tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post531296300106064738..comments2024-03-15T04:03:17.146-04:00Comments on CupcakesOMG!: Something You'll Never See Here Again: A Book ReviewCupcakesOMG!http://www.blogger.com/profile/14194815440194123998noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-20339698706200959442015-10-14T12:17:42.407-04:002015-10-14T12:17:42.407-04:00Of course, this was posted many years ago, but I&#...Of course, this was posted many years ago, but I'm been incredibly disappointed with the decline of Cupcakes & Cashmere content as of late. I'm a long-time reader, and much like your original post, used to be so impressed and inspired, now it's anything but. Thanks for sharing - I'd love to hear what you have to say now with her clothing line for skinny people, and excessive sponsored posts. <br />Thanks again :)<br />ElsaElsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12638037298496112366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-42491572615168811222014-05-22T01:32:23.277-04:002014-05-22T01:32:23.277-04:00thank you, thank you, thank you... i used to reall...thank you, thank you, thank you... i used to really like her blog, then realized how vapid and self diluted she really is. her ideal's on what is "must have" and "simple" are so completely out of touch with reality -- seeing a post about a "must have" anything that is excessively costly just continues to illustrate how truly out of touch with reality she is and how little depth there is to her. sgt pepperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336418213886577977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-31779826247834929102014-03-27T11:52:31.276-04:002014-03-27T11:52:31.276-04:001.) We should be friends. This is fantastic.
2.) ...1.) We should be friends. This is fantastic. <br />2.) I wish more women dissected these blogs (specifically C&C) and saw how utterly ridiculous they are. Moreover, that they only further promote a world that is already far too based on materialism. Aside from which, what they wear is entirely un-affordable to 99.9% of the population. It shows a world that looks prim, proper and perfectly curated at all times, no hiccups. I want her to write a post about a blowout argument she and her husband are having. Something with substance! To say that it lacks creativity and innovation would be an understatement. It’s basically a deranged modern-day Martha Stewart who’s clad from head to toe in over-priced no-name designers that she's being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to promote. <br /><br />Anyway, I digress Mallorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-3951908580073396992013-01-29T00:34:04.275-05:002013-01-29T00:34:04.275-05:00Emily sucks. Jeez, how many more ways can she look...Emily sucks. Jeez, how many more ways can she look demure wearing her coral lipstick and faux posing in front of a brick wall in downtown LA? Uhh, SO BORING! give me some humor, some sass, some attitude. Oh wait, Emily's into draping yellow silk ribbon over her office chair this week? Awesome!Joonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00863068948106763327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-69893449546839692152013-01-11T13:34:30.472-05:002013-01-11T13:34:30.472-05:00I need your help with something! I know you said t...I need your help with something! I know you said that good bakers start frosting from the middle!! However, I've been looking at blogs/books/videos/pins and everyone frosts from the edge!! Can you show us a difference??<br /><br />ChandraChandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-62741136524430977302012-12-16T19:06:37.085-05:002012-12-16T19:06:37.085-05:00This is so true! People bow down to her like she i...This is so true! People bow down to her like she is a goddess or something. I feel like I personally know so many "little bloggers" who could fill a book with new ideas that I would enjoy! Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17309483383922386048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-56901362149967329072012-12-16T09:33:06.411-05:002012-12-16T09:33:06.411-05:00I just found you from Stripes and Sequins and I am...I just found you from Stripes and Sequins and I am instantly smitten. Thanks for the delightful rant and for keeping it real!I have checked out Cupcakes and Cashmere a few times and just felt very confused by it all. Kristinehttp://www.mysweetcheaplife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-50775160001851005472012-12-15T11:58:56.142-05:002012-12-15T11:58:56.142-05:00I too landed here from Stripes & Sequins. Afte...I too landed here from Stripes & Sequins. After reading your hilarious and insightful review of the book, I'll be back to read more.<br /><br />And I do love cupcakes...so I can't wait to try your recipes.<br /><br />You made me laugh out loud. Something my kids say I need to do more of.Naturally Carlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07083654822277995138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-73427176637373436252012-12-15T08:23:47.444-05:002012-12-15T08:23:47.444-05:00Please write more "coffee table book" re...Please write more "coffee table book" reviews!! <br />I agree with you on many points. I do not disagree with the whole concept of turning your blog into your business, but all that is left of Emily's blog seems business...btw yes I know how to put on lipstick, thanks Emily for Estée Lauder...<br />The most I probably agree with your initial comment "and started blogging to celebrate “life’s little pleasures”. Indeed, $2,000 handbags are exactly the kind of thing I file away under my “life’s little pleasures” folder." EXACTLY.<br />Was send here via the above, amazing Grace of Stripes & Sequins, who seems to me to be the perfect antidote of Schuman, turning her blog slowly into business without loosing sight of what brought us initially to her: DIY and personal little notes on everything she posts.<br />One last thing: Why I haven't liked Emily's blog for a while now: she has not even once commented on a comment by her readers in the last year! Your readers are the ones who bring you all that money you spend on Chanel, don't treat us like sh**. (that's also one of the reasons why stripes%sequins and the daybook are my favourite bloggers, they really care)<br />Greetings from Brussels! You rock!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-45936757312543686302012-12-10T13:22:03.131-05:002012-12-10T13:22:03.131-05:00Hi Melissa,
I work with Christin (With a CH) and s...Hi Melissa,<br />I work with Christin (With a CH) and she sent me your post, thinking I'd like it. Hilarious and spot on. I used to love her but got sick of her when she started complaining about her busy days and how hard/awful it was buying sheets. Really? Anyway, I just wanted to tell you how much I loved this - best part of my day!<br /><br />xx<br />GraceGrace (The Stripe)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00736012520223690328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-79964065870698161432012-07-29T04:03:11.830-04:002012-07-29T04:03:11.830-04:00your review of the book was absolutely hilarious a...your review of the book was absolutely hilarious and refreshing...and spot-on! i also was surprised at the size of the book, and the quality of some of the photographs (some were just too blurry for my taste, and for 2012...they were blurry and not in the artistic sense) and i did raise an eyebrow at that cupcake comment lol<br /><br />i don't bake much but if its one thing i know, is that you are supposed to do your OWN mix!! therein lies half the challenge! anyone can make cupcakes with a BOX... connoisseur my a$$ haha. and the whole comment about her loving cupcakes before they gained notoriety was kind of cocky. cupcakes have been around since we were children (i'm 29) and they've been there all the time, just until recently where they became more popular again because of Carrie Bradshaw eating a Magnolia cupcake in Sex and the City.<br /><br />the other thing...i enjoy her blog, but im baffled at how she has turned in into her career (as a previous commentator said, she was ahead of the blogging game and is a good business woman), and baffled at how she spends her days - its can get quite narcissistic. the reason i stumbled on your blog post is because i was wondering how the hell she stays so thin when she eats so many desserts and rich savoury foods. i don't get it! i wonder if she exercises? i guess that's part of her life we don't know much about...her health and diet.<br /><br />i also wonder sometimes how long she can keep this up for. doesn't she get bored of blogging about the same thing? don't get me wrong, im a total girly girl who loves shopping just as much as the next girly girl, but at some point you move on past the intense materialistic fixation on it...i guess my focus has shifted from things i buy that make me temporarily happy, to things i can do in the future such as grow my photography business, run a little seaside bed&breakfast, etc :)<br /><br />thanks for your book review and ill be checking in on your blog from time to time! :)<br /><br />dina<br />www.lifeofphi.com<br />www.dinaelhakim.comDina El-Hakimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00175913834356306272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-64271174443307886492012-07-28T12:04:11.894-04:002012-07-28T12:04:11.894-04:00First of all, I agree 100%. I used to LOVE Emily a...First of all, I agree 100%. I used to LOVE Emily and her blog and everything about it but now I feel like she's giving everyone the finger and not even trying. I don't use boxed cake mixes because all of the terrible shit they put in there and my blog isn't even about me being the perfect girl. <br /><br />Secondly, how on gods green earth are people defending her? It's like stockholm syndrome for blogs. <br /><br />Third, if I paid for that book I would rage. Thanks for the hot tips of how to apply lipstick and make a playlist. What would I do without you, Emily!?christinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919304580246533844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-74737384445845699972012-07-24T17:23:38.269-04:002012-07-24T17:23:38.269-04:00oh man. funniest thing i've read online in a w...oh man. funniest thing i've read online in a while. wow. <br /><br />and this: (take your look from summer to fall with a pair of black tights—did you know you could do that, guys?!?!)<br /><br />just, YES.andrea nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769541250961122622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-58230558229404482152012-07-24T12:06:35.079-04:002012-07-24T12:06:35.079-04:00Haha, love your website! Came here while looking f...Haha, love your website! Came here while looking for a review of Schuman's book and decided to DEFINATELY become a "Follower". Didn't order her book! You're hilarious :) xx from the NetherlandsROBINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00081749182892976314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-29566855842111205292012-07-21T05:42:17.709-04:002012-07-21T05:42:17.709-04:00"I... fell in love with the bite-sized confec..."I... fell in love with the bite-sized confections long before they ever gained notoriety."<br /><br />Cupcake Hipster.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606881864044928664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-32078404383886920062012-07-20T15:11:12.325-04:002012-07-20T15:11:12.325-04:00Hi Melissa,
This was definitely one of the funnie...Hi Melissa,<br /><br />This was definitely one of the funniest book/blogger critiques I've read ever! I've been following your blog and Emily's for quite a while (I'm also a DC area blogger), and I whole heartedly agree that this is the work of someone selling out. <br /><br />It's really unfortunate that this is how bloggers tend to make their money. I think it's hard to blog about things other people make and then try to capitalize on your "knowledge" about them. But isn't that the problem with blogging in general. We're just sharing other people's ideas, unless we're letting everyone in on ours. <br /><br />When a blog is more of a portfolio I can understand being able to call yourself a connoisseur, but when it's a collection of work from other people, you most definitely are not. Basically she is a fan, as are so many of the rest of us. <br /><br />Anyhow, I didn't want to go off on a tangent, just tell you that this review was awesome! I'm so glad you didn't hold back, or worse, say how great it was.<br /><br />Looking forward to reading your next review!<br /><br />Tiffanni<br /><br />www.peacockmooninteriors.com/sketchbookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-17300877394858687112012-07-19T12:01:32.044-04:002012-07-19T12:01:32.044-04:00I love this and you should do more book reviews.
...I love this and you should do more book reviews. <br /><br />I was dying over your instagram pics the other night and could not wait to read your review. I saw an article on Get Off My Internets (have you seen that site?) the other day indicating that her book was going over like a (pink) lead balloon. <br />I think you hit the nail on the head with this one. I mean, doesn't she think it's weird that she can't bake cupcakes?! And that maybe she should work on that a little harder?Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859275246228565653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-64621002514428622952012-07-19T11:23:00.051-04:002012-07-19T11:23:00.051-04:00I do see where you are coming from, but tend to di...I do see where you are coming from, but tend to disagree on some points. Though, I am waiting to pass judgment until I actually have the book in my hands!<br /><br />That being said, I don't know whether or not I should say thank you or curse you for introducing me to GOMI. I may as well say goodbye to many otherwise productive hours of my life. :)Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-36534015790799195472012-07-19T09:03:59.752-04:002012-07-19T09:03:59.752-04:00I read her blog, and I constantly waver between li...I read her blog, and I constantly waver between liking it and feeling like it's a completely unrealistic portrait of someone's life. Let's have a little self-humor and admittance that life it's always a Chanel clutch. What's missing from her blog is what I like about yours. I love baking, mostly because I love creaming butter and sugar together and stealing a bite before adding the eggs. I can be a baking snob, but I won't lie, if I'm forced to make cupcakes for a coworker I don't really like - I may just use a box. I would have thought Emily would like her readers more than I like my coworker who eats his sunflower seeds too effing loudly.Annalillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06953435572388632832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-68296472713497759122012-07-19T08:34:38.386-04:002012-07-19T08:34:38.386-04:00Well said Melissa. Well said. Yes, box cake/cupcak...Well said Melissa. Well said. Yes, box cake/cupcakes are good but it's insulting to ones who truly are bakers, that spend the time creating delicious treats! <br />I can't wait to start this damn book club! I love how I thought The Shining would be the perfect book to start off with...that got vetoed pretty quick.<br />I think we should also do Dance Moms wine nights. Yes. We should. Oh Abby, you bitch. :)Mrs. Humpsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-88568531432200114082012-07-19T07:55:19.447-04:002012-07-19T07:55:19.447-04:00THIS IS SO REFRESHING! I loved her blog... in the ...THIS IS SO REFRESHING! I loved her blog... in the beginning. It's now become so materialistic and pretentious that I honestly don't even look at it anymore. Don't get me wrong, she is a smart, savvy business woman who clearly did something right. With that being said, kudos to her, but I am not interested in your overpriced wares, your elaborate parties and your rip-off DIY projects.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888830646501846499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-65780635838942333112012-07-18T21:47:08.577-04:002012-07-18T21:47:08.577-04:00I am always a bit confounded and skeptical of peop...I am always a bit confounded and skeptical of people who make a living out of blogging, because really, when you just write about your new outfit or dinner destination what are you really doing for the world? At the same time...would I pass-up the opportunity to get free goods & travel around the world? (probably not) <br /><br />I am also terrified by the amount of misinformation many young- beautiful-stay-at-home-pregnancy didn't change my body "mommy" bloggers put on the internet (ie: lots of incorrect vaccination facts) It is scary how some people can influence the masses by just hitting enter on their computers.<br /><br />Anyway, great review! I love your blog and your humor...you are a talented and witty writer and I always look forward to new posts!kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05711206292441554135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-71919434206300220672012-07-18T19:55:18.817-04:002012-07-18T19:55:18.817-04:00you couldn't have worded it any better. imo, e...you couldn't have worded it any better. imo, emily is the typical vanilla box cupcake... appealing to pretty much everyone but nothing particularly special. i am not surprised her book is the same way... and no cupcake "connoisseur" would claim boxed cake tastes better than homemade cake.sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357880155656681314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-35317158243403534362012-07-18T18:57:58.861-04:002012-07-18T18:57:58.861-04:00I love everything about this, including the fact t...I love everything about this, including the fact that it reaffirms my decision to not buy the book in the first placeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07177081269343759076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613539467899219867.post-59095429640779697242012-07-18T18:36:02.015-04:002012-07-18T18:36:02.015-04:00She sucks, and she insults me by thinking that I d...She sucks, and she insults me by thinking that I don't know how to open a bottle of champagne. No.Megan | Freckled Italianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397753148296711081noreply@blogger.com