Wishing you all a very safe, happy and tasty holiday weekend.  This week turned up so many clever  ideas for the Fourth of July cupcake.  There are recipies out there for simple fruit topped cuppies to ones that look just like burgers!  Now, that’s a sweet treat that even the manliest self-proclaimed “grill master” can take pride in devouring.  We are looking forward to a beautiful weekend here in south-west Michigan.  We hope to return next week to a mailbox full of colorful Independance Day Cupcaketree fan photos!

We would like to give a big thank you to Party Cupcake Ideas!  Our fellow bloggers featured our Cupcaketree blog as one of 50 Amazing Wedding Cupcake Ideas on June 28, 2010.  They did some serious work and gathered the best of the best for your cupcake curiosity.  I was so much fun browsing these beautiful blogs and getting fabulous new ideas to share with our customers here at Cupcaketree.com.  Keep up the great work all of you cupcake artists!

http://partycupcakeideas.com/50-amazing-wedding-cupcake-ideas/

We were happy to receive a very nice testimonial and some fantastic photos this week form one of our bakers in Connecticut.  This is such a sweet and elegant Cupcaketree display.  The color palette is romantic and the die cut cupcake papers add a very special element! 

“Hello, I ordered a cupcake tree a few weeks ago and just got the pictures from the wedding we used it in. They are attached if you would like to use on your website. I used scrapbook paper for the tiers and ribbon for the edges. I also covered a vase in the same ribbon for the top tier and the hydrangeas on top and under…neath are real. I do cupcakes as a side project and was very happy to find your stands!
Thanks and let me know if you have any questions!”
Haley K. @ http://thelittlecakeshopct.com/

We love Michigan! Here is just another reason why. The publication MyNorth.com (“your portal to Northern Michigan and the Northern lifestyle”) featured our Cupcaketree in their latest publication. The Traverse City, Michigan company, is all about life in Northern Michigan. MyNorth.com is available in print and online with stories and photographs about it all!  Cupcaketree.com was listed as not only turning “your festivity treats into a centerpiece” but also for ”the fact that these stands are made in Michigan from Michigan-made cardboard”.  There still are great things going on in Michigan! Thank you, MyNorth.com, for including us in the many!

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On Sunday, April 25 we were featured in the Detroit Free Press’s Great Finds Section!  They fearuted our Petite Square Cupcaketree as a Favorite Shopping Discovery for the home.  We think it’s terrific too!  And, well, you’ve read the press release.  They are such an affordable and handy cupcake display for all occasions!

What a beautiful month we have had!  Not only has the weather here in Niles, Michigan been georgeous but business has been so much fun!  It’s the season for wedding and graduation planning and so many people are thinking cupcakes.  We thank you for thinking Cupcaketree too!   We have had so many positive testimonials coming in as well as wonderful photos.  It is a great feeling to be a part of all this cupcake love!  It is not a craze.  It is simply the magic of a cupcake.

Tomorrow is Judy’s birthday!

Here’s wishing her a lovely one as she deserves it!  Judy is not only the brains of Cupcaketree.com she is also the heart.  She is a brilliant woman and an amazing boss.  I am a better person for knowing her.  Thank you for everything Jood!  Here’s to another marvelous year!

Lots of love,

Misty

We’re wrapping up great week here at Cupcaketree.com. With the wedding season is in full swing in Australia and New Zealand we have had a lot of  fun sending Cupcaketrees that way!  Today we shipped a Cupcaketree out to Malibu, California for an event featuring Dick VanDyke and The Red Hot Chili Peppers!  It’s great to making new connections.

Congratulations to the winners of our FREE CupcakeTree giveaway!

Lisa – Gillette WY

Robin – Condord NC

Julie – Marietta GA

Julie – Round Rock TX

Emily – Camden DE

Donna – Troy MI

Maryann – Quincy MA

Tom – Grove City OH

Karen – Syracuse NY

Jessica – Burnsville MN

This was our first giveaway and it was so exciting for us.

In just 12 minutes we had our 10 winners!

Thanks to all who participated and be on the look out for future offers!

As we enter the new year we are eagerly anticipating our growing partnership with Brides a la mode.  Brides a la mode is a fabulous wedding planning resource center at City Plaza in Granger, IN.  They have done the leg work and created a one stop shop for the on-the-go bride. 

Brides a la mode brings together the best of the best in event planning solutions.   They define the wedding trends, fashions and the go-to people that every discerning bride needs to create the wedding day of her dreams.

The second Sunday of each month vendors set up in shop so brides have a chance to meet them in a casual environment.  Binders for all preferred wedding vendors are always on hand at Brides a la mode and are full of business information and work samples. 

Cupcaketree.com is creating our binder now and will have it available in the Brides a la mode studio after the first of the year.  We are looking forward to participating in second Sunday events this spring.  As we know the dates so will you!  

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Granger-IN/Brides-A-la-Mode/81286740737