Well, we survived Thanksgiving and had a great time providing several people with cupcakes for the Thanksgiving table and a few for special birthday parties. Kathryn made the most adorable cupcakes for a Jimmy Buffett themed 50th birthday party. With all the snow on the ground, they looked even more inviting!
Kathryn also baked for the Pods for the Pulpit Crafts Fair and we sold out both days:) Yea, Kathryn!
I made a trip to LA to see my children and scout out new cupcake ideas....everything looks so great out there in the sunshine and warmth. There were 10 cupcake/bakery locations within a 5 mile radius of where I was staying. Most of the cupcakes were pretty basic- cake and frosting- no real design or theme to them, but a couple of locations took a lot of pride in what they do and it was nice to see their "creations" . No one seems to name their cupcakes like we do or try to have at least three elements incorporated into each one- cake, frosting, design, special topping, name, etc. And, no one used our "small batch, one at a time" concept but that is understandable. We like to think of them as artisan cupcakes....Life would be a lot easier if we mass produced, but I don't think they would be as good:)
Final exams start for the area schools, colleges and universities. We have been invited to vend during exams at a few campuses. I'll take pictures of the crazed students cramming for exams with cupcakes!!!
That's all for now.
