Monday, February 11, 2013

valentine candy cupcake toppers

i don't really like this candy.
it doesn't taste like anything except chalk to me and i tried writing with it since chalkboard crafts are so popular now,
but uh, that didn't work out too well...

it kinda falls in the candy corn category of holiday sweets where a crafter buys gross candy just to make something out of it.

c'mon crafty peeps, 
you know what i'm talking about!

anyway, here is my contribution to the crafty blogging world of making gross candy into cute treats.
so along with a 99 cent box of cheap conversation (chalk) hearts, i got some red candy melts, sprinkles, toothpicks, wax paper, and wooden picks and made these.

first i plopped a small dime to a nickel size blob of red candy melt on wax paper.

then,




and look-here it is again:
i only made 4 for my family.
so my kids get the "crazy fun" on their cupcakes,
i get the "party girl" topper,
and my hubby gets the "friend 4 Eva". 
that is, after he gives me my Valentine chocolates.
teehee! 
j/k

and yes, those are fake ceramic cupcakes i have in the background.
i have yet to actually buy the cupcakes which i will do on my way home from work on the 14th, so that i can actually use these and not have the cupcakes sitting around til Thursday.

cuz y'know, they may get dry and taste like chalk...





17 comments:

  1. thank you for your party Kathy! happy heart day :)

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  2. Cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing @ Submarine Sunday!

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    1. oh my goodness that's a lot of exclamation points!!!!!!! thanks T'onna! :>D

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  3. These are great! I think candy corn and conversation hearts go into my "candy that looks like a toy" category, lol. Some candies just seem like super fun toys to me that are perfect for crafting but I cannot imagine eating them!!

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    1. LOL! along with black jelly beans! i like the way you think Michelle :) thanks SO much!!!

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  4. Such a cute idea! BTW, I LOVE black jelly beans!:)

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    1. thank you Sue! if you made something with black jelly beans, i would probably be in love with them too! :>D

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  5. I have to agree I do not like the taste of conversation hearts at all and chalk is pretty much what they taste like. But you did manage to make something yummy and cute out of them. Thanks for sharing on We Made That!

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    1. you know who LOVES conversation hearts? my son! so he got the rest of the 99 cent box of course so it didn't go to waste. and as for my topper, i plan on picking out the heart and giving it to him too-heehee thanks so much Tracey! :)

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  6. How cute. I would love to receive a cupcake like that. No chance from my husband! I will have to make my own
    Men!
    Rosezeeta.

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    1. LOL! your comment made me giggle-mine's never seen a cupcake mix in his hand either! i'm choosing to buy some only due to time but i do make some now and then and eat most of them myself anyway! hehe thanks for stopping by Rosezeeta! :)

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  7. This looks so fun! Thanks for sharing at Two Cup Tuesday at Pint Sized Baker . I hope to see you again there tomorrow night!

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    1. thank you Karyn fo stopping by by and for your party! :>)

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  8. What a fun idea! Thanks for sharing at Fluster's Creative Muster. Looking forward to seeing what you link up next week.

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    1. after i made my cupid candy arrows, i had just a little bit of red candy melt left to make these! thanks so much Fluster Buster :)

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  9. Oh!!! They are sooo cute Lisa!!!

    Thanks so much for partying at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality! Can't wait to see what you link up tomorrow evening!!

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