If you remember last year around this time I did a big KitchenAid mixer giveaway/raffle....well guess what???  I have decided to make this a yearly giveaway! It was so popular and who doesn't want to win a mixer AND help a good cause?

How does it work?  All you have to do is buy a ticket/tickets to be entered to win-  I draw the winner on my business anniversary (December 31st)  How does it help a good cause?  Once ticket sales reach the cost of the prize, all remaining funds get donated to the Iowa County Humane Society.  Oddly enough, last year's winner adopted a cat from ICHS the day they picked up their mixer!  How cool is that?!  

I will be doing a regular open day in November (date to be announced) so you will be able to purchase your tickets at that time if you wish.  You can also contact me to stop in at another time or mail money and have me enter your name/tickets into the drawing.  The photo from above is of last year's basket, but this year's will essentially be the same.  I will be raffling off a white mixer, measuring cups, utensils, pot holder, birthday candles, and Steph's Sweet Treats can koozie!  Get your tickets now!

Thanks for another week of orders and being patient with my limited ability to take calls at the moment (no cell reception for a bit over here!),

It's only 12 days into October, but my oh my has it been a whirlwind crazy month already!  So let me tell you a little about it...
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The craziness started the very first day of October....when I had four weddings!  Who's the crazy baker with a new baby who decided to take on four weddings??  This lady right here!  I rationalize this by telling people they were all smaller weddings (250 and under) and only one had to be set up by me.  This last bit is always an advantage, but also means I usually miss out on getting setup photos, which is always a bummer!

Even with a new baby, this four wedding weekend probably wouldn't have been too crazy for me...but I also had a 720 cupcake order (all decorated) three days later, moved the day after and closed on the selling of our house two days after that!! So if it has taken me longer to respond to customers you now know why.  

​Trust me I didn't plan for last week to be so insane, it just kind of happened.  I've had the big 720 cupcake order booked for a very long time...then we sold our house and the closing date just so happened to fall during that week.  So we made it work!  

The 720 cupcake order was a big deal for me.  It was for Hoard's Dairyman and was delivered to the World Dairy Expo in Madison.  Now that's a herd of cows!

My life the first week of October was bake, bake, bake...pack, pack, pack....snuggle, snuggle, snuggle baby.  Which brings me to baby Wyatt.  I am soooo lucky to be able to go through all this bakery craziness with him by my side.  My mom semi-retired when I had him...so even though I had long days the bakery, he was right there with me!  My mom is kind enough to come along on my long days and take care of him while I fill orders so that I don't have to go hours on end without seeing him.  To make things even easier, we are currently living in my parents basement (we sold our current house, and the our new one isn't ready to be moved into yet!).  This made moving a bit harder and makes contacting customers a bit complicated (no cell service), but makes packing up and going to the bakery with grandma in tow a bit easier.  Thanks mom!!

Things have slowed down a bit this week, but not by much!  Thanks to everyone for their patience with me in my delayed responses and thanks for all the continued orders! Wyatt was pretty wiped out by the crazy beginning to the month too....  :)