The Cupcake Tower Blog

Are you pregnant and not sure whether or not to find out the sex of the baby?  Let me guess, you’re leaning towards waiting because ’there’s so few suprises left in life’?  Well, let me help sway you to the dark side (FIND OUT FIND OUT FIND OUT – hee hee).  Check out this INGENIOUS and equally adorable party idea from Cheryl of Sadie James Photography (lovingly named after her miracle twin babies Sadie and James).  She and her husband hosted a Baby Gender Reveal Party  where the sex of the baby was revealed when everyone bit into their delicious cupcake to reveal either blue or pink frosting.  The cupcake baker (Kristin at Meringue Bake Shop) was the only person privvy to the ’secret’ prior to the party.  Guests arrived in either ‘Team Blue’ or ‘Team Pink’ attire, Pink Lemonade and Sparkling Blueberry Juice further enhanced the theme and of COURSE a small Cupcake Tower  stacked with the cleverly baked cupcakes was the centerpiece. 

Wanna know what she’s having?  Click here for the big reveal and to see more pics of the party.

Curious about how mini cupcakes might look on your Cupcake Tower?  Take a look at this gorgeous Medium Tower set up by Amy Bakes Cupcakes and Panacea Event Floral Design out of San Luis Obispo, CA.  I love the contrast of the large flowers and the mini cupcakes.  The fact that there isn’t a lot of height on the top of the Tower gives it a whole new look that I LOVE.  Thanks for the inspiration…

Well the one good thing about slacking on my blogging is that I now have a plethura of great photos to post from Customers who have recently shared their work.  I think I’ll start with Dawn who sells her creations out of Oakdale, CA.   ‘My Sweet Spot’ recently featured this large Tower with white ribbon (yes, we have white!  To be posted on the site soon…) and I just love it’s simplicity and elegance.  Normally I’m attracted to bold and vibrant colors but every once in awhile less truly is more!

 In contrast the previous Tower, check out this vibrant display for a 40th birthday party (also Dawn’s creation).  Clearly a touch of ‘wild’ was intended here – I love it!

After a brief hiatus to acclimate to the new addition in my family (pictured below), I’ll be resuming blogging again!  I have several fantastic photos of The Cupcake Tower from customers to share with you so stay tuned over the next few weeks.  Until then, melt with me as you check out Mr. Jack Dillon (‘J.D.’) Faris (photos taken by Cocheiska Pearce of Pearce Images in Denver – she did an AMAZING job!):

Proud Big Sister Grace!

Hungry Jack…

Let me just start off by saying that my floors are mopped and my house is dusted (huge thanks to my beautiful Stepmom Jenean), my windows are clean, the outlet covers have been scrubbed and my stainless steel appliances are gleaming.  The bills are paidthecheckbookisbalancedtherugsarevacuumedthelaundryisdone…my word, would this baby just make an appearance already so I can sit down for a minute??? 

Needless to say it’s perfect timing to highlight yet another stunner that Carrie Metz of Sucre Dolce’ Bakehouse created with the help of her Cupcake Tower.  Check out this display she created for a ‘Let’s Help Get the Nest Ready’ themed baby shower with monkeys and owls.  Notice how Carrie uses the supports as a base, many of you write in asking if this is possible.  Not only is it possible but it gives the Tower a totally different look that we LOVE.

“The topper cake was a whimsical take on the invitation” says Carrie.  ”Chocolate cake with whipped peanut butter ganache filling, and peanut butter buttercream. (This is my favorite flavor combination on this earth at the moment, haha!) The cupcakes were white velvet cream with vanilla bean buttercream, and vanilla bean with cinnamon dolce buttercream.”   Honestly Carrie, YUM.

The favors for the shower were these super cute onesie cookies.  Thanks again for sharing Carrie!

To distract myself from possibly shampooing the carpets tonight (for my poor husband’s sake) I decided to continue my ‘nesting’ online instead…here’s what I came up with:

These pretty nesting bowls by Etsy seller dorothydomingo must be mine someday:

Martha Martha Martha…these are pretty stinkin cute:

These are too pretty to really use but then again, with real cocoa added how could you not?  This is just one of LoveLee Soaps ridiculously adorable creations (she makes ‘cupcake’ soaps too):

Lastly, this onesie brought a huge smile to my face as it reminds me of studying Russian from Jr. High through College.  The famous ‘Matroyshka’ or ‘Babushka’ nesting dolls couldn’t be cuter on this little bodysuit by trulysanctuary:

Happy Nesting to the rest of you!

 ”Pink and purple flowers accented with black make this combo so classy” states Heather Peterson of ‘Slice at a Time’.  Heather is a licensed Cake Artist located in Huntsville, AL and we just LOVE the beautiful work she has displayed on The Small Cupcake Tower shown in these pictures.

“The Present Cake is a dark chocolate cake covered in fondant with buttercream filling, and all fondant decorations. Cupcakes are milk chocolate mud cupcakes with buttercream topping and fondant decorations. Yummy!”

Just a week ago Sunday my family threw me a baby shower (lead by THE party planner in the family my sis and biz partner Joy).  The theme was based around my cravings during this pregnancy and the colors plucked right from one of my favorite ribbon details, the brown and turquoise stripes.  Check out the ADORABLE invitations she made:

And here’s the spread:

So just about every ‘workday’ at Joy’s house during the first part of this pregnancy I made myself a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich so for the shower they made grilled cheese and tomato on triscuits – SO CUTE!   Then there were the deep fried pickle chips…I mean really, need I say more?  My sister Patti’s homemade mac and cheese, some bread with Tuscan Dipping oil, are you grasping the amount of ’salt’ that  I have ingested over the past 9 months?  LUCKILY for my ever swelling ankles, I have also craved fruit, particularly cutie oranges of which I can blindly eat three in 5 minutes and barely blink an eye.  CAN’T GET ENOUGH of the cutie oranges…

And of course, the ever present, ever fabulous Cupcake Tower.  Cupcakes were provided by ‘Lovely Confections Bakery’ and we indulged in ‘Bees Knees’ (Lavender Cake with Honey Lemon Buttercream), Vanilla with Chocolate frosting, Chocolate with Chocolate frosting and my favorite of the day the Carrot with Cream Cheese Frosting.  Most of her ingredients are organic and locally sourced so both yummy and good karma!

Here’s some more fun pics of the party:

Myself and Grace with her Grandma’s

My little cupcake:

Check out this gorgeous blanket made by my cousin-in-law Rose, she is SO talented.  She just so happens to have an Etsy Store ’RosesBloom‘ where she sells recycled yarn.  How cool is that?

and finally, Grace got to open a couple of gifts too and one of her favorites was a pack of ‘Big Girl’ panties…she couldn’t stop checking herself out!

I am so inspired by the vibrant yellow and fuchsia colors in this photo submitted by Carrie from Sucre’ Dolce Bakehouse.  She made it for a belated Valentine’s Party and stated ‘It’s the only time of the year I get to use pinks for anything to do with my boys, so I take full advantage! They were white chocolate cupcakes with organic raspberry preserve swirls throughout, topped with White Chocolate buttercream, heart sprinkles and the most beautiful plump organic red raspberries!’  Ohhhhh, yum.

Perhaps it’s my cabin fever (oh HURRY UP already Spring), or it could just be my love for dramatic colors but I’m inspired on several levels here…inspires me to want to decorate a room, throw a party or the most dangerous - go shopping.  Well since my budget this month is dedicated to blue, green and everything else that says ‘baby boy’ on the way I’ll just do some “window” shopping online here… 

I recently redecorated my daughters ‘nursery’ to convert it to a gender neutral ‘kids room’ using bright, bold colors and I LOVE the results.  However, I’m tucking this in the back of my mind for future inspiration (given that I get her approval…miss independent that she is at a wise old ‘2′).  I found this on ‘How Stuff Works’ in the article ‘How to Design Children’s Room’s’.

I found this Rosette Bobby Pin in the Etsy store Brydferth.  If these are your wedding colors this is so simple and pretty, what a cute bridesmaid gift idea.

The ‘Bridal Bar Blog‘ recently posted some beautiful photos (flowers by Peony & Plum, photos by John Martorano Photography) of a wedding done in Peony Pink, Pale Yellow, Fuchsia and Red.  Just gorgeous…

On a more whimsical note…these pinwheels found in Etsy shop Rule42 are a creative alternative to traditional bouquets.  How fun!

Now for one of those ‘just for the heck of it’ purchases check out this keychain from Etsy store ‘SewMuchDetail’.

It was just a little over a year ago when the idea for The Cupcake Tower was born over a glass of wine and a delicious cupcake from a local bakery.  Granted it was another 3 months before the product launched and we sold our first Tower but hey, I like celebrating multiple Anniversaries!  For instance, my husband and I love to celebrate our ‘almost’ wedding Anniversary which is the day we were supposed to get married in Mexico before Hurricane Wilma decided to crash the party and lock us in our room for 4 nights…sigh – I digress.

Anyway, today we want to mark our 1 year ‘conception’ Anniversary with a nod to Lindsey, our very first customer who purchased her Tower from our Etsy store for her wedding.  Lindsey chose red ribbon detail which is still one of our more popular colors today.  Lindsey, you did us PROUD!  Thank you for sharing this photo.

Happy Anniversary to The Cupcake Tower.  I think I’ll go have a cupcake…

Ever since I received this photo of a Medium Tower from our customer Selah, owner of Nomelie Cupcakes in Parker, CO I seem to be noticing giraffe themes popping up everywhere (you know, the same way you buy a new car and suddenly everyone else on the road has one too!).   I love how she combined mini-cupcakes with regular.  My thought process of course is that one cupcake is never enough yet two cupcakes beg for heaps of guilt.  If the 2nd is a tiny though…1/2 the guilt!

Other guilt free indulgences might or might not include these adorable paper lanterns from World Market.   I first saw them on the phenomenal site ‘Hostess with the Mostess’ as she blogged about her ‘Mod Menagerie Baby Shower’

These giraffe sandwiches would surely evoke several ‘ooooh’ and ‘awwws’ just as they did from me.   Found on the site ‘Funky Lunch’ I couldn’t get enough of the gallery of cute creatures they’ve come up with.

Last but not least are these pacifier clips I found on the Etsy shop ‘Dots and Dashes Designs’ :

or these giraffe rattles, also on Etsy, by ‘Bundled’…SO CUTE!