We are so excited to announce that Just Cupcakes (JC) is the 3rd stop on the Johnny Cupcakes (JC), get it JC + JC ~ it was meant to be ;-), suitcase tour. Way before I opened the shop I was a JC (his JC not mine) fan. Being a design junkie, he’s been on my radar for a very long time. He just does it all right. Great design and branding and does it consistently every time. If you follow us on twitter you know it was Christmas in March on Saturday when we got our supply of The Cupcake Chronicle, some stickers, badges and a very cool pencil. That’s right, my Volvo now sports a Make Cupcakes Not War Sticker. How many people can say that! Chronicle’s are available on the counter at the shop. Also, starting next week we’ll be having in-store events in anticipation. First sweet deal - starting 3/15 wear a Johnny Cupcakes t-shirt into the shop and get a free cupcake. As always, play nice - 1 per customer. Stay tuned for more details!
Hey - don’t forget to follow us on twitter and fbook. We’re crazy about running daily specials that we only tell our friends about. See ya ;-)
First, thank you to the many, many people that made my V-Day and came to the shop to get sweets for their sweeties. Thank you for posting your pictures on our facebook page and for the nice things that are said on the blogs. It certainly means more to me and all of us at Just Cupcakes more than you can ever know. We all love baking cupcakes for you and glad that Virginia Beach loves cupcakes!
Also, my sincerest apologies when we misplaced an order, made you wait and didn’t have cupcakes out as promptly as we’d like and as you deserve as valued new friends of ours. Lots of sweet lessons learned and we’ll be better prepared next time…..promise.
To all of those great runners at the 14k - we tried to stay out on the course as long as possible before going to the tent. We brought a truckload, literally, of cupcakes and we hope that everyone that wanted one got one but know that you didn’t. Again, we sincerely tried and apologize that we just simply ran out. It was a terrific morning and the kids enjoyed cheering you all on and getting cupcakes to many of you. We volunteer for lots of events all year long, donate cupcakes weekly and hope that the next time we’re there that you come out and get 2 :-).
We’ve officially started the Valentine’s Day countdown. And, we have a lovely week. On 2/10 we’re going to a sweet party at the Aloft in Chesapeake celebrating 10 years of VOW magazine. We’ll be serving up some extra mini cupcakes :-)
Saturday 2/13 - we’ll be hanging out at mile 6, officially known as “cupcake corner” at the Virginia is for Lovers 14k race. Check it out at www.vifl14k.com. We’ll be there with naked minis (mini cupcakes with no liners) for runners to get a little sugar to keep them going. Then, we’ll be hanging out in the tent to hand out even more sweet treats.
Sunday 2/14 - Valentine’s Day….awwwwww. Got plans? If so, we want to hear about them. If not, we want to know about that, too. Have the most romantic story of all time? Bring it and win a dozen cupcakes of your choice. That’s right, cupcake eaters, give it your best shot, then on Saturday 2/13 we’ll announce the winner to receive a dozen cupcakes to give or keep on Valentine’s Day. Game on ;-)
Fellow cupcake eaters I promise to never (and I mean never) stay away this long. After a very hectic holiday season, the shop is settling down just in time for Valentine’s Day :-) One of my very favorite holidays. On the stress meter it ranks up there with New Year’s Eve for me but more on that in another blog.
To catch you up - there’s so much it’s hard but it pales in comparison to our “Have a Heart for Haiti” campaign. JC raised $450 for the Red Cross with the sale of our red velvet cupcakes. We donated 100% of the proceeds from the sale.
Other than that we’ve been baking cupcakes, experimenting with new flavors and now offer even more! We have a terrific Italian Meringue that we are using on the mocha java that is unreal. We’ll be announcing other new flavors next week and all of Valentine’s Day Specials, so stay tuned. Also, I do have a one-day position opening for someone that is willing to wear a cupid costume on Valentine’s Day to help with deliveries. It could turn out to be more, St. Patrick’s is coming up ;-) Know of anyone? Stay sweet and come see us!
nyc - was fantastic. unbelievably warm and all dolled up for the holidays. also, new yorkers couldn’t be nicer or more helpful. we had some terrific cupcakes and made a few new friends. a huge thanks to nichelle, rachel and melissa for being so wonderful. day 1 - while i have some photos, the ones that they took and posted online are so much better. http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/2009/12/cttc-5th-blogiversary-party.html. i met some really great fellow cupcakers and got to try some great cuppies. got to meet harley from treat - super great cupcakes and gorgeous. tried some cupcakes from sweet revenge, crumbs and some delish cupcake cabobs. cupcake cabobs are certainly going to be available summer 2010 at just cupcakes for summer entertaining. i’ve already got it planned a cabob with mini lemon/strawberry cupcakes with our fresh strawberries on a stick. day 2 tomorrow ;-)
