My wife makes amazing cakes. Seriously, they're incredible. She's an artist. She's been doing it as a hobby since just before we got married, and I've constantly encouraged her to think about starting a small business - doing something she's really good at, and that she really enjoys. She's always turned down the idea...until about a month ago when she was at a ladies meeting at our church. The speaker was asking about taking on new ventures and asked for some audience participation. My wife stood up and mentioned her cakes, and something clicked. She felt like God was opening the doors for her to start her own cake business, and she boldly announced that in front of everyone at the meeting.
Here we are about a month later, and I'm super-proud of her. She's done one cake already, and has two more orders for this Friday. She's not backing down from the decision. It wasn't a 'caught-up-in-the-emotion, spur of the moment' type of decision. She's taking it seriously. She has a business name (which I can't reveal as she has yet to make her big debut), is getting a logo designed, is starting a facebook page and soon a website, is buying the supplies she needs, and is getting business cards printed. She's doing her part, and God is blessing her by opening the doors.
So if I can do a bit of promotion for her - if anyone in the Barrie area needs a cake, you know where to go!
As you admire the cakes below, allow me to note that she makes everything from scratch - the cake, the fondant, etc. She forms/paints/creates every piece by hand. Again, let me state that I'm not writing this for promotional purposes (although that's a nice bonus), but rather because I am just so impressed by her talent, and so proud of her initiative. Here are a few of my favourites from the past couple of years:
I told you. She's really good at making cakes.
*on a side note, I (re)learned a lesson that sometimes you just have to wait for the right timing. No matter how many times I encouraged her to start a business over the years, it just wasn't happening...until all of a sudden - through nothing I said or did - she decided to do it on her own, and is now ready and excited to do it. It's a good lesson that sometimes we can't push people into something, we just have to wait.
Here we are about a month later, and I'm super-proud of her. She's done one cake already, and has two more orders for this Friday. She's not backing down from the decision. It wasn't a 'caught-up-in-the-emotion, spur of the moment' type of decision. She's taking it seriously. She has a business name (which I can't reveal as she has yet to make her big debut), is getting a logo designed, is starting a facebook page and soon a website, is buying the supplies she needs, and is getting business cards printed. She's doing her part, and God is blessing her by opening the doors.
So if I can do a bit of promotion for her - if anyone in the Barrie area needs a cake, you know where to go!
As you admire the cakes below, allow me to note that she makes everything from scratch - the cake, the fondant, etc. She forms/paints/creates every piece by hand. Again, let me state that I'm not writing this for promotional purposes (although that's a nice bonus), but rather because I am just so impressed by her talent, and so proud of her initiative. Here are a few of my favourites from the past couple of years:
She was helping at Air Raid 20 and decided to make a cake for the fun of it. She carefully replicated the Air Raid logo.
Christmas 2011. A bunny threatening a snowman with a hair dryer.
Her nephew loves the New York Knicks. This was the cake for his 12th birthday.
The cake for when Jen Melanson went on maternity leave in October 2011. No one at the station would eat it because they felt bad destroying it. A cake is meant to be eaten!
My family was floored when she showed up with this pumpkin shaped (and flavoured) cake for Thanksgiving, 2011.
*on a side note, I (re)learned a lesson that sometimes you just have to wait for the right timing. No matter how many times I encouraged her to start a business over the years, it just wasn't happening...until all of a sudden - through nothing I said or did - she decided to do it on her own, and is now ready and excited to do it. It's a good lesson that sometimes we can't push people into something, we just have to wait.
I know who i'm calling for Mia's 2nd birthday cake! And I didn't feel bad eating my mat leave cake at all....I was 9 months pregnant I could have eaten the whole thing, it was delicious!
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