Cupcake Bites

Fluff cupcake boxed mirror

While there's certainly a limit to how many matching accessories a person can have before others begin to see an obsessive personality disorder looming in the distance, I think tucking this Cupcake Boxed Mirror with Stones ($16) by Fluff inside a matching cupcake roll case (which is, of course, nestled inside a suitcase bearing a matching cupcake luggage tag) wouldn't be the cause of too many concerned whispers.

The pink sparkling stones are a bit much, if you ask me, but I suppose it complements the pink box and pink chiffon pouch the 2.5" x 2.5" mirror comes with quite nicely.

Pink cupcake receiving blanket

The best way to ensure that your baby girl grows up to be a fellow cupcake fanatic is to surround her with the little frosted cake as soon as possible. And since sugary desserts haven't been approved by pediatricians as a suitable substitute for milk and no one has come out with a line of in-womb accessories for the fetching fetus, the best we can do to expose our babies to cupcakes as early as possible is to bundle them up in this super soft cupcake receiving blanket from Luvable Friends.

The 100% cotton 2-ply blanket normally retails for $19.99 but can be purchased for as little as $7.99.

Leiber strawberry cupcake clutch

Unless you're Carrie Bradshaw, the flower girl in your wedding probably won't be accessorizing her designer dress with this $4,295 limited edition Leiber Strawberry Cupcake Clutch the way Charlotte's daughter does in the Sex and the City movie. But if the pink and silver rhinestones, goldtone hardware, and 7" chain that can be used as a shoulder strap or hidden inside the cupcake for some clutch action are something that the precocious little one insists on carrying her silk rose petals in, then at least you can rent it for $136 per week from Bag Borrow or Steal.

Alternatively, you could decide not to let a child's preferences take priority over sticking to your budget and buy her a $12 satin cupcake purse instead.

Birthday cupcake chair cover

I had no idea that cupcakes were such a popular theme for children's first birthday parties. There's the cupcake pull-ribbon pinata, the Pin the Candle on the Cupcake party game, edible cupcakes themselves of course, and now the birthday cupcake chair cover ($12).

I don't know why the designer of the 26" x 25" polyester cover didn't open his/her eyes when choosing and arranging the cupcake's awful decorations, but I suppose "star," "ribbon," and "ugly" are all words that a one-year-old should know. Fortunately for the person sitting across the child of honor, the atrociously adorned cupcake is only printed on one side of the chair cover. The other side is plain white felt.

Assorted cupcake charms

If you've never squealed in delight before, then kindly pass out earplugs to those around you and take a look at the buffet of cupcake charms at Inedible Jewelry.

Not counting the two "flavors" that are currently out of stock (silver anniversary and chocolate squiggle bite), there are 25 nicely detailed polymer clay cupcake varieties to choose from. They may not be the most exquisitely done miniature cupcakes out there, but they're still quite cute (especially when you see the entire spread at once) and are priced at only $6 apiece.

For an additional charge, the charms can also be strung onto silver chains and bracelet, beaded necklaces and bracelets, and ribbons or turned into several styles of earrings.

Chocolate cupcake sugar bowl

Is that a grape balancing atop an upside-down bowl or a head peeking through a scallop-edged brown poncho? It's gotta be one or the other because despite what Burton & Burton claims, there's just no way that verging-on-vulgar oblong protrusion could be a cherry on a cupcake.

I don't like the idea of having to treat it as a knob/handle either. I understand that it's there to make lifting the lid of the 4" ceramic sugar bowl easier (it's normally such an arduous task, isn't it?), but I think we'd be able to manage removing the glossy lid, filling the 3.5" opening with granulated sugar, inserting the 4" spoon, and replacing the lid without it.

Don't believe me? Head over to Amazon with $4.95 to prove it to yourself.

Cupcake banks that won't break yours

I don't know what characteristics something has to have in order to be called a bank, but it doesn't seem that these cupcake banks have what it takes.

At the very least, piggy banks should have coin slots and based on what can be seen in the photo, these may not have any. In fact, without knowing their dimensions, I'd actually identify them as belonging to the same series of cupcake keepsake boxes I have at home (see photos below). There's no preventing anyone from stashing some loose change and crumpled bills into the cupcakes, of course, but I wouldn't call an empty soda bottle, milk jug, or anything else that can hold money a bank. But I digress.

Caramella Candy sells these cupcake banks for $12.50 apiece in your choice of "Stash for Sweets," "Cash for Cravings," and "Treats & Sweets."

Yorkie cupcake trinket box

Um, okay.

All together now: 1, 2, 3 . . . random! What on earth is a Yorkshire Terrier doing sitting on top of resin cupcake trinket box ($10)? Aside from helping the box reach its 5" height, I mean.

I see that she's donning a little red bow between her ears, so unless that's what she always wears on Casual Friday, I'm guessing she's attending some kind of celebration. That would explain the confetti sprinkles surrounding her.

Too bad her self-centered decision to sit at the top of the cupcake was so poorly thought out. Depending on what kind of party it is, guests might mistake her for a candle and reach for a lighter. Not only that, but how is she supposed to get down from there without ruining the cupcake? She's already ruined the even distribution of sprinkles.

Children's cupcake birthday game

Other than an adult version of "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" played at a bridal shower (I'm sure you can imagine what it was we were, ahem, pinning on the poster-size drawing of the groom), I don't have any equine-related party game experience.

And since we all want our children to grow up with more than we had, isn't it nice to see a new take on the classic kids' game? With Pin the Candle on the Cupcake ($20) from Celebrate Express, our little girls will become young women who were blindfolded, spun around, and laughed at as they stumbled toward a 26.5" cloth hanging on the wall and failed to stick one of the 14 included plush candles onto a cupcake. How character-building!

Also available in blue.

Cupcake pattern T-shirt

Though variety is said to be the spice of life, sometimes having too many choices can be overwhelming. My husband feels like this when confronted with restaurant menus that contain too many items; with so much to choose from, he finds himself unable to make a decision.

If only ordering food was as simple as ordering this cupcake pattern tee from the cute institute! Rather than ask customers to choose a single cupcake, they've eliminated the decision-making process completely and given us 25 cupcakes in 19 different flavors neatly arranged and printed on a variety of T-shirt styles for men, women, and children.

Multicolor cupcake bracelet for children

When I was a kid, our elementary-school fashion sense was largely determined by the number and variety of bracelets covering our wrists and forearms. We made friendship bracelets, bought those crazy slap-on bracelets, and came up with different ways to intertwine the solid black rubber bracelets with clear glittery ones.

Long gone are those innocent days of '80s jewelry.

Since today's 7- and 8-year-olds are flashing Tiffany bracelets while talking on their cell phones, the Children's Cupcake Multicolor Bracelet ($16.99) from Target must be aimed at younger kids. Pastel cupcakes sprinkled with a trio of sparkling rhinestones and strung together on a silver bracelet could probably still thrill a 6-year-old. A 6.5-year-old, on the other hand, wouldn't tolerate it for a second.

Harajuku Lovers cupcake patch keychain

After seeing the Harajuku Lovers cupcake watch, casual cupcake fans probably immediately wrote off Gwen Stefani's fashion line as intolerably cute. I don't blame them; the highly decorated plastic band was overkill even for me (and I run this site!).

But if they had hung in there, they would've seen that not everything in the Harajuku Lovers cupcake series crosses that thin line between cute and puke. Look at this cupcake patch keychain, for example. The 3" patch, adorned with embroidered sprinkles and the words "super kawaii" (super cute), slides along a lobster-claw chain attached to a three-attachment metal ring. Tastefully cute, I'd say.

On sale for $4.99 from ShopKawaii.com.