The Latest in Cubicle Decor

Almost as soon as my Gingerbread house decorations came down after Christmas, my co-workers and passers-by began to ask “What holiday comes next….Are you decorating for Valentines?” Before they started to ask, I didn’t really know and just figured I would do something if I had time or found some inspiration. For some reason, Valentines has not consistently made the list of holidays for which I have work decorations. One year, a really large box of “chocolates” was assembled and displayed, but it was way too big to store and the following year nothing replaced it.

As more people questioned, I realized I really needed to come up with something. The idea was slow coming, mostly because when you say Valentines, you usually just think of hearts. Don’t get me wrong, hearts are great (and believe me, at SWA we LUV hearts!) but I was looking for a more unique idea.

Somehow, cupcakes came to mind. But the how and why took a bit longer to figure out. Random cupcakes for no purpose seemed about as creative as random hearts.

A few ideas were considered

and then nixed (including making my desk area one huge cupcake like this, fun but not very practical for still being able to work productively).

Finally, the combination of a clever twist on a children’s book title – credit goes to my mom – and some online DIY searching yielded the perfect result.

Theme in hand, it was just a matter of assembling the pieces – raining cupcakes, clouds, umbrella – for this result:

Cupcake Close-up

In case you are wondering the question so many have asked me in the past weeks, the cupcakes are made from for the “cake” and for the “icing.” Except for the large cupcake, which is primarily a bucket courtesy of .

Rave reviews were received on this theme. However, I've been told this raised the bar of expectations so my future decorations may have to be embellished a bit. Hope you all had a Happy Valentines Day!!