valentine's day How to deliver the key to your heart valentine's day cupcakes with gold leaf - a how-to tutorial by Sweetopia

The site Sweetopia has an extensive tutorial posted about how to make these key to your heart cupcakes using gold leaf! There are tweezers (!!) and paintbrushes involved. I love how much effort went into these - it shows. They are beautiful and would make a gorgeous valentine's day cupcake gift. Do check it out. You can also find Sweetopia on Facebook and @sweetopia on Twitter.

valentine's day Gold and silver cupcake charms for charity from Altruette

I just discovered Altruette, which sells jewelry benefiting various charities, and these gold and silver cupcake charms are part of it. The gold one is $155 and silver is $135.





CancerCare’s Cupcakes for a Cause® makes helping children affected by cancer a piece of cake. Participating bake shops around the country sell cupcakes to raise money and awareness for vital support programs as well as counseling for children and families affected by cancer. Helping kids and their parents navigate the complex cancer maze? We think that's a pretty sweet idea.

In 100% recycled Sterling Silver plated with 14k gold.

50% of the net profits from our charms benefit the causes they represent.

Altruette charms come with a "lobster clasp" that clicks on and off your bracelet, or a "soldered jump ring" which slides onto our necklaces and key rings.