So, every new year I like to revamp & reorganize. I look over my buget for the year, get a new desktop wallpaper, put up ny new calendar, and, of course, get an entire new icon pack. Of course, this little event takes FOREVER, because there are 10 billion adorable icons across the internet. I was so freaking excited when I found these Cupcake Icons for macs! I know they aren’t donuts, but I’ve always lamented the fact that I didn’t call this website Stickers and Cupcakes. Although, maybe that would have been too girly, like calling it Unicorns and Rainbows or Twinkley Stars and Pink High Heels.
Anyway, the ultimate truth is this: I have no control over how many cupcakes I would eat this year if these were actually my icons, so I went with some nice antiquey looking icons and one special donut icon from a Simpson’s set for my Stickers & Donuts folder.
Happy Friday! Posts are going to be light and/or non-existent through Tuesday (LSATs / GREs!!!!)! This post is long. Save half of it for Monday? xo
I blame Tricia & Bobby Solomon for the messiness of this post.
First of all, Tricia’s study-supply-heavy currently obsessed post prompted me to write my own study-supply heavy currently obsessed post. (Hopefully, between the two of us, your next study session will be super-productive (and you will gain five pounds).)
Bobby Solomon doesn’t know who I am, but I read his blog & am really obsessed with his desktop wallpaper project. He has twitter (so does Stickers & Donuts!) and commented on Ben Fold’s new album with a song featuring Regina Spektor, which I also love, and in usual internet-fashion I now feel really connected and really creepy.
ANYWAY, right after laying out the images for this post, I discovered this week’s desktop wallpaper featuring Billy Murray on Bobby’s blog, and (instant obsession!) had to squeeze it into my post. Due to a layer error and time constraints, I had only so many choices in reorganization. Alas. Messy.
Anyway, after the jump, long descriptions (procrastination) of the things in the picture. Also, links.
I’ve been pretty obsessed with cupcakes lately, so I was thrilled to see these ice-cream-cone-filled cupcakes on New York Magazine’s “Grub Street” blog. (The inside scoop was originally from Blondie & Brownie’s food blog.) And the food itself? $3.50 at the Treats Truck, which I visited when I was at the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn this past year.
Sometimes, you want the icing and the cupcakes… and an art project. If so, crazyaboutcupcakes.com has inspiration images that will make you drool!
If you want to torture yourself with more sweet snacks, check out Oh Joy’s recent post on magical looking icy pops from icypops.com.
In my most recent edition of Currently Obsessed , I mentioned that a recent thrill has come from eating vanilla frosting directly from the can, no cupcake or cake required (or none availible, as it may be). Upon seeing this post a friend recently mentioned that there is a new fad for frosting eaters — frosting shots. It is said that these little guys take the middleman out of frosting enjoyment.
One of the places offering such deliciously calorie-filled snacks is Babycakes, a popular place for vegan cupcake eatery in lower Manhattan. According to The Arizona Republic, Babycakes tried to rid itself of the $1.50 frosting shots, but people just kept coming back for more. Now, they’re served in vintage shot glasses and people who want to add a twist to their evenings often stop by before going out to the bars
And, in case you are health conscious, even Oprah magazine thinks Babycakes, in all of their vegan, gluten-free glory, are pretty good for you, and pretty good tasting, too.
I was recently catching up on a (very) old issue of In Style, and, being perpetually drawn to pretty colors and sugar, noticed the cupcake in Katie Holmes’ hand before I noticed Katie herself.
The article is so old that it’s from a time when Katie lived alone in NYC, and visited Billy’s Bakery, on 9th Ave between 21st and 22nd Streets, once a week.
I’ve never eaten there, but if their cupcakes look this yummy and all of the magazines are raving about them, I’m sure they’re good and will be sure to stop by soon.
Another plus? The shop has the charm of a 1940s kitchen. Sweet!
