Event and a Little Catch-up

Well, clearly, it has been too long since my last post!  :)  Ladies Evening Out was a great event and I met so many fun people!  Great experience overall and I was so happy my mom was there with me to help show off my cakes!  :)  She is the best mom a girl could ask for.  :)  I made 7 cakes for the event and have some left which are available for purchase.  (See 'Buy Now' photo album on Facebook).

The past couple of weeks have been busy and exciting.  Shopping for cake items for orders due later this month, etc.   I am working on a couple of cakes this weekend, pictures to be posted soon.  In the meantime, try to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather...like I am!  :)

Happy Spring (finally!)

Win a 90 minute Massage AND 30% off your SGD Order

Smiling Girl Designs is teaming up with Bodywork Rituals to present this GREAT giveaway which will be available to anyone who attends Ladies Evening Out on May 5th at Clay Terrace in Carmel!
The theme for Ladies Evening Out is to take time for yourself or dedicate some 'Me Time'.  What a better way to take time for yourself than being pampered for 90 minutes with YOUR choice of massage including Pre-Natal with hot pads, Deep Tissue with hot stones and more.  Theena Lewis-Strope is a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist who loves to incorporate the element of heat into her massages.  Theena is very committed to massage and to its healing benefits.

You are probably wondering, 'This sounds AMAZING!  How can I win?'   

There are 3 things you must do in order to win:

1.  You must be a Facebook Fan of Smiling Girl Designs

2.  You must be a Facebook Fan of Bodywork Rituals

3.  Stop by the Smiling Girl Designs table at Ladies Evening Out on Thursday and enter your name in the raffle.

Did I mention we are giving away TWO MASSAGES?  Yes!  We are going to have TWO DRAWINGS and TWO WINNERS!

Each winner will receive:

1 Gift Certificate for a 90 Minute Massage of your Choice (Pre-Natal, Deep Tissue or any others from the Bodywork Rituals menu of services.)

1 30% off gift certificate for your next Smiling Girl Designs diaper cake order

Get ahead of the curve and make sure you 'Like' both Facebook Fan Pages!  Then enter to win at the Smiling Girl Designs table.  Winners will be selected in a random drawing on Sunday (Mother's Day) at 7pm.  The winners will be announced on my Facebook Page and will be notified via email.  Good luck!

What are you doing for yourself today?

SGD at Ladies Evening Out

On Thursday, May 5th, I will be showing off my Smiling Girl Designs diaper cakes at 'Ladies Evening Out'.  I am SO excited to be a part of this great event!  When I signed up last month to be a vendor, Jenn told me there were 35 vendors and 200 attendees last year.  I figured, this would be a great opportunity to expose my business to some more people...little did I know, this event would completely explode!  Currently, there are going to be over 90 VENDORS and almost 500 people have pre-registered to attend!!!  :)  I can't wait!

I will be offering a really great giveaway to those in attendance - more on that later - and also my first discount.  :)  As I keep planning, I come up with more and more ideas, but my husband brings me back to reality - "Ang, you only have a 4ft table to work with, not the world."   So, I will stick to displaying a few of my cakes, some candy and a couple other fun things...sigh.  :)

If you are in the area, please stop by and check it out.  I cannot wait!  Butterflies!

Spring Has Sprung!

Spring has officially sprung here in Indianapolis, Sunny days, stormy nights and blossoming trees -- we are enjoying the outdoors more and have had the windows open to let in the fresh, warm air.  :)  

Some of my cakes have also had more of a Spring flair to them lately.  This ADORABLE large 3 tier cake is full of ducks!  It includes a 4 piece Carter's outfit - Sleeper/Cap/Bib/Socks, an Avent Pacifier, Carter's blanket and a Baby Gund Duck plush animal.  This cake is currently for sale and will make an appearance at the event I am participating in, Ladies Evening Out, on May 5th.  Interested?  Send me an email for pricing smilinggirldesigns@gmail.com.

This other adorable bunny cake just shouts, 'Welcome Spring!  The cute plush bunny atop this large 2 tier cake and all of the fun colors really just make me smile--the bunny looks pretty happy too!

I hope you are all enjoying a nice start to your Spring!

Looking for a hip baby shower gift, but not sure what to get?  Get that mod mom a chic Smiling Girl Designs Diaper Cake!  

This black and white cake is for an Evansville, IN mommy-to-be/interior designer.  I was told black and white and we added a pop of red which really makes it stand out!  This is actually a red collared onesie (OH MY, the cuteness is overwhelming!).  The Zebra is a Mary Meyer 'Pufferbellies'.  I was really happy with this way this cake turned out...ultra chic for the mommy-to-be!

The green and brown cake is for another fashion-forward mommy-to-be.  The shower theme is greens and browns.  One of my good friends had this cake made for her sister in law's baby shower and plans to use it as her table centerpiece.  The blankets are from the mommy-to-be's registry and the onesie matched perfectly (all Carter's brand products!)  Love this!  So simple and elegant.  :)

Great Gift for a Client who is Expecting

What a great way to show your client how much you appreciate their business.  (that is, if they are expecting a baby in the near future)  :)  These two cakes were given to two lucky mommies to be from a local business.

This particular client was very open to any sort of cake I wanted to make.  She told me colorful and fun and set a budget for me of $65.00 per cake.  I had a ball!  The first cake is another one of the popular Jungle cakes I have had lately...I really do love this theme!  I used a Ty Monkey stuffed animal, 3 piece Gerber layette set and a coordinating Carter's flannel receiving blanket. 

The second cake I made was also a Jungle theme cake (surprise!) and full of fun toys for the new baby!  Another Bright Starts cake full of more toys than ever before.  Topped off with a fun Elephant crinkle rattle and adorned with wrist rattles, a bar bell rattle, keys, teething rings and a pacifier and wrapped in colorful ribbon, I think we accomplished 'colorful' on this one.  ;)

New design and a double order!

Phew!  Catching up on some long-overdue blogging.  :)  The other day, I received a request for 2 cakes.  One was for a last minute shower 2 days from the request, the other was to be sent out on Tuesday.

The cake for the shower she was going to was to be a 'Girlie Cake'.  I decided to use pink and brown because I love that color combination and think it is just stunning!  :)  This is a small 2 tier cake with a single blanket flower and a onesie. Super cute!

The second cake was shipped to Texas for a shower gift.  My instructions were to make it 'Under the Sea' theme for a boy.  I found a CUTE set of 3 washcloths with a whale scrubbie for bath time.  I tried out a new type of flower--the wash cloth flower!  I absolutely love this one!  Between the new design and the fun colors, it is so striking and so fun!

Both cakes were ready the following evening and the woman who placed the order was thrilled with the results!  Excited to be working with her again soon!

Work is a Jungle!

One of my cakes was used last week at a work baby shower and the girl who planned the shower was kind enough to share a photo with me of the table decorations!  (aren't they cute!)   I love how she used the baby wipes as balloon anchors and the rings as the confetti.

This diaper cake is just so fun and colorful!  The mommy and daddy-to-be have decided to keep the gender of their baby a surprise.  My instructions were 'very colorful and gender neutral'.  I used some of my favorite Carter's blankets and a coordinating Gerber onesie and bib (on back of cake) and just love the way it turned out! 

Congratulations to the soon-to-be parents -- I am so happy you loved your Smiling Girl Designs diaper cake!