From the Editors
FTC Cracks Down on Book, Mom Bloggers
The FTC has announced that bloggers who don't disclose that they've received money or freebies to review a product can be fined up to $11,000. ReadWriteWeb has the text of the guidelines as a Scribd document and says "there can be no doubt that marketers regularly approach independent bloggers (and especially mommy bloggers) with freebies." However, as Wired.com's Epicenter points out, it's tough to figure out who the rules apply to, since "established review sites" like Consumer Reports don't have to disclose freebies: "the hardest question of all in an age where everyone has access to an online printing press, how can you distinguish a professional site from an amateur one?" And Marketing Pilgrim says another gray area is "where do you post the disclosure-does it have to be within the post, or is a 'disclosures' page sufficient--and, do you have to disclose what you received in compensation?"
Continue Reading Story »Lindsay Lohan's Fashion Line Debuts (Cringe)
Lindsay Lohan has launched her new Emanuel Ungaro collection, but nobody's swooning over the clothes. Despite LiLo's checkered past, Heard on the Runway still found it "hard to imagine that Ms. Lohan and [her design partner] Ms. Archs could concoct a collection that is as cringe-worthy as this." In reviewing the line, "everyone's been looking forward to finding new ways to say 'tacky tasteless Hollywood crap,'" says Racked. WWD calls the show "quite simply, an embarrassment," and Style.com says it was "a bad joke of a fashion show, one with questionable color combinations, 'bad eighties' draped silk jackets and drop-crotch pants, old-fashioned and ill-judged fur stoles, and, yes, tasteless sequin pasties."
Continue Reading Story »Guest Top Ten List
10 Favorite Cupcake Blogs
Cakespy
This super-fun site by Jessie Oleson features both her adorable Cuppie artwork and drool-worthy photos of bakeries in her home of Seattle and from her travels.
Recent Posts: Baker's Dozen: A Batch of Sweet Links! • Pastry Road Trip: Amazing Hungarian Pastries From the Back of a Volvo in Grand Rapids, MI • Pastry Road Trip: The Sweet and Tart Cranberry Walnut Bar from Alliance Bakery, Chicago
Bakerella
Made famous for her cupcake pops featured on The Martha Stewart Show, Bakerella’s always one step ahead of everyone, whether making Twitter cupcakes, giving away a Wii, or creating Coke snow globe cupcakes
Recent Posts: Check out the new bakerella.com • Time to open presents • Mini Maple Pancake Muffins
No One Puts Cupcakes in a Corner
Sandy Ploy is the self-proclaimed “Milwaukee Cupcake Queen” and also the force behind online baking contest Iron Cupcake, when she’s not working at Taste of Home magazine. Her ingredient-driven events in her hometown yield everything from nacho cupcakes to a jerk pork and chicken cupcake (really!).
Recent Posts: Sweet Little Livie! • The Goddess of the Cupcake Summit!! • Creature from the Deep!
52 Cupcakes
52 Cupcakes started out as a blog to bake cupcakes every week for a year, but we’re so grateful she’s stayed on cooking up Superman cupcakes, candy cane cupcakes, as well as tennis, cookie dough, chocolate mayo, lollipop, and so many more cupcakes. Guaranteed baking inspiration.
Recent Posts: Martha Stewart's Maple Cupcakes with Maple Frosting (#14) • Trick or Treat...Smell my feet...Give Me Some Halloween Cupcakes to Eat! • Martha Stewart's Chocolate Salted Caramel Cupcakes #13
Bake & Destroy
Natalie Slater is another ultra-creative cupcake whiz, whose site features recipes for blueberry rosewater cupcakes, cannoli cupcakes, fluffernutter cupcakes and more, as well as instructions on making your own Obama (and many other) cupcake toppers.
Recent Posts: Movin’ On Up • Bake and Destroy Hemp Tote Giveaway of Doom! • Bake and Destroy T-shirt Giveaway!
Cake Wrecks
This site has gained a cult following by looking at cakes that are just plain wrong. Blogger Jen’s famous hatred for CCCs (cupcake cakes) is one of the things we love about her, along with the fact that she unearths some of the ugliest, weirdest cakes every made.
Recent Posts: That's Some Spout • Comic Issues • The Dish on Denver
Cupcake Project
If you’re looking for original recipes that you’ve never even imagined, look at this St. Louis-based blog by Stefani Pollack. She’s cooked up everything from pickle and ice cream cupcakes to a cupcake with room in the middle for milk!
Recent Posts: High Tea Cupcakes - Orange Cranberry Scones Baked in Teacups • High Tea Cupcake Preview - My First Time As a Shirt Model • Clotted Cream Recipe - Making Clotted Cream at Home is Much Easier Than You Think
Utah Loves Cupcakes
One of the things we’ve seen in recent years is the rise of the local-focus cupcake blog, and Becky Olsen has her state covered, providing news on bakery openings, sales, specials and photos. Who knew Utah was such a hotbed of cupcake makers?
Recent Posts: FREE Cupcakes from Frost Cupcakes Tonight! • My two favorite cupcakes from The Chocolate Dessert Cafe • Mini Football Cupcakes
Cupcake Fetish
This site is chockablock with cupcake bakery reviews from far and wide, along with cupcake crawls, recipes, information on bakery name trademarks and more.
Recent Posts: Page generated in 0.534 seconds • Page generated in 0.456 seconds • Page generated in 0.068 seconds
All Things Cupcake
Pretty much any product you can imagine adorned with a cupcake, this site’s covered it, from onesies to panties to umbrellas.
Recent Posts: Cupcake Bedding … • Culinary Concoctions by Peabody • More Hostess Cupcakes
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Détente and the Bunker
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London: Elle's Fashionisto Names The Covent Garden in London His Favorite Hotel
We like to talk about Fashion Hotels quite a bit, naming everything from the Top 3 Milan Fashion Week hotels to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/14/231615/745/hotels/Chanel_Commandeers_the_Westins_of_ Read more »
The Gypsies of Vidzy
The other day was yet another reminder of why I love what I do so much. I can be pretty cynical, but in general I’d day that I am very… Read more »
Star Wars Tusken Raider Costume
Source Heh, great costume! That poor Tusken raider. Why did Anakin destroy his village? Oh yeah, because they killed his mom. Who was a slave that Qui-Gon refused to free… Read more »
Changes to eBay Item Condition and Search Display Ahead?
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eBay Sellers React to Top Rated Seller Rollout
eBay sellers are now coping with the effects of some of the Seller Release 2 (SR2) changes that began rolling out on September 22, 2009, and seemed to impact many… Read more »