Monday, March 5, 2012

Store Front Ideas/Goals


So we have this wonderful picture that was drawn by Jennah, which came at the perfect time to me because it is just screams some of my ideas for the store front. How you ask......here is my goal for this business.

So to begin with....we are looking in Boone. I did a lot of thinking on this and we may not be as busy as a store front in DSM we also do not have the overhead that we will in DSM. And really when you are doing something youBUT the main reason I restarted my goals, there is a reason my husband & I moved back to Boone when we started looking for a place together. We love being in a small town, we didn't like a 30 minute drive to get to the gym or anywhere else during the morning or after work hours. It just wasn't us. I have always wanted this business to feel like a small family business no matter where we open, a personal relationship with my customers is important to me & Boone I am able to keep it that way.

So lets get into the looks & feel of the store. I want a cozy & fun place for people to come & hang out. Mix & match tables & chairs, maybe a booth or 2, internet of course, no couch type seating because of frosting, its hard to clean! I want to have a framed place for kids to hang pictures and a place to show off local events. I would love to have some board games for both adults & kids. I would like to have a display area for fun cupcake items to buy & a small candy area for old fashion/odd/fun candy.

Now the yummy stuff! We won't be just selling cupcakes, I want to play on the "sweets" part of our name. So with that said we will offer hard ice cream, smoothies, coffee/specialty coffee, pop, ect for drinks. There will be something else but we better not let all the secrets out! Cupcakes we will have 5-7 flavors with 3 being classics daily. We will also offer a cookie of the week & bar of the week (may turn into a daily change also). Not sure yet on the food part or not. Hours 10-7:00 may stay open later on Friday & if there are school functions going on(we always went to DQ after concerts & I would love to add another place for families to go to). Monday-Saturday days open.

So that is kind of what I am planning, not everything because we have to have some surprises! I love the idea of having birthday decorating parties & hope to have enough room to do that. Can't wait to see what this year brings!!

Elaina

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Happy Anniversary!!!!

Well we made it 1 year! How exciting & how fast time has gone. We will have tons going on in March & hope to make it a giant party all month long. Please if you haven't like our facebook page as that is a great place to  keep in the loop!

Here are our specials in March.....its a pick your own special.

  • 1. 12% off your order
    2. Buy 1 dz cupcakes get... another dz for $12.00 (must be the same flavor as you ordered). Can be used on all flavors, also if you order 3 dz all can have a 2nd dz for $12
    3. For every $50 you spend get a $12.00 gift card for future use