California Market Center

We had a great time at Focus Apparel and Accessories Show at the California Market Center in downtown Los Angeles. Feedback was great, awesome exposure to LA Market, potential clients for weddings, even designer showroom gigs. The fun part was seeing the Fall 2009 line and omg, the Transit Show.....SHOES!!! Another great thing about the event, there were random ppl twittering about Sugar Bliss Sweets. These are the only pictures that I have since I lost my camera. These were taken from my iPhone.

Here's our booth from an angle.

Front view of our booth...love the colors

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Lavender Vanilla Cupcakes with Lavender White Chocolate Buttercream

Millionaire's Shortbread: Chocolately Caramel Shortbread with Walnuts

Rose Water Red Velvets with Cream Cheese Frosting

Coffee Black Bottoms with Cream Cheese Frosting

Cranberry Wine Brownies with Balsamic Ganache- dusted with Strawberry Powder

My sidekick Bel

Bel taking random shots of me working but I likey this one!

It's getting a bit tough trying to keep up with my Facebook- personal and business, Twitter, Flickr, Blogspot and Xanga account. I probably won't be back as often to update my Xanga so if you're on Facebook or Flickr, do look up Sugar Bliss Sweets. For Twitter, it's Sugar_Bliss, and SugarBlissSweets@blogspot.com mainly has pictures. I may have to incorporate all of these on my own website- www.SugarBlissSweets.com.

Thank you to those who have followed me from the beginning, I do hope to pop in every once in awhile to catch up on reading my subscriptions...the updates on tommy, catch moi attn, krazykristenkim, apple, alice and randy, justin debin and of course, esty! Take care everyone! Hope to hear from you soon ;)

my next few gigs ;)

http://www.californiamarketcenter.com/markets/focus.php

FOCUS is the new trade event in L.A. featuring clothing & accessories in an intimate, loft setting. Bridging the gap between emerging designers and established brands, FOCUS brings together a fresh mix of contemporary collections for men and women.

FOCUS is featured at LOS ANGELES FASHION MARKET amid live DJ beats, cocktails, and a creative, chill vibe in the CALIFORNIA MARKET CENTER'S Penthouse on Floor 13.

June 13, 14 & 15, 2009 | Sat, Sun & Mon | 9a-5p

also featuring

THREAD Select is a hand-picked showcase within FOCUS, highlighting the best 20 emerging fashion brands from THREAD, the regional shopping event featuring the top 100 emerging fashion designers from each city it visits.

BREW BAR
Complimentary Nakhon beer from 4p-6p in the FOCUS show lounge.
sat-mon | floor 13a | sponsored by NAKHON BEER

SWEET TOOTH
Grab a ymmy cupcake in the new Show Cafe in FOCUS or catch them as they stroll down the aisles delivering a sugar rush to your booth!
sponsored by SUGAR BLISS SWEETS

CONTACTING US

Show Coordinator: Oscar Rodriguez | 213.630.3737 orodriguez@californiamarketcenter.com

French Country Picnic

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara presents a French Country Picnic; an afternoon of delight and frivolty. Enjoy an elegantly casual afternoon with French themed cuisine and entertainment as well as an incredible live and silent auction.
Featuring a special sneak preview of next year’s season.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

$1,200 for a table of 10
$125 tickets
Sponsorship opportunities available.
 
Call 805.965.5400 x105 to reserve your tickets
1pm to 4pm

The Giant Cupcake, wedding and dessert buffet for SB Association of Realtors

 The Giant Cupcake: Marbled caked made with almond vanilla and chocolate cake. Weighing 2lbs, 6" wide, 7" tall 

The wedding tier: Giant Cupcake, Black Bottoms, Red Velvet and Lemon Tea Cupcakes

A close up

SB Association of Realtor's Buffet

Lemon Tea Cupcakes, Red Velvet and Black Bottoms (everyone seems to always order this combo).

Raspberry Lemon Bars

Lemon Tea Cupcakes, Strawberry Cheesecake and Red Velvets

Millionaire's Shortbread: Walnuts, Chocolate, Caramel and Shortbread

oh sunshiny day!!!

Dear S,

Today I attended T.V.'s graduation party. I am not a huge cupcakes fan (they are usually dry, tasteless and a poor use of my limited allotment of calories!), but the ones at T's party actually looked appealling, so I put one on my plate.

I fell in love at first bite! Wow! If I'd known the cupcake was going to be so good, I'd have skipped the tri-tip and just had cupcakes.

I found out that you are the creator of these little bits of heaven and I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed them. These cupcakes are in a class by themselves. They are SCARY good! I think you have a successful career in baking ahead of you.

My compliments,

T.L.

update

The fire is now 80% contained! I was in warning evacuation are, packed up some important belongings and left only because the air had gotten so mucky. The mandatory evacuation area was five blocks down, blocking the road which leads to work =) I headed south on Amtrak, spent some much needed time with good friends and family.

Since the fire, my immune system has been completely shot. My fibromyalgia has kicked in full gear and I'm reacting to everything- food allergies, chemical sensitivities, lungs are recovering from smokey air and my g.i. is a mess. Been taking it easy and thankfully, I haven't had any orders lately (yeah fire).

Next week, I have another big wedding order for a friend. Everyone seems to love ordering a mixture of black bottoms, lemon tea and red velvet cupcakes. I'll be baking a small cake for them as well. Business has been picking up this week. I was invited as a vendor to a French themed picnic for a theatrical group and also to a fashion professional's mixer weekend in Los Angeles. I have another wedding coming late August and likely another gig with the fashion industry in October.... Then I'm off to Hawaii!!!

I'll be busy the next few weeks planning out my menu for the upcoming events while attempting to be more of a social bug. Network, network, network! No, no, no! I'd rather be at home with a movie and the boyfriend than out schmingling. Luckily, the bf understands and I also encourage him to socialize during his off days. We both work two jobs.... Relationships are tough when you're always working or always sick.  Somehow, we're managing and ...he's still alive =)