Happy 1st Birthday, Auntie Loo's Treats!

Okay, I have to admit... I have been a bad 'blogger'. Almost a month since my last update? It's unacceptable!!! I will, from here on in, do my best to update more regularly. I recently had an injury that put me out of commission for a while... (I'm using this as an excuse even though technically this means I should have had more time to spend online...) AHEM.. ANYways...

This past weekend was a momentous occasion for us at Auntie Loo's Treats. It marked our first birthday since our grand opening in 2009. It was truly an amazing, whirlwind of a day. All day Friday, and early Saturday morning, was spent in preparation. I set myself up with a little workstation where I was able to watch series 1 of Breaking Bad while decorating the cake. Kind of the best setup ever. (By the way, if you haven't watched that show yet, you basically have to.)

I decided to go with a different colour scheme this year; my first impulse is usually to match the bakery (green, pink, and white) cuz that combination is just so "happy". Purple spoke to me this time around, so it became the colour of choice.

The design of this cake was originally intended to be more elaborate, but my aforementioned injury meant that I was limited with what I was able to do. Nevertheless, I was pleased with the final result. I used my new toy, a clay extruder, for the top tier... that took me a ridiculous amount of time. I loved the effect it gave, and had planned to do the same thing on the bottom, 14" tier. That plan quickly changed once I realized how long it took just to finish the 6" top tier!

Last year, I made the cake using actual cake, but nobody wanted to cut in to it. The whole cake went to waste =( ... Needless to say, this year I decided to use dummies. We'll be able to keep this on display now, so make sure you come see it if you get the chance!!

So other than the big ol' birthday cake, we also had a couple of other attractions to celebrate with. We had some of the wickedly awesome Rideau Valley Roller Girls skating along Bronson handing out free samples. Another couple of lovely girls from Lush were kind enough to come out to give away free vegan-friendly products. And last, but not least, we had one of the coolest attractions known to mankind... a CUPCAKE PHOTOBOOTH!!! The wonderfully talented Alyssa Iswolsky (she's basically our official photographer now, and we love her dearly) set up out front and took photos of attendees. People were given an instant copy of their photo, and we were even lucky enough to have some donated to our Wall of Fame! Keep an eye out, as I am sure that over the next couple of weeks we will get our copies of the photos posted online for everyone to check out. Also, while you have a minute, check out Alyssa's work here!

Ok I think I better wrap this up. I'd just like to take a second to thank everybody who came out on Saturday and showed us such amazing love and support. We appreciate absolutely every single one of you, and it really touched our hearts to see how many of you showed up. It was great to meet new people, and to see many familiar faces! Thank you so very much! And if you're interested, here is the article that ran in the Ottawa Citizen about us on Saturday.

Right! That's it from me! A couple of really awesome cakes coming up (did someone say "Halloween Wedding?" Heck yes!!!), so stay tuned!