This is the third installment in a series of posts offering helpful hints and tips for those interested in setting up a blog to promote their cake decorating business or talents. I’ve already covered getting started with free blogging platforms and how to set up a Facebook page. Even if you decide not to do either of those things, you can still share your cake photos online. Continue reading »
Every once in a while I force my kids to go outside, and today was a lovely day for it. Sunny and warm, but not at all humid, with blue skies and fluffy white clouds, it was the ideal April Saturday. So, mid-morning I hustled everyone into the minivan and drove to Nashville for the Honeybee Festival at East-Centric Pavilion. Continue reading »
This is the second in a series of posts covering how to promote your cake decorating services, or just share your creative talents, online. In the first Cake Blogging 101 post I covered the bare-bones basics o f starting a website using a free blogging platform and custom domain redirect. If that seems too overwhelming or for those with limited time, setting up a Facebook page is a quick and relatively easy alternative. Continue reading »
Not too long ago I was asked to give a presentation to a small group of cake decorators about starting a business and the basics of promoting it online via social media. I’m by no means an expert in this field, but I may have some useful advice for those who are totally new to blogging and social media, so I decided to do a series of posts covering the basics. Continue reading »
I have not done a good job maintaining my blog. That’s stating the obvious, I know, but I feel like I need to explain why. It’s not that I haven’t been doing anything. Quite the contrary, in fact, because I’ve been rather busy. Maybe not so much with cake decorating classes and birthday parties, although there have been a few here and there, and while it’s been ages since I shared a recipe, I have been making stuff. If you follow me on Tumblr or Instagram you’ve seen what I get up to when I don’t have time to do a full blog post about it, like the new gluten-free pancake and waffle mix I tried and pictures of some new cake decorating tools Wilton sent me. Continue reading »
I’ve had my new Chromebook for more than a week now, and I’m still very happy with it. The only thing I don’t particularly like about the machine itself is that it’s hard to open. That probably sounds crazy, but with my MacBook, which is bigger and heavier, I just lift up the lid. Thanks to the way my Chromebook closes and the fact that it’s so light, if I try to lift the lid, I end up flipping the whole thing over. Continue reading »
Several weeks ago I mentioned wanting to try a recipe for Cinnamon Bun Muffins that I found on elanaspantry.com. Whenever there’s something I want to make gluten-free, I typically head there first and see if she’s already figured out how to do it. Usually, she has. Continue reading »
I’m anxiously waiting for my new Chromebook to make its way home to me. It’s supposed to arrive some time today, and I seriously hope it does. I made the decision to buy one this past Tuesday, and silly, naive me thought it would be as simple as walking into Best Buy and picking one up. Ha! I posted the whole story on Tumblr, but basically I ended up having to order my Chromebook online. Which, of course, means waiting for delivery. Continue reading »
School was out on Monday, so the kids and I visited a local coffeehouse. Their coffee might be fantastic as rumored, but I ordered a chai tea and wasn’t impressed. It was too sweet and a bit heavy on something… cloves, maybe? It’s the same issue I have with chai tea from Starbucks. I prefer the chai tea at Whole Foods, even though it’s made from a concentrate. Continue reading »
Thanks to a recent online discussion about gluten-free baking, a couple of flour blend recipes came to my attention, and I agreed to try them both and report on my results. Originally, I was only going to try one gluten-free flour blend, but it called for sorghum flour and I didn’t have any. Continue reading »
