Cupcake Gifts

I have been very lucky these past couple of weeks and have been fortunate to receive a few cupcake gifts.

1st is part of Package Project, a great handmade Cupcake Plushie, now living in the Kitchen.

2nd - my beautiful Flickr Friend Anna, she sent me some Cupcake items for having picnics, they are super cute.

And last but no means least my gorgeous hubby turned up with the most amazing Cupcake Teacup and Saucer - hand painted.

So what about you, received any cupcake gifts?

Supermarket Trumps

Well as most know, I live in Kent and unfortunately there is of yet no cupcakery's here :-(

So my cupcake fixes have to come from what bake, which time and skills are not always the right fix.

Friday night hubby, Grayson and I popped to Asda for a quick night time shop and there on the shelf were these cute looking cupcakes called 'My Cupcakes' I looked at Ashley and he said get them but after my many supermarket and high street cupcake tastes I was not so sure, after a minutes deliberation I thought you know what give a em a try they maybe worth it and do you know what they weren't half bad.

Unlike most cupcakes from supermarkets they were moist, they were very sweet and had lashings of topping, my only complaints were the berries inside were not very nice and the buttercream was a little too sweet but all in all they filled a fix.

So see if your Asda sells them, I mean they are not cupcakery level by no means but they were a bargain.

Cupcake Love

Kara

x

P.S. don't forget to check out last post on swap idea.

Crafting Cupcakes one step at a time

Some of you may or may not know that I am a crafter, paper crafts, jewellery, polymer clay, ATC's I have taken my hand to many. When I got very poorly during pregnancy my crafting nearly halted altogether and since having Grayson I have still not had much opportunity, this has sadden me a little as I really do enjoy it.

So this month I joined a couple of swaps through Swap-bot to make myself craft, the other day I sat down for a whole 1 hour and a half and played and it was real fun. I mean it ain't much to say the least I am certainly no artist but it allowed me to relax and let off steam.

The first swap was a Cupcake ATC swap, one cupcake themed ATC for 1 partner, I have actually made 2, one for my partner and one for swap host. The ribbon ATC's are one of my old faves but I included some cupcake ribbon this time.

The second swap was a cupcake goodie bag, which you could decorate, I did with 3 cupcake related items in and if possible tailored to your partners likes. I actually included 5, Cupcake Napkins (a great accessory for any kitchen), cupcake ribbon, vintage cupcake cases, cupcake lip gloss and a yankee vanilla buttercream cupcake candle. I would be happy to receive this, how about you ?





On that subject I was wondering if there is any interest I was thinking of doing a similar swap, you pack 3 items in an envie for your partner, doesn't have to be decorated, they can be anything cupcake related from baking them to wearing them for a total budget of £6.00, so we can all afford, just something to cheer us up in these dyre financial times, post whether you are interested and hopefully if we get a few people I shall host the swap through my blog.

Anyway I have plenty more to post about, sorry for the delay Grayson is still no better so it has been a nightmare, he is back to hospital on Thursday to be reevaluated and more results, I am thinking they will admit him again. Cross fingers they can help him this time.

Cupcake Goodness to all.

Kara
xxx

A bit of this, A bit of That

There is so much I want to show you today, but time is short so I will show a little and pop back later.

Firstly a few weeks ago I told you about a Cupcake ATC swap I was doing, well here is the piccy's firstly of mine sent out and then the great ATC I received. This was my first sort of 3D ATC, it was also me playing with my Sharpies on the sofa, I am no artist but I was quite pleased with the outcome.

Now on another note not cupcake I was tagged by the lovely Kyla (thanks you are so sweet) Its called the'Bag Tag' so me being a bag addict thinks this totally rocks.

So her are the Rules:

1. Post a picture of the bag/purse/handbag/pocketbook that you are carrying! Now, don't you even think about going back there to your closet and getting that cute little clutch that you carried before you had children or the last time you went out.

2. Tell us how much it cost! I know what you are thinking - a girl never discusses matters of money. Well, yes, but today we are gonna break that rule and tell! Yes, tell how much it cost. We won't judge! This is for entertainment purposes only. And if there is a story that goes along with this purse, tell it.

3. Tag some other girls. It will be fun to see what everybody else posts :-)

The Handbag I have shown I have been using for the past week, I change my bags alot, I must have in excess of 40 but some are over 10 years old. This one my hubby bought me for my birthday last year from Accesorize, I carry alot as you can see including...

My 2 Phones

Filofax

Cath Kidston Purse and Medicine/First Aid Bag

Handmade Zip purse with contents such as Tape Measure/Nail File etc

Camera

Nintendo DS

Lipsticks and Cath Kidston Lip Balm

Passport - As I went on a trip to Belgium and France

Strawberry Postcard to be framed (UK hate giving bags out now)

Now for tagging others

I Heart Cupcakes

Kathy

Pippa

I hope you all don't mind and can't wait to see your bags.

Kara

x

P.S. Here is the piccy of the valentine cupcakes my little sis got me aren't they cute.

Crazy for Cupcakes and ATC's

then you have come to the right place, as that is the subject of today's post.

For a while now I have been a member of Swapbot, a fantastic site where people set up swaps and as long as your a member and you fit the criteria you can join in, over the years I have completed a large number of swaps and have met some amazing friends from all over the world, not long after I started I found the world of ATC's or Artist Trading Cards and fell in love, what is an ATC I hear some of you cry



Tiny works of original art that are traded among artists traded among artists. Traders often keep their collection of ATCs in binders filled with clear vinyl pages, nine pockets per page. Each card measures approximately 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" and can consist of any medium.

Well today after many months of not participating on swaps (due to the pregnancy) I returned to swapbot and thought I would have a looksie and see what easy non time consuming ATC swaps were about and imagine my delight when I saw one entitled "Crazy for Cupcakes ATC", I obviously joined straight away and then thought hey must share this with my readers as it may kick start more of you into the wonderful world of ATC's, so take a look this is a great simple 1 card ATC swap and swapbot is totally free, so whats the harm.

All the piccy's shown are Cupcake ATC's I have done in the past, see I am no major artist so anyone can make an ATC.

Cupcake Love.

Kara

xxoxx