Sugar Flowers by Kelsie Cakes
Floral wedding cake design starts with handcrafted sugar flowers made with love + gumpaste in Tampa FL. And fun + floral emails start with the Sugar Flowers by Kelsie Cakes newsletter! I love to I nerd out about tech + biz resources —especially for my fellow creatives, sugar artists, and cake decorators. My newsletters are filled with wedding cake styles, sugar flower tutorials, business recommendations, and the occasional Buddy the Elf reference. Check out the links for resources and don’t forget to sign up for my newsletter! ✨
New Blog! What’s the difference between sugar flowers, royal icing flowers, and buttercream flowers?
Hey thereReader! Hope you are doing well!! Today's blog post feature is all about the difference between buttercream flowers, gumpaste flowers, and royal icing flowers cuz technically... they're all made of sugar 😅 But here at Sugar Flowers by Kelsie Cakes, I exclusively make gumpaste flowers and I wanted to get into the details a bit more to provide some clarity and help you figure out what kind of flowers you need! Have a read through and lemme know what you think! xoxo, (Not interested in...
New Blog! Buying Cake Decorations Online? Here’s What You Need to Know
Ever feel overwhelmed when you need to buy supplies for your next cake order? 👀 It kinda feels like wandering through your kitchen trying to find a size 00 piping tip with the lights off. (Good luck with that) There are thousands of options, of varying quality, and sometimes those deals seem too good to be true (because uhhhh… maybe they are). But don’t worry! I've been in the world of cake decorating since high school and I also have the confidence of a millennial who got her first computer...
Tiny hard hats, big feelings, and a $9 preorder 🎨
Hey hey there Reader, May's newsletter is coming at you very off-schedule lol. It's already June! Lots of updates here– home life, biz life, life life– so don’t forget the TLDR at the end if you’re short on time! May was Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month May has been a wild month but it felt appropriate, considering it’s mental health awareness month, to start off last month’s newsletter with a bit of back story. I’ve been pretty passionate about mental health awareness — and support —...
New Blog + Youtube Video - 5 Wedding Styles in 2025
Hey hey!! Lemme tell you what I've been up to before I get to the new blog! I was comparing softwares, since my free trial of Riverside ran out, and then I remembered that Descript exists. So I went to their website to compare features. And then I updated their app and logged in. And then that was as far as my "research" went because I found a video that I recorded two months ago and never uploaded. Oops! In all fairness to past Kelsie, she had good reason to abandon the editing. The video...
New Blog! #Shortcuts: Sugar Flower Daffodil Stems
Hey hey! Here to share the latest blog update! 🤩 Making Daffodil Stems! I'm always searching for tips and tricks to make sugar flowers look even more lifelike (but in a reasonable time frame— the really life-like flowers I'll save for competition pieces!) The problem with flowers like daffodils is that they have really thick stems— but using thicker wires makes the flowers less flexible. I finally fixed that! So here I am, excited to share this super easy, lightweight trick to give flower...
New Blog! Buttercream Cake Decorating: Expert Tips for Perfectly Placed Sugar Flowers
Alrighty, I'm finally sharing this blog post! I wrote it a couple weeks ago but forgot to send this email! It's timely now, though, because we just celebrated Ellie's 1st birthday, and her buttercream cake was fully decked out in sugar flowers (obviously). Eeeeeeee! It turned out so pretty!! Okay go check out the blog and let me know if you've got any questions about how to pair your buttercream cakes with your sugar flowers! Thanks, Reader! talk soon! xoxo, P.S. Ellie really liked the cake,...
Three New Blogs! Tips for Styling Your Wedding Cake, Baby's Breath, and Etsy Halloween Finds!
shop | blog | custom orders | youtube | instagram | pinterest Happy Monday! Just wanted to share the latest news + updates from my blog over the past week. 🤩 I've got three new blog posts to share with you from the last month! Let me know what you think, Reader! xoxo, (Not interested in getting the updates about my blog? No worries! Click here to opt out of blog updates– you'll still receive my regular newsletters!) LATEST BLOG 5 Tips for Styling Your Wedding Cake with Sugar Flowers Published...
New Blog! This one’s about using Dubsado in my business 🤓
shop | blog | custom orders | youtube | instagram | pinterest Hi! Sharing the latest blog with ya today! 🤩 This one is about Dubsado, the CRM tool that keeps my custom orders on track. It’s been a total game-changer, especially during my maternity leave. I was able to set it up before Ellie was born, and while I was out, my OBM Jaclyn was able to manage everything else. ✨ Dubsado helped me take care of future clients while I was hanging out with these two during my maternity leave! 🥹 Anyway,...
Newest Blog: How to Preserve Your Sugar Flowers! 🌸
Hiya, Reader! Hope you had a fab weekend. 🤩 I spent it hanging out with my family and doing crazy stuff like running through a rainstorm from the baseball stadium to our car (my shoes are still soaked lol) before the rain ☔️ But before all those shenanigans, I published my latest blog post! I can't wait for you to check it out. I've been meaning to write it for-ev-er, and I finally hit publish! (PS, not interested in the weekly blog updates? Click here to opt out. You'll still receive the...
New Blog Post! | The Ultimate Guide to Wedding Cake Planning for the Newly Engaged
Hi, Reader! Just wanted to share the latest news + updates from my blog over the past week. 🤩 It’s just one post but I made it a big one! I expanded on my previous blog post about questions to ask your baker/cake decorator when you’re going to a wedding cake consultation. And before I forget! Thank you so much for signing up for my emails via the Creator Network! I’m so grateful you wanted to hear from me. I’d love to learn more about what you’re interested in hearing about. Cakes? Sugar...
Floral wedding cake design starts with handcrafted sugar flowers made with love + gumpaste in Tampa FL. And fun + floral emails start with the Sugar Flowers by Kelsie Cakes newsletter! I love to I nerd out about tech + biz resources —especially for my fellow creatives, sugar artists, and cake decorators. My newsletters are filled with wedding cake styles, sugar flower tutorials, business recommendations, and the occasional Buddy the Elf reference. Check out the links for resources and don’t forget to sign up for my newsletter! ✨