Love & Luck Menu & Giveaway!

My "Love & Luck Menu" is up so make sure to check it out for your Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day Treats!  

Also make sure to check out my give away at Deposit a Gift that is going on this week!

Deposit a Gift is a cash registry site that was created by Dana Ostomel to simplify and modernize gift gifting (especially for those of use with small NYC apartments)!  You can check out her out on facebook or follow her on twitter as well!  

My giveaway :)

Some other Valentine's Day treats!

Go Giants!

We are very excited Big Blue won and cannot wait to make lots of specialized NY Giants cake pops and cupcakes for the big game. (Pats fans can also enjoy their own customized team pops from KbyK:) Get your Super Bowl order in early so you're ready to cheer your team to victory on February 5th! 

In honor of Eli's #10 jersey, the 10th customer to order Giants cake pops or cupcakes will receive a complimentary dozen. 

Hi Friends!

I am super excited because my husband and I are leaving tomorrow for our honeymoon to South Africa. Unfortunately this does mean that KbyK will be closed through January 28th.  I will be periodically checking my email so please email me any questions or future orders you may have!  

For now I wanted to catch you up on some of the fun birthday projects I worked on in December :)

A Willy Wonka inspired cake!

A cute first birthday duck cake :)

Another first birthday!

 An Elvis Cake!

A Surprise 30th!

Mikey's First Birthday

In the beggning of December our friend's Mike and Kate celebrated their son Mikey's 1st Birthday!  Kate put together an adorable vintage fire truck party and I was excited to create the desserts!  He loved his cake so much he went in head first :)

Day 6 til Christmas!!!

Did you know.....

Before settling on the name of Tiny Tim for his character in "A Christmas Carol," three other alliterative names were considered by Charles Dickens. They were Little Larry, Puny Pete, and Small Sam.

Before settling on the name of Tiny Tim for his character in "A Christmas Carol," three other alliterative names were considered by Charles Dickens. They were Little Larry, Puny Pete, and Small Sam.

My homemade hot cocoa jars and cupcakes!

Day 12 til Christmas!

It has been super busy over here at KbyK :)  I am looking forward to catching you up on some of my recent events after the holidays but from now til then just holiday treats and fun facts!

Did you know.....

If you counted all the gifts that were given in the song “Twelve Days of Christmas” you would realize that the number of gifts being presented were 364 in total, thus a gift was given for each day of the year :)

Piped Red Velvet and Peppermint Cupcakes

Piped Gingerbread and Vanilla Cupakes

The Holiday Menu Is Here!

The KbyK holiday menu 2011 is here! You will find all your old favorites as well as a new gifting section providing a variety of options for fun gift bags, tins and boxes. As always, if you don't see the exact combination or price point you're looking for, please give me a call and I'd be happy to Kreate the perfect gift for you. 

 

Some exciting holiday announcements: 

• You can now gift your favorite sweet tooth a year's supply of cake pops! The KbyK club is a gifting option and ensures your friend or loved one will have a dozen cake pops to enjoy every month. 
• New presentation options (fun, holiday-themed trays & boxes) if you're taking KbyK treats to a holiday party. 
• As a reward for my loyal customers, anyone spending over $150 in December gets a surprise KbyK special:) 
• Make sure you follow my blog during the 12 Days of Christmas! Each day I'll feature a new holiday treat and a fun Christmas fact.  

Autism Speaks

I was honored to be apart of an event for such a wonderful organization.  An incredible and scary fact that I learned while I was there is that 1 in every 110 children and 1 in every 70 boys are affected by Autism. Autism Speaks has helped raised awareness for this wide spread disease and is the largest contributor to research. The committee put on a fabulous event last week at the Juliet Supper Club and I wanted to share some of the treats that I did for them.  

I had the pleasure of meeting the photographer Debbie Miracolo (debbie@debbiemiracolo.com), who was nice enough to share her photos with me.  She did a wonderful job capturing my food and some great candid photos from the event (Check out more pictures from the event).  She specializes in events and portraiture, so the next time you have an event or need a photographer for your children she is great!  

K-Pop Monster!

My niece Monica, I know I am biased but isn't she a cutie!  

Have a wonderful Halloween!

Some Halloween Cupcakes :)

Lady bugs!!

Just wanted to share some mini cupcakes and cake pops I did for a little girl's birthday!

Hope you are having a great week!

Dessert Table!

I had a lot of fun planning my first full dessert table!  It was for a unique little bridal shower.  There was dessert and champagne and a suprise treat from a guest speaker.  I thought the guest speaker was such a great idea from the host!  I decided to try and keep summer alive with sunflowers :)

PS Check out the new Fall Menu!

Rocco's 1st Birthday!

My parent's neighbors son turned 1 this past weekend and I was thrilled to be making the treats.  It was a baseball themed party with hot dogs, popcorn and cotton candy just like when you go to a game!  I made him a cake, baseball cake pops, cupcakes, and chocolate chip ganache cookies.

A Luau Rehearsal Dinner

A few weeks ago I received a phone call to do the desserts for a luau themed rehearsal dinner.  I was really excited to be asked to do it since it was such a fun and unique idea!

They used my stand to display the cake and cupcakes and then I made pails of sand for them to put the cake pops in!  Congrats to Marie & Tommy!

My New Stand!

I am in love with the new stand I invested in to display my treats. It is so versatile, it can hold cake pops standing straight up and when you flip it over there are no holes and you can use it for cupcakes, cookies, and cakes!  It also can be altered to use it in 5 different sizes!  I first used it for the Lovely event and put both cake pops and cupcakes on it.  Below are some other recent events I have used it for :)

PS - These pops went with the cupcakes in the above photo - I am also excited about my new flower punch to make tags! 

I am not sure where the last week went!  We went on a short vacation to visit each of our families at their summer vacation spots.  It was so nice to get away for a bit and enjoy some sun and sand.

I have been very busy since I have been back and wanted to catch you up with what I have been up to :)

Before I left, I brought the treats for the Tara Keely trunk show to Lovely Bridal.  They have the most adorable shop on West 4th Street, with an cute iron gate and an exposed brick wall inside (I am really jealous).

This week I have been working on a lot of wedding favors! This must be a popular weekend because I had two wedding favor jobs and I am going to a wedding.  

Angela & Kyle are getting married on Long Beach Island on Saturday and had a beach/pink theme

Cristina and her fiance's wedding invitation had purple and green owls and butterflies so they asked me to make favors to match :)

Congrats to all!

Wedding Salon Bootcamp

Last week the Wedding Salon hosted a fabulous event at Mark Ingram's Bridal Shop.  I was honored to be apart of a panel of experts who spoke to newly engaged brides about the industries latest trends.  

Some of the panelists included; Shawn Rabideau Events & Design, Mark Ingram Bridal Atelier, Greenwich Jewelers, World Yacht and more. Below are some tips and trends from me and the experts!  

• Continuous cocktail party receptions with stations, small plates and appetizers are becoming very popular.
• Always start your planning process with a budget.  Having a planner is key and can really help you keep on track and relieve the stress.

• Having two dresses is a very big trend, the first dress will be more formal and the second dress will be fun/sexy and casual.
• You want to make sure your dress makes you feel like yourself.
• The total time for your dress can take between 6-8 months.
• Not everyone is having a wedding cake or if they do it is smaller and they and choosing to spend on a dessert table instead.
• Smaller items like mini cookies, cupcakes and cake pops are definitely the most popular.

My table :)

Towers

It has been exciting to get some fun new projects, I wanted to share some cupcake/cake pop towers I did recently!  

The first was for a Bridal Shower, it had a zebra and hot pink theme and they held it at an adorable little restaurant in Brooklyn called the Chestnut.  I made sure the bride got her own special red velvet cupcake!

The second one was for a candy land Bat Mitzvah!  They had the most amazing centerpieces and name cards for the children!  I made 3 towers that incorporated her colors and candy from the game!  There were lollipops, gumdrops, candy canes, licorice, gingerbread-men, peanut brittle and a crown for the ice princess!

Summer!

In honor of summer I made some mini lemon cupcakes with a lemon glaze and a nice tall glass of fresh ice-tea/lemonade (my favorite afternoon summer drink)!

Baby Naming

I made these "Chanel" themed cupcakes and cookies for a baby naming party in honor of a little girl whose first and last name began with a "C". They enjoyed the cupcakes at the party and then everyone took home a chocolate ganache stuffed cookie!

Hanky Panky

I had the pleasure of working with Hanky Panky on some recent events.  They just launched a maternity line and hosted a shower for one of their colleagues where I had the pleasure of making some baby themed treats for them.  

They also just celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Thong and I made special treats for the occasion!  It was great working with them!