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cupcakes

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Use your cake pops as a pop culture nod

Individual desserts made for “cake cutting” photos give you a great opportunity to stamp a little personality into the nomming. Amy Joy and Christian had two of their cake pops turned into a golden snitch and a German flag, respectively.

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Tentacle and octopus wedding ideas and details for beautiful briny sea weddings

Suzi and Paul share our fondness for the wriggly tentacled types that we’re celebrating this week in our mash-up theme of barns and tentacles (BARNACLE WEEK!). We scoured the tentacle archives and found steampunk octopodes, squid cakes, tentacle crowns, knitted cephalopods, and tentacle-covered accessories. Wrap your many arms around these babies…

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These ARE the cupcakes you’re looking for

You know what was waiting for us this week in our Flickr pool? A lot of awesome wedding nerdiness, that’s what! I’m talking not only this awesome Star Wars-themed cupcake display, but Lord of the Rings bridal accessories, LEGO boutonnieres, and the Doctor.

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7 awesome ways to add Scrabble to your wedding day

My fellow word nerds, we like some serious Scrabble. Also fun Scrabble, whimsical Scrabble, subtle Scrabble, and tasty Scrabble. How do I know? It’s all over Offbeat Bride. Let me gather it together in a nice pile of tiles and lets see what we can arrange on our rack, shall we?

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Make a portable favor with cupcakes in a jar (PLUS free printable labels!)

If you’re looking for a way to combine cake and favors, cupcakes in jars are a great option. It makes the cake that much more portable, and those who are full on the meal (including you) can still get their sugar fix later. Plus: CUTE! While you can bake them directly in the jars (like this rainbow cake!), I’d recommend putting them in after. Here’s how.

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Geek themes collide: LEGO meets a Portal 2 cake

Tribesmaid Luckycharm had an awesomely geeky wedding with references to Tetris, Dungeons & Dragons, Pokemon, Final Fantasy, and superheroes, so she’s totally a girl of my own heart. But one part that totally stands out is their Atlas and P-body LEGO cake toppers on a Portal 2 companion cube cake.