12/25/07
12/14/07
Breakfast with Santa
12 Days of Sweet Treats - Day 12
Gingerbread Chocolate boxes
These boxes are made of chocolate and filled with M&Ms. Choice of milk, dark or white and wrapped in a cellophane bag with a bow. $11/each
The 12 Days of Sweet Treats comes to end today at midnight. Email or call us today and mention code 12days to receive your discount.
Day 1 - Holiday Chocolate Pretzels
Day 2 - Snowflake Chocolate Covered Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Day 3 - Cookie Cutter Treats
Day 4 - Chocolate Spoons
Day 5 - Chocolate Dipped Snowflake Pretzels
Day 6 - Chocolate Peppermint Sticks
Day 7 - Chocolate Suckers
Day 8 - Snowflake Graham Crackers
Day 9 - Holiday Rice Krispies
Day 10 - Peppermint Crunch Bark
Day 11 - Snowflake Chocolate boxes
Day 12 - Gingerbread chocolate boxes
For 12 days during the month of December (December 3rd - December 14th) we will be featuring a different holiday treat each day on our blog. When you place an order for these treats during the 12 days you will receive 10% off these items. Please reference code 12DAYS when placing your order to receive the discount. Items are made to order so advance ordering is required. *delivery or pickup date must be for December 2007.
12/13/07
12 Days of Sweet Treats - Day 11
Snowflake Chocolate Box
This box is made of chocolate (choice of dark or milk) with a white chocolate snowflake in the lid. It is filled with small white chocolate snowflakes, wrapped in a cellophane bag and tied with a ribbon. $12/each.
For 12 days during the month of December (December 3rd - December 14th) we will be featuring a different holiday treat each day on our blog. When you place an order for these treats during the 12 days you will receive 10% off these items. Please reference code 12DAYS when placing your order to receive the discount. Items are made to order so advance ordering is required. *delivery or pickup date must be for December 2007.
12/12/07
12 Days of Sweet Treats - Day 10
For 12 days during the month of December (December 3rd - December 14th) we will be featuring a different holiday treat each day on our blog. When you place an order for these treats during the 12 days you will receive 10% off these items. Please reference code 12DAYS when placing your order to receive the discount. Items are made to order so advance ordering is required. *delivery or pickup date must be for December 2007.
12/11/07
12 Days of Sweet Treats - Day 9
12/10/07
12 Days of Sweet Treats - Day 8
For 12 days during the month of December (December 3rd - December 14th) we will be featuring a different holiday treat each day on our blog. When you place an order for these treats during the 12 days you will receive 10% off these items. Please reference code 12DAYS when placing your order to receive the discount. Items are made to order so advance ordering is required. *delivery or pickup date must be for December 2007.
12/9/07
12 Days of Sweet Treats - Day 7
Chocolate suckers
These cute suckers are available in a choice of white, milk or dark chocolate. $2.25/each.
For 12 days during the month of December (December 3rd - December 14th) we will be featuring a different holiday treat each day on our blog. When you place an order for these treats during the 12 days you will receive 10% off these items. Please reference code 12DAYS when placing your order to receive the discount. Items are made to order so advance ordering is required. *delivery or pickup date must be for December 2007.
12/8/07
12 Days of Sweet Treats - Day 6
Chocolate Peppermint Sticks
Peppermint sticks dipped in chocolate (choice of white, milk, or dark), sprinkled with white non-pareils, wrapped in a cellophane bag and tied with a ribbon. Perfect special treat to go along with a cup of cocoa. $1.25 each.
For 12 days during the month of December (December 3rd - December 14th) we will be featuring a different holiday treat each day on our blog. When you place an order for these treats during the 12 days you will receive 10% off these items. Please reference code 12DAYS when placing your order to receive the discount. Items are made to order so advance ordering is required. *delivery or pickup date must be for December 2007.
12/7/07
12 Days of Sweet Treats - Day 5
Chocolate dipped snowflake pretzels
The pretzels are dipped in chocolate (choice of white, milk, or dark), covered with snowflake quinns, placed in a cellophane bag and tied with a ribbon. Great for gifts these are popular with kids and adults. $1.25/each
For 12 days during the month of December (December 3rd - December 14th) we will be featuring a different holiday treat each day on our blog. When you place an order for these treats during the 12 days you will receive 10% off these items. Please reference code 12DAYS when placing your order to receive the discount. Items are made to order so advance ordering is required. *delivery or pickup date must be for December 2007.
12/6/07
12 Days of Sweet Treats - Day 4
The spoons are dipped in chocolate (choice of white, milk, or dark) and decorated with Christmas trees or snowflakes. These go great with a cup of cocoa or coffee and are perfect for adding to a gift basket or as a stocking stuffer. $1/each
For 12 days during the month of December (December 3rd - December 14th) we will be featuring a different holiday treat each day on our blog. When you place an order for these treats during the 12 days you will receive 10% off these items. Please reference code 12DAYS when placing your order to receive the discount. Items are made to order so advance ordering is required. *delivery or pickup date must be for December 2007.
12/5/07
12 Days of Sweet Treats - Day 3
For 12 days during the month of December (December 3rd - December 14th) we will be featuring a different holiday treat each day on our blog. When you place an order for these treats during the 12 days you will receive 10% off these items. Please reference code 12DAYS when placing your order to receive the discount. Items are made to order so advance ordering is required. *delivery or pickup date must be for December 2007.
12/4/07
12 Days of Sweet Treats - Day 2
The treats come in a cellophane bag tied with a ribbon. Available in dark or milk chocolate. $2.50/each.
12/3/07
12 Days of Sweet Treats - Day 1
Holiday chocolate pretzels are available in several designs including snowman, nutcracker, and angel. Available in a choice of white, milk, or dark chocolate. Each one is wrapped in a cellophane bag tied with a bow. Perfect for adding to a gift basket or for stocking stuffers. $2.25 each. Tax and delivery (optional) are additional.
12/1/07
Stetson Hills Holiday Craft Fair
This past Friday, we were one of the vendors at the Stetson Hills Holiday Craft which benefited the Stetson Hill's Elementary School PTSA. Despite the pouring rain, there was a decent turnout for the show. Our most popular items were boxes of peppermint crunch bark, chocolate spoons and gingerbread chocolate boxes.
Princess Samantha
Boy baby shower - BABY blocks
Underwater scene for a 5th birthday
American Cake Decorating magazine
train birthday cupcake cake
business celebration
11/22/07
Happy Thanksgiving
We spent the day with family and when we asked what dish we could bring to share, the answer was cake, of course. We (my son helped - he's almost 2 and already in training to be a future Simply Sweets employee) made these cupcakes. They're banana cinnamon with cinnamon cream cheese icing and fondant leaves. These aren't on the menu yet but we'll let you in on one of the changes starting in the new year - each month we will be offering two to three types of speciality cupcakes sold by the dozen...stay tuned for more exciting changes.
I also wanted to post a few Thanksgiving cakes that I've done in the past - you might not think of Thanksgiving as a cake holiday, but we believe that there's a cake for every holiday! A perfect Thanksgiving cake flavor is caramel apple. This first cake is one that I did in one of my beginning cake decorating classes - my skills have improved and my style has changed but I still think its a fun cake.
This cake is one I did in my second year of classes - the icing is a chocolate glaze and the cornucopia and fruits are all buttercream
11/19/07
Baby Girl Rhoads baby shower
13th birthday cake for a skateboarder
Snowman cake
One of my interests (besides cake and chocolate) is collecting Department 56 Snow Villages and I belong to the local club of collectors, Desert Villagers. As a member I'm hoping to learn how to construct a village scene to display my houses from the experienced scene creators. The club is part of the National Council of 56 Collectors which is celebrating its 15th anniversary. To celebrate they are holding a cake contest that each club may enter. The present part of the cake represents the celebration and the snowman was made to look like the snowman piece that was created by NCC to celebrate the 15th anniversary. The present cake is white sourcream cake with raspberry mousse, buttercream icing and the snowflakes are fondant dusted with a little pearl dust. The snowman is chocolate sourcream cake covered in buttercream and fondant. The 15th anniversary logo on the shopping bag is an edible image.

Football sweets for a tailgate party
basketball birthday party favors
11/3/07
First Birthday cake for Eric
Princess Alexis
First birthday race car
10/31/07
Happy Halloween
This was my son's first year trick or treating. At first he wasn't sure what was going on but loved all the excited of kids running all dressed up - but after a few houses he quickly caught on that all he had to do was hold out his bucket at each house and it got filled with candy!
I love making Halloween treats - orange just pops on a chocolate background. These were ordered by Mariter of Daniela Jay Boutique as give-aways for their Halloween costume contest. If you haven't visted this boutique tucked in the Happy Valley/67th Ave shopping center you must check it out!
10/27/07
its pink! 2 tiered baby shower cake
75th birthday party - purple, yellow and green
mummy cupcakes
These mummy cupcakes were part of the Simply Sweets Halloween special - we will be sending out more seasonal promotional emails filled with ideas of Simply Sweet treats that are prefect for your celebration or for gift giving. We often book up for custom cakes on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays but as long as you order these a few days in advance, these treats will be available. If you aren't receiving our specials and Sweet Talk newsletter, sign up for our mailing list.
10/22/07
chocolate boxes
One of my favorite boxes is the lips chocolate box that is perfect for Valentine's day - the box inside is filled with little chocolate Xs and Os. For the holidays this year I will be offering these in many designs include snowflake, angel, Christmas tree, and packages.
The package box comes in many different sizes - the small one shown here is about 3 inches by 3 inches and the larger one is about 3 inches by 5 inches.
10/21/07
First birthday
This cake was based on a design I did for my son when he turned 1 but the colors were changed to green, brown, and cream.
original cake:
Halloween-themed baby shower
10/18/07
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
This cake was done a few years ago for a former boss of mine. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and went through treatment and reconstruction and she told me when she came back to work she wanted a cake to celebrate her survival. This is the cake I designed for her and we presented to her at her welcome back lunch.
For those of you who haven't heard yet, Simply Sweets is proud to announce that we are an affiliate for Design-her-gals! Design-her-gals is a fun web-based business where you can design your own gal (or guy or children) with the latest fashions. Then have your gal printed on stationary, party invitations and even clothing. A portion of every sale goes to the Gal to Gal foundation which raises money for stage 4 breast cancer patients. This month you can sign up for a virtual walk to raise money for the Gal to Gal Foundation.
The Beautiful Garden Boutique is donating 10% of all sales this month to the Susan G. Komen foundation. Trisha, the owner of the Beautiful Garden Boutique is a member of my networking group, Swanky Moms Across Arizona - all local businesses started by moms. On Friday, October 26th, 2007 she will be hosting a pre-holiday shopping event from 5pm-8pm at the San Palacio Clubhouse, a Mark Taylor Apartment Complex. Do a little early holiday shopping or treat yourself to something special.