My sister, Emma, is opening a cupcake and bubble tea shop in our new location in 8 weeks. She tests recipes constantly, so we arranged a tiny tasting party this weekend for close friends and family. It was SO much fun. Here are a few photos by my pal Janae and a few from my own camera.
Emma made Peanut Butter-Chocolate, Salted Caramel, Vanilla and Red Velvet Cupcakes along with chocolate dipped marshmallows. So insanely good!
It was so nice to spend an afternoon with people we love! Everyone had a cupcake (or two… or three) and a chance to chat and see the progress we're making on the store remodel. ♥
There's more to the story, but I'll have to save that for another post! I feel like I've already reached my 'legal limit' of photos for today. XO, elsie
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Did I say I’m a pastry-dessert-lover?
I wish to go there and try out your cupcakes!
Well, congratulations to your business.♥
aw, I so wish I could visit your new store. Everything looks good! 😀
This is one of my favorite posts ever! You captured the day so well. You must be more excited than you know how to articulate.
Thanks for sharing all of this with your blog readers. I can’t wait to make a roadtrip from FL up to your new store with my boyfriend this year.
CUTENESS!
Your blog makes me sigh with contentment:)
Those chocolate dipped marshmallows are seriously the simplest, sweetest things I’ve seen in a while – I am SO going to have a party just so I can make those! 🙂 Looks like you guys had an amazing time – thanks for sharing!
(PS: There is no legal limit to photos when they are this cute! :))
I wish you all the luck in the world with your Buissiness x lush cupcakes x
Oh, this makes me a little sad that I live all the way in Ireland and won’t be able to visit the store … but the beautiful turquoise coloured frosting made me smile 😀
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sounds like an amazing day!
nom nom. lovely photos.
seems like wonderland to me~~~ luv luv XD
lovely blog!!!
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Wow, this looks like a fun day! and i love this photo of penelope bloom :)! If Germany wasn’t his far away from the US, I would surely visit your shop opening…
soo sweet- cupcakes and friends? sounds like an amazing day to me.
looks like a fun day, elsie! loved every single photo. so pretty. and your hair is absolutely amazing. XOXO
What a lovely way to spend an afternoon…mmmm salted caramel!!
Elsie, you are too cute. And so inspiring. I’m sure you get that twelve times a day but I just love what you do, and the passion you have, and the fact that you love what you do. Such a neat thing!
And PS the little cupcakes with the flags are darling!
Send those cupcakes to me please…hahaha
I’ll eat them through the screen hun!!
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Glad the new story is coming along! I love the new blog layout. Sweetness!!!! 🙂
what a delightful party. you have the most adorable circle of friends, such beauty and creativity, love it! emma is so cute, and her cupcakes look amazing! very cool flavors. gosh i wish so bad i lived close enough to pop in for cupcakes!!!
Conratsio! Your store is amazing and your friends are lovely! If you ever find yourself in Michigan, hopefully I’ll have my store open and you can come by!!! 🙂 Best of luck on your bright and sunny future! Take Care, Janna
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i wanna make all kinds of crazy cupcakes!! it looks like you guys had a ton of fun.
YUM! that looks delish!
Your project is amazing; cupcakes bubble tea and fashion, what a great idea… I’d love to go one day, but living in Québec, Canada makes it a little bit complicated! Beautiful pictures by the way.
Heaven! Cupcakes + Family/Good Friends = Love!
YUM!!
Sounds absolutely delicious <3
Hope you all had a great day x
i love those photos! they’re great!:)
Okay, I’m getting a sugar high from way over here 😉
You two both have such pretty hair colors!
Those cupcakes look delicious! The photos are delicious too…
Look at all the beautiful babies!
you look so happy..Everyone looks like they belong right there with you in that moment..Oh.love your hair too….
I adore.. ADORE that beautiful olive green floral bag. I want one so badly. Where can I find it?? Or one that is the same style?
How fun 🙂 Your pictures are all so beautiful and her cupcakes looks delicious! I went to a party yesterday with family and had my first red velvet cupcake, and it was aamaazing. I like it because it’s such an odd flavor 🙂
Love and Turtledoves,
Jaco
I love how your hair goes from dark at the top to lighter at the bottom.
I just realized my favorite thing about you all: How you support each other! I love that dreams are achieved from the support of family and friends. Total awesomeness!
xo
“God Bless Our Pad” ….Elsie! That’s SOOO cute!!
xo.
love this post!.. all the cupcakes and love all the things you share from your world of red velvet! how do you become a vendor/sponsor for red velvet?… i would love to participate!
Oh those cupcakes look so good! My Grandparents have a farm in Wisconsin and we always go through Springfield. Next time we go (which will be after your new shop is open!) we are going to have to stop by and get some bubble tea!
Wow those cupcakes look amazing!! My tummy is rumbling now. Great post!
“God Bless Our Pad”?!? Coolest home decor piece ever!!!!
This post was amazingly cute! cupcakes, friends, and your fabulous shop? you had my ideal day in a nutshell! (:
sounds like an amazing day!
caramel and salt are the two greatest ingredients together! wish i could taste them (: x
i’m loving your new red hair over here!
Awe, best luck to Emma! Everything looks super yummy!
Love,
Miki.
Those look sooo good!
Me too!!!! I want cupcakes. I’ll makes some for my hubby on friday foe his bday. Pineapple and coconut…soooo yummy.
Fun! On a side note… was that a ceramic fossil watch band that I saw in one of the photos. I’ve been eying those.
love this post. seeing you makes me want to call the girl who does my hair and tell her i want bangs!
Everything is so cute!!!
Great photos! and YUM!
Those marshmallows are adorable — the little flag toppers! : )
this looks like so much fun! these photos are cute!
they all sound SO delicious! I just had honeydew bubble tea! yum!
love, polly 😀
what an amazingly blessed day (life)!
I am in love with that embroidered piece at the bottom. Wow!
Oh my goodness! The pictures are worth a thousand words and more on the amount of fun you guys had! I wish I were there to sample a cupcake or two …or three. 🙂
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~Som
Congratulations on your business, Elsie. It really is such a pleasure to watch your dreams come true. Rah rah rah!
hah, i have the suitcase that matches that green floral carpet bag! love it!
ok, I LOVE the “God bless our pad”.
do you have a template for that? I want one!
OMG,OMG, OMG!!!!!!!
I have the same GOD BLESS OUR PAD needle point. my aunt made it back in the 70’s when i was a little girl. i always LOVED it & admired it. Just a few years ago she gave it to me! I was so surprised & I love it. I will have to send you a pic of it! Such a piece of nostalgia to me!
totally in love with “god bless our pad”. i wish there was a embroidery pattern for it!!
The new cupcake and bubble tea shop is going to be amazing,
just incase you haven’t figured that out yet…:Winkwink:
Goodness, these photos are so candid and sweet but also beautifully done. The DOF is too gorgeous for words. What lens was used to take the majority of these? They are too lovely!
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