Jeannette's Custom Cakes

2011 Bookings

jeannette — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:34:30 +0000

Bookings for the 2011 wedding season will be starting September 1st, 2010. As promised I am posting this so everyone is aware. Spots are reserved by deposit on a first come first serve basis. Please contact me for further details.

I had to post this, I’ve been waiting for it since June! This is why I love my friends.

Have a great weekend everyone!

New Wheels

jeannette — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:07:18 +0000

She’s here! She’s finally here!

After almost a year of decision making, and a significant waiting period, cupcake has arrived (yes that is what I named her)

Of course we had to document her first delivery on the day she arrived no less. Here’s my husband Anthony loading the cake in the car.

The cake was pretty big, yes the car seemed to swallow it, lots of room!

Off we go!

Keep an eye out for her, if you see her driving slow, there’s probably a cake on board!

Have a great week everyone!!

Fashionista Cookie Week

jeannette — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:43:39 +0000

As much as I love decorating cakes and cupcakes, I can’t hide the fact that I love making cookies. This past week I made a batch for a bride’s bridal shower in Toronto. Her colours were pink and white. The fashionista cookies are my most popular cookies and I was thrilled when those were the ones that she chose. There are endless possibilities to the design of these and they are different every time.

I had so much fun making these, I decided to have a special for the week of August 15th-18th, 2010. Put in any order for these cookies for that week and get the wrapping for free, leaving them at $2.00 per cookie. You’ll be able to pick any 3 colours and get them personalized to how you want them. They are perfect for bridal showers, birthday gifts or just for that diva in your life.

Minimum order is a dozen.

Cupcake Bouquets

jeannette — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:57:42 +0000

I got a call from Toronto last week asking for a cupcake bouquet to be delivered to a client here in town. I jumped at the opportunity immediately. I was SO pleased with how it turned out, and what a great gift! Here is the small one that went out. It had 6 standard size cupcakes and 8 minis.

After I finished that, I thought to myself how cool it would be to make a huge one! It was my Auntie Dianne’s birthday party that same day, so why not take the opportunity to make her one too! Here’s hers.

When it was all said and done, this one had 16 standard cupcakes. They looked so good, and they vanished as soon as they went on the table. I need at least 3 days notice for these, please be aware of that upon ordering.

Thanks everyone, have a great week! New photos in the gallery too!!

The Weekend of Dots

jeannette — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:55:14 +0000

Once and a while, an idea for a cake comes around from a client that I’m more than excited to do. This weekend was it, I was SO excited to sit down and get started. I won’t lie, I thought about it all week. That’s how excited I was.

When Mel and Tim came to me and gave me a rough idea for their wedding cake, my brain immediately went into overdrive. Not only was this something different, but it was something I had wanted to do for a while because there was so much potential with it. Not only did they give me creative control and trust me to come up with something great, they didn’t buy a topper until discussing it with me first. Now I know what you are thinking…”but I have to have a cake topper”. In reality, cakes do look better with something placed on top, however it’s much better to sit down and go over what you want before it is purchased. Simply because what happens if your cake and topper don’t match? Mel and Tim wanted something on the top, but couldn’t find it anywhere. I quickly suggested that I make something to fill that void. I think what we came up with was great, and it suited it perfectly.

Congrats Mel and Tim, I hope youre day was everything you wanted. high five!!

Happy Anniversary Curt and Jes!

jeannette — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:46:24 +0000

Well, one year ago today, two of our closest friends got married! Little did I know that my first wedding cake would have been such a huge hit!

Thanks Donna for that picture!!!!

Since my husband Anthony and I were Curt’s guinea pigs to start his business, it only seemed right that Curt and Jes were mine. To this day it remains the same. They are often my guinea pigs for new flavours and any time there is extra cake they tend to get it! Happy Anniversary guys, I can’t believe it’s been a year already, and quite a year at that!

On that note, I feel the need to post these pictures. I am in love with them! Be sure to check out the gallery, lots of new cakes!

Have a great week everyone!

Weird Email

jeannette — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:24:21 +0000

Hey Everyone,

I’ve been noticing a little glitch in my email over the past week. If you have been emailing me, and are waiting for a response, please re-send me that email to jeannettedugas@hotmail.com and i will answer it after the weekend. Hopefully my correct email will be up and running Monday afternoon.

Thanks and have a great weekend

Jeannette

Unique Baby Shower

jeannette — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:11:43 +0000

Normally baby shower cakes are pretty standard. Pink for a girl, or Blue for a boy. I was thrilled when I got an email from a faithful client asking me to do a more unique one. The baby’s nursery decorated with an outdoor theme as well as the bedding. They had an idea of what they wanted for a cake, but of course I had to put my own spin on it, as I normally do. Here is the cake that I came up with.

I think my favourite part is the leaf for the baby blanket.

I love the little blue birds too.

Complete with the baby’s name.

And of course the matching cupcakes.

I love projects like this, mainly because I love when things match!

Congrats Melissa & Josh, I hope you’re little man is happy and healthy.

Congratulations Jeremy & Sandra MacKinnon

jeannette — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:16:28 +0000

When friends get married it is such an amazing time for everyone. This past weekend was just that. Jeremy and my husband Anthony have been best friends since high school and we were lucky enough to meet Sandra when they started dating 5 years ago. Sandra had her 2 sisters standing up with her, and I had the honour of being the only one that wasn’t a blood relative standing. What a day. I felt it needed a post. Not to mention to show you all the biggest cake I have ever made. Here are few pictures from the day. You can see we all had a great time.

Jeremy and Sandra

The Wedding Party

Pretty Ladies

And of course the massive cake.

Now if any of you know my good friend Curt O’Neil (as im sure most of you do), the next photo will not be a surprise. Just goes to show you that two successful business owners can have some fun! We’re goofs.

To Jer and Sandra, thank you for having me be part of your special day. I can never repay you for the friendship that you both have given me, I couldn’t be happier for the both of you.

Have a great weekend everyone. I’ll be off from June 13th-June 21st, any emails and phone calls will be answered when I return.

Where did May go?

jeannette — Sat, 29 May 2010 21:56:13 +0000

This month may have been the fastest month to fly by that I have ever felt. I’m not sure if it’s because I jumped right back into work when I returned from vacation or not, but wow, I really have no idea where it went. To top all of that off, it’s now wedding season, which means the summer is going to fly by before our eyes. I know, no one likes to think of it, but lets face it, it happens. Here is the first cake of my wedding season.

Have a great week everyone!