Cupcakes, One Day at a Time...
The trials and tribulations of one girl's quest to open a cupcake shop
Cupcakes, One Day at a Time...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Join us in the in the fight against Breast Cancer. For the month of October Sift is featuring a special Breast Cancer Awareness Cupcake. Together we’ll stay well, get well, find cures, and Fight Back! Here are some ways that our customers have shown their support against Breast Cancer.

Our faithful customer Marilyn orders these "Ta Ta's" every year to support her Relay For Life Team, fighting back against breast cancer. Thanks Marilyn!


Thanks Aubin for ordering your Pink Ribbon cupcakes... Way to fight Back!

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Barn yard Bonanza

Chocolaty tilled rows of frosting produce a perfect harvest of buttercream lettuce and fondant carrots.... What?

You may be thinking to yourself.... what in the world? Well thanks to our valued customer Stacy we were able to create the perfect landscape for her farm themed dozen. The talented decorators at Sift put their creativity to the test and were able to make these amazing cupcakes. 

Thanks Stacy for thinking of us for your baby shower. Cheers & Cupcakes!
 

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It's Fair Time... and we love Carny Food!

The Sonoma County Fair has come and gone, but we wanted to share with you our special cupcakes honoring delicious CARNY FOOD. Now don't get me wrong... Cupakes are #1, but who can resist the smell of freshly popped kettle corn, greasy hot dogs and snow cones in 100 degree weather. Thanks Maveric Media and everyone at the Sonoma County Fair office for inspiring this delicious dozen.

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FIRE.... (dunt.. dunt... dunt...)

These cupcakes are HOT! Thanks Melissa for the idea, I'm sure your sweetie is going to love his cupcakes. We had fun making your
vision come to life.


 

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Gear up

Gear up for these Fox Racing Birthday Cupcakes. Amber's Mom stopped in a couple months ago and wanted to do something special for her daughters 12th birthday. Her daughter loves the DIRT and what better way to say Happy Birthday than a Fox Racing Dozen. Thanks for the inspiration Mom, and hope you had a wonderful 12th Birthday.

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Eat Me

Mad Hatter Cupcakes are all the rage... whether it be a Very Merry Un-Birthday or any other type of party these fun and colorful cucakes are sure to please.  Thanks Allie for ordering these Mad Hatter Cupcakes for your special day.

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Sift @ Taste of Railroad Square in Santa Rosa this weekend!

Join Sift for a culinary journey through Santa Rosa's Historic Railroad Square District's finest foods, brews, wines and don't forget... CUPCAKES!    Taste of Railroad Square is a delightful celebration of the area's unique history, ambiance and future.

Saturday, August 22nd from Noon - 4pm

You can find us inside of " Teapot" children's boutique.... See ya there!

http://www.tasteofrailroadsquare.org/

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Cupcakes & Cookies

Cupcake Cookie Jar Now at Sift Cotati
 

What could be better than a bunch of cupcakes? Well, one GIANT cupcake, of course! Our super sweet & super-sized ceramic cupcake is filled with a six-ounce assortment of cupcake cookie flavors including Red Velvet, Birthday Cake, Black & White and Chocolate Banana each in individual bags. Jar measures approx 8.5"H x 6"W

Limited quantities...

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Congrats! Leela and Jeff

Congrats! to the newlyweds Leela and Jeff. Thanks for making Sift, Napa apart of your very special day.


Special thanks to Natasha and Choco Studio's for sending us these photos.

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Say "I Do" to the Cupcake...

Saturday at the shop was busy as ever, full of walk-ins and custom orders. Our team worked to the max making bulldogs, eyeballs, and coffins... yes coffins!

 

After an exhausting Saturday we crawled out of bed, fought through the rain and rolled down to San Francisco to the Lovely Details Bridal Showcase at Fort Mason. The Marina District was wet with rain, hardly the backdrop for our bubbly brides to be and their tag-a-long fiancés.

 

It’s funny... I thought that the cupcake rage extended to the masses, but clearly the thought of having cupcakes INSTEAD of a traditional wedding cakes is hard for people wrap their minds around. We are completely booked solid for weddings in the month of June, and expected to fill up the rest of the summer today... oh well... apparently we need to educate everyone on the glamour of “the cupcake”

 

Congratulations! Have you set a date? Have you decided on a dessert or cake? Were the scripted phrases of the day delivered with the most genuine smile over and over again. Brides, MOB’s, DOC’s, and MOH’s carefully perused each booth touching fabrics, taking photos and eyeballing our cupcakes. Every moment carefully documented, I’m sure it will end up in some wedding planning scrapbook. I even had the pleasure of having my photo taken with a bride to document her cupcake tasting. Her face was red with embarrassment as her mother forced us together with our painted smiles.

 

The highlight of the Bridal Showcase was definitely the music provided by Synchronized Sound. They actually managed to create a head-bobbing phenomenon when they bumped Flo Rida's, “Low” There’s nothing like watching brides and their entourage “get low, low, low, low, low.... ha!

                                                                            

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