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What we think of YELP. (via Charlotte Observer)

Here’s the link to our interview with Marty Minchin of The Observer.

We love yelp. We use yelp. But we don’t totally agree with all of the stuff that other guy in the article said. Typically, if someone has something negative to say about a business, it ends up on the internet. Sadly, people have a habit of criticizing small stuff before businesses have a chance to correct an issue.

Lucky for us, we are so small that we can acknowledge issues with our customers on a one on one basis. And even luckier, we don’t have people get upset over things often. Complaints we receive are usually “why didn’t you make anything with peanut butter today???” (for real, #1 complaint.)

So thank you, people who know how to use social media outlets, the people who don’t just complain, but know how to tell us when we do a good job, too. Because we really do try every day to make sure everyone enjoys our desserts. We work too hard for people to think we suck. Thanks for your business, as it’s the customers that make us a success!

 

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That time I met Andy Cohen…

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Everybody that knows me, knows that I am a Bravoaholic. I have been since laying my fat pregnant ass on the bed watching Season 1 of Real Housewives of the OC, and from there I was hooked. I’ve blogged/rambled about some episodes and characters, I even had a facebook conversation with Tamra Barney a few years ago because I was being creepy and obsessed one day. (I was not rude, I’m not that creepy….more like Mandie’s hand in the above picture creepy….) I’ve also blogged about the crazy Real Housewives Barbie cakes I’ve made for Tricia:

first was Kim Zolciak with her “ring on it” cigarette, wine and a baby-

then there was Teresa Guidice, whom I met but I don’t think she loved it….

photo (1)and then Tricia’s birthday cake last year, Taylor Armstrong:

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(yes, I’m super lazy and screen shotting instagram- I’m on my 3rd busted laptop in a year thanks to my tiny 4 yr old terrorist). ANYWAY.

We heard Andy was coming to town as the guest speaker for the first “Shine For Women” event uptown. The event raised money for various cancer organizations throughout the city. Andy was headliner and host, joined by the Shades of Pink choir from ATL, and Jeanne Jolly from Raleigh (who has one hell of a voice, y’all.)

So Tricia knows people and those people got us in with Andy. Nobody I know is kooky crazier for Bravo than Tricia, Mandie and myself. And then the plan began. Barbie? Sort of.

Andy got a “Ken-dy” cake:

Mandie did the real “cake”- stache-tabulous and BRAVO logo while Andifying Ken, Susie and I did the cupcake bottom. Royal pain in the ass, but Andy was worth it.

Here’s the construction site.

So we were able to have a chat with him, but the best part of all? “Ken-dy” is sitting on Andy’s WWHL dressing room table. We know this because we stalk follow him on twitter.

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Mind blown. Even if he was tweeting about the cool candle someone gave him, and not his doll, but whatever. We met Andy and accidentally ended up at the P!nk concert. Pretty much the best night since Mumford...

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Cupcrazed on Wilson’s World

This is Cupcrazed’s 2nd year participating in the Charlotte “Sweet Tooth Festival”.

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Each of the vendors participating in this event are aiding to fund raise for the Charlotte RAIN organization. I get asked for donations, participation, hand outs, freebees, and all kinds of shit every day, all day long. But not only do I love the people who put this event on, the cause is always a great one. The best part about being a small business owner? I get to choose who I give our money to. And trust me, cupcakes don’t make me much. But when I do something with my name, product and my time, you can bet it’s for a damn good reason. Everyone at this event had something wonderful for 300 guests- (that’s a LOT y’all) and these guest are not only there for goodies, but to support a wonderful organization.

Below is the link to our FOX News Rising Spot on Wilson’s World. I am amused that his coworkers thought I made him nervous. Which I may have, as I’m typically unpredictably inappropriate…..and thanks to Steve at Black Lion for thinking we were funny and not ridiculous. (I hope.)

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Cupcrazed on FOX

5:30 am, like a boss.

And thanks to Rachel, who chose us to be morning entertainment. ;) I love you as much as I love sushi, and that’s A LOT!

The event was fabulous of course, and I cannot wait to attend again next year. This is what we brought this year. Taste the rainbow!

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Why is a cupcake baker going to BlogHer?

In 2006 I started putzing around on this little blogspot I named Stepfordlife. I moved to a new town and neighborhood and immediately felt like I didn’t fit in. To vent my frustration, I began to write about the hood, my kids, food, farts in the wind. It gave me something to do, because the mundane of staying home with my kids- I could only find solace in hiding behind a locked bathroom door with the fan on to muffle the crying and hide the mess. In between my snark (which has all been deleted per my Stepfordesque landlords who own my Cupcrazed building and made me take it all down before letting me have my lease)  I started to mess around in my kitchen. Back in 2007 there weren’t as MANY blogs, so when a big wig site like cooking.com would just send me free stuff, I was too clueless about writing reviews (ha!), regardless, they kept sending me free things. Within months I was baking for people.

One day my girlfriend Alex brought me a present. Martha Stewart’s CUPCAKE cookbook. And that was it, and I found my niche. Someone would order cupcakes, two people from that party would order, and the pyramid cake project was underway.

Go back a few years ago, in 2009 I did an entire month of cupcake recipes and experiments on this blog while trying recipes. In 2010 blogged about the trials and tribulations of trying to open the shop- writing business plans (67 pages, baby) getting the loan,  landlords wouldn’t allow me to have a rental space because they had no faith in my ideas….

I’m not a great writer, or even a good writer, but this is my little space to do as I please.

It’s the space I started writing while thinking, creating, and dreaming.

Now? I figure out where to go from here. Hiding in my house in a pool of depression isn’t cutting it. I want to continue talking about life and the mundane while mocking it sometimes, but I’m going to expand. We have tons of people who like us on facebook and twitter, so why not show people what goes in in the kitchen, too? Time to expand into video vlogs, write ups, funnies, get feedback and post pictures of the store. And sharing stories, because some of the crap that we deal with on a daily basis would blow your mind. Let’s just say, cupcakes bring out the crazies.

My lease on the shop is up in a year, so I’m going to spend the next 12 months doing what I damn well please.

Starting with BlogHer in NYC.

 

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