Awesome team effort, gals! Your costume was voted The Best Foiled Costume by the ever amazing social media community.
Starting this month, @kellyvonebers & @lamarero will receive a dozen of our favorites (for an entire year!) 
Thanks to all who participated & who came out to our One Year Anniversary bash at theWit! We couldn’t have done it without you.
I remember my very first tweet to college friend Xander:
And I remember having dinner with my good friend Amy, who said to me, “You know what? It might be a good idea to see what this whole social media thing is about.”
Well, Xander and Amy, we owe you. Because without you, we never would have found such a fantastic, vibrant community like the Chicago social media one.
And now we’re celebrating a YEAR (!) of interacting with you all at one of the coolest new lounge spots in all of Chicago, and we’d love to throw a big party with lots of free cupcakes and foil and have you all come.
So will you please come celebrate with us? We promise we’ll bring the cupcakes if you bring your pretty faces. And guess what? Be one of the first 100 to register, and we’ll even have a little gift waiting just for you.
See you next Wednesday, lovelies!
-Mari
The Great American Bake Sale in Chicago will be held this Saturday, April 17th. Our friend Maris is putting it all together, and it sounds super yummy!
Check out In Good Taste and the Great American Bake Sale to learn more. And go eat carbs to help out a great cause!
Hey, you. Designer. We want YOU.
Well, really, we want to give you two Dozen of our Favorites cupcakes and a pair of Cubs tickets. Yeah. We wanna GIVE THEM to you.
Wanna know why? Check out our post here.
And please submit a design. Because honestly, we really don’t want to run this race topless.
- Mari
So I’m running my first official 5K in honor of Foiled Cupcakes’ 5K Twitter followers. And because this’ll be much more fun with lots and lots of people (and the best way to bring groups together is FREE STUFF), we at Foiled Cupcakes present “FREE STUFF for Race to Wrigley-ers.”
FREE: FOILED CUPCAKES 5K T-SHIRT. Not a shameless branding logo shirt either. One you’ll look cool wearing long after race day. And it’s gonna be one of those soft ones that aren’t all awkward and bulky, too. (Yeah!)
HOW TO CLAIM FREE T-SHIRT: (Please follow instructions; we know you’re able!)
- Register for the Race to Wrigley by Saturday, 4/17.
- Email your race confirmation # to info@foiledcupcakes.com (subject: “RUN CUPCAKE RUN!”) along with your name, Twitter ID, shirt size preference.
- We’ll get back to you with details on where to meet before the race to get your t-shirt. And yeah, it’d be nice if you wore it. Just saying.
FREE: TWO “DOZEN OF OUR FAVORITES” CUPCAKES *AND* A PAIR OF CUBS TICKETS. (Too bad if you’re a Sox fan. This is the Race to Wrigley, after all.)
HOW TO WIN: If you’re a designer (or even if you’re not), submit a cool t-shirt design to info@foiledcupcakes.com by Friday, 4/16 at 12:00 p.m. The only real rules (other than the legal stuff):
-Incorporate Foiled Cupcakes’ 5K Twitter followers
-Put our logo on it (as obvious or innocuous as you like)
-Dimensions: 8.5 x 11.
How we’ll pick a winner: by voting, of course. We’re a cupcakeocracy.
FREE: POST-RUN CUPCAKES. We’ve organized a brunch Tweetup at Rockit. We’ll provide cupcakes. Buy your own food and drinks.
HOW TO ATTEND: Sign up here and tell us you’re going. Show up and eat. Easy peasy.
Pick your favorite and join us! (And wish me luck that I don’t die during this little 3.1 mile race.)
Love to all,
Mari
So our most FAQ is, “What in the world is a Quippie?”
The concept/execution came to us AFTER our initial photo shoot. So that’s why they’re not included in the pictures you see online. (D’Oh!) But most of the people we talked to like the idea, so we implemented it.
Well, it’s a fortune of sorts. A tagline of cupcake humor. A little “haha” before you bite in. (Our copywriter wrote them. They’re funny.) Every cupcake comes with our standard line of Quippies.
“See? Carrots CAN taste good.”
“Any frosting on your nose is just leftovers for later.”
“We’ve been eyeing you too.”
But sometimes, people want something a little more personal.
We got our first custom Quippie order back in May for a 30th birthday party. It was for a nurse who’s originally from Texas. She’s also a mom to Ethan and an eternal sorority sister. So here are some of the Quippies we put into these specially made, individually boxed cupcakes for this Designer Event Chicago soiree:
“Save some for Baby E.”
“Nurse! I need a cupcake STAT!”
“You know you’re from Texas when . . .”
“LML. It’s a sorority thing.”
“Happy 30th to the Hostess with the Mostess!”
So that’s what a Quippie is. Fun, huh?
