CRAVE Hawaii Book Feature

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Gummi

Our second featured publication to come up this month was for CRAVE Hawaii, the ultimate guide to fabulous women-owned businesses in Hawaii.  The CRAVE book series has been published in over 28 cities across the US mainland, Canada, Europe and now – HAWAII!  We are so thankful and excited for this wonderful opportunity to be included in the first edition of the Crave Hawaii book.  We are proud of all the other hard working and talented entrepreneurs and stoked to be included amongst this great company of women.

The CRAVE Hawaii Book Launch Party was held on June 1st at the Honolulu Design Center Cupola Theater.  All the women featured had an opportunity to get together to network, have fun in the photo booth by Flash Lab and check out the books for the first time!  Check out our pictures from the launch party!



Me and Shilhi (Passion Roots) in front of her floral installation

Candid shots from the Photobooth with me and my friends

A few of our friends were also included in the book:

Shilhi Seibel from Passion Roots.
Shilhi also designed the beautiful, bright, colorful and creative table
arrangement as well as an art floral installation piece for the launch party
Bessie Fujioka from The Bess Impression
Karine France-Matsumoto from Seasons of Life
Aerin Vanhala from FlashLab Photo Booth


Karine, Shilhi & Me

Me & Bessie Fujioka (The Bess Impression)

Me, Bessie and our friends who came to support us

Me, Bessie and Leena Haija
The CRAVE Hawaii Books are available for purchase through A Cake Life for $19.95 and will later be available at Barnes and Noble store and online at Amazon.
A special THANK YOU to Leena Haija for all her hard work and effort in organizing the CRAVE Hawaii book!!

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The Wedding Cafe’s Cake, Catering and Cocktail Workshop

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Gummi
We recently participated in The Wedding Cafe’s amazing Cake, Catering and Cocktail Workshop.  We loved meeting the many brides (and grooms) to-be who attended and sharing cake advice, tips and information with everyone there.

A Cake Life table display

 Photos Courtesy of Kris Labang Photography


Guests received samples of our featured flavor – Red Velvet Mini Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing.  And we had three amazing cakes on display:
1. A 2-tier ivory fondant hexagon cake with white sugar floral decor.  Simple, elegant and clean!
2. A 3-tier square cake with an ivory fondant base with orange leaf silhouettes, light pink ribbon trim and shimmering pink sugar flower peonies and mums.
3. A 3-tier white fondant iced cake decorated with black piping swirl design and deep red pearl boarder.  Accented with touches of silver sugar butterflies, fresh red roses topper and crystal butterfly picks.
And in case you missed it, you can catch a video of the workshop here:
Thanks again to The Wedding Cafe for hosting this awesome event!  They hold workshops twice a year, so check their website to find the fall workshop dates.
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MIdweek Entrepreneur Feature

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Gummi
This has been an incredible start to kick off June with A Cake Life being featured in 2 amazing publications!  Our first feature appeared Tuesday afternoon in the current issue of Midweek! The Midweek is a weekly newspaper that is mailed to homes all over Oahu. They have a wide readership and to be included in it is an honor.  And when Alana Folen contact me about being showcased in their weekly Entrepreneurs feature, I jumped at the opportunity.  I answered a lot of questions for Alana discussing our business, how we got started and some of the rewards and challenges of my job.  We are thrilled with this lovely article she put together and I’m so excited to share with will all of you.  The picture included is of the cake and cupcakes we made for Eden In Love‘s 1st Anniversary celebration. You can read the entire article HERE.

Thank you everyone for checking out the article and a big MAHALO to Midweek for this opportunity

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Miwako & Craig Embody Elegance

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Gummi
Photos Courtesy of Absolutely Loved Photography

Miwako & Craig’s wedding embodied elegance, sophistication, and romance.  Miwako is so beautiful with perfect style and grace.  And Craig, you can feel his love for Miwako by the way he looks at her.  Their love, respect and commitment for each other is the kind of relationship we all hope to find. 

So beautiful!

I was incredibly honored to have made their wedding cake.  For such a stylish couple, it was amazing they selected such a unique, modern and fresh cake design.  They chose our Yellow Butter Cake with Lilikoi Cream Filling and Guava Cake with Guava Cream filling with ivory buttercream and fresh white cymbidium orchids.  But the best part, it was 3 different shapes!  A round, hexagon and square tiered cake.  LOVE IT!
But then again, I love all desserts (duh).  So when Miwako & Craig said they were having a Beard Papa Cream Puff tower, I though that was so cool!  Check out the great shot Stefanie of Absolutely Loved Photography got of their mouth watering dessert tower! 
Congratulations Miwako & Craig!  We wish you a lifetime of love and happiness.

Yay for Beard Papa Cream Puffs!

Vendors of Miwako & Craig’s Wedding:

Wedding Coordinator: Seasons of Life Wedding & Events
Venue: Oceanfront Oasis at the Oasis World Estates
Photography: Absolutely Loved Photography
Floral Design: Passion Roots

Aloha,
 

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In the News…

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Gummi

We’ve come a long way since A Cake Life first opened in July of 2009 and since then we’ve been fortunate enough to be featured in several different publications and wedding style blogs.  One of the most recent additions to our website was the creation of a Media Page highlighting all our different listings.  Click on the thumbnails to view the features.  Please check it out and let us know what you think 🙂

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