Sweet Art: Unicorn Eating a Banana, Robot Eating Banana Cream Pie

Some pictures are worth a thousand words.  This one, however, is worth about a zillion rainbow-beams of happiness. It depicts a unicorn eating a banana, hanging out with a robot eating banana cream pie.

And you too can get in on this awesome: it's available on a mug and as a print online, and will be available at CakeSpy Shop (the retail location) on October 15. 

Seeking Sweetness: Holiday Card Sneak Peek #4

CakeSpy Note: if you follow me on facebook or Twitter, you probably know I'm partial to observing (and sometimes adding) sweetness in the natural world and urban landscape. Here's where I post a daily feel-good photo or image, for no particular reason other than to showcase these sweet little nothings, in hopes that they'll make you smile.

Here's a sweet sneak peek at one of the upcoming 2011 Holiday Card designs in the CakeSpy line! They will be available online in a week or two; in the meantime, I'll post a different sneak peek every few days.

Seeking Sweetness: Holiday Card Sneak Peek #3

CakeSpy Note: if you follow me on facebook or Twitter, you probably know I'm partial to observing (and sometimes adding) sweetness in the natural world and urban landscape. Here's where I post a daily feel-good photo or image, for no particular reason other than to showcase these sweet little nothings, in hopes that they'll make you smile.

Here's a sweet sneak peek at one of the upcoming 2011 Holiday Card designs in the CakeSpy line! They will be available online in a week or two; in the meantime, I'll post a different sneak peek every few days.

Seeking Sweetness: Holiday Card Sneak Peek #2

CakeSpy Note: if you follow me on facebook or Twitter, you probably know I'm partial to observing (and sometimes adding) sweetness in the natural world and urban landscape. Here's where I post a daily feel-good photo or image, for no particular reason other than to showcase these sweet little nothings, in hopes that they'll make you smile.

Here's a sweet sneak peek at one of the upcoming 2011 Holiday Card designs in the CakeSpy line! They will be available online in a week or two; in the meantime, I'll post a different sneak peek every few days.

Cake Byte: CakeSpy Socks Now Available For Purchase

We can't all have attractive feet.

But no matter what your feet look like, you can coat them with a triple-threat of awesome with these brand-new CakeSpy Socks, created as a collaboration with the lovely and amazing Sock It To Me!

Covered with cupcakes, unicorns, and robots, these socks are aptly entitled "Trifecta", and they're like a treat...for your feet! Delightful and delicious...just not to eat.

You can buy them online here, or come into the CakeSpy retail shop at 415 East Pine Street, where they are now available for purchase.

Cake Byte: New CakeSpy Wedding Stamps by Taylored Expressions!

Like, totally sweet! It's time for a new batch of rubber stamps created by our own Head Spy Jessie in collaboration with Taylored Expressions! The newest set has a wedding theme, because everyone knows love is totally sweet.

You can get ideas for projects like the card shown above, here; to buy the stamps, which retail for $21.95, visit tayloredexpressions.com!

Cake Byte: Several New CakeSpy Card Designs

Oh, hello, friends.

I thought that just in case you were feeling rich this week, I would share my updated sheet of cards. I have several new styles by popular request, including several of my popular quote illustrations, as well as Teacher, Battle of the Buns (Hot Dogs Vs. Hamburgers!), and "Donut Worry, Be Happy".

You can order them a la carte in the online shop; for a bigger, more beautiful view of the entire sheet, click here.

Order CakeSpy Cards and more at cakespyshop.com. They're available at the CakeSpy retail shop too, 415 E. Pine St, Seattle WA 98122!

Cake Byte: New CakeSpy Baby-themed Stamp Designs for Taylored Expressions

Buy these!It's time for some seriously coo-inducing cuteness: CakeSpy has done a new batch of designs for Taylored Expressions rubber stamps!

This time, the theme is babycakes, and this sweet set of stamps features all sorts of new baby themes--in cupcake form, natch!

These rubber stamps are perfect for choosing your own greeting card adventure or a variety of other crafts!

They can be purchased on the Taylored Expressions website!

Cake Byte: Penguinbot for CakeSpy Wristlets and Totes are Back in Stock!

Here's some totally sweet news: these bestselling handmade vinyl totes and wristlets--a special collaboration between CakeSpy and Penguinbot--are back in stock at CakeSpy Shop! 

Here's the 411 on both pieces:

Wristlet: This lovely little cupcake wristlet will certainly make your night on the town a whole lot sweeter! It is beautifully constructed of sturdy marine-grade black vinyl, with a reverse appliquéd cupcake on front. The cupcake is comprised of a grey vinyl cupcake wrapper, pink fabric "frosting", black stitching for the eyes and mouth, felt for the rosy cheeks, and there's a cherry button to top off the frosting. There is a zipper to keep your cards and important little things enclosed! The inside is lined with a cupcake patterned fabric. Fancy!

Outer: vinyl Innards: 100% cotton / Size: 9" wide at zipper opening, 8" wide at bottom, 6.5" tall, 1.5" deep. Cost: $30.00. Buy here!

Tote Bag: This lovely little cupcake tote is beautifully constructed of sturdy marine-grade black vinyl, with a reverse appliquéd cupcake on front. The cupcake is comprised of a grey vinyl cupcake wrapper, pink fabric "frosting", black stitching for the eyes and mouth, felt for the rosy cheeks, and there's a cherry button to top off the frosting. The inside is lined with a cupcake patterned fabric. Fancy! There's a small inner pocket to keep your cell phone etc out of the bottom of your bag.

And, as a side note, this is the bag I personally carry, and I can say from experience that it's a super-sturdy bag (it's been going strong for over a year as an everyday bag, and shows hardly any wear!), great for all weather, and a perfectly sized day bag (it fits a couple of book, your phone/wallet/keys, and a small bakery box quite comfortably...what else could you need?).

Outer: vinyl Innards: 100% cotton / Size: 11.5" tall, 11" wide, 4" deep. Cost: $55. Buy here!

CakeSpy Shop stocks a number of other coin purses and small items by Penguinbot as well!

Cake Byte: Valentine Card Assortment!

As you've probably started to suspect, what with the proliferation of heart-shaped boxes full of candy at grocery and drugstores and endcap displays packed with conversation hearts, Valentine's Day is coming.

And undoubtedly, there are some sweet people in your life who are deserving of a sweet note for the occasion.

Happily, there's a new Valentine assortment of cards now available in the online shop! It's a 9-pack of cards, 3 each of the sweetest CakeSpy designs: "Cuppie Love" (greeted with "You're Sweet and I Like You"); Cake Loves Pie (blank inside) and Cookie Loves Milk (blank inside).

As I see it, there are two good reasons to buy these cards:

1. You want them.

2. They will delight the recipients.

See? Win-win. This double happiness can be attained by clicking on over to cakespyshop.com! If you're in Seattle, they can also be purchased at Cupcake Royale locations or at the retail CakeSpy Shop!