Southern Stories

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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Heima collection 2.0 catalogue

Get a copy of Heima's catalogue now! Available at their Makati or Cubao branch.

Arlene Sy did the super cute layout. Got these pics from Danika who styled us for the shoot.

Sammi still has my copy, but here's a twitpic of how it looked like on print:

Oh sheeesh I look so unapproachable indeed! :))

Here are screen caps from the online version:

Me with the short hair...

and then wearing a WIG! LOL!

I can't stop laughing at this photo. I remember everyone calling me "madame" during the shoot. MWAHAHAHA!

Tricia!

BJ!

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Bayo x Heima launch

Forever 21 brand ambassadors David and Tricia

Joseph Wu from Good Morning High Fives dropped by to watch us play. Yay!

Finally met David G. in person! (okay I wasn't ready when this photo was taken. LOL)

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Stolen from Tricia:

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The Heima team invited us to sing during the launching of their collaboration with Bayo last December 17 at Eastwood. I was surprised to see that some bloggers were there and that it was quite an event (I thought it was going to be intimate). Heima never fails to organize fun and quirky events and their collaborations are always lovely. Tricia was their image model for the furniture line.

Notice that during the past couple of posts I've been wearing nothing but no-brainer outfits. This is what happens when I encounter gigs and events during my crucial months in college, so bear with me (LOL).

Riz and I played a couple of songs for them and I had to rush to my groupmate's house right after for another all-nighter-- we were attempting to finish our scale model (will post photos of that soon). Holiday traffic's always a problem when jumping from one place to another during a school day, but I'm glad we got there on time! I know I'm clearly suffering from schoolwork, but I think I survive by doing those things I enjoy from time to time (doing gigs + seeing pretty things). Sister and I love performing and I love seeing people to clear my mind off school... And so I'm thankful.

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Made with Love

Did my makeup that night and this seriously made me think of starting my own lipstick collection. A pretty color would've completed this look! (Riz took these photos using the GF1 and NO I was NOT naked. LOL)

Eyeshadows all from my Urban Decay NAKED palette and I'm wearing Freshlook contact lenses (Green, -3.00 on both eyes)

Thanks to Kat for taking tons of photos during our performance! :)

Rossy's white Lumix! We got it from the same store, but I ordered mine online... They delivered it for free! Forgot their username but you can look for more GF1s on Sulit.com.ph.

Rizza and Dy- long lost sisters!!! LOL

Danika, Bong and Saab. Danika styled us for our shoot, and she also has an awesome blog... This girl is super talented! Read more about her here.

Julius and Saab

Just recreating that photo we took inspiration from for one of my photos! :))

Rossy and Bong- the people behind Heima!

Ava's cool stockings

Oh gosh, Riz... You are trying too hard to be adorbz on all these photos! There were no cute French guys that night... So what gives? LOL

I want this daybed!!! I have to do something to my big white sofabed first :))

With the very talented Arlene Sy, who showcased her works during the launch

Saw Vito's furniture on display when we were about to go home!

Arlene and Birdie are too cute!

Yes, we can!

Seriously, I have too many pictures of Rizza with her darn balloon that she named Sheldon (from BBT)!!!! LOLLL

And here are some obligatory mean-face (lol) lazy gig outfit pics...

Thank you Rizza for letting me borrow your top! hehehe

Thanks to Charmed Life :)

And here's a page with me on their new catalogue! A printed version by Arlene will be produced soon, and it's better if you view everything on their site. Everywhere We Shoot (Ryan & Garovs) is responsible for their site's new adorable design! :)

PLUS Riz made a mashup of three songs, which was her winning piece during the BNE idol of some sorts in her school (DLSU) which she won, by the way! WOOHOO! Here's a video of that mash-up/medley taken by Bong with a Flip Mino HD.

Thanks to Heima for inviting us to your events, and for letting us take part in your projects!

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