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 love both!! I don’t know if i can choose between the two…the baking part probably edges out just a tiny bit over making them look pretty cuz i’m not very good at certain techniques
I like baking better! There’s a formula… making things pretty takes a lot more talent.
baking sweets…hands down!!!!
Oh my word! So so cute!!
I love making them look pretty!!
I would love to bake em!!!!! :)
I love making things pretty…but I’m probably better at making sweets…
Thanks for the chance to win this great giveaway! I really like to bake, and I like making the goodies look pretty. This will definitely help! Thanks, Michele
Definitely making them look pretty. My husband has unfortunately learned the hard way that I season things until the look pretty- not necessarily for taste. The bonus is when they taste as good as they look, right?
Hmm…. I really enjoy baking the sweets. But I can’t stand giving them to anyone if they don’t look pretty!
I think it’s a tie. I like trying out new recipes but then I see something cute and I want to decorate my cookies and cupcakes like that…..
Dearest Bakerella,
Baking is like meditation for me, an incredible stress relief, but making my treats is by far way for fun and satisfying! :)
I love baking, but making them look pretty is such a fun challenge! It’s definitely my favorite!!
oh my goodness, those candy buttons are ADORABLE! loooove the stand idea too!! what a fantastic idea for party display!! fantasticc
I enjoy baking sweets! :-) It is so much fun to do! I would make my creations pretty, but I am not talented enough. I make a HUGE mess and have to clean up my failure…they normally end up eaten anyways :-)
That’s a hard one, but I think I like making them pretty a bit more!
Wow. Those buttons are adorable. I’m going to have to go with making baked things pretty. Last year I discovered how much I enjoyed baking, but I started having even more fun when I started decorating!
These are fabulous
I’ve always loved to bake but now I’m working on making them pretty! Love all your recipes and how talented you are. Makes me want to make everything I see! :)
I am for sure a baking them kind of person but I also really like to decorate so either way is a win win.
I definitely enjoy baking things more. I try to make them look pretty, but it’s going to need more practice.
Making them pretty, definitely!
i have to say .. i love making them so pretty that no ones wants to eat them .. but then they just can resist .. so they dive in !! lol
I like baking and if I can, still trying to make things look pretty but nothing like what you do!!!!
I love making sweets pretty, but even a plain jane dessert can be tasty.
funny question because I like to bake and do that well but my creations when I try to make them cute turn out like butt. it is a running joke around the office! sad actually!!
I like to do both. I like to make them pretty and bake them to give to my family and friends.
I like BOTH! depends on my mood. these are so cute :)
I totally enjoy making them look pretty.
Hi there
These are soooo cute
I love baking but making them pretty is soooo much more fun!!!
Cheers
Catie
Baking! :-)
my favorite thing to do is to make things look pretty. it is so much fun to be creative and to see the smile on people’s faces when you give it to them :)
baking…decorating……baking… decorating. hmmmm Hard to say love to do both… Can I choose both?
Well my FAVORITE is to eat them…but I like making them look pretty…but tasying good is a MUST!
I enjoy baking things more than decorating them because I am impatient and want to eat them before I spend time decorating them :)
I LOVE to bake, but I LOVE making them pretty so much more! My dream as a child was to be a Disney Animator, however, I hate to draw on demand and I hate being told what to do/draw, so that dream went out for me. I have always baked and brought my goodies to work for all of my fellow teachers. My baking grew on a whim for a bake sale for work and my cake balls turned into cake pops, which turned into cakes and cupcakes. I love to try to things and ideas and shop for baking supplies! I am a baking dork who just loves to decorate!
I’m all about presentation! But of course I also want it to taste as good as it looks!
I love baking but making the treats look pretty just makes them extra special.=)
I LOVE having the time to make my sweets look pretty!! It isn’t very often I get to because I am usually baking with the kids!! so if I ever have time to make it all look pretty that means I have some time to myself :)
Of the two, I prefer to make them look pretty. You didn’t ask about eating them….. :)
I love to make them look pretty…. it’s eye candy before it’s tasty!!!
Making them look pretty! =)
always looking to make my sweets look even better!
As much as I like to bake, I love making treats look ‘pretty’–decorating treats to show people that I think their special day/event is special by making something uniquely them.
Making it pretty, without a doubt
Definitely making them look pretty
making them pretty… but the baking is fun because my 3 year old likes to help mix. ;)
I’m all about the baking. I can make the baked goods look pretty but I’m more about eating them up.
I like baking with my three year old. Decorating enjoyment will come when he gets older and the eating is our favorite part.
I would have to say baking sweets! I love mixing it all up!
I love the decorating!
Wow, that’s a great Idea! I know what I’m doing for my next babyshower I plan
I love my sweets to look pretty!!!
I have desire to make things pretty but they never make it that far if I have made tasty! Someday I will get there.
Sorry…..forgot to leave my info on my post #3942……
thanks so much for the giveaway…
Who wants to eat your goodies if they don’t look fabulous? I love decorating!
oh! i bought these button molds too. i used them on my daughters “Coraline” cake and cupcakes for her birthday last year. really awesome.
baking them! they still have to taste good no longer how pretty they are!
Definitely baking sweets. Problem is, I don’t have the patience to take the time to decorate since I just wanna EAT ’em!!!
I love making them look pretty……..
I could spend ALL DAY reading Bakerella and dreaming of what I’d like to buy at Bake it Pretty……
Can’t wait to have a real kitchen again…..
OOOHHH! Too cute! Hope I win
Depends on what it is….Cookies- I like baking decorating is too fiddly for me.
Cakes I like decorating…A LOT! I wish I could buy them premade and frosted and I could just spend HOURS decorating them.
adorable. How nice of them to share how to do it all.
I love to bake. I’m not the best, but I really enjoy it!
got in with two minutes to go!!! I am hosting a bake sale at my school to raise money for Haiti and i would use it to purchase things for the bake sale…like a cute little “donation” jar
better that then a shoe box hahah!
with love and cupcakes!
cookteen
I love both baking and making them look pretty. Though I think I need a little more help with the latter…but no matter how much of a wreck they appear to be, my sweets always taste great!
Definitely making them look pretty. Just have to bake them first to get to the fun part.
I love baking sweets, but if I had some skills in making my sweets pretty then I would totally focus on that.
I think that when I see baked goods decorated they look so much better. I just have a hard time keeping the decorations looking nice without making a mess of it.
I love doing both! It just makes my day to bake a sweet and then make it pretty.
Oh by far baking them is the best!
I love making goodies look even more delicious! Whether decorating packages, or sweets it’s just as much fun to decorate and give as to receive (ok, maybe more!).
Love baking, and decorating is more of a challenge. That’s why I love you and your helpful instructions. But my favorite–eating!!
I definately like making them look pretty! Baking them is fun too, but it is all about the presentation and sharing your goodies with others. :)
Does Julie sell those cookies…I have a friend who is going to have a baby and her sister wants to do onsie cookies as the shower favor. Cute as a button!
AWESOME!! Love all of your and your friends ideas!
I love to make them look pretty, although I’m not that good at it!
I love to bake with my kids, but I REALLY love to decorate without them. So I guess my answer would depend on if I have kids in tow or not. I know I should be excited about doing both with them, but at ages one and three, they only make a HUGE mess. I would prefer decorating though.
I love to bake things that taste good, sometimes they look as amazing as they taste, which is fun of course, but even when they don’t everyone is happy to eat them!
Although, I just started decorating, I must say making them pretty is what I enjoy best! They must equally taste good as well.
I’m afraid if I’m going to bake it I’m going to do my best to make it look pretty – a little bit of my ocd showing I guess.
Well actually baking is like a de-stresser for me. But making treats look all fancy and special for loved ones is so rewarding!
gimmie gimmie gimmie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Baking, definitely! I’m not very good at the decorating thing, and besides, if it’s baked, I want to eat it now!
I love baking, but making things so pretty that people don’t want to eat them is pretty sweet too. I don’t think I could pick.
I love baking! I really like making them look pretty, but I would rather someone enjoy the taste!
Baking more
I’d have to say baking them, it’s kind of a therapy to me, whereas making sweets look pretty might stress me a bit if I take it too seriously u.u…
I just descovered this blog last weeekend and i have already read everysingle post! I love baking, but if its doesen’t look prefect no matter how good everyone says it is im not happy! so I would say i love making my baked sweets look pretty!
I enjoy both but if I have to choose one I choose make them look pretty. When it comes to decorating my baked goods it is about the only thing I am very particular about.
I love making them look pretty the best.
I have to admit….I bought the button molds last year from Bake It Pretty, and have not had an opportunity to use them.
xxoo Valarie
Making them pretty! I could spend hours using my piping bag to decorate cookies!
These are adorable!
Definitely making them look pretty.
I am such a button freak….and they are candy on top of it??? WOW…and yummy!
Baking sweets! It takes SO long to decorate them and I have difficulty waiting!
baking! definitely! I love the challenge of making something amazing – making them look pretty is more of a battle for me
Baking them for sure. But honestly, I like eating them best.
I love both! baking is always fun because you get to “test” your sweets along the way & I love decorating, its fun to be creative with your ideas! I would make so many diffrent things with a gift card to this place!!
i’m pretty good at baking & do like making them pretty. Pretty is my answer!
I have way more fun making it look pretty than making it taste good!
I would have to say baking sweets. I love making them look pretty but after a while I lose patience. :)
I love making them look pretty! Nothing better than having something too cute to eat.
I have some cupcakes that got messed up, trying to figure out how to “pretty them up”.
I love making them look pretty!!
Making them pretty takes so much more time and effort, but it makes eating the treat even better, I think. So for me, it’s half and half. They compliment each other!
I probably enjoy the baking better. My patience level isn’t as high as I’d like it to be so some of the decorating gets too tedious for me!
I love the decorating!
well, I know there are already a ton of entries… but I enjoy baking more. The cute part is fun, but takes a lot of work!
I think that making baked goods look beautiful takes a great amount of talent, but I truly enjoy baking sweets more than decorating them!
Thanks for putting up this post-the ideas that people come up with amaze me!
I love to bake them, but I am fascinated when they look pretty!
How cute!! I would have to say making them look pretty–I’m not a patient cook!
These buttons are soooooo cute and delicious!!!!! I would love to have them!!!
I decorating because anything can happen.
I love making them look pretty! I am known for my sugar cookies since I love to decorate them with royal icing. My family loves them! Thanks for the chance to win!!
~Rachel in Sacramento
I don’t seem to have to patience for making truly pretty treats yet, but I keep trying. But making the treats is heaven. Truly the whir of the mixer is a hypnotic, dreamy sound to me.
Baking, closely followed by Eating!! Don/t have the talent to really make them look pretty
I think I like baking better than decorating, mostly because my sister is the better decorator, so she can do it!
I love making them pretty. But eating baked goods is the best
Mm… probably the baking part. I enjoy both but I’m not very good at decorating yet, and I get frustrated easily, lol!
I love to make items look pretty!! I found your site back before christmas. We had cake balls for christmas and now I am making nothing but cupcakes for my daughters 2nd birthday. Thanks for inspiring me and helping me make things look pretty!
wow thats hard! i guess i would say baking cause its sooo much fun to see a mass of ingrediants come together and make something totally different :)
That’s really hard….but I like to bake yummy things best I think…I’m still working on making them look pretty and cute…it takes time (which my kids don’t give me much of) and patience (which my kids use up) hehe :) LOVE those buttons, PERFECT for a baby shower cake…cookies…all by themselves.
I am a grandmother, but when I grow up, I want to be just like you. I can always aspire to greatness.
As far as the question – Taste Vs Appearance – I am all about taste. The only reason my group of friends and I go to a wedding is for the cake. How sad when there is a GORGEOUS
wedding cake and you dig into it and it tastes like crap. Oh, and there is nothing worse than bad tasting fondant.
I love love love making things look pretty! It’s a great way to let my creativity flow.
love baking!!!!! and if it turns out pretty, it is a bonus! ;)
I guess I like EATING them best! And, I don’t always make things pretty but I like to make them taste great.
I really enjoy making them pretty.
I love baking, but I’m totally into the decorating part! So definitly decorating, it’s just so much fun presenting something delicious & pretty! What a great webshop!
So cutte, love to bake, some times the things doesnt come out the way i want it, but we eat them anyway, love to practice on those buttons
Baking! I can keep learning to make them pretty over time. My husbandman doesn’t care if they’re Bakerella-ready, he just cares if they’re tasty. :)
there is nothing better then seeing some ones eyes light up at how pretty or cute a yummy creation is!! half of eatting is sight.
to have some thing taste as good as it looks it always a bonus!!
i love taking the time to get some thing jsut right then to be crative and make it look woderful this is some thing you are so woderful at thank you for all your insperation!!!
I love baking the sweets! I try new cookie & cake recipes all the time and love mixing & matching flavors.
Oh my goodness, those are adorable! Making them pretty is the best part, by FAR.
I love making my baked goods look pretty! It’s like another form of art that’s edible. It’s so much fun watching others enjoy the look AND taste of what you made yourself! :)
I enjoy baking sweets and I enjoy (trying) to make them pretty but I really enjoy eating pretty things I bake.
Those are adorable,and the onesie cookies are super cute!
I prefer making them look pretty! I’d rather have cupcakes or cakes baked for me and then I get to do the fun part of decorating :D
I like making them look pretty, even though I’m still learning the best way to do that!
I’m new to baking so I’m still working on the baking part. The making them pretty will come in time…hopefully!
I love making treats looks pretty. It’s so fun, but takes patience. The end result is the best when you get the ooh’s and aah’s, and omg’s, and oh wow’s:) But eating them is probably the best.
Baking – if it turns out pretty – then that’s a bonus.
Neither… I just like eating them!
baking for me. i love looking at how others make them pretty though.
I’d have to say I’m a fanatic about everything looking cute…It tastes better that way, doesn’t it! It definitely has to taste as good as it looks though.
When it’s for someone else, I insist on the details even though I don’t love all that work. At home, I am very okay with sloppy messy desserts. Preference? Less Work options But appreciative of the pretty.
With my limited creativity, baking them would be first -at least they’ll taste good! Making them pretty is a work in progress…
Aww how generous of you!! The buttons are adorable, I kind of want to make some now and stick them all over a cake or something! :P
I spend a very large amount of time making treats cute. I will make the same recipe over and over again and find much enjoyment decorating them in many different ways.
baking ’em!
First, I LOVE your website and can’t seem to get enough of all the cute projects! What an inspiration you are! Second, I would say it is a toss up on whether I like to bake goodies or make them look great. I guess I like to bake yummy things AND make them look great if I already know they taste good! Making them look fun is the harder part of the too but the most rewarding by far.
I like doing both! But if I have to pick I will go with baking. (You can always close your eyes to devour the finished product:)
Great question. I have to answer on behalf of my wife, who LOVES to bake for others to enjoy. She usually bases what recipe she picks on how pretty it will look, even if it’s an item that she doesn’t even like! I can’t remember the last time she ate something she baked. SCANDALOUS, I know.
I usually refuse to bake if I cannot make it pretty. I like people admiring that my stuff tastes amazing AND looks amazing (thanks to you)
I love baking sweets…if I can make them look cute or pretty, that’s “icing on the cake”….pun intended!
I love baking but don’t make things as pretty as i should, i guess its because i won’t want to eat any beautiful creation…
It’s hard to say which one I love better. I love to bake sweets, but I also love to decorate cakes and cookies. I guess since I bake more than I decorate , it would be baking. I guess?
I love to bake sweets, but I’m really getting into making them look pretty.
I love making things look pretty. Especially since I’m already competing against my boyfriend’s mom which means… well it means I need to work really hard, lol
I like baking treats and rarely do I try to make them look pretty. If I won this gift certificate I sure would try it out, though!
I would have to say making them pretty, but really my FAVORITE would be eating them… mmmmm ;)
Definitely the baking :) I like the decorating, but the baking is so relaxing to me!
I’m definitely more of a baker than a decorator. But maybe if I had a bunch of fancy schmancy decorating supplies I would have more incentive to make everything look pretty :)
I love the button candies! They are too cute!
I LOVE making the sweets pretty, but I need more practice.Making them is taste good is easy!
Have to agree with the folks saying that eating is the best! Otherwise it’s the baking.
PRETTY!!! I love baking, but I have to say giving it a little character and making it pretty is what seals the deal!
Love your site…..
Definitely making them pretty! Bake It Pretty is awesome!
I would have to say both!
baking!
although, the looking pretty part is what people remember first, so I enjoy that as well. ( :
thank you!
I love making sweets look pretty. I think that if it’s something simple, but it looks really awesome — then it makes it as awesome as a treat that’s difficult and takes a lot of time to make :)
I like making them look pretty even more than I like eating them!
I love when something that tastes super sweet also looks super cute!
That is a hard one… I think I enjoy making them more most days, but if I’m in the mood, I definitely love making things look pretty too. Your almost guarunteed to get complements when you put in a little effort.
I’m better at making sweets than making them pretty.
Making them look pretty — when I can — is more fun. But I’m really not a fan of pretty things that taste…meh… so what’s underneath/inside counts *almost* as much.
Presentation is said to be everything but it better taste good too!
Both!
OMGoodness, I’ve just made it! I’m glad I didn’t wait ’til the evening to read my mail!
I sew and I have jars and jars of buttons, so this post really made my heart sing! What a cute idea and to go all the way with a display, just incredible! Thanks for sharing this great site and Julie with us!
Baking (and eating) sweets since I’m way better at that than making them pretty!
I’m better at baking than I am at making things look pretty!
I’ve got the baking part down pat but the pretty part? Not so much. I’m trying though and you definitely give me the inspiration to keep it up!
Baking them I think. I’m not very talented in the ‘looking good’ department.
I like baking sweets more. I like making all different desserts and sweets. This site makes me want to bake and bake. Make and make!
Oh! I like to bake sweets and gobble them up as fast as I can, so sometimes I skimp on the decorating/making-them-look-pretty department. Hehe. :) Thanks for doing this giveaway!
I enjoy baking them, I guess, if that includes EATING them. :)
I like to make them look pretty, but if I’m baking them, they probably won’t last long enough to get decorated very much. Forget piping! I’ll just slather on some frosting and gobble it up!
First…I LOVE your website and can’t get enough of it! Second, it is a toss up on whether I like to make the sweets or make them look pretty. I guess I would have to go with making them look good but only if I know they taste really good! :)
I’m all about making things pretty! But eating them is really my favorite part.
yummmy!!!
Baking, mostly because I am terrible at making things look pretty!
omg these are amazing, not only am i in total love with buttons, but I am catering for a baby shower next (oops it february today!) THIS month! so this has given me the perfect inspiration!! Thank you once again bakerella! P.S i love making them pretty :) sooo the best bit!
I definitely enjoy making them pretty more than baking them! And second to decorating I enjoy eating them!
I like both baking sweets and making them look pretty. Great website. Saw you mentioned in Better Homes and Gardens!
Baking, definitely! Although, I am working on the pretty. :O)
Baking – tasting good is the most important part. But is sure is fun to make the tasty things look pretty!
I enjoy baking (and eating!) them most only because my pretty isn’t as good as yours! I’m always willing to give it my best shot though.
it’s hard to decide! the baking process is fun, but putting your own details into the dessert and making it ‘yours,’ is the best part to me.
I would have to say baking them because my artistic ability is nil! Although, I would certainly like to learn!
i like both! but i’d say making them pretty might eek out on top
I’m not very good at making them look pretty but I LOVE making them :)
It would have to be baking them. I have a real sweet tooth! :)
I love to bake, but the prietty stuff I can pass on. I like to eat them best though.