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Cake Pops: An adventure Today almost snuck up on me. I realized it just in time to reminisce and celebrate with you guys. Oh and this is a pretty long post, but I had a hard [...] Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Bye 2011 It’s been a year of kidneys and cake pops and I have a heart full of thanks. This is an extremely long post. And just to warn you up front it [...] Sunday, January 1, 2012

The last five signings and some gift sets, too. The last five book and kit signings were such a blast. When I started the book tour the end of last year I had no idea how much fun they would be and [...] Sunday, December 18, 2011

It’s time to stock up! I thought I would take a minute to talk about sprinkles. Now is a great time to stock up on seasonal ones. It will be another year before some of the [...] Monday, October 24, 2011

A few more signings… Yay! I had such a good time in Minnesota a couple of weeks ago. I was so happy to be able to reschedule and meet you guys. Thank you to those that came out to [...] Wednesday, October 19, 2011

About this time last year… I was in Seattle and I had just begun my book tour. Seattle had so many fun places to visit for cupcakes. And not just the kind you eat. While I was [...] Monday, October 10, 2011

Kits and cards… Kinda cool Something fun arrived in the mail the other day. I couldn’t wait to unwrap it. Peek-a-boo… looks like it’s going to be cute. Yep. Super [...] Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Two signings next month Earlier this year I did a post announcing two more book signings for February. One in San Francisco that I made it to and one in Minneapolis that I [...] Monday, September 12, 2011

Sweet Shops Remember the other day when I showed you guys inside Miette? Well, as I was digging up those photos from last Fall when I was on the book tour, I found a [...] Monday, August 1, 2011

Sugar and Shirts Who’s familiar with Threadless? Okay, not sure what I’m referring to? Well, it’s the super awesome online community where members can [...] Monday, July 18, 2011

Here we go. I just wanted to let you all know that tomorrow is the big day. In the morning my mom and I are going into surgery. It’s finally here and we are [...] Monday, June 13, 2011

Great news and random other stuff Best news first. I’ve been approved to receive another kidney transplant and my mom has been approved to be the donor. The testing is complete. The [...] Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Chocolate Adventure Contest Remember that cupcake contest I told you about? The Scharffen Berger Chocolate Adventure Ingredient Contest? The one with $10,000 up for grabs? It was a [...] Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Easter Basket Cupcakes If you’ve followed the site for a while, you’ll remember these Easter basket cupcakes from a couple of years ago. If so, I hope you [...] Saturday, April 23, 2011

The San Francisco Signing I thought I would do a little spring cleaning. I have a few posts I have been wanting to share for a while now and this seems like just as good a time as [...] Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Going Dutch When I got home from the hospital recently, I had a bunch of mail waiting for me. Bills, and junk mail, packages and email … lots of email. It’s [...] Thursday, March 24, 2011

Hello again I can’t believe I’m writing another post without a single picture in it, but I wanted to take a moment to tell you how completely overwhelmed [...] Thursday, March 17, 2011

Twelve Days Hi guys. I guess you’ve probably noticed my absence from the website recently. Well, I’ve finally felt good enough to post something. So here [...] Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Two more cities in the next two weeks Just wanted to let you know about some last minute book signings that are right around the corner. I’ll be in San Francisco on Saturday, February [...] Saturday, February 12, 2011

Super Bowl Sweets The Super Bowl will be on in a few hours so I thought I would go ahead and share some sweet treats worth cheering for. That is if you are a Pittsburgh [...] Sunday, February 6, 2011