I think every year goes faster than the year before...maybe it's because I'm getting older and watching my child grow waaay too fast, which makes me more and more sentimental and sappy? Whatever it is, I don't like it! Nevertheless, I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year- here's my Steph's Sweet Treats 2017 all wrapped up.
Clearly, I had a lot more time/time management was a lot easier when Wyatt was younger. Now that he's technically a toddler (insert tears), I have less time, or maybe less ambition or energy to do some things I used to- in turn I take the precious time with him. So there's not as many blog posts, shorter open days...even a few less or them, and not as much testing or making new flavors and specialty cakes, and last minute orders can't always be taken. But, I made it through a crazy busy wedding season and Christmas cookies, so hopefully this next month I can do a bit more of that.
This year wraps up my fourth full year in business, making 2018 year five-how has it been five years already?? Each year brings bigger and better things, new customers, new challenges, and hopefully continued growth. A few new things that happened or occurred in 2017 include:
-Selling product at Cobblestone Coffee House
-Selling product at Home Grown Pizza
-Doing baked goods for some large companies on more than one occasion
-Adding a side business to the bakery (Lipsense- can find it here on the Steph's Cupcake Kisses page)
-First ever Steph's Sweet Treats customer appreciation day. The next one is already scheduled and I'm working on making it bigger and better in 2018.
-Reaching the biggest wedding number yet....40 this year!
In the last four years I have met so many great people and have been truly shocked, grateful and amazed by the support of this community. I never imagined my little dream would take off like it has....packing 1000+ cupcakes into my tiny space, triple wedding weekends, 700 Christmas cookies at once....who would have thought? Surely not me. And how has this business grown-you guys. For the most part, I don't advertise. This growth has come from word of mouth, a great community, and social media. Shop small....shop local...send your friends. This is what I rely on each and every day to keep this business going and support my family.
I'm going to work on adding a few new cupcake flavors (because 175+ just isn't enough), a few specialty predesign cakes, and getting people in the doors for open days. I'm only one person....and yes I plan on keeping it that way (I'll do a blog post on my reasoning why soon), so THANK YOU all for your continued support while I have adjusted my work load, pick up times, etc with having a family. You will never know how much I appreciate each every order.
This year wraps up my fourth full year in business, making 2018 year five-how has it been five years already?? Each year brings bigger and better things, new customers, new challenges, and hopefully continued growth. A few new things that happened or occurred in 2017 include:
-Selling product at Cobblestone Coffee House
-Selling product at Home Grown Pizza
-Doing baked goods for some large companies on more than one occasion
-Adding a side business to the bakery (Lipsense- can find it here on the Steph's Cupcake Kisses page)
-First ever Steph's Sweet Treats customer appreciation day. The next one is already scheduled and I'm working on making it bigger and better in 2018.
-Reaching the biggest wedding number yet....40 this year!
In the last four years I have met so many great people and have been truly shocked, grateful and amazed by the support of this community. I never imagined my little dream would take off like it has....packing 1000+ cupcakes into my tiny space, triple wedding weekends, 700 Christmas cookies at once....who would have thought? Surely not me. And how has this business grown-you guys. For the most part, I don't advertise. This growth has come from word of mouth, a great community, and social media. Shop small....shop local...send your friends. This is what I rely on each and every day to keep this business going and support my family.
I'm going to work on adding a few new cupcake flavors (because 175+ just isn't enough), a few specialty predesign cakes, and getting people in the doors for open days. I'm only one person....and yes I plan on keeping it that way (I'll do a blog post on my reasoning why soon), so THANK YOU all for your continued support while I have adjusted my work load, pick up times, etc with having a family. You will never know how much I appreciate each every order.
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