No, I haven’t taken up sewing. (Not yet anyway.) These adorable little buttons are all candy.
And, umm… they are like handmade.
Not by me, but remember my crazy talented, cupcake fanatic friend, Julie?
She made them for a friend’s baby shower using a fab tutorial from Bake it Pretty.
They are just about the cutest things I’ve ever seen.
The tutorial even includes a pdf for the labels so you can print them out at home and make your own packaging.
Julie made yellow, pink, green, orange and blue buttons with colored candy melts.
Just melt the candy and pour into a button mold. Let them dry and pop them right out.
Place them in small plastic bags and attach the labels. Just fold them in half and staple them together.
Or, if you’re crazy like Julie, then you make the labels work with your own wooden custom candy button display that your awesomely talented husband built for you.
Yeah, I’m sucking up in case he reads this and wants to make one for me, too.
So, instead of folding the labels in half, you can fold them in thirds. Two-thirds in front and one-third in the back so you have enough room to use a hole punch on the labels without messing up the graphics. And then just use a little double-sided tape to attach the labels to the bags.
Easy and like I said… cute as a button.
Julie also made these onesie sugar cookies for the shower. I’m gonna work on her to get this recipe because they were really good.
Okay, back to buttons…
Here is the Candy Button Tutorial from Bakeitpretty.com.
Check out the site when you have some time. Cute stuff for baking AND for decorating!
Guess what else…?
The guys that run the site gave me a gift voucher code to shop at their store last year. I forgot I had it until Julie showed me these buttons and I remembered the email they sent me. I decided that since I had not used it yet, I wanted to give it away to one of you guys. Hopefully it still works. And if not, I’ll buy a new one for you. K?
Enter to win a $100 Gift Voucher to BakeitPretty.com.
Leave a comment on this post and let me know what you enjoy more…
Baking sweets or making them look pretty?
Deadline to enter is Monday, February 1st at 6:00 PM ET. Sorry, Time’s Up! Winner Announced Below.
One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Monday evening on this post.
Good luck!
And the winner is… comment #1326.
That’s you, chakins! I’m glad you love to bake. Now, get shopping and start decorating.
I like baking them the most. I always end up eating it before I get around to the decorating part. Sad but true. Also, I’m really excited that I actually read your blog in time to enter one of these things. I always miss them!
I want to eat those until I have sugar rush:)))
I love to bake but i am more rewarded by the oohh’s and awww’s by the decorated goodies.
omg, how to choose =) I love to bake, but making things pretty is my favorite part I think. In fact, if someone would make the sugar cookies, I’d ice them any day!
I love the baking sweets the most, but the end result of making them pretty is extremely satisfying and fun!
Those buttons are stinkin’ cute! I would have to say I like the baking best. I’m not the world’s best decorator but I can make it taste good. :)
Baking them is the most fun for me; but I am looking forward to my young twins being able to help me out at making my baked goods pretty in a few more years!
Super cool!
I love when creativity takes over…
I’d saying baking, but making them look pretty is fun too. Maybe it’s because I get to eat all the mess ups. lol.
i love baking sweets! i have no talent at making them look pretty.. at least not yet! i’m still a little sloppy! i’m working on it. :D
Without a doubt, making them look pretty. I have an artistic mind but with a 2 year old and a baby I have no time to be artsy crafty, so I have taken up baking. The joy is to then make them look pretty and taste delicious.
I love baking!! I have two little boys who love to help, so things don’t always look so pretty but they always taste great!
Can I live in those bags:))
I am going to try those on sugar sweaters:)
I would have to say I enjoy baking them! I have to avoid wheat so sometimes my gluten free bake goods don’t come out looking too tasty, but I sure love eating everything I bake…so do my girls which makes it all the better!!
I’m not great at either…I like eating the results best of all.
Cutest buttons ever!!!!
Baking is really fun and my number 1 choice! Making them pretty is ok, but my family usually just devours what I make without looking at what it is.
I love baking them, but then I love TRYING to make them pretty! Of course, I’m no where near you in the “pretty dept.”–your creations are fabulous!
I love every idea that I see on your webpage!
definately both. I want them to taste good as well as look pretty
Omg! Today is my birthday. These would be the best present ever!
I want to make a sweater out of fondant and I want to add those sugar buttons on them. How do you like it:)))
I think I just like making treats. I haven’t really tried to make them pretty yet. It would be another expense and my house (cause I always have to get really into things) and we are trying to cut back. But I would love to “get into it”.
I enjoy baking sweets and making them look good. However, if they don’t taste good, then it doesn’t matter how pretty they are (unless you’re just using them as a display :)
Can I eat some:))
Baking sweets for my family and friends. And of course eating some of it myself. :)
Baking. All the measuring and mixing is soothing.
My wife would love those! I want to eat my buttons now:)
i love the baking part, that’s my stress relief. and i enjoy attempting to make things look pretty, but that usually brings the stress right back in again. (guess i need more practice at the ‘pretty’ part)
Very cute shower ideas!! Lovely!
Hey those are the most adorable things I have ever seen!
I like to try to make things look pretty if I can
Definitely baking them. I am still working on the making them pretty part. Shaky hands….
making them look pretty! :o)
I definitely enjoy making them pretty so much more than actually making them. I love when people oww and aww over my creations.
I love to make things look pretty! Decorating is my favorite pastime…that’s why I love your site!! :)
I love baking the sweets more :) and those buttons are super cute!!!
I prefer making them look pretty.
I always love decorating. It’s the best part, for me at least!
I have to say baking because I can’t decorate worth a hoot!! I wish I could!!
So far baking them… until I get better – and more patient – at the decorating part. :)
I’d have to go with baking sweets, since I still need some practice with making them look pretty. Btw, the buttons are adorable!! :)
Definitely making them pretty. They need to taste good……but my favorite part is the decorating:)
I’m definitely more into the baking than the pretty.
I love baking, but the creative side of me loves to decorate more!!! :-)
Making them look pretty then standing back and going ahhhh!
I like baking them, but I love looking at your beautiful sweets!
I think I’d have to go with baking. Sometimes I manage the pretty part ok, but the driving force is just the baking!
making them look pretty!
DECORATING!!! Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE LOVE LOVE baking as well, but there’s something about just sitting in the kitchen with some piping bags and frosting and thinking up creative ideas to make things look pretty. I for one think that presentation is a large part of the whole foodie package of loving sweets! :)
Cute as a button is an understatement. I love the baking.
These are the cutest little buttons ever! i wish i knew about them before my daughter was born. lol <3
OH those are so pretty I just can’t stand it. I have a new baby and the way I unwind is with baking so this would make my life just about perfect!
Baking them… I let the girlies do the decorating.
I like baking sweets because I’m too much of a perfectionist that I never think they’re pretty enough!
I appreciate beautiful sweets, but I would rather bake.
Ideally, I would love to say it’s about making them pretty…but I usually get impatient and just want to eat whatever I am baking! So it never ends up as pretty as it was in my head :) But at least it tastes good!
Making them look pretty is way more fun….sometimes I get so anxious to start making them pretty I mess up my goodie. But, I just love to watch the expression on people faces when given the goodie all wrapped up pretty and know it was all worth it.
I most enjoy playing with my little great-granddaughter.
I would say I like baking best, because I’m way too hard on myself when making them pretty & never feel they’re good enough.
I’m torn…I love baking delicious treats but no one in my house is patient enough to wait for me to make them “pretty”. I also love the “oohs” and “aahs” when the baked goods look pretty. I guess it’s a coin toss.
Adorable buttons! When time allows I love making them pretty! Most of the time we settle for baking with lots of help from the kiddo’s!
I enjoy doing both!
That’s a really hard question! I LOVE baking but it’s no good unless it looks pretty, right? I haven’t really gotten much into decorating my baked goods but I always try to make them look good!
You are such as inspiration!
I have to say that making / baking sweets tops making them pretty in my book, BUT, there is always a but, when the occasion calls for it I do enjoy a slow and skillful decorating session.
baking (and eating)
I love baking the sweets AND making them look pretty! As long as it tastes good I’ll eat it… but if I can bake up something that tastes yummy and then make it look pretty, too.. that’s enough to send me over the moon with happiness!
DEFINITELY making them look pretty! Makes them so much more fun to share :) Of course, making them taste good is a given!
I enjoy baking them the most. I like putting all the ordinary ingredients together to make something yummy, then enjoying what I made (and sharing them with other people…. sometimes) :o)
Whoops, forgot to answer the question…I definitely enjoy making them look pretty. :)
baking sweets to make them look pretty in the end duh ! wouldnt have it any other way LOVE YOU BAKERELLA <3
I enjoy baking the most! Looking pretty is great, but taste matters most!
love the buttons! Wish I had a baby shower to plan as an excuse to make them. :)
I love baking the goodies. I always think I’m going to make them look so pretty, but by the time I get to decorating, I fizzle out and just plainly decorate them. I mostly care that they taste good. Most of my desserts are made for boys, so what’s the point. My boys could care less what they look like as long as they taste good. In fact, I don’t think they even stop eating long enough to notice what they look like.
I prefer baking sweets, but I think what I like best is the third, unlisted option: EATING sweets!
Love, love, love it…too cute!
Baking… I would love to make it look pretty though, but rarely have the supplies needed.
I enjoy both, but I’m a lot better at the baking part…All the more reason to practice the pretty!
I love both but if I had to pick just one I’d have to say I love making them look pretty. I guess it’s that sense of accomplishment I feel once it’s all done and I can stand back and look at my work :)
I love baking. I also love your site!
I’m not much of a baker i like to decorate !
MUCH prefer the decorating over the baking. Baking is like a science and you dont usually know if you’ve screwed up til your done! With decorating, there is more room to make mistakes :)
I’m all about the decorating! Beautiful presentations and a work of art!
I enjoy baking sweets more, but only because I haven’t quite learned all the tricks of making them pretty!
DEFINITELY making them pretty!!
BOTH!! I love to bake sweets a lot, but I love to decorate as well because they both sort of go hand in hand. :)
Every time I try to make them look pretty, it always ends up going all wrong, yet whenever I just bake for fun and dont care about looks it turns out great…so I’d have to say baking and hoping that they end up looking pretty anyways!
It’s got to be the baking! The pleasure of watching as all the ingredients finally dissolve together, ready to be baked (and not forgetting the all important “quality-control” tasting to make sure it is just right). Although all the fun to be had deciding on the colours and decorations once out of the oven is pretty important part, too!
Those buttons would look great on my cupcakes that I did yesterday:) And about the question, I used to bake things that I really liked to eat, but since I bought a lot of cute sprinkles I’m more about making the cakes pretty =)
I love looking at photos for inspiration. Julie was just over the top in that category! Of course, baking leads to eating which is pretty good too!
Baking, hands down. Then you can eat them faster!
Bakerella, I don’t know what I like more!
I love baking. I could bake, bake, bake all day. But then the decorating is fun too. I love to eat the food that I decorate. But ugly treats can’t stop me either. Beautiful stuff isn’t always delicious. Except for everything you make! I’ll actually eat anything. Pretty or ugly. It doesn’t matter.
You can’t judge a cake by the fondant!
Oh shoot!
Those candy buttons are so stinkin’ CUTE!!! Me likey :)
I like making them pretty. It goes to show them that you took the extra time to make them extra special.
Do I have to pick?!?! I love to eat…however since I’m on a weight loss journey I do my best to work more on making what I bake look pretty for others and just enjoy in moderation. :)
I like to do both!
That’s a hard one because I enjoy doing both. I really can’t choose just one.But if I had to choose probably making them look pretty because I’m still learning.=]
i love make them pretty and take photos of them :D
i just went through their site and their cupcake wrappers are SUPER SUPER CUTE!!!!!!
awwww…i wish i can have them :)
I love to do both! My big thing right now is cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes!!! I have even made your cake pops!
I always seem to over cook stuff when I bake, but at least I can make them look good!
Oh, goodness. In a perfect world, I would have delicious baked goods that were also super cute. But, because all is not perfect in the world, I have to settle for making super yummy, totally scrumptious baked goods.
Well i have to be honest i don’t do either! But my girlfriend loves to bake so i’m tryin to win this for her. This would be the best Valentines day gift for my PRINCESS!
Baking sweets & eating them is the best :)
The pretty is sometimes too pretty to eat!!
I’m not much of an artist so I would have to say baking.
making them pretty! and it gives me a LOT of satisfaction when people compliment :)
I think I like them both, but hate doing them both at the same time (like making the cupcakes THEN having to decorate them!!) :) These button candies are adorable!! May have to try them out.
I’d like to be able to do both; however, I haven’t had much chance so I’d like to start small making things and then use my scrapbooking experience to make them look pretty!
I say making them look pretty is way more fun, I love when people see it and are so impressed and they oh and ah over it. Then I get to say ‘eh it was nothing :o)
I enjoy making things look pretty. if i could have somebody come in and bake everything for me, and get all the stuff ready that i need to decorate, I would be ecstatic! Ill keep dreaming……
i love to bake but the decorating part is way more fun !
Uh, you forgot eat those sweets!! But I like to bake them more than make them pretty. Unless it is for company then I go the extra mile!
Baking……i would love to have that fine touch to make things look very pretty and cute…..but for now atleast everything taste good…
I love to bake but making things look pretty is my speciality. Watching people eat them is great, too.
I would have to say baking is first, then pretty. I’m not always the best on the pretty part. But I’m working on that. But I love love love to bake!
I definately like making them pretty! Baking them takes to much time and I am impatient and just want them to get done already for I can get to the fun part
Can’t we love both!?!
Definitely baking them!
hmm, i love baking though i probably love making the packaging pretty a little bit more
I do prefer baking them, because if they’re cute, I might not want to eat them. :)
I like making them pretty- can hardly wait for the goodies to bake and cool so I can get to work. Then, there’s eating them… good thing I get to do all three- bake, make pretty and EAT!
I love baking sweets more then making them look pretty, because I can usually make something taste awesome easily, but as for making it look as good as it tastes…not so much. Haha. =)
Making them. Definitely.
It has to taste good, but if it doesn’t look good then it doesn’t seem to taste quites as good! I love to make them good and cute. I hope I win so I can make something pretty!
too cute…
I can think of 1000 things I could buy with that voucher!!!
I like both…. but I probably lean towards baking things…
Baking, I have no patience or skill for making it look pretty.
I’m definitely a make it pretty person. However, there is such joy in baking. I love the smell, the memories baking conjures up, the aprons. But oh, I love being creative and making them pretty. Yeah, I’m going with prettiness!
definitely making them look pretty! I do love to bake, but I LOVE to decorate!
i think i like making them look pretty the most. i am so excited about this post though- i am doing some treats for a friend’s baby shower this weekend. cake pops, of course, but thanks for some more adorable ideas!
Making them look pretty!
Making. But I so love packaging!
Tough call, but I thinking the “making them pretty” part is my favorite!
It depends on the day, of course I like to it them more than anything else!!
I think usually I like to make them pretty!!!
I love baking and and for me part of baking is making it look pretty. As good as something I made may taste and as much as everyone may love it, if its ugly I think its a failure.
Making them look pretty for sure!
I like baking sweets. I do like to make them pretty on occasion, but it is so time consuming & with two little boys WAITING for a treat..we take the easy way out!
I enjoy being creative in the baking process as well at the decorating. It’s hard to pick, but I will. Decorating!
of course baking, cause if it doesn’t taste good what was the point! haven’t you been disappointed at a gorgeous wedding cake that tasted awful or just so plain!
people always forgive ‘homely’ for yummy!!!
I like the baking best, I love creating something from nothing. I like making them look pretty but you’ve got to have something tasty to start with!
Soooo Cute! I made some “cookie buttons” for a sewing club lunch. I used a 2″ round cookie cutter & a med. size decorating tip(round hole) for the ceter of the button holes. Everyone loved them. I will have to try making “candy buttons”
Love to bake, have no talent for pretty, sadly.
Making them look purty!
i like to bake but i need to learn how to decorate because the artist in me would go wild. However, eating the baked goodies is more my sort o thing :)
I am totally torn!!!! I love baking things, but I equally love making them oh so pretty! Maybe I like baking things pretty!!!! I <3 you Bakerella!
both!
i like to make food taste good, and making it look good.
I love to bake…haven’t really mastered the pretty part yet…but always trying!
Making them pretty is the most fun!
definitely a great project for a baby shower theme…cannot wait to use it!
Definitely making it look pretty.
Oh this would be so fabulous! Just in time to get some baking goodies for Valentine’s Day!
I love the end result of making things pretty!!
I like making what I bake look nice too. But if it looks too pretty…then I don’t want to eat it!
How cute! I do sew, and I love doing candy molds. What an absolutely perfect combination:)
I love to bake for the taste. My family loves sweets, pretty or ugly. I love you website…..
I like making it look pretty! :) presentation is always lovely.
The baking is my favorite. Sometimes the product is consumed before I can make it pretty!
Tough choice, but gotta go with baking. Mostly because my 4 yr old always ends up helping and the quality time can’t be beat!
When I bake cookies, I worry about their taste first, but I love to decorate them with any thing colorful! They must look appealing or people just won’t eat them!! Thank you for sharing with us!!
Baking them!
When the kids are grown and out of the house, I’ll have plenty of time to work on making the treats look pretty. And then I’ll spoil my grandchildren rotten! :)
I’m still working on the pretty…but you are a good inspiration. I mostly like to bake and eat!!!
Baking for sure. I’m a total nerd and love thinking about measuring, the science of baking, adjusting my flavors. Love it.
I love baking stuff and making it pretty, doesn’t always work very well though!
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Hmmm… I love to bake. I’ve always loved to bake, i remeber when I was only 8 or 9 years old I would get thr recipes book out and bake snickerdoodles, or muffins of some kind. But in recent years I’ve learned to decorate a little. I think I love that just as much- even btter since it really challenges me to learn and imrpove.
So I guess I vote for decorating
Those onesies are adorable! I love baking the best because it involves all kinds of great flavors and scents.
I enjoy the baking part more…but that’s just because I’m not great at the “making them look pretty” yet…
I like baking sweets. They don’t have to be pretty to taste delicious. But…pretty things will definitely catch my eye first.
I like to bake them and let my artistic daughters make them look pretty.
I prefer to bake, but I’m slowly getting better at the “making pretty” part thanks to you!
Definately making them pretty.
I like doing both. Baking Sweets and Making them look pretty.
I hosted a bridal shower for my BFF and had a treat bar. It was the perfect combination of baking sweets and making them look pretty….almost too pretty to eat. almost.
I’m trying to make my sweets look a little better. They always taste good- they’re just a little ugly.
Baking them! My sister is the decorator, which I greatly appreciate! :)
Making them look pretty!!
I love making them look pretty! Decorating is so much fun (plus frosting is yummmmmy!)
I love baking sweets! Thanks to your blog I’m getting better at the decorating part but for right now– I do the baking & my sister rocks out on the decorating :) love your blog!
Definitely baking… I’m not the best decorator! But those cute sugar buttons would be perfect to make for a baby shower i’m throwing soon….
I love both! Baking is awesome…but making things pretty and seeing the excitement from my 4 year old when she see it is just as great! Im no pro but I have fun.
I love baking, but I prefer decorating stuff. I’m a typical girl, anything with pretty colors and (edible) glitter makes me happy!
These are adorable! I enjoy baking them first and of course making them look pretty after I bake the yummy sweets!
oooooh, it’s all in the presentation! of course love to do it all tho!
Both. I love baking and making it look pretty to eat :)!
I definitely lean more towards the baking them versus making them pretty. The only bake items I take the time to make pretty are your cake pops. :)
Most of the things I bake are gifts for friends so I definately love making them pretty.
making them look pretty for sure :) i may not be the best – but i give it a try :)
I like my baking to be pretty, but that isn’t always the case, I never got a complaint about taste though!!!
Too cute! I visions already of making buttons for sugar cookie boys and girls for my son’s Kindergarten class.
Thanks Bakerella! Love your site!
I think I enjoy baking them more. I always TRY to make them look pretty, but most of the time it doesn’t work :).
I love to make my sweets look pretty b/c its very satisfying when everyone “oohs and ahhs over them”.
I love baking and candy making…making them pretty is nice, but not always necessary! Taste always matters!!!!
Making them pretty, for sure. Sometimes I wish I could jsut skip the baking part and get to the fun!
I definitely like eating them the best … but the creative process is fun too!
Making them look pretty, of course! I just have to figure out a way to get my boyfriend to bake them for me…
I have to admit that like making them pretty! What a cute post and website! I could go crazy there with $100!! Thanks Bakerella!!
Oh wow! So stinkin’ cute! I would love to win that prize! So many goodies to be had. Thanks for the cance.
Making them pretty comes easier for me, but thankfully everything from this website tastes amazing, too!
I love making them look pretty! I want it to taste good, of course, but it’s so fun to make it look gorgeous too!
pick me please!!! i love the buttons…. i would probably be making tags that read “cute as a button.” when i get to it, i’ll turn in a copy… hopefully that is soon! =)
I like to bake sweets. Decorate them…not so much.
Enjoy your site.
def making sweets looks pretty!