today...

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Although starting a business has not been the easiest thing in the world to do, I am glad that I am in a place in my life where I can throw caution to the wind and live my dreams (with the help of my hubby, Chris).  I often get caught up in the "I wish".  I wish I could just fast forward a bit and have a store front and some extra money in the bank and this and that and that other.  I know all of that will come (deep down I do know that).  Starting a business is hard.  If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it.

So today, I'm trying to be thankful for today.  Simple as that.

New Developments

It's been awhile...

A lot has been happening in the cake world.  Some good.  Some challenging.  Some exciting.  All kinds of happenings.

One recent development has been the official filling of our LLC with the State of New York.  Katherine Sprules Cake Designs LLC is our official name :)  Also check back for an official launch of our website (which we are hoping to have go "live" by mid-November).

I have also been busy doing some freelance work for Heather Barranco's Dreamcakes in South Orange, New Jersey. Commuting out to the "country" from NYC definitely gave me the itch to move out of the city.  Having space to breathe...and a car no less... It seems like a dream world!  But seriously, it was lovely to work with Heather's staff and see Heather in her element.  They really do great work and it was inspiring to be a part of it.

Realistic elephant cake?  Yes please!  Heather's got her act together!

If you find yourself surfing around the internet be sure to swing by her slice of the web...

http://heatherbarranco.com/

In other news, I've been living in a land of pie lately.  My husband and I, along with some friends of ours, went apple picking a couple of weeks ago.  Let me tell you, hand picked apples last FOREVER!  We also may have been a little overly excited and enthusiastic about the amount of apples we realistically could consume.  We made it home with 2 HUGE bags of apples.  So far I've used one bag completely and made 3 pies!  What the heck am I going to do with another whole bag?!  Luckily we had a bar-b-que to go to so those pies found good homes but still... geez!  Oh and while I'm on the subject, it is harder than heck to find pie plates in NYC.  I searched high and low for both disposable and glass pie plates and couldn't find either.  My husband also went out on a mission to find me a pie plate (with no avail).  Good thing we have a friend that lives just a few blocks away that we could borrow one from.

Oh city living... you make even simple things more complicated :)

More cakes news soon...

And to quote Liz Lemon, "Life is Happening!"