We love girl nights!  So excited for our Girls' Night Out event on Thursday January 19th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm here at our 4th and Main location!  It's going to be a fun, open-house style evening with lots of fun demos, activities, and girl-centric businesses!  Get a sneak peek of what we've got planned for Valentine's Day, and taste free samples of our exclusive Valentine flavors!  (Yummy!!!) 

-Tonna's Cakes will be doing cake decorating demos. 

-Envive will be giving complimentary chair massages.

-Finished Vision Photography will have a photo booth set up, with fun feather boas, sunglasses, hats, etc.

-Blessings Unlimited with Andrea Capon will be here with great merchandise for the home.

-Say Anything . . . Jewelry by Stephanie Wilde will be open, with door prizes and fun specials! 

-If you RSVP by calling 605.310.6742. . . you'll get 10% off any Valentine orders placed that evening!

January deserves a little attention, too. . .and you and your girlfriends (or daughters!) deserve a little fun, don't you? Come find sparkles, glitter and frosting here next Thursday night!  Remember, so that we can adequately plan for the evening, please do RSVP by calling us at 605.310.6742.  There is no charge to come and play with us, and yes, we'll have your favorite Thursday flavors available for you that evening in addition to our Valentine sample flavors.  Hope to see you next Thursday! 

With blessings and gratitude,

Melissa and the OMC Crew 

How could we have ever imagined this?  I had big dreams when I started Oh My Cupcakes!, but I never could have even imagined where we are today.  2011 brought us many new staff members added to the OMC family.  It saw a few of our long-time and dearly loved staff move on to pursue what their heart was leading them towards.  And even though we miss them, it makes me so happy to know that that they followed their dreams and went for it because I remember what that feeling was like. . .to be RIGHT on the cusp!  Sidebar:  If you have a dream, don't wait: Go for it! Pay no attention to the voices of negativity.  If you have a dream, do one thing every single day that will bring you one step closer.  Do not wait for tomorrow, begin right this second! *Ahem*  Ok. Thanks for listening, back to the blog.   

This year brought us into the new adventure of nationwide shipping.  It was such hard work to figure out how to ship those delicious and beautiful cupcakes across the country, but we figured it out and got it done!  Now families and friends are sending cupcakes to THEIR families and friends all over the lower 48. 

My husband made the leap, leaving his fulltime job and coming to work at OMC in 2011, bringing our male ratio on our staff to. . .well. . .10%.  But those two males make sure we have everything we need to run a successful business, to rock out catering events, and to lift all heavy things.  They also change lightbulbs, for which we are eternally grateful.

So what will 2012 bring for OMC? Well, first and foremost, it looks as if we will soon have news to spread about a second location! This is very exciting news to us. . .and hopefully to you as well!  Also, another "Little Cupcake" will join the OMC family, in about 7 weeks from what the mom-to-be's doctor says!

Whatever 2012 shapes up like, we know one thing for certain: We will be happy and successful because of your support and loooove. . . .of Oh My Cupcakes!

Make it an amazing 2012, God bless you, and we can't wait to see you in the store (or stores!) soon!

Melissa

Whew!  What an amazing, spectacular, roller coaster of a ride it has been the past few months!  We've been so blessed to keep experiencing exponential growth within our business, and we wake up each day wondering what God will bring us next!  We appreciate you so so much!

Our shipping, which you watched us agonize over so much at the beginning, has now really taken off, and we are excited to see what the Christmas holiday season brings us.  We hope to do a lot of business-to-business thank you's over the Christmas season both locally and nationally.  Exciting stuff, and we owe EVERYTHING to you, dear loyal and "sweet" customer! 

I said Short and Sweet is just like me. . .and that much is true.  But the "sweet" part?  Well. . .you've got that one wrapped up all on your own.  God's blessings!

Melissa and the Oh My Cupcakes! crew of Ninjas

It's been a while since I've blogged, but that is because we've been busy (hoppin', workin' it, filling orders, succeeding) at Oh My Cupcakes!  Sometimes I even hesitate to use the word busy anymore.  For if we say we are busy all the time, how do we determine what "busy" actually is, and what "normal" actually feels like?  So yes, I try to choose words other than "busy".  The other night, someone asked me how the cupcake business was doing.  I said, "it keeps me running, but fulfilled." 

It's been just over a year that we've been in our store at 524 N. Main Avenue.  What an incredible year it has been!  Once we realized that this thing could get off the ground, it has quickly soared beyond what we could have imagined.  It is true that God dreams a bigger dream for you than you can dream for yourself. 

Yikes!  Over a month since I've blogged?  How can that be?  Time flies, my friends, when you're having fun.  I had a lengthy and well-thought out blog post all composed for you this morning, and as I hit "Publish", it disappeared.  Stupid technology, sometimes.  Oh well. 

Have you ever heard the word "finite"?  It means "having bounds" or "limited i magnitude".  Last week I learned we are finite.This may sound like a bad thing, but the lesson was actually

I know Valentine's Day is less than a week away, and we're already SLAMMED with orders!  We can't wait to serve you and your Valentine on that sweet day.  But there are a few things going on at OMC that we also want to let you know about, and don't want you to miss out on!

Jim Morrison of The Doors wrote a song about Strange Days.  He also wrote a song called People are Strange.  I would say, overall, that those two songs have defined a large portion of my day.  Today was not a good day.  It was not a bad day.  Today was, simply, a strange day.  So what is the first thing I ask myself when confronted with the weirdness that overcame most of the day today?  The question we all should be asking ourselves every day: 

What is it about cupcakes? So simple, so sweet. . . these little personal-sized treats are just filled with love. That's what first hooked me. I love the idea that each person gets their own. I love the idea that you don't have to share. I love the idea that you can send a smile and a sweet to someone without sending a huge dessert (or even having to cook or bake on your own, for that matter.) Cupcakes simply make people smile.