 | Lori Horton is the owner of Celebrations by Lori in Pittsburg, Ks. With over 15 years experience in the bakery business, Lori opened Celebrations in 2000. She is always out front with the most unique ideas in cake and cookie decorating for all occasions. Celebrations is also on top of the industries' latest trends and products with the area's largest selection of baking and cake decorating supplies. Open Monday - Saturday, Celebrations can be reached at 620-231-5700 or at www.celebrationsbylori.com |
Candy, Chocolate & Sweets
2012-03-27 09:15:14
Latest cupcake trends
Q: I do a lot of baking for church and social events and I am running out of new ideas. It seems like everyone else has their finger on the pulse of cooking cool and mine lack that creativity. Can you tell me the best place to find fun new ideas?
A: Hi, my name is Lori and I’m becoming a Pintrest addict... I mentioned last month, the huge amount of interest in a rapidly growing website called Pintrest. If you are one of the few that have not tried it yet, let me explain. Pintrest is a virtual pinboard or bulletin board. All of your friends as they surf the internet can “pin” cool ideas to that board to be able to find them again later. All that surfing and “pinning” created a searchable site of recipes, craft projects, pictures of landscaping, movie posters and so much more! You can browse by subject or just follow what your friends are “pinning” because you like the same things! Now I would like to see two things; more people on Pintrest and people spending WAY less time on Pintrest. Sound like a conflict? Not really! While it is a great resource, there are too many people that spend hour after hour “pinning” those great ideas and never give them a try. I’m a baker first and foremost but I do love to try new recipes, repurpose stuff around the house and find the perfect way of arranging family pictures on the wall so I try to make myself pick a project that fits into my time schedule and actually turn off the computer, gather my supplies and try out one of those fun looking “pins”. So to sum it all up, if you are already a member of Pintrest anonymous, try out that new cupcake recipe, it might just be great! If you haven’t yet tried it out, visit www.pintrest.com and join, you’ll be amazed at what you’ll find. And no, I do not work for Pintrest, I’m just a fan!
