by Party Cupcake Ideas on August 30, 2010
I’ve received emails asking about making cupcake stands for parties or large events like weddings. Large stands can be difficult to make if you don’t have a wood shop or have the time and resources to make one. If you are baking cupcakes for a large wedding, engagement party, or special event, you’ll want to a nice display. A cupcake stand can be the centerpiece for your decorations and also highlight your baking talents. A cupcake stand can be customized to your theme with wrapping paper and ribbon around the edges. Adding black and white silk ribbon can add elegance to your wedding cupcake stand. Pink, blues, and yellow ribbon would be great choices for a cute baby shower cupcake tower.
I was fortunate enough to be contacted by Susan at Green Party Goods last week. Susan is allowing me to giveaway one large cupcake stand that holds 125 cupcakes. The square cupcake stand has 5 tiers and stands 20″ tall. The cupcake stand is not only lightweight and made from durable cardboard, but you can also reuse it. The stand folds down and stores easily. Now you have a great excuse to invite 125 guests over to your next party 
Check out Susan’s site as she has other fun cupcake items like wrappers, carriers, and toppers.
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by Abigail on August 29, 2010
A little girl’s birthday is special, everyone knows this is true. So why not make your little girl’s birthday even more special with a cupcake theme? A cupcake themed birthday can’t help but be sweet and pretty. Every little girl loves cupcakes. Cupcakes are adorable, and the perfect sweet treat for every little girl. This is a fun theme for a little girl’s birthday party.
Try some of our favorite tips to create your little girl’s cupcake birthday. It will be a celebration to remember.
Let your little girl choose a theme for what type of cupcakes she would like. A popular theme for cupcakes are flower cupcakes. But other popular themes include adorable animals and other cupcakes like ones with every little girl’s name on them. These cupcakes help to set the theme for the party.
Part of the fun of every party are the games you play at a party. Active games are a great idea – whether indoors or outside. Try pinning the tail on the donkey – except create a pin the candle on the cupcake game to complement your cupcake birthday party theme. You can play freeze tag or hot potato, fun games that get kids moving.
A cupcake birthday party can be dressy or casual, depending on your preference. The fun of having a dressy birthday is that every little girl gets to wear a fancy dress. But some little girls don’t like to fuss with frills and ribbons, so a fancy dress party may not please them. Consider the birthday girl and also the guests’ personalities when choosing the dress code. A more casual party may be the ideal choice as everyone will be comfortable and ready to play.
A fun activity for cupcake themed birthday parties is to make cupcakes together with the guests. This works well with young children when they are closely supervised in the kitchen. Children can help with stirring, mixing and pouring out ingredients. Let an adult manage taking the cupcakes and putting them in and taking them out of the oven. Once they are cool, every child can frost their own cupcake – which is lots of fun!
There are many reasons to hold a cupcake themed birthday party. One of the top reasons is that this is a birthday party theme that little girls enjoy. Who can resist a sweet and yummy cupcake. The cupcake themed birthday party is fun and an ideal choice for your little girl’s birthday party. Enjoy the birthday party and the cupcakes!
(c) Daniel Andres Forero
by Abigail on August 24, 2010
The popular cupcakery Hello Cupcake turns 2 and to celebrate their birthday they gave away cupcakes. The gourmet cupcakery in Dupont Circle gave away cupcakes to celebrate another “year of sweet success” according to their website.
Hello Cupcake is known for having fresh, seasonal and local ingredients. They also have more than 50 delicious flavors for their sweet and yummy cupcakes. They make their cupcakes from scratch all-day and everyday.
Some of their flavors include triple coconut, raspberry beret, peppermint penny, dulce de leche, cookies-n-cream, pink lemonade and peanut butter. Root beer is the flavor available only for the month of August. It’s easy to see that Hello Cupcake can come up with lots of sweet, scrumptious and yummy flavors!
We hope you had a chance to go to Dupont Circle and wish them a Happy 2nd Birthday. And to enjoy a free cupcake to celebrate this great 2nd birthday. Even if you didn’t, it’s exciting to think another great cupcakery turns 2 today and is going on to do fun and exciting things with cupcakes. We look forward to seeing what Hello Cupcake does for their 3rd year. Happy Birthday Hello Cupcake!
(c) photo Billy Alexander
