So, this week we had another request to replicate a favourite toy (remember the Zooble cake?), but this time the toy isn't something quite so well known!
Harrison has a favourite Sock Dinosaur - he actually has a couple i'm told so that one can be washed while the other is being cuddled!
A fun cake to do...
In an effort to help people forget the rubibish weather and enjoy the weekend we're running an auction for one of our fabulous Giant Cupcakes. Just nip over to our facebook page and place your bid along with the colour and sprinkles you'd like (hearts, flowers or stars). We're closing the bidding at 3pm today (Friday 5th August 2011) so we have time to make your fabulous creation before you come and pick it up from our kitchen inside Ollie's Closet tomorrow!!
Happy Bidding :) xx
Quite a challenge, but I'm pretty pleased with the result - what do you think?
Lulubelle’s Cupcakes and Ollie’s Closet are teaming up for a joint venture that’s the first of its kind in Dorset. This exciting partnership will see Lulubelle’s move into a specially fitted kitchen at the back of Ollie’s Closet, a children’s clothes and toy retailer in Cardigan Road, Winton.
The idea was dreamt up by two entrepreneurs Louisa Harman, who started her successful cupcake business in 2010, and Nicky Hargadon, who founded Ollie’s Closet in 2008. The two women saw an opportunity to boost both their businesses by moving in together allowing Lulubelle’s to get a presence on the high street, and Ollie’s to turn a spare storeroom into something much more exciting! They also hope to increase sales by sharing customers and plan to work together on future marketing and promotions.
From the huge cupcake shaped sign to a real presence in the shop Lulubelle’s Kitchen certainly won’t be hidden away. A huge picture window looks in on the kitchen from the shop so customers can see all the sprinkling, icing and sculpting for themselves. “We want the kitchen to reflect Lulubelle’s personality so we’re going for pink walls and a gallery of photos showing some of our favourite cakes” comments Louisa, “I’m so excited to be able to meet my customers when they come in to collect their orders, and also to start selling to passing trade through the shop and at the Winton Farmers’ Markets. I’ve got so many ideas and promotions in mind – it really is a fantastic opportunity!”
To celebrate this new partnership Lulubelle’s and Ollie’s Closet are holding a launch party taking place on Saturday June 25th from 12am to 4pm where you can sample free cupcakes and see the new kitchen. There will be face painting and children’s entertainment in store and the first 100 visitors will get an exclusive goodie bag, so pop along to treat yourself and discover all the exciting things you can now find in Ollie’s Closet!
June 10th 2011 saw the wedding of Becky and Adam at the Christchurch Harbour Hotel and we had the privilege of making their wedding cupcake tower. We just hope the Bride and Groom enjoyed them as
We first met Becky & Adam last summer at Redhill Scout Fair, and loved the brief immediately. The couple were having an unusual Apple colouring for their wedding and wanted this reflected in the cakes, but also wanted to stick with a vintage style. We talked about roses and polka dots and eventually settled on a combination of both with a colour scheme predominantly green and cream with hints of pink. The cupcakes themselves were either an delicate Apple cake with Vanilla frosting or Vanilla sponge with an surprising Apple frosting - perfect for a summers day.
I had a small but perfectly formed panic at the beginning of the week when I realised that we are having a stall at the fabulous Party in the Park next week and despite loads of preparation, recipe tests, ingredient purchasing and general list making I had for gotten to order aprons for my team. I’d promised them cute little aprons that would not only protect their clothes on the day but also make it clear who there were working for – Aprons with logos on! Now, I don’t know if you’ve ever had to source this sort of thing, but from previous experience it seems to take a couple of weeks minimum, no matter how simple the design or small the order. So I panicked! And then I hit Google and found these guys…The Clever Baggers They had the right size aprons, were able to print on them for a very small fee and had a minimum order of 1 – perfect. My only concern was that I couldn’t find any reference to delivery schedule on the site but I figured I may as well go ahead and just keep my fingers crossed as I hadn’t found anyone else who could do it anyway. So, yesterday morning I uploaded my logo, placed the order and crossed my fingers… Yesterday about 2pm, I had an email back from Scarlett in the Design Team with a proof for me to check – pretty speedy I though, this bodes well! Quick estimation in my head, allowing for the Bank Holiday and Royal Mail issues I would hope the finished aprons would be with me by Friday (fingers still very much crossed!). Imagine my surprise then, this morning, to find a package on my doorstep containing 3 perfectly printed aprons.
It’s not often these days that a service not only does what it says, but exceeds all expectations with the minimum of fuss. Clever Baggers are definitely going on my ‘websites to recommend list’ and they don’t just do aprons, if you need anything fabric printed go and check them out!
Thank you Clever Baggers – you’ve made my week 
I know it's been seen many a time before but we have a lot ahead of us this week at Lulubelle's and this will be the mantra that keeps us going!
We’ve been going crazy this afternoon making Cake Balls – some tasty new flavours on the menu now and a few pics to whet your appetite!
Bitter Lemon & Dark Chocolate or Classic Chocolate Orange???
We’ve also made Vanilla, Strawberry, Double Chocolate and Key Lime!
Order this week, and you can try all 6 flavours in one box for just £6.50 plus P&P.
We were very excited last week to open the lastest package from Moo.com Not only do they produce lovely business cards, mini cards and stickers but the packaging is always so nice that we start smiling before we've even opened it! Anyway, last weeks package was some gorgeous postcards (chosen from the huge selection of artwork available on the site) along with lovely little envelopes that are pink on the inside (girls will love this touch!). So now, if you're sending some of our cupcakes as a gift we can include a personalised message for you on one of these lovely cards. Here's a sneak preview, we'll be adding individual images to the site very soon
Thanks Moo!
Did you read our recent post about local artist Carol Childs? She is in the process of immortalizing some extra special Lulubelles cupcakes and we've been given a sneaky little preview of how things are going...
Looking tasty already, can't wait for the next update Carol!
