Custom Love Mug on Etsy

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photos by Aimee Wenske
styling by Kathy Phan

Hey there! How was your V-Day?

We've been swamped the past few weeks. It was a mostly love-filled swamp rather than a Swamp Thing filled swamp.

Life lately has consisted of many heart shaped things - paper hearts, cookie hearts, sprinkle hearts, hand-drawn hearts, and now this custom hand-lettered Monica and Eric in Love mug with red heart which debuted at the Valentine's Austin Flea.

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This lovely mug is available through the kathyphantastic Etsy store for $30. Now that Valentine's is over, I think it'd be a cute engagement gift or wedding gift or just a "hey, I love you and that's a good enough reason" gift.

Custom personalized lovers mug, kathyphantastic on Etsy, $30.

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Valentine's Day Cake Pop Featured on Cupcakes Take The Cake

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This just in from my friend Michelle from Foodie is the New Forty: kathyphantastic Love cake pop was featured on Cupcakes Take The Cake! Umm...I've kinda been obsessed with that blog for years. Big news in the world of kathyphantastic.

The kathyphantastic love cake pop was one among 10 Valentine's Day cake pops by food bloggers. One of my goals for the year was to get featured on Cupcakes Take The Cake. Maybe I can try to be featured twice?

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via cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com photo by Michelle Cheng

I sent Michelle a Valentine's and Chinese New Year cake pop package the other year when I made my first batch of Love pops. This was a year when Lunar New Year and Valentine's fell within a week of each other. Being a food blogger, Michelle ate and blogged about it. I'm not sure in which order. I think ate then blogged.

Here's the post on Foodie is the New Forty and my original post on Valentine's cake pops and the kathyphantastic/Objects of Confection Valentine's cake pop class.

Thanks so much for featuring us! I'm so psyched.

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Cake Pops Are for Lovers: Valentine's Cake Ball & Pop Workshop

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The first weekend in February, Objects of Confection and kathyphantastic teamed up for a Valentine's cake ball and cake pop workshop. You can call us Professor Cake Pop and Professor Cake Ball, respectively.

There was no background music this time, but there was some sort of small crane looming in the background. Luckily, it was a kind and quiet crane. Everyone was so focused on their treats that no one really noticed except me and Tina Phan.

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Cake ball and cake pop enthusiasts each made pairs of love birds, conversation hearts, love cake balls, teddy bears, and tulips.

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Apparently, this bear tried to attack me.

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We had so many Valentine's themed sprinkles. Jessica from Objects of Confection thinks I might have a problem. I'll let you know if there's an intervention.

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This graduating class of students in cake poppery included a cute couple who drove in from Houston and a cake ball-centric blogger, Cake Ball Addiction.

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Above, me "in the zone." As you can see, I'm very passionate about cake pop decorating and am very intense. Haha.

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Here I am channeling the energy of the cake pops and cake balls.

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Some student work.

For more pictures from our workshop, check out my new kathyphantastic Facebook Fan Page. I'll post more on the blog later.

Five years ago, if someone were to tell me I'd be teaching classes on decorating baked goods in a repurposed Albertson's I wouldn't believe them. That said, I'm really happy it's happened.

Jessica from Objects of Confection and I are planning on an Easter cake ball workshop in April. Stay tuned for details.

Photos by Tina Phan

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My Cake-y Valentine

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via Tina Phan flickr.com

This year I am sending edible Valetines in cake pop form to my lovely friends who live far away. I hope they don't get crushed by USPS.

Friends who live far away: I promise they're still yummy if crushed, just not pretty. See images above and below for reference as to what they should have looked like.

I haven't made it to the post office yet, so they'll be coming a little late.

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via Tina Phan flickr.com

I love pink and hearts, so I went a little crazy this year pink, red, and hearts everywhere--sprinkles, cookies, cake pops. Love is in the air and more importantly, in my kitchen.

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via Tina Phan flickr.com

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This dog (wolf) looks like he wants to play.

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Big thanks to lil Phan for taking all these awesome photos of my cake pop Valentines.

Happy Valentine's Day. I heart sprinkles you.