{Cupcake Monday} My Visit to Magnolia Bakery NYC!

As you already may know, I was so lucky to hop on a plane Wednesday to NYC to attend Martha Stewart's Bloggers' Night Out and BlogHer '10! I have so much to share about my trip, but since it is Monday and I've been thinking about bringing back my series "Cupcake Mondays"....let's start with my visit to the famous Magnolia Bakery!

Located just a few blocks from the hotel where I stayed, I was thrilled to hop over for a quick visit before heading to the airport Saturday! It was such a cute shop, with beautiful cakes and cupcakes at every turn!

These Jessie Steele aprons are just toooo cute!

This cupcake was a little slice of heaven....
devil's food cake with cream cheese frosting!
Hello delicious!

Of course, who could resist one of these cupcake t-shirts? Not me!

Have you ever visited Magnolia Bakery??
Did you love it as much as I did?

{Fabulous Friday Giveaway} $100 Gift Certificate to Blush Envy

UPDATE!!

The winner of this giveaway is.....

COMMENT #221- Frosted Fantasies

She said:  "I love the Classic Green Envy Pearl

Necklace and the paper floral rings, in pretty much every color. Beautiful!"

Congratulations Frosted Fantasies!  Please contact me at toni@thetomkatstudio.com to arrange for your prize! 

What a exciting week it has been here at The TomKat Studio!  And why not finish it off with a super fabulous giveaway!!!

This week we have a $100 gift certificate to Blush Envy.  Blush Envy creates the most beautiful and unique line of jewelry, accessories and little luxuries for women!  Kim first discovered Blush Envy when items from both of their shops were featured in a treasury together on Etsy.  Kim saw this beautiful paper flower ring and fell in love.  In Kim's words, the ring made her "swoon".  Kim contacted Brandy of Blush Envy, and a giveaway was born.  How lucky for you!

I know....such pretties......

Here's how to win....

1) Head on over to Blush Envy's SHOP and come back and let us know what is your FAVORITE item!

2) Become a fan of Blush Envy on Facebook and let us know about it!

Winner will be chosen on Wednesday, August 11 at 11:00pm (MST).

Any entries received after this time will not be considered. Open to US residents only.

Winner will be chosen using random.org

Have an item that you think would be perfect for a giveaway?  Please email me at toni@thetomkatstudio.com.

Heading to NYC for Martha Stewart's Bloggers' Night Out & BlogHer '10 Conference!

I can't believe I pulled it off! Tomorrow, I am hopping on a plane to New York City to attend both BlogHer '10 and Martha Stewart's Blogger's Night Out! It was totally a spur of the moment decision, but when I get my mind set on something...I tend to go for it! After receiving the invitation for the Martha blogger event and hearing the buzz about BlogHer, I knew I couldn't miss out!

I just secured a pass for BlogHer, a flight (thank you Southwest Airlines!), and a room with a group of fabulous mom bloggers TODAY!
Yes...TODAY and I am flying out TOMORROW!
EEeeeek!

It isn't easy to leave my family, even for a few days...but my wonderful husband urged me to go for it! I have to give a little shout out to my neighbor, Christine and my assistant, Toni who wouldn't let me give up on the effort to go! Thank you also to my friend, Jess who predicted
"the stars will align"
for this...and I think they just did!

Did I mention AMY ATLAS will be there? I'm giddy.
Catch you later..I need to start packing!

{Sweet Customers} Sweet Hello Kitty Birthday Party!

Stefanie, one of our fabulous customers recently threw her two daughters a Hello Kitty Birthday Party! She ordered our Custom Party Circles to coordinate with her colors and theme! Obviously we can't use a licensed characters due to copyright issues, but you can always match our products to your theme and incorporate the characters other ways! Stef is super crafty and did a beautiful job creating the party for her girls!

Stefanie enlisted the help of one of our favorite shirt designers,
Kristina at Modern Frills! Too cute!

Thank you for sharing your photos with us, Stefanie!
You did a beautiful job!

View Stef's full post here!

{Press} Mix 96.9 Interview with Mathew Blades!

Happy Monday! I was contacted by a producer at Mix 96.9 radio station last week for an interview with popular host, Mathew Blades! They had read the recent article about The TomKat Studio in The Arizona Republic and were interested in talking with me!

The interview went great and Mathew was so much fun to chat with!
He is pulling for me to get on The Martha Show! {my dream}

Listen to the interview here!

(Scroll down to The TomKat Studio section and select "Click here to listen")