Posts by ShaunPepe

I have never given one of my friends a free cake yet and I don't think i plan too. I have made cakes for a few friends who i know through my husband and I have charged them. Now "my" closer friends are just having kids so no one has...

Wow you took some of the words right out of my mouth. I love making cakes and the plan was to start out slow, have my kids and then years from now make my business fulltime once all the kids were in school. It's gotten alittle busy at...

You have to be confident and stick with your pricing, otherwise your business will never work. I came up with my prices, looking at ingredients, time etc. and that is what I charge. It's true that you want to look at your competition,...

Quote:Originally Posted by cakeyouverymuchQuote:Originally Posted by justdessertsbyyesias Stay at home mom with a budget. how do you learn the cake decorating techniques on a budget? does it get expensive buying all the materials to be...

I just wanted to add to the post. I'm a SAHM, who does cakes part time. My kids are 1 and almost 3. Years ago when I started talking about doing cakes for a living, my DH thought it was great. However, once kids came, then the late...

What it sounds like here and that the woman has taken one of these event planning courses that informed her she could ask vendors for discounts. She is just starting her business. I emailed the woman and informed her I could not give her...

Thanks for the info everyone. I had never heard of this practice and could not find any information on the topic over the internet (I guess because no one really does it). I'm happy to hear it is not common. Right away it did not stand...

I was asked by a start-up event planning business if I wanted to be put on their vendors list. She asked for my pricelist and said she was only going to have a couple of vendors in each category to offer to her brides. However, in the...

I am really hoping others on CC recognize some of the contestants. Even though the first season bothered me in the way it was created, I am still really excited to see this season because of people posting on CC. Congratulations to the...

This doesn't sound like a good idea to me. If you decide to do the cake, get paid only in money. I'm afraid this is not going to end well.