Not a lot new here at the cupcake. We have been busy doing birthday, anniversary, and shower cakes. Like always, we are having fun. Tomorrow we welcome the Naz art class students for our artists reception. We welcome 7 new paintings to the wall.

The new tee shirts are here! I would show you one but Megs not wearing hers today. They are awesome though.

We had a fantastic style show on Saturday. We passed out 200 invites for the guests to stop by the shop and try out a free pink cupcake. On a side note I won 2 of the silent auction items I bid on. Yay me.

Spring fever is hitting us hard, it was a long winter and can't believe how beautiful the flowers are already. Our cakes reflect this with Daffy's, pansies and whisteria being features all over the bakery.

first cake of the year

Happy wedding everyone! And we begin wedding season once again. We just finished our annual bridal show at Cherry Valley Lodge. That show is our favorite! Along with some fun spying at the Columbus bridal expo. I feel that we are ready to begin. Sommer and I are so lucky we have a wonderful job that we love so much. Let the weddings begin!

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.