Wedding – Ingliston Country Club

We get to set up our cakes and goodies at some amazing venues but yesterday’s was just sooooo beautiful. Ingliston Country Club is an equestrian centre/hotel in Bishopton set in the countryside yet a ten minute drive from Glasgow.

The hotel was the scene for Louise Kelly and Gary Lyle’s wedding and as Scotland is still enjoying the heatwave they decided to get married outside. What a gorgeous setting!  Guests then get to stay overnight in the little lodges.

You can find more info on the hotel on their website: http://www.ingliston.com   Here’s some photos from yesterday too:

Pop Up Shop – The Entrepreneurs, Princes Square, Glasgow

28 shops shut every day in the UK meaning our high streets are turning into dead towns! One in every six retail premises lies empty yet there are so many entrepreneurs and small businesses who are fighting to get their products in customer’s hands.

Can a pop up shop be that little ray of hope for small businesses in the recession? We think so but there’s no time for thinking….let’s #godo something about it.

We teamed up with 13 other small businesses from E-Spark (www.entrepreneurial-Spark.com) to organise our very first pop up shop ‘The Entrepreneurs’. We found an empty shop in Glasgow’s Princes Square and devised a plan on turning this from a shell into a stylish shop. This wasn’t going to be any normal shop as we had a variety of products ranging from Fat Free Drizzles,  ‘Powernap’ – a revolutionary travel pillow to ‘Bella Brilla’ and luxury wedding accessories.

We begged and borrowed wooden pallets, wine crates and a till. We were going for the shabby chic look! (Skint).  ‘Dwell’ in Princes Square kindly agreed to let us use their spare contemporary furniture (You  don’t ask, you don’t get.. right?) and the plan all came together nicely.

We launched on the Friday night with a VIP launch night which Councillor Gordon Mathieson and Sir Willie Haughey attended then traded on the Saturday and the Sunday.

The Pop Up Shop was a brilliant success and we collectively brought in over £6000 in the two days. Mary Portas would have been delighted…we will definitely be popping up again soon!

Check out a video and photos of the weekend below:

http://blog.entrepreneurial-spark.com/espark-presents-episode-1-the-pop-up-shop/

Scottish Fashion Awards 2012

This time last year we were in the middle of creating over 600 cupcakes, 30 cupcake bouquets and building a cupcake dress for the Scottish Fashion Awards! The glitzy annual event was held in Glasgow’s SECC and we were delighted to be one of the sponsors!

We were briefed to tie in goodies with the fashion theme with the golden jubilee colours and through lots of blood, sweat and tears we created a cupcake dress! Nominees, Celebs and VIP’s including Alexa Chung indulged in our cupcakes and loved our unique creation.

The night was an amazing experience and we even got to meet David Gandy! Have a wee peek at our video from the night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flo6OyMA-c8

Joanne McGillivray’s Launch Night – 29, Glasgow

Joanne McGillivray is definitely one to watch! Joanne, who studied fashion at Heriot-Watt University, won the prestigious fashion graduate of the year award at the 2012 Scottish fashion Awards and we were delighted when she asked us to provide goodies at her collection launch night in 29, Glasgow.

Joanne is already making her mark in the fashion world after beating off stiff competition to design a dress for M&S’s Limited Collection. The dress is on sale in stores across the UK.

Her debut collection was inspired by a trip to St Petersburg in Russia,  appealing to women who are “classical and feminine”. http://joannemcgillivraystudio.tumblr.com/

Tallia Storm’s Jeans for Genes Tea Party – Harvey Nicholls

We were a little bit excited to provide cake push pops for Tallia Storm’s Afternoon Tea Party in Harvey Nicholls in Edinburgh. Tallia is a teenage singing sensation discovered by theee Sir Elton John and she is one cool kid….Check out her style: http://www.talliastorm.com

Tallia Storm has been a celebrity supporter of Jeans for Genes day since 2011 and was hosting the Teen Tea Party in Scotland’s capital to raise awareness and funds for the charity while having some fun in the process.

The teenager was joined with a guestlist of cool kids, glamorous parents and a few celebrities who were treated to Afternoon Tea, a DJ set and a live performance from Tallia herself.

Guests indulged in strawberry, carrot cake, chocolate, lemon and vanilla cake push pops which were branded with the charity’s logo.

Check out some photos of Tallia’s party here: