Cake Fun: April 2010

Friday, April 09, 2010

The Cricut for Cake Decorators! Catch its Premier Next Week!

I have a friend who lives to scrapbook and has accumulated a mass of scrapbooking supplies, tools, and machines, including the ever popular Cricut. She has even been on a scrapbooking cruise. lol

Wednesday evening she shared with me that Cricut was coming out with a machine specifically designed for cake decorating. Did you know about this? I couldn't wait to get home and pull up the details online, but then both my kids came down with a stomach bug. So, my research was temporarily put on hold, until this afternoon.

Cricut will be sharing an online preview on Monday April 12th and HSN (Home Shopping Network) will premiere this newcomer on April 14th. Ok... my birthday is 6 months away, but I have to wonder if I could ask for my gift now? lol

This new machine is specifically designed for decorating cakes, cookies, and cupcakes and will accept cartridges made for other Cricut machines. Can you imagine? I'm anxiously anticipating what exactly it might allow me to do at home, and how it might improve my cake decorating abilities.

The machine is said to be made with stainless steal, making it easy to clean and completely food safe!

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Thursday, April 08, 2010

The 2010 Wilton Yearbook is Out!

This may not be news to everyone else, but I hadn't thought to look for the newest edition of the Wilton Yearbook until I saw it yesterday. lol I haven't actually bought one in 2 years, so I have some catching up to do, but my kids and I love looking through the yearbooks I have gathered over the years.... some of which are from the early 90's. Wow, doesn't seem all that long ago, but I guess that's because I'm getting old!

Did you know you can order this yearbook with free shipping from Wilton? If that's all you're ordering, they won't charge you a penny to ship it out. Pretty cool! You can also find it at stores like Micheal's and Hobby Lobby and both stores frequenlty offer 40% off coupons, that could be applied to this great publication. At full price it retails for around $11.99. :o)

If you just can't wait and want to order now, here's the link for Wilton!

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Friday, April 02, 2010

Green Friendly Office Supplies

Do you make a concerted effort to conserve the amount of paper you consume at home and at work? I just learned that nearly half of the waste filling urban landfills is paper. Can you believe that? With the technology we have today to recycle we still throw so much of what nature has provided us away. That's really a shame.

The number of trees that can be saved through purchasing recycled products is alone worth shopping for recycled office supplies. Finding recycled stationary, business cards, office paper, envelopes and the like from an environmentally minded distributor should mean something to us.

If you're a green shopper, Dolphin Blue or Dolphinblue.com is a paper company you will enjoy doing business with.

Do you participate in any type of recycling program? I'm grateful that at least in my own community we have curbside recycling. My children's school participates in paper recycling fund raisers, giving parents even more motivation to bring in their old newspapers, magazines, and paper stock. It brings in money for the school and gives the children something to feel good about! We've saved a good number of trees since the program was implemented!

I'd love to find a company that makes cake boxes and boards from recycled paper... I haven't found such a product on the market though. I'd be willing to pay a few extra pennies for an environmentally friendly cake box... maybe someday!

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Nordicware Butterfly Pan Giveaway is Happening Now!

Ok... as promised the Nordicware Butterfly Cake Pan Giveaway is alive and running! If you'd like to register for this random drawing, just click on the butterfly in this post and follow the directions as listed on Cake Space.

You'll have as many as 5 opportunities to enter, be sure you leave a comment on Cake Space for each fulfilled opportunity, as this will insure Random.org counts you accurately. :)

Good luck and be sure to enter the giveaway no later than 11:59 PM Friday, April 16th (CST)!

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Living Rural Doesn't Mean You're Stuck with Dial Up

Are you living out in the boonies... far from the city and relying on dial up for your Internet? If so, I bet you don't spend a lot of time online... waiting for your slow operating server to download that image or website can be agonizing. I remember those days, before high-speed Internet was available.

If you're feeling left out of the fast-paced lifestyle so many of us enjoy on a daily basis because you thought you had no other option... think again! I just found an option for you for internet satellite providers through Mybluefish.com. I'm there now learning about satellite Internet... something I'd never before considered.

I have family that live out in very rural areas that would benefit from satellite Internet with speeds up to 1.5 Mbps. There are three available packages, depending on what you're looking for and what your budget will allow for, but all come with free installation.

I'll just share that if we didn't have a quick Internet connection, I wouldn't be able to work from home the way that I do. So much of what I do online is dependent on a reliable Internet connection that moves at least as quick as I do. Being a busy mom and entrepreneur of sorts, I'd be in a world of hurt without a high-speed connection.

One of the worst things about a slow server is trying to pay bills online... have you ever had your computer just stall on you? Leaving you wondering if that bill payment request went through or not? If you're in that type of position, because of where you live, consider satellite Internet! You'll be glad you did!

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Thursday, April 01, 2010

Upcoming Cake Pan Giveaway!

Just a little head's up to my cake loving visitors... I'll be proudly hosting a giveaway on Cake Space starting tomorrow for the Nordicware Platinum Butterfly Cake Pan! This high-quality pan normally retails for around $36, but could be yours for free! Imagine making a perfect butterfly cake, again and again? Perfect for a little girl's birthday party or to ring in a new season. Can anyone say "Yay Spring!"? lol

Be sure to check out my other blog tomorrow, April 2nd for details on how you might win my random drawing for the shaped butterfly pan. I'll provide multiple opportunities for entry too... so be sure to check it out!

Just in case you should forget to visit Cake Space, I'll share the details of the giveaway here once it's posted, or will provide a direct link.

Happy baking and thank you for visiting Cake Fun's Cake Magic!

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Friday, April 09, 2010

The Cricut for Cake Decorators! Catch its Premier Next Week!