first half of February 2012

chill out

Cake-poppin'

Since we don't have a budget for any of the graphics and logos, Essa and I decided to do the logo and promotional material on our own. We work by sending each other direct messages on Twitter. :))

The tiny leaf at the tip of the "y" on skinny is present in the vegetarian/vegan symbol. Being a vegetarian myself, I made sure that one of our goals was to provide options for vegan and vegetarian foodies. Our cake pops are vegan (soy-based/dairy-free, no eggs) and for our upcoming desserts, you can choose to have them vegan or not. Of course they will all be low in sugar OR sugar-free (we cater to diabetics as well).

I personally love the semisweet dark chocolate coating, but a lot prefer the white ones, too! The white chocolate coating is a bit sweeter...

Essa's 9-year-old niece Allyson helped us in our kitchen last Sunday and we just had to take photos of her right after! She's such a cute & confident girl in front of the camera! Even better at posing than most of the girls I've shot before... I didn't have to direct her! :))

Some more cards I made for our packaging :)

Some shots of our tasty cake batter:

We also made this cute stand for our pops! It'll help us during our Market Avenue stint this July 17!

We want to keep that home-made look so we concentrated on keeping our packaging simple while keeping our cake pops fresh and tasty. The shelf life's 2 weeks.

Some BTS pics from our first shoot:

Photo by Bong of Heima. Thank you for letting us shoot at your Makati branch!

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I've been juggling product testing, food tasting and baking for Skinny Sweets because July 17 is fast approaching. We have to make sure that our products are ready and perfected in time for Market Avenue this July 17 at Megatent. It's going to be open every Sunday from 7AM to 2PM and the vibe is sort of like the Salcedo Market at Makati.

I'm glad that it's something other than industrial/interior design, and I'm able to practice graphic design as well. A lot of my friends were surprised that I could actually bake! A lot don't know that along with my regular modern jazz training, I took a couple of baking and cooking courses for summer back when I was in high school. I know I can cook and bake well, it's just that when people know, they start forcing you to cook for them. HAHA! I always thought that a food biz would just add more stress in my fun but TOXIC lifestyle, but lately I've discovered that it's actually therapeutic. And it's not a reason for me to add more cheat days- we actually have Riz or other family members to try out our recipes for us. Yes, I am rediscovering the Martha in me.

Setting up Skinny Sweets has been pretty hard on my part most especially because I have school and I'm only final terms. Thesis, meetings for our exhibiting committees, meetings for the officers... Add that to all of my side-jobs and the fun bloggers events, I'm happy I can still have some time for myself to run and do yoga/pilates (that's my idea of me time).

I have a couple of exams and requirements to pass for this term but we're technically doing our thesis and preparing for our 1-month exhibit. I'll blog about that soon!

For now, please help Essa and I by supporting Skinny Sweets! We're so overwhelmed with the orders we've been getting! It's hard, but we can divide the work on most days when we can't meet up at my place. We're developing a system! Woop!

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Details from our Facebook page:

For orders and inquiries, please send us an email: skinnysweetsdesserts@gmail.com


MEET-UPS:
Bonifacio High Street
Shangri-la Plaza mall
Promenade/Greenhills Powerplant Mall Alabang Town Center

De La Salle University

Eastwood Mall

DELIVERIES will be entertained depending on the area and quantity of your orders. (Please send us an e-mail)


PAYMENT METHODS:
-Cash
-Checks made out to RALEENE.COM CORP.
-Bank deposit
(Please e-mail or tweet us for the bank account number once you're sure to order)

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Oh, and our next desserts will be sugar-free ice cream mochi and s'mores cupcakes!!! Excited? I sure am!!!

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We are weekenders.

Friday night- Republiq

Went to Republiq for KC Montero's birthday right after dropping by Fiamma for Joe's bday.

Sam wasn't supposed to go but Pao was able to drag her out of her house. She was supposedly my "surprise".

I saw so many people but I decided to enjoy the night-- I don't have a lot of photos.

Okay we clearly didn't agree on what look to go for- friendly or fierce?

My thesis groupmates/Skinny Sweets models are so pretty!

Apl.de.Ap! I was a foot away from him but of course I didn't want to show that I got a bit starstruck... I know he's filo and all, but c'mon, he's known all over the world! Still trying to figure out why he's in the country.

Saturday- June's EP launch at the Collective

Skinny Sweets debut. June's HEAVY EYES EP. Lots of CSB friends. Plus some hipster kids.

I missed Inez

First time to sell our cake pops. WOOHOO! Still happy that everyone who bought from us kept raving about how good they were... :)

June before her performance

Just found out that Vanessa's staying here for good and she's now under Elite Manila! Damn, Miss Cebu! :))

Sunday @ High Street

Father's day surprise. RAIN. RAIN. RAIN. Led worship (Church Simplified) at 2nd's with Riz, Bebo and Joe. Met up with Steven. More rain.

brother: "Why do you always bend your left knee when someone takes your photo?"

me: "That's the I WANT TO PEE pose."

And oh hey, I am flashing my biggest smile. Still no gums. FML.

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Skinny Sweets

Tonight, Alessa and I are debuting our new biz called Skinny Sweets at June's EP launch.

(Please like our page on Facebook!!!)

Drop by Yadu at the Collective tonight for the Heavy Eyes EP launch- we will be selling our RED VELVET CAKE POPS!

They’re super moist, rich and guilt-free. You won’t even know that they’re sugar-free, low-calorie and vegan (soy milk-based and cruelty-free). Get one for only P50!

photographs by yours truly

models- Julienne Templonuevo and Jennifer Cederstam

taken at Heima Makati

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