The Martha Stewart Bridal Market event

I'm happy to share a peek inside our trip to New York for the Martha Stewart Bridal Market event. We did forget to pack the good camera so all were taking via i-Phone. We know you'll enjoy every moment....I know we did!

Here is Carrie Middlemiss, owner of Bella Cupcake Couture.

Setting up for the big event. Don't you love that chandelier?

A beautiful "M" for Martha ice sculpture.

Rachel Thebault (left) of Tribeca Treats and author of Sweet Chic
with Carrie (right) of Bella Cupcake Couture.

A couple photos of the Tribeca Treats and Bella Cupcake Couture display.

The L'Arte del Gelato cart was filled with delicious gelato flavors.

The Hampton Popcorn Company.

Matthew Robbins Design provided the beautiful floral bouquets.

They had a manicure bar by essie Nails

Sandals Resort provided the sweet white candy buffet.

Photo by Shane Carpenter via Martha Stewart blogpost.

We had so much fun in the Smilebooth

The room was elegantly decorated by Taylor Creative Inc. in white, gold or silver.
It was beautiful! See more HERE

Other great vendors we were able to meet but didn't capture photos of include:
Shane Carpenter Photography
The Glitter Bar
Wendy the Pipecleaner Lady

It was so wonderful to meet many of the guests who we usually have only chatted with online. One of them was Amy Atlas who featured our Halloween display last year HERE.
She is an absolute sweetheart.

I also spotted Seattleite, Christy (middle) of Junebug Weddings.
Also pictured; Darcey Howard (left) of Lifestyled and Carrie (right) of Bella Cupcake Couture

Photo courtesy of The Wedding Library.
And one of the most exciting guests to see was these lovely ladies.
Editorial Director Darcy Miller, Claudia Hanlin of The Wedding Library, Martha Stewart and Jennifer of the Wedding Library.

To see more exciting moments visit The Wedding Library's blogpost HERE
Or from the Martha Stewart Weddings blog HERE

A Sweet visit to Martha Stewart

We recently were in New York and had an amazing tour of the Martha Stewart offices. We wanted to share a few highlights of the visit.

To start it off, we of course had to bring cupcakes with a bit of couture custom for Martha Stewart. We partnered with Magnolia Bakery to create this sweet 3-dozen cupcake offering.

Here I am in the lobby of the Martha Stewart offices.

For those of you who hadn't heard the news, about 2-3 months ago we received a call from Anthony Luscia, Special Projects Editor for Martha Stewart Weddings. Anthony was requesting custom wrappers for an upcoming Living magazine article. We were able to work with one of their preferred designers to create a one of a kind pattern. We wish we could show you but you'll just have to wait til it comes out later this year.

A view inside one of the four test kitchens. There is even one for Emeril Lagasse. There were several bakers and we spotted some fluffy white coconut cupcakes. We took a photo of them but then thought they may be for some upcoming issue and didn't want to ruin the element of surprise. But I have to say they looked oh-so-delicious!

Our two most fabulous tour guides (and cupcake tasters); Katie and Anthony.

Katie and Anthony showed us the display room with hundreds of different tables, chairs, vases etc for setting up a photo shoot. There were shoes and dresses galore. Rooms to do the photo shoots and so much more. It was very dreamy. And the sweetest moment was getting to walk by "The" Martha Stewart's office where we saw her newest Emmy. Congratulation Martha!



We had also hoped to meet Alexis Tirado from Martha Stewart's Dreamer's into Doer's program. She had selected us as a "Doer of the Week" last year. More details HERE. However her last day was the day before we arrived. See where Alexis went HERE (hint Alecia Keyes).

It was all an amazing experience and we feel so honored!

MARTHA!!! MARTHA!!! MARTHA!!!

We have a bit of amazing news to share. We received a call by one of Martha Stewarts special event editors and were asked to create a custom wrapper. We are so overjoyed at the opportunity and can't wait to share once the article comes out!!! Date still TBD.

If you recall, we were also selected as a Martha Stewart "Doer of the Week" last November. See details HERE We are very honored that they're team appreciates what we are doing here at Bella Cupcake Couture including the style and high quality of our wrappers.

Martha Stewarts: "Dreamers Into Doers"

We are truly honored to let you know, last week we were accepted into Martha Stewart's "Dreamers Into Doers" site.

I had launched Bella Cupcake Couture in March 2009 and already have almost 150 retailers, including Sur La Table, Beverlys Fabrics and even gone "International" including Australia, New Zealand, U.K., Singapore and Canada. I am so happy with the overwhelming response by so many individuals and the media. I was even selected to share my entrepreneurial story in an upcoming indie movie called "Shine".

Here are a few media highlights since our launch:
Newspaper: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/retailreport/2009016503_retailreport10.html

Upcoming Movie (trailer): http://www.viddler.com/explore/biznik/videos/31/

Cupcakes Take the Cake: http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/2009/07/cupcake-interview-with-carrie.html

Thank you again for your support and love of Bella Cupcake Couture. We'd love if you could visit my Profile Page HERE on Martha Stewarts site and share your comments via our photo album about our product.

Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

What is perfect for summer? I say Lemon Meringue Cupcakes!

I had the Seven-Minute Meringue with coconut this weekend and it was AMAZING!! Check out Martha Stewart's tasty recipe with lemon curd HERE. Delicious.