Melman

Isn't he DARLING! My favorite cake of the weekend for sure! His eyelashes are from Walmart $3.00. A great deal. We started by screwing a huge dowel to my cake board. Then we carved the head with my new dremmel tool. We covered my head with chocolate clay then screwed it to the top of the dowel. We covered the dowel with chocolate clay and rice crispy treats. We iced the entire thing then covered it all with fondant. fun fun fun!

Julie & Julia

A baker is much different than a cook. I come from a long line of non-cooks. When I was 7 we moved to live with my grandparents on their farm. It was with my Grandmother I made my first cake. It was a microwave one in a cardboard pan. My Grandmother was probably the worst cook (other than myself and my sweet mother) that I have ever met. The women on my mother's side do seem to be able to bake, Thank God, although we do not enjoy it. When I was 8 I would spend quite a bit of time with my Grandmother. I loved her very much, she was what some would call an "odd bird". Very much like Julia Child. My Grandmother would sit in her chair everyday and we would watch Julia Child. Grammy and I would discuss important matters like "if we would like duck?" or "do you think she's drunk?" I don't believe we ever made any of her recipes but there was no doubt in our mind that if this odd strange woman could do it so could we. And we had her cookbook! Those were good times for me. Julia and Grammy were very similar, they were both working women in a time when that was not cool, both tall and carried themselves in an odd manner, both had no limitations. They could do anything. Grammy loved Julia and I loved Grammy. So... I had to see this movie. I cannot put into words how much I loved this movie. Although I am not a french chef, I truly feel if I applied myself, I could be. I get this from my Grammy. I took away a feeling of accomplishment from this movie, if my bakery was not to be tomorrow it would be ok. That Sommer and I have done a great job and we have nothing to be ashamed of. I hope to someday inspire other women as these two role models have inspired me. I stongly suggest if you can, swing by the movies and check it out.

wonderful friends!

This is a picture of a picture of our Adam West bat cake that we you tubed awhile back. Here is the link for the complete video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2mPDLqi30

My dear friend Jen from New york saw Adam West and got him to sign it for me. Needless to say I am speechless. Words cannot express what a wonderful surprise this was. We were having an icky day too. This made everything so much better. Apparently Adam thinks we have some issues....... And that is O.K. with us! This bad boy is going in a frame and right up on our wall!!! How cool is that!?! We are so blessed here at the cupcake to have such wonderful friends. I am so happy!

"sole" sisters

So we had a girls dayout. We headed up to Mansfield and got all girled up. While we were there we went into Journey's shoe store. There Sommer met her "sole" sister (get it "sole" soul, shoestore) anywho..... This sweet girl also has a cupcake tattoo. Wicked cool I might add! So here is a cool picture of it. We hope she comes to visit us soon. I also bought a cut pair of crocks. They are cute, not clunky looking at all. Super comfy. Woot woot!

Inspiration

I have been very deep in thought lately. About a number of things really. This last weekend we had opportunity to to mentor a vocationvocationer. I love the chance to teach someone something. What ended up happening was she taught me a few things. Her attitude, what a great attitude she had. If we all conducted our lives with such a positive outlook and grace what a wonderful world it would be. She, Lisa, came to us to see if opening a bakery may be something she would like to do. By the time Lisa left I knew Lisa could do ANYTHING she wanted to do. She had a fantastic attitude, took direction and absorbed everything we said like a sponge. The photo on the blog is the cake she made for our window. Now remember, Lisa never really made a cake before. The natural ability flowed like a river out of her. I have to wonder if there is anything she CAN'T do. How inspirational she was! She was like a kid in a candystore all weekend long. Just so happy and grateful to be around the cake. It really makes me remember why we do what we do. How blessed the cake world will be is she does decide to do this. Her and her husband are the kind of people who leave an impression wherever they go. Some people have that gift. I am glad they use it positively.

I truly enjoyed this last weekend and it has me very thankful to be doing something that I enjoy so much. I really am left with the feeling that I can do anything I want to do. Right now I want to do this.

Stanley Jackson @ the cupcake

Here is a terrible picture of the WORLD FAMOUS Stan Jackson and Sommer! Just in case you have lived in a cave like myself, here is some backround info on "Stan the Man"-

Stanley Jackson (born March 24, 1975) is an American football quarterback, played in college for the Ohio State Buckeyes and professionally in the Canadian Football League. Jackson is the 2007 starting quarterback for the Marion Mayhem of the Continental Indoor Football League. Stanley is also the color analyst for the Ohio State Buckeye's pre-game and post-game radio show on WTVN in Columbus, Ohio.US.

We are pretty much BFF's with Stan now. As we instantly shared a cupcake bond. We plan on taking a roadtrip to visit our new BFF and some guy named something Bruce. Earl perhaps? Anywho, We instantly fell in love with Stan as he is a smooth talker and is super handsome. We loved him even before we found out who he was. Thanks for stopping by Stan! We will see you soon!

Adam West You Tube

IT'S DONE!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2mPDLqi30 ENJOY!!!

Last but not least!

The Fondant

Napolean Fondant-art.

Superpower- Assists cake makers in allowing their icing to "STAND TALL" against gravity.

Tag line- "Wherever cream cheese icing grows soggy or a powered sugar blend may melt, The Fondant stands tall" - The Fondant 2009

Arch nemesis- The leveler, He is a pirate in the French seas. He levels cake and cuts down fondant.

and even more superheros.....

THE PINK SWIRL

Superpower- She can swirl a perfect icing cupcake. Also, she kills everyone with sweetness.

Her Story- Her nemesis is Sir Licks-a-lot, he often tries to swipe all the beautiful cupcakes she makes and tends to leave a big mess! Her sidekick is the muffin man (not shown).

look below for even more superheros!====>

MORE superheros!

Crime fighting duo......

ANGELFOOD CAKE GIRL and DEVILS FOOD BABY!!!!

Superpower- Angelfood cake girl makes sure everyone's gardian angel is well fed.

Devilsfood baby distracts bad guys with delicious morstles.

Their story- It all happened at FRENZY 16 South Main St. in Mount Vernon. They just walked through the door and *POOF* they were superheros.

PASTRY SUPERHERO CONTEST

THE CUPCAKESTER





Superpower- crippling heartburn.





Story- Bitten by a radioactive cupcake, so sweet she never uses her superpowers. She writes evil deeds down in a notebook and reports them to the proper authorities.

THE FIEND

Arch nemesis to the cupcakester

Story- Follows the cupcakester around and tries to distract her.

Power- Has a super evil mustache and a super evil snicker.











In their secret identity, these two are married. They have no idea of eachothers secret life. The Fiend, however, has cronic heartburn.

A beautiful idea

Do you get it!?! This idea was given to me from someone on twitter. I wish I could remember who! Thank you whoever you are! I am so excited about this! I actually implimented and followed through on a project! Very exciting to me. I will be trimming my plant up once it fluffs back up. Replanting makes the plant a bit weary. Anywho enjoy the new "CUPCAKE" planters!

Graduation time

As summer approaches graduation time moves in. Don't forget to order as early as possible this year as we have our own graduation parties to attend! We could not be more excited for all of our graduates. We are selling yellowjacket cupcakes, grad hat cookies and don't forget the cake! whether it's college or highschool The Pink Cupcake wants to play a part! Enough advertising for today! Stop in and see us!

Adam West You Tube

Our tribute to Adam West. We just finished 2 1/2 hours of decorating and filming buttercream Adam West. It will be available for viewing sometime this week on You Tube. Totally fun and totally AWESOME!! You know you love him!

PASTRY SUPERHERO CONTEST

Ever wish you were a super hero? Well, now is your chance!!! This month come to the cupcake dressed as an original PASTRY superhero with super powers and a superhero name and win fabulous prizes. Grand prize is a $100 dollar gift card to The Pink Cupcake. 3 runners up will receive free birthday cakes. Your picture will be posted on THIS BLOG and fame and fortune will surely come your way. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity! The contest ends May 29th. Winners announced May 30th!

HAPPY 5TH OF MAY!

This is how we celebrate here at the cupcake.

Yummy cupcakes! Of course! These bad boys are flying out of here this morning. Also, we plan on gifting some to our dear friends at Fiesta today. No doubt they will be busy and can use a cupcake break.

In other news.....

these Raspberry filled cupcakes were really cute so we took a photo of them too.

ENJOY!!!!

The noodle dream

I cannot be the only one that has had the noodle dream!?! Why are we in this business and what keeps us going? I get this question a lot. It's sure not the money. Even though that's really nice. Everyone has a passion, something we love to do. For the duck dad in Kung Fu Panda it was noodles. For me it's cake. Cake shows, cake art, cupcakes, pastry paintings, cupcake tattoos, all cake all the time. I am the duck dad. Sad for my poor little panda, Kaley. When I have a wedding cake I am in the zone. I am focused, jazzed and anxious. I dream it, and make it 100 times over and over in my head. Sometimes I see a crucial flaw in my design and am able to adjust my plans so it will work better. I giggle, hum and pray when I make a cake. I am in love like a teenager. I am so happy when I step back and look at it. So sad when something fails. Thats not often, THANK GOD. If you haven't had the noodle dream I feel you are not following your true path. My thoughts for the moment.

Tulips

I am not a great photographer, especially with my phone. I saw this beautiful tulip on middle path this weekend and it reminded me of a tulip on acid. I thought it was just beautiful. God makes beautiful things. Beth, however, needs work sometimes. Of all gumpaste flowers the tulip is one of my worst. Aside from orchids and iris which are close to impossible. The tulip SHOULD be easy. I stink at it. So today is my salute to God for being able to make such a hard flower, and make it extra super fantastic!

Now for a shot of my flower. I know................ I am no supreme being> But I try! LOL!

now at the cupcake

We are selling these beautiful handcrafted cupcake purses. Available now exclusively at the Pink Cupcake! One can be yours right now for the price of $24.99. A super deal! get one today!

more easter

We love when people think of us at the holidays! This fantastic egg is from Jamee. What? What is it you say?!? IT'S OUR LOGO! In all it's cupcake glory.

Sassy cinny bun

This is the picture I awoke to this morning. It seems Sommer is feeling a bit sassy herself. (say that three times fast, sommer's sassy herself....) Anyhoo, I thought it was a cute one. We are recovering nicely from last weekend. Talking about spring and whatnot. Although, it's raining cats and dogs here. Isn't there a saying April showers..... Can't wait for those May flowers. We are planning a special surprise for you cupcake fans in May... So stay tuned!!

I really feel good abouot the way we prepared for this Easter. Next Holiday is Mother"s day. Also today I want to work on a new window theme for the front window. My self help journey is progressing rather slow. But it is progressing. Old habits are hard to kill. That sounds like the name of a horror movie about a serial killer and old nuns *shiver*. Oh my! Happy day before tax day! Beth

Easter at the cupcake

If this works, you can see what we are up to here at the cupcake.

Dr. Horrible

YAY! My first Dr. Horrible cake! If I was nice I would include a link but I don't have time to look it up and the minute I see it I will have to sit down and watch. For those who don't know, as if, it is an amazing show on you tube. it's actually called Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. It is the best show EVER! I am a HUGE fan. Give it a look next time you have about 45 minutes to spare. I think there are about 5 episodes. Enjoy, Beth

Artie Isaac

No picture today just ramblings. So....... I live on the outskirts of Gambier. Gambier, as most of you know, is home to Kenyon College. Last night I had just got home and sat down when my phone went off. I had forgotten I put a lecture down in my calendar. Sometimes the public is allowed to go to the speakers at Kenyon, something must have cought my eye about this one. So I told my hubby "I'm off to a lecture". He was not impressed.
When I arrived, I sat myself down with the college students and felt pretty awesome. Awesome until they bypassed me with the sign in form. (What!?!, I don't look like a 20 year old college student? Hurtful...lol.) Anywho, I was very surprised to see the speaker was a thin man with excentric hair (yup, the lady with pink hair is picking on him) and a bowtie. You don't see bowties often, shame really. What followed was one of the best lectures I have ever seen. Creativity was the title. I would like to encourage everyone to check out this guys site www.artieisaac.com . If I had any doubts about our business being the path we should take, they were erased. He was encouraging, quirky and very colorful. Three things I hold very dear to my heart. I only wish I had brought a paper and pencil to take notes. I did however have a chance to txt some stuff into my phone. Things I am going to do and blog about.....
#1 Ask 100 SMART people something they think I should know. And WRITE IT DOWN. I never write things down. I am so intrested in what I will learn. Brilliant idea really, thanks Artie.
#2 The cause of my anxiety is I do not have the knowledge to face my challenges. DUH! And I thought my crazy pills weren't working. So, my task is to GET SMARTER. LOL!
#3 Read a book. I have not read a book in ages. I am always running around and I don't sit still. I am going to read The Artists Way, by Cameron. Already talked to the book store lady and it is waiting for me.
So, three things. I think thats good. Hoping it will make me a better person and a better business owner. This guy is out of Columbus so I am hoping someday he will stop by the shop. Thats it for now, Beth

New pix!

How cool is this!?! I'm sending this from my phone! I know, right? I'm so cool! Will add more pictures as I go. Guess I fixed my blogging issue. Stay tuned.....

No time

I have to apologize, our blog is being neglected. I am so sorry cupcake fans. Our camera is on the fritz, and our camera guy is in Florida. Today I am going to try to remedy our camera situation. Things have been going great down here at the cupcake. Lots of fun orders and lots to do. Wedding season is upon us and we could not be happier. I do miss posting pictures though. This is just a quick note to let you all know that we are still here and I promise to be better about keeping in touch. LOL! Please stop by the shop if you are jones'n for some cupcake love, I promise to be better, Beth

Made it through Valentine's day

So we were rockin' and rollin' this Valentine's day! Thank you all for coming down to the Cupcake! It was so awesome! I loved it. Now we start to clean up and do some damage control. I don't know about you all but I received an awesome Valentine's day gift! My hubby got me an awesome pink pearl blackberry. I never knew I needed it until I tried it out. Prolly the best gift ever! So much fun! Since I am lacking a camera these days I will be using it to take some shots of fantastic cakes. So don't dismay cupcake fans....... Soon I will be posting cakes so you can get your fix. Not much else happening around here. Thanks again everyone for an awesome Valentine's Day! XOXO! Beth

Cherry Valley Bridal Show!!!!

Hi all! We had a fantabulous time at the show this weekend. I will be blogging about it more later. We have lots of pictures.

These were one of my favorite finds! They are at http://www.cccrystals.com/ . it's jewelery for your feet! Perfect for that wedding on the beach. AWESOME! I just love them.

Also, on a whole different level was the discovery of these....

Bridal favor beer cozies! Too funny!!!! This made me laugh all day. I didn't get the vendors name on this one. They were super nice people! If I come across the company I will be sure to post. Nothing says class like a monogrammed cozy!

Toward the end of the show my favorite DJ in the whole world, Roger,led all of the vendors in some singing and dancing while we started to clean up. It says a lot about a DJ when after 5 hours of work you can use your talents to make everyone around you happy and enjoy themselves. thank you Roger! http://www.hypersoundsentertainment.com/ !

I had one "interesting" experience. Unfortunately I don't know the name of that vendor. I would hate to get it wrong, When I find out I will post more on her. Apparently, I must have wronged her in a past life or something. LOL! Anywho! Life's to short to be cranky! I will write more later, Beth