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.
So sweet!
Can someone tell me where I can buy these cute as a button bags of candy or what site I can go on to order them. I am having a baby shower for my daughter, the theme is cute as a button.
Thank you so much
We’re a group of volunteers and opening a brand new scheme in our community. Your website offered us with useful information to paintings on. You’ve performed a formidable process and our whole neighborhood shall be grateful to you.
didn’t you use straws from ”bake it pretty” for those milkshake cupcakes?
These are just the cutest thing I have ever seen. Can’t wait to try them.
I’m curious about the onesie sugar cookies… Were you able to get the recipe? Or is there a how-to somewhere posted? thankssssss :)
SO cute!
amazing idea!
def. cute are they chocolate candies and where can you find button molds?
Baking is my passion but making them pretty is my love! They have to be perfect! Yes, I am one of those people……. Happy Baking Everyone!
I get a little goofy in Sephora. They hand you those little baskets and all of a sudden your total is $200 and you have no idea how it happened…
Too cute… these accessories are making my arms go weak and I have a graduation patry to get done! :)
these are genius! here’s my version:
http://renaissancewomancreates.blogspot.com/2010/03/chocolate-buttons-so-in-right-now.html
Oh my goodness, I just discovered your site and Tartelette’s site and Bake it Pretty! I am so excited! These buttons are the best thing! I just ordered everything I need to make them and also the macarons, which I am dying to try! Thank you so much for such a fabulous blog!
I do a lot of sewing (check out my website at http://www.bellissima-couture.com) and these will make adorable favors for my friends at conventions. What a fantastic idea!
xo Hilda
I’ve just found your site, I’m new to baking, so I’d have to say I prefer baking to decorating.. making things look pretty comes with more experience. Just wanted to say you have a great site, I’m trying the oreo truffles tomorrow and I’ll forever keep checking back on your site for recipes, ideas, and maybe more giveaways in the future :)
I coudl cry that I missed this entry :( I’d have to say baking though but i do love to make them all pretty too :)
Making them pretty! It’s fun & cute baked goods seem like the ones made with just a little more care & effort :) Plus, cute food always seems to taste good too! :D
just love these buttons – had to search high and low in the UK for them & eventually tracked them down & they arrived TODAY! Chocolate currently chilling in the fridge!! Now I’ve got to find Candy Melts & canned cream cheese frosting – or I could just move to the States!
Love the cookies…adorable!! Check out..whimsycookieco.blogspot.com!!!!
These are SO cute :) I love making them look pretty :) I’m a perfectionist @ Heart :) <3
We LOVE you, Bakerella! :-) Thank you so much for sharing this awesome idea!!! We made teeny tiny tasty treats for my daughter’s class to celebrate teeny tiny Tuesday (they are learning all about the letter T). Your timing was impeccable! We made the cutest little teeny tiny cookies (seriously the entire cookie is the size of a regular M&M), put them in bags and topped with our own custom bag tags. SO SWEET! Thank you again for sharing!
Making them look pretty! I like baking because it allows me to make something amazing out of simple ingredients, but I’m a very visual person and enjoy decorating the most.
you guys are artist, there is no other definition to what you do
there is no way you women can be so talented! Wow! w.o.w
i still can’t get over that those buttons are edible. they can’t be!! they look too real. i don’t believe you!!! :)
Making them look pretty and then seeing the faces of who receives it :)
congrats to the winner! love the buttons too! but perhaps you could extend your time like 2 hours more? By the time I look when I get home from work, the deadline is over. (ive only ever made it 2-3x… I live in Alaska and the time difference stinks!! Thanks for your posts – I enjoy it!
I like baking them the best, but I am trying to work on the pretty part ;-) This would definitely help!
Wish I would have seen this before the baby shower I threw a couple of months ago. 2 Words.. TOO CUTE!
I really wish that you would allow at least two days for your give aways! I saw this post yesterday morning, but had to run, and when I had came back in the evening to read it (b/c of the time difference) the contest was over… what a bummer!
Angela
well i love baking and decorating, usually our projects taste better than they look but at least we still love doing both
making them look pretty
I love them both but just baking sweets usually wins. The sweet-tooth kills me
Oooooooh, I’d love a great sugar cookie recipe! I’ve been on the hunt for one for two months now!
Wow, fantastique, love it !
Bye from France !
I love to make them look pretty! It’s easy to follow a recipe, but it’s much more challenging to figure out how I’m going to fill in a blank cake or cookie and make it my own unique design!
I like the baking cause it’s like a chemistry experiment and brings out the scientist in me. However, I also like to make them pretty and that brings out my creative side. It’s a win win situation!
I love baking them! I just wish I had more time to spend to learn how to make them look pretty (and to practice)!
Making them look pretty! The art and gratification mostly comes from baking them, and baking them well, but making them look pretty is so fun and I love people’s reactions!
My motto is “It’s not done until it’s decorated!”
I think I enjoy making them look pretty more than the baking itself, but it’s the eating part that is the absolute best!!! :-)
Hmm…. That is a hard question.. I thing I like making them, the desserts look their best and taste their best… I love props… and have even used faux grapes to get the right look for a photo too.. haha
I like to make them pretty, baking is the boring part. You sit and watch the oven. When decorating the creativeness doesn’t stop!
I can’t say I like one or the other better, and that’s the truth. I love baking sweets, but the other half of the joy is making them pretty. I can’t have one without the other!
EATING THEM haha, oh wait, that’s not a choice. Making them pretty :)
I enjoy both, but the decorating is my favorite for sure!!!
My favorite thing is to eat the sweet stuff! But most days I enjoy the decorating more then the baking.
both!
I love baking them b/c I always have my friends with me as we bake together!! :D
I used to enjoy making my baked goods look pretty more than making them taste good (that was when I mostly baked cakes), but since I have ventured into more “exotic” baked goods (ie meringue) I have been consumed with just making them taste right and then trying to make them pretty.
Is eating them an option? If not, then I like the decorating part.
it’s definitely more fun to make them look pretty! it’s so satisfying to hear people say “ooooh”!
Baking! I’m not patient enough to make things pretty…I just want to eat them =). Unless they’re for someone else, then I really take the time to make ’em look nice.
I enjoy baking sweets the most. And eating them :)
I definitely enjoy doing both.. but I would have to choose baking them! I enjoy this more because I love trying new recipes in different ways. The feeling & happiness that I get when baking, always makes my day! :D
I should probably stick to the baking part but… I am determined to get the ELMOs right for my youngest son’s 2nd birthday in March!!! Thanks Bakerella for all the inspiration!
i prefer making things. it usually takes me a couple tries to get comfortable with a recipe and then its easier to make it pretty so tht us not worrying about taste. i would rather something taste good than look pretty
It doesn’t matter how cute it is! The most important thing is how it tastes. :D
Eat. I’m a great cook, but can’t bake to save my life. It never turns out!
These are so cute! I love the Bake It Pretty site! I enjoy both but if I had to choose it would be making them look pretty.
making them look pretty, i guess – and then basking in the admiration (dare i say jealousy?) of friends and family …
Baking!
I love doing both! I really really love the relaxing part of mixing the ingredients…but I also enjoy making them look like little masterpieces! You, Miss Bakerella, are my go-to girl for all things cute and yummy! Thanks for all the fabulous recipes!
by the way, i like making my sweets pretty! i love the baking too, but the pretty-ing is when i get to use creative license!
I enjoy baking the sweets and making them pretty.
i’m artistically challenged so i prefer to bake :)
wow! those are darling! where would you get a button mold though? i suppose there is some crazy awesome cake store that sells them somewhere….but oh well…
Baking! I’m not the best at making things *look* perfect, but my creations taste good the vast majority of the time!
Thats such a trickey one! I love both. But perhaps baking over decorating…
they’re so cute! i’m a big fan of making them look pretty. if i bake and then decorate i get burnt out :[
That is so cute!! Now who can I throw a baby shower for?? :) Am always anxious to check your site and see what new ideas you have for us!! Thanks so much!
I don’t know if I can decide. I love trying new recipes, but i also like making things look as delish as they taste. guess I’ll go with making them look pretty because I think that adds a personal touch. :)
Probably too late :-( BUT THOSE ARE AWESOME!!! My sister-in-law is pregnant — love finding baby shower ideas!
I’m probably too late for the contest, but I love BOTH!
But to me, pretty usually means ‘looks so good I could gobble them up RIGHT NOW.’
I love a good bake good, but I love it even more when it looks pretty.
I’m all about the decorating (and the snacking in between)! I want my goodies to look good and taste even better. xo
Since you don’t have eating the sweets as an option, I guess I’ll have to go with decorating them. That’s the fun part anyway! ;)
That’s tough… My gut says baking them. I like to make them look pretty, too- but, I have to be in the right mood to do it!
I love baking. Though making them pretty is fun too. This is actually hard to decide. Those buttons and cookies are adorable! Your website is going to make me gain 20 lbs!
I’d say making them pretty! I just need lots more practice!
I love baking and I love love love Bakerella!!!
Baking, definitely. If I can make it look pretty, that’s just a bonus!
I love baking treats more than making them look pretty. In my household, they don’t stay around long enough to look at.
Ok, I’m a little late, but making them pretty! :)
I’m definitely all into making them look cute! love this idea, can’t wait for the next baby shower! :)
Cute ideas!! Love buttons!!!
I love both! But I especially like to eat. ALOT.
While I enjoy both, I love baking things and trying out new recipes! One day I would hope to learn how to make things pretty too!!!
Am I too late? Tell me I’m not too late!
And I enjoy: Eating them the most! And making them look pretty. It’s less frustrating then the actual baking in my tiny kitchen.
Satpreet
I love to make them, but more than anything I love eating them!
I love baking them!
def. making them pretty!!! i really don’t love the baking part, but I am a huge fan of Bake it Pretty!
Making them pretty!
Oh I hope I’m not to late to enter. Love the site and they sell Mercken’s chocolate. I have not been able to find this since I moved to NC. Thanks for the site info and a chance to win.
I make cakes for a living, so when it’s just me, I bake for taste… I don’t really care how it looks! :)
I definitely like making things look pretty. If I ate everything I snazzed up…oy. Roll me to the couch, please.
I LOVE to make sweets look pretty!!! Baking them helps lead up to the fun!!!
While I do love the baking (great stress relief!) I definitely enjoy making my sweet treats look pretty more :)
Definitely baking, just because I’m no good at making them look pretty, so they have to taste extra good.
Can it be true: mix two of my favorite things together? I HOARD buttons, adn love love love chocolate. So, this has me simply over the edge. Super-cute-YUM!!!
I like baking them, but my favorite is eating them.
I think I definitely like baking them and eating them. The pretty is just an added bonus! XD
Pretty, no question about it :)
I like to bake them!
Definitely making it pretty! It’s the designer in me!
Just baking them. If they come out pretty that’s a bonus but I don’t bake things because they are pretty and that’s not my main goal. Main goal is for it to taste delicious!
I like baking them ’cause I’m much better at it than decorating and prettying!
I enjoy the decorating the most. Those onesies are precious.
I LOVE baking goodies, but I also like making them look pretty. But mostly I just love baking them!
I love making them. I would love making them look pretty if I had SKILLS like you girls obviously do! Something to aspire to, I guess. *Sigh*
Oh this is just the cutest candy. I’m sure that sweet lil baby will be “cute as a button”. Thanks for sharing the link;)
Decorating! I do love just mixing up a recipe, but the decorating is what gets the oohs and ahhs!
super cute…sign me up! :)
I like baking and decorating, although I have to work on the decorationg part.
I like baking it’s more scientific and not so reliant on artistic ability.
Definitely baking the sweets. I have a sweet niece though that is awesome at both baking and making them pretty. I’d love to share the gift certificate with her.
baking, because it doesn’t matter how good it looks if it’s not going to taste good! Unless, of course, it’s just for decoration.
Baking, there’s nothing like having your kitchen experiment turn out they way you wanted it.
I love baking the sweets….I can never wait long enough to make them look pretty!
I love to make things that taste great. i wish that I had the patience to make them beautiful as well. Maybe when I retire!
Baking. My attempts at pretty don’t often come out right…but the baking part is pretty good.
I must say, making the sweets look cute is more of a thrill for me. I like eating the sweets that other people bake for me, but I’d rather spend my time making something ridiculously cute, like these buttons :)
I think I like baking them the most. Not everything that is delicious is perfect looking. Even more than baking them I like giving them away!
ahha i’d much rather make them pretty. more baking means more fat added to my tummy. ):
Oh my goodness! Please?