so I’m thinking these are perfect!
As for baking vs. making pretty. Tough, real tough. Especially now that my 2 year old is getting in on the game. I think I’ll say baking since that’s something she and I can do together. Not that she can’t help make the end result, um, pretty… in her own way ;)
I love baking….and then giving it away. Because I don’t need it! :)
I enjoy making them pretty, but I have to be quick since my husband wants to eat everything straight out of the oven!
My favorite is making them look pretty. I’ve always been an artist but I love making art out of sugar. So does everyone in my circle of friends and family, because they get to consume it all. And by the way those buttons are SO cute!
I love making them, but I enjoy making them look pretty more. I love to have people tell me they like it and how wonderful it looks.
I like baking sweets better, only because my decorating is lacking the pretty part!
This is so Old Fashion Pretttyyyyy!!!….i love the button candy’s!…..thnaks for posting unique things like this and your recipes!… Candy
i definitely enjoy making them look pretty! i enjoy the baking, but i’m mostly concerned with making this that “look too pretty to eat”! its awful, i admit it! but i’d rather make something that looks inccredible and tastes just good than the other way around!
I love baking more than decorating.
That is what small hands are for.
i’d have to say baking sweets. i don’t have much talent for making baked goods pretty. its fun to experiment but i’m better at tasty than pretty :)
Making them pretty! Which is too bad for my hubby who wants to EAT IT RIGHT NOW. :)
Definitely baking! Although if I’m serving a dessert that requires eating it on a plate; I love to put it on a white plate and then create a pretty picture perfect design, as if I were serving it in a restaurant.
Baking sweets… and then eating them!
I like making them the best. I’m more worried about how it taste. I still mess up recipes so I’m happy if it turns out tasting well.
I love to bake the sweets in order to eat them! I really don’t like spending time making them pretty! But I lvoe when someone else makes them pretty!
I like making them…..I wish I enjoyed making them look pretty, though!
Great idea. Love making things look great, but I’m terribly perfectionist! Don’t mind the baking either though.
BOTH! I like baking and then making it look pretty! I love finding tutorials on the web so I can try new things/techniques. Thanks :)
These are adorable! I can’t wait to try out the recipe for a friends baby shower
That’s a tough one. I enjoy baking but really love to pretty everything up.
I enjoy baking more-I am still working at learning how to make them look pretty!
I like making them pretty. It is so satisfying to see a cute finished product. And I really really like coming up with cute packaging to give them away!
I like to make them look pretty!!! Its my favorite part, even better than eating them:)
I had to write a blog about you and this giveaway….Seriously I don’t know how you keep each post cuter and cuter! You are the BEST Bakerella!!!
I really think its a toss up! I get a little obsessed with both! Thank you for showing me The Bake it Pretty website! I’m in love already! I am always on the search for making my yummies even more irresistible & I think with the cute packaging my people are going to freak out!!!
So cute!!! I will try these on an upcoming baby shower cake!
I definitely love the “baking sweets” the most, but only because I tend to fail miserably at the “making them pretty” part. They still tast good though! I’m taking my first cake decorating class next month, so hopefully I’ll learn a trick or two for prett-ifying my sweets. Great giveaway!
Love the buttons!! and the onesie cookies..too precious!!! Hmmm, as for making pretty or baking, as I have just started with the cake bites, and trying to make them uniform and dipped correctly, although I must say, my daughter has been taking them to school, and plenty of the teachers, students hound her for those “cake ball thingies” : ). I will have to send you a photo of my daughter and her friend dipping the balls, they ummm looked quite different than yours!!! LOL
I vote for pretty! There are lots of wonderful cooks in the world but few who can take the treat and make it a tastey work of art! I enjoy enjoy trying to make things look pretty and while I have not mastered it, it is fun to see the kids’ faces when they see the end result. Lots of fun to bake…even more fun to take the baked item and turn it into a conversation piece. My daughter’s last birthday (she turned 14) she decided that a major activity for the party would be making slumber party cupcakes. The girls had lots of fun!
Totally baking!! I love to eat yummy treats!
I’m really into eating the sweets.
But I am really more into baking the sweets over making them, pretty…..sometimes I wish it was the other way around :)
As a stay at home mom, I have learned to enjoy making and decorating cakes. I like to think when my kids are older; I would work at a bakery.
Hmmm, I think eating the sweets should have been an option, hehe! I love creating cute packaging best.
i think at this stage of my “game’ i would have to say baking them is top while making them look pretty comes second. although i’ve started into the time consuming part of decorating and really have enjoyed it, love to bake!
Eating them!!! And cooking them with my little girl!
I L-O-V-E making bake goods pretty, but I have to make sure they taste good before doing so. If they do not taste as good as I expect it, I will start again until I get the taste and texture right and then the fun begins, decorating the sweets.
Ahhhhh… even now I have a smile and feel good thinking about decorating sweets.
How adorable are these??!!!
I LOVE to make my stuff look pretty, BUT it also has to taste fabulous. I hate when I see something that is just oh so cute and then you taste it and it just isn’t right.
Making them look pretty is my fave.
i’ve been so sick this past weekend and still trying to recover. seeing your new posts each week is the sweetest remedy :) PLEASE do a post with julie for those cookies!! they look soooo deliciously adorable. where can i find a guy like julie’s husband who will make a real candyland with me??
I think making it pretty would be my favorite, although if I’m doing too big a batch I get bored! I guess I’d have to say I really like the creative process, deciding what I want to bake, how I want to decorate it, etc. My very favorite part, however, is watching people enjoy what I made!
I love baking sweets the most. Making them look pretty is tedious and time consuming. When I’ve got two little ones, tugging on my leg, by the time I made them look pretty, they’d be stale. Thanks so much for the chance to win! Yea!
I would say Baking, and seeing someone’s face as they take a bite!
ALTHOUGH, if mine looked like yours, I would DEFINITELY say decorating :)
DEFINATLEY making them look pretty!!!
BOTH!! :)
i love to bake…and eat them!
I enjoy eating them the best, but my most pretty ones always go to other people :) so I like making them pretty if they’re gifts, but I’m ok if they’re not pretty if they’re for me!
I love baking, but if the treats are for someone else, I try to make them pretty. Eating is the best part though!
I love eating them the best!! But second would be baking.
Well, I don’t usually make it to the “decorating” stage, but it’s definitely the funnest part on the times when I DO get there ;)
I love baking sweets. I try to make them look pretty, but they sure taste good!
Those are SO cute!! I think baking and making them pretty go hand-in-hand…to me, the best part about baking is that you are making edible art!
Thanks for the giveaway!!
I love baking the treats. But luckily for me, my good friend and baking companion Eileen likes making them pretty! So we’re a great match!
Wow! How generous! I love baking them and am getting better at making them pretty. Sometimes the ugliest desserts are the yummiest!
Baking them and eating them. I’ve never been good at making them pretty.
I’m not great at making sweets look pretty but love to make them taste “pretty.”
This is a tough choice, so I’m going to have to go with both! I love making treats look pretty, but I also love knowing that I made the delicious goodie! It is very fufilling to know that you made the sweet treat from start to finish!
I like making them look pretty, even though they usually don’t!
I love making things adorable, but I also enjoy the science of mixing it all together! My only dilemma comes when I’m running out of time and feel like I have to cut the “cute stuff” off early to get things finished. I guess as long as I’m baking, I’m happy!!
Baking, it’s nice when things look pretty, but not something I strive for daily, I’d rather things were just yummy!
Baking no contest. Pretty is just a bonus.
So sweet! I will be making these for the 50 or so pregnant women I seem to be surrounded by lately!
Would love to win the shopping code! I could really do some damage! ;-)
I’m still working on making my treats pretty, so I have to go with baking them! This would be an awesome prize to win though, because then I would have an excuse to work on my decorating skills!
I like making sweets taste good simply because I don’t have the skills to make them look pretty!
I really enjoy baking sweets, but I wish I had the talent to say I enjoyed making them look pretty. I do enjoy trying to make them look pretty though.
i love the taste but making them pretty is so fun! thanks!
I’d say I’m more about baking and decorating, but, then, of course, eating is a close, close second. Thanks!
i love baking sweets *and* making them look pretty :) i’m still just a low-level decorator, but i’m getting better just by getting inspired & practice, practice, practice!
eeee i hope i win *dance*
It’s ALL about making them look CUTE!!
I really like making them pretty more. It gets my creative side working!
Sweet Ideas!
I am all about the baking and the taste…. Looks are bonus, but I could improve! ;)
I like doing both!!!
I would have to say I love both! Sometimes I love to just bake something simple like delicious sugar cookies, but making them look cute is a blast too when I have the time!
Both…I think. I am honestly not very good at making them look pretty but there is no point is a beautiful sweet that tastes terrible….
I think I enjoy the baking part more..only because I’m not as good as you at making them pretty!!
I like baking them best because I just can’t get them to look very pretty yet.
I used to always like making them pretty, but with two little boys i’m just happy to get things baked. :)
The little onesie cookies are adorable though.
Baking! I love making them look pretty, too, but am just not as good at that part, yet (I hope yet!). :)
So far I like the baking better than the decorating..because my decorating skills are not super creative!! But I’ve got the baking pretty well down pat:)
When I bake, I kind of throw everything in the mixing bowl so it can come out quickly delicious and I can start making it look like a masterpiece…or on a normal day, something fun!
Making them look pretty for sure! Only problem is, my husband tends to nab them up before I even have the chance! My trick is to make a regular cookie, and then something I can make pretty, then he’s satisfied while I work away.
I like baking yummy things the best. If I had all the wonderful things to decorate with, I think I would enjoy that just as much.
Oooh, I’m probably 50/50 on making the sweets and making them look good too! Because people love eating stuff that’s pretty…but not if it doesn’t taste good! :)
Thats a hard one! I love, love, love baking sweets, but find that I am such a perfectionist when it comes to decorating that if I don’t get it just right, I have to start over again! :)
Definitely baking. I don’t have the patience to make them as pretty as I envision.
I LOVE baking….but at the same I do my best to make things look pretty and make a statement!
Oh, definitely making things pretty! I always tell my friends and family that a freshly baked cake or cookie is my blank canvas!
I like making ’em pretty but most of all, I like eating ’em.
I love baking. It is my therapy!!! It makes me feel good to see the smiling faces of the recipients eating all the love I put into it!
Love these! I have a pretty good sugar cookie recipe if you’d like it. I got it from my friend who is the head chef at a restaurant in Kentucky. They are so soft it’s unbelievable.
i’m not so great at the decorating but i’m pretty good at baking. eating is my specialty though!
Love to bake but would love to get better at making things look pretty! LOVE your site!!
Definitely making them look pretty!! Baking a cake is more like a “job” to me….but the embellishing is more of a hobby. It relaxes me to put tiny little details on a cake. :)
I’m not patient enough for most decorating, which is why I like baking better.
definitely decorating :) i love to see them when they’re all done!
Ooooh. . . that’s a tough one! I think definitely making them look pretty!
My favorite part is decorating because I like to see people’s faces when they realize that you didn’t buy it, that you made it. It gives me a sense of accomplishment and sets the bar for the next thing to be even better! Although I do love to devour the finished product also! LOL!
Making them look pretty! I wish I had someone to do my baking so that I could just decorate!!!
I like baking for good taste, then completely amazed when I decorate that most things turn out so cute.
I’m going with making them look pretty and coming up with more creative ideas with each item I make…