You know you want some!!!

Have you ever wanted to taste a cake from Posh Pasty? Well, here's your chance. We will be at the Florida Bridal Expo this weekend with lots of samples for you to try. We will also have some beautiful display cakes for you to look at. Come out and get some ideas for your wedding cake and come HUNGRY! We will have serveral cake, frosting and filling combos to taste.

Hope to see you there!

For more information visit the Solutions Bridal website at www.solutionsbridal.com

I've had a little work done...

Well, not me but my logo has gone under the knife so to speak. I have always loved my logo. I knew what I wanted it to look like and my husband (who is not a graphic designer, just a guy with Photoshop) did a great job making it for me. I still like it, but Posh Pastry has grown so quickly. I felt like our logo and image should match the incredible creations that come out of our cake studio. Who did I call... Giovanni and his team at Unique Designs, of course!

Working with them is so amazing! I wanted to stay true to my original design, but it needed to be polished and updated. Giovanni listened to everything I wanted and came up with such a beautiful combination of old and new. I absolutely love it! They also created some new marketing materials (come see them at the bridal show Sept. 13th) and a circle logo witch is now featured on my website.

I know I'm starting to sound like the president of the Unique Designs fan club.... OK well, maybe I am... but they deserve it. The Unique team truly cares about their clients. Their work is creative, beautiful, innovative and truly Unique! Thanks guys!!!!

We're on the blog

I love Leah at Celebrations Catering. She is so incredibly sweet and her food is insanely good! One of my favorite things about Leah is that she always has her camera with her. A few months ago we attended an event at Bay Laurel. I made several kinds of treats including a couple different styles of Posh Pretzels. I was in a huge hurry that day and forgot my camera. Luckily Leah had hers, and she posted some pics on her blog today. Go check them out!

Pure Delight

One of my favorite photographers, Lindsey Tropf, of Pure: Photography by Linsey Tropf has completely redone her business branding: colors, logo, website, business cards, blog, and more. To celebrate and share her own excitement, she is having a week of GiveAways before her

launch with unique wedding items from both local vendors and some personal Etsy favorites.

There will even be a Posh Pastry give away! If you read my blog then you know how absolutely in love I am with the pictures Lindsey did of my pink and black cake! She is so incredible! I can't wait to see the new website. If you haven't seen her work go to her blog NOW and check it out! Every day will be a new GiveAway with the winner(s) announced the next day. The prizes get larger and more expensive, so be sure to keep coming back until the end!

Playing with dummies...

Dummy cakes that is. They can be so incredibly helpful. I can picture in my mind what a stacked 6,8,10 will look like and can tell how the spacing will differ from a 6, 9, 11. I know how a cake with a 4" top tier will look, but my brides may not. That's where the dummies come in. I have all shapes and sizes, hights and widths. When I'm planning a new cake, I pull them off the shelf and stack them up. It's great to be able to visualize what the cake will look like beyond the sketch. I even brought a box full of them to a bride's house to make sure that she would love the cake we planned for her. (wink, wink, Kari :)

This picture is the dummy cake version of the cake we made for Kari this past weekend. I have found that it is very helpful to use dummies when the cake is a nontraditional shape or size. I sent Kari this picture from my shop to get her OK before I started baking the real one.

Inspiration is everywhere

Right now I'm on a cross country road trip with my family. While staying at an amazing hotel in Texas, I learned something about my kids... They see cakes everywhere, just like their Mom. We were up on the 9th floor looking down at the atrium below when my three year old asked me about the birthday cake. In the Mom way I said "oh yea" and went on down the hall. The next day my six year old asked me how long they were going to keep the giant cake down there. This time I stopped and payed closer attention. There was a small cafe with a very unique roof in the atrium. It looked like an amazing Asian style wedding cake.

It was then that I realized that my kids have grown up seeing unique custom cakes. They were used to seeing nontraditional style and cool design. I know most people don't walk around looking at objects and seeing cake designs in them like I do, but it was really cool to see that my kids are picking it up. They love art and design and I'd love to have them join me in the cake studio one day.

The kids inspired me so much that I took my camera around the hotel looking for more "cakes" and found the most beautiful Wedgewood vases and plates. They would make an amazing cakes! Thanks boys!!!

Uniquely New

By now, I hope you are following the Unique Designs blog. If you aren't... why not? They had an amazing week of giveaways last week to celebrate the launch of their new website. Including a $100.00 gift certificate for some Posh Pretzels. I can't wait to see who the lucky winner is.

Unique's new website is AMAZING! I'm not just saying it because I am lucky enough to call them friends. Their work is the most beautiful and creative I've ever seen. Everything they make is completely custom so if you're looking for more than cookie cutter invites or announcements you have to check them out!!!