The Non-Party Party

Like I said earlier, we decided to not have a big birthday bash for Skye this year, we thought it would be a bit much for her (and me) to have a big production when she would be just as happy with a few family members and a mountain of presents to tear through. I figure I have a lot of birthday parties ahead of me so I better pace myself now. Since the weather was so unkind and we woke to heavy rain I was glad we hadn’t arranged for 30-40 people to sardine themselves into our lounge room, we would have had to run something of that scale in shifts. That’s not to say that I didn’t get carried away with the catering anyway…

Push Cakes Tutorial

I thought that it was about time I shared a little tutorial on making push cakes. The process is no more complicated than making cup cakes for a party but the benefit is that these treats are already portioned out and wrapped in an airtight container for easy storage and transport. This batch had to travel in the heat for an hour up to the Hunter Valley on the weekend and were still as fresh as when I first made them.

Note to self find a more appropriate stand than my fruit bowl for next time.

Girls Night In + Boys = A Whole Lotta Fundraising!

Last Saturday I went to a BBQ, drank too much pink bubbly, ate my own body weight in dessert and spent more money than I had planned. Pretty average weekend fare in the land of Eat Play Bond, except this weekend I was doing it for a worthy cause – raising money for women’s cancer research at a Girls Night In event hosted by my Mother-in-Law. As I said here last week, she hosts one every year and despite having a smaller group this time around, we still managed to raise over $1000 in cold hard cash donations on the night! The biggest donation generator was the auctions held towards the end of the night (timing is crucial as people with a bottle of wine of more under their belt are more likely to pay $20 for a couple of balls of twine, as I did).

Rekindling The Motivation

Last week Clever Baker Friend and I attended a networking evening to give us the chance to meet some other local WAHM businesses and of course get the word out about Push Delight canisters. The event consisted of a meet and greet mingle followed by a presentation on marketing and ended with some very generously donated lucky door prizes. Of course no networking evening is worth attending without the promise of sweet treats, thankfully we were greeted by this on arrival – YUMMO!

Push Delights Have Exploded! (and we’re having a SALE)

You may remember me talking about my new business venture Push Delights push cake canisters HERE. Well, it has only been a couple of weeks but I am pleased to say that business is booming! Thanks in no small part to being lucky enough to get “Marched On” last week with Australia S.I.T.T. 

We are also super excited to see we have been mentioned on the fabulous Kids Style File Facebook Page. I KNOW!

To celebrate reaching over 500 ‘Likers’ on Facebook, we are currently offering 15% off all canisters. Visit our website to place your order, I would love to see what delicious treats you create with them. Here are a couple of pictures to help inspire you.

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A New Venture

So some of you may have already been bombarded with my excitement about my new business venture on Facebook, but since I am prone to becoming consumed with new things in my life I figured it couldn’t hurt to do a little shameless self promotion here too. My friend discovered these recently and I was so excited I just had to get involved. Ever since I first laid eyes on them my head has been spinning with all of the delicious possibilities.

I present to you… Push Delights!