Drink caramels

I made my caramels for the art opening! I made martini, mocha, tea, brandy, and red wine.

My favorite is the mocha! They are very lucky they made it into the box!

I will post pictures tonight.

Sun and fun

The weather in deary Seattle has finely turned decent. I have been trying really hard to focus in promoting the business.

I did send in some yummy dessert topping and peanut/sunflower butters for a celebrity gifting. It was actually a relative of a celebrity, but still. :) I am also needing to start preparing for an art opening. I am doing drink themed caramels. I think it's going to be fun!

Later gaters. :)

Off blog subject!

So, I am getting involved in helping my friend restructure her dance studio. She is the spitting image of "Bunheads"

you need to go check out http://www.dancebydesign.net/
She is an amazing Teacher! My son is SO excited to take preschool Hip Hop and Tap from her. She has classes for everyone and offers an AMAZING birthday party package! What little girl wouldn't want a ballerina party???

Go check it out!!!!

Flavored Waters

I love all the flavor extracts and oils for cooking. The cost can add up! While cleaning, I found an herb book with a bunch of how tos.
I am currently making my own flavored water to use in my caramels and perhaps marshmallows.

All you have to do is cram a bunch of herbs or rose/flower petals in the jar, add water and sit in the sun until you feel its ready. I let mine sit a few days, as we don't get too hot here. You can also boil the water with the flavors for about an hour. I like the slow method. I feel the flavor is better. :)

Enjoy!

marketing

Since business has been alittle slow, I have been focusing on marketing. I have been facebooking, tweeting and pinning to boost my name. It has helped get my name and product out there but it hasn't done much for sales yet. It's still early.I also plan on blogging more.

On another note I added new products to my shops this week. I know have 2 online shops. my Craft Cafe shop has launched!

So, I have added caramel sauce, marshmallow sauce (which is the fam fav) and "Sticky Balls" which are cakeballs made with caramel.

I am also working on putting together some party favor packages to list. My son made these cupcake toppers. :)

I have a ton of molds to allow for variety. So, I am pretty excited for this. Hopefully it will sell.

Alright, well I am planning on blogging more so I will type soon!

Keep Moving Forward

So, I have hit a another lull in business. The celebrity thing isn't panning out so far. I have a few more events to try and then I will have to re asses.

I have a few books I am reading to come up with a plan to move forward. Nothing Worth having is ever easy, right?

I really want to push my peanut butter. I think it's a great idea. I am working on creating from names. It's kinda fun to work backwards. Right now I am working on "Snip and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails". I am trying to make it savory and incorporate licorice somehow. MAybe I can WOW in the next 2 events.

I am really excited about the peanut butter still, so I am exploring ways to promote this! Plus, it just tastes yummy!

That's all for now. I need to go care for my little helper.

Pictures

I realized there were not as many pictures as I thought. So, this post will be mostly pictures. :)

The top picture is a few of my peanut butters, and the bottom is sunflower butter.

These are a couple of my celebrity gift bags.

Tiramisu marshmallows

Top is baslamic strawberry and the bottom is sour cherry. 2 unique and fun flavors


I will post more later, I need to go be with the 3d people and world now. :)