After a week of gloomy skies and persistent rain, the sky cleared for the evening of our event and the sun came out! We can't believe our luck.
Tickets have sold for £5, which includes your first drink, a cupcake demo and the opportunity to decorate a cake of your own. The boys at work got wind of the event at the last minute and felt left out. We agreed that next time we should get some of the men involved as tuxedo-clad waiters! Gutted I didn't think of that sooner.
Gillian and I spent a very gruelling hour setting up and perfecting our Bellini making before the guests arrived!
Everyone arrived at almost the same time, so my mixing skills were put under pressure right away, and despite my earlier practice, fell a bit short of Tom Cruise standards, but eventually the Prosecco is flowing into the glasses and not over the counter, everyone is furnished with a cocktail and the evening is well underway.
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| Making sugar flowers for the cupcakes |
The cake decorating demonstration was a massive success and Jools and Jacks brought along a wonderful selection of cupcakes that sold like....erm....hot cakes. The standard in the cake decorating competition was very high, and I had the prestigious honour of judging which was not easy.
Congratulations Emma - our winner and thanks to Jools for providing the prize - an amazing selection of cup-cakes from Cupcakes and Co
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| Beautiful cupcakes from Cupcakes & Co before we got our hands on them! |
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| A fantastic array of raffle prizes |
Our raffle table soon began to look way too small with all the fabulously generous prize donations.
Huge thanks to Gillian's god daughters Ellie and Rosie who, armed with raffle ticket books and sparkly handbags for the money, did a magnificent job of selling tickets and then picking out the winners (except they didn't pick me!)
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| Rosie picks another winning ticket |
We were overwhelmed by everyone's generosity in helping us raise £545.80 in one evening! We were both beaming as we counted and re-counted the money at the end of the evening with a glass of Prosecco in hand!
A massive thanks to everyone involved. Another cocktail evening is definitely planned for Christmas time :D
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