valentine's day What to do when it's 30 below zero?

Plant a cupcake garden?

Brrr! Reader Trish S. sent in this beautiful cupcake garden she "planted" in deeply frozen Minnesota!



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Gorgeous! Thanks for sending this in, Trish! Stay warm!


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valentine's day Kids and Cupcakes: Camden!

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Adorable car cupcakes make Camden a happy boy on his second birthday!

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Sent in by reader Tisha, in Washington.

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Precious!

valentine's day Freshly Inked.

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Love the colors!

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Designed by Kevin of @RMGco and inked by Jeff of Phat Katz Tattoo.


Sent in by cutie-pie reader and cupcake-lover Joanna of Color Me Cupcake blog.


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valentine's day Even more angelic, but still, no flying.

Hani, a cupcake baker, responds to my earlier post about Susan Q.'s cupcake with wings tattoo by sending in her own angel wings cupcakes (with how-to!).



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Beautiful! Thanks for sending this in, Hani!


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valentine's day Yes, but can your cupcake fly??

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Holy moley that's one hell of a back piece! Fantastic work! I'm charmed and impressed by it. It's fully one-third of her back inked. Sent in by uber-sexy Susan Q. of Let Us Eat Cupcakes in Columbus, Ohio, inked to perfection by Jim Quin of Quin Skull and Rose Tattoo Parlor.



I love all your cupcake tattoos, please do keep sending them in attention Stacie.



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valentine's day Kids and Cupcakes: Sophia!

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This precious three-year-old is the cousin to the owner of Petite Teats cupcakes. Here is Sophia enjoying her own petite treat! Looks yummy!

valentine's day Keep sending in your cupcake tattoos!

This slightly risque cupcake tattoo was sent in by reader, cupcake-lover and -baker, Heather, of Dollop Gourmet Cupcake Creations. Inked by Erik Mannhardt at Lucky Lotus in Rochester, NY.

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Cupcake iconography just goes so well with tattoos.

Thanks, Heather, and people please keep sending in your cupcake tattoos (attention Stacie).


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valentine's day Kids and Cupcakes: All Awesome!

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This bit of preciousness was sent in by reader and cupcake-maker, Lindsey P. of
Cupcake Zoo in Kalamazoo, MI. This is her best and favorite taste-tester, her three-year-old son, Luca. More cupcake frosting mom, pleeeease??





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This one was sent in (with express written permission to repost) by reader Mindy, of her baby boy enjoying his first cupcake.







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This one was sent in by reader Christine, of her baby angel Noah enjoying a cupcake from their local (Virginia) shop(pe), Pearl's.



I love getting your images for Kids and Cupcakes and Babies and Cupcakes, so keep sending 'em in, attention: Stacie.

valentine's day Kids and Cupcakes: Cadence

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Oh my goodness, just look at that face! Photo by reader and cupcake baker Amber, this is precious Cadence enjoying a banana-pudding-filled cupcake. Looks like it was worth the mess.

valentine's day Cupcake tats make me smile.

Even on a bad day cupcake tats make me smile and feel good. Something about seeing the icon of the cupcake inked permanently (or even temporarily) on someone's skin is cool, and uplifting.




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This one was sent in by reader Karin M. in Phoenix, whose friend Joe Marcum did the inking.