JuBella.com – Get Your Creative Dose

Recently I received a lovely little package in the mail. I opened up the standard brown shipping box and found the cutest black box adorned with white polka dots & wrapped ever so eloquently with a bright pink ribbon. I then took off the top of this pretty little treasure and found samples of heaven nestled inside!

The wonderful Sue of Harvard Sweet Boutique sent over some delightful samples of her gourmet cookies, toffee, brownies and bars, and boy was I excited to taste test them all! My absolute favorite from her collection is the Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies..oh my…doesn’t the name alone make you want to drop down to your knees! Her cookies, candies, brownies, and bars are perfectly sweet and super moist. Next up in line as my favorite was definitely the Chocolate-Glazed Macadamia Caramel Shortbread Bars(swoon) & the Chocolate Toffee Cookies! The shortbread and the caramel in the Macadamia bar is heaven! Everything for that matter was to my pure delight!

Ok, so now it’s time to indulge right? So click on over and check out all of the sweet concoctions that Sue offers online. Be sure to bookmark her site as these would make the perfect gift for Mothers Day or just an everyday sweet package to send to a friend and of course to yourself. Enjoy..your taste buds will surely thank me after your first bite!

Thanks to Sue for sharing such a “sweet” package!

Can we all take a moment of silence to give thanks to such pretty cupcakes that are carefully placed in pretty window vignettes and adorned with juicy colors like fuschia, orange, yellows, turquoise, and pinks. Oh my! If you are ever in Europe, near the Covent Garden Piazza, Fitzrovia London, or roaming Kingly Court off of Carnaby Street, then you must pop into the sweet shop of Candy Cakes! The decor is so lovely and the cupcakes, oh, why I have not had the pleasure of devouring one of these personally, I am more than positive that these sweet gems would be divine, and when you’re asked to create 300 cupcakes for Madonnas 5oth Birthday, then you know they must be tasty! Not only am I in love with their pretty cupcakes, but I think that their decor is great, especially the Covent Garden Piazza location with its jeweled greens, pinks, and whites, and the cute outside eating area!

There is just something about photos of food that just makes me happy & these photos from JuBella’s Entertain Me Group are just scrumptious! The reason why I think I like culinary photography so much is because it pauses a moment that you create something special, and many times it is something special for your family and friends. I guess to me it represents togetherness, because with great food comes great entertaining, and along with great entertaining comes wonderful people.

These photos were taken by Anastasia, Shevon Gant Ceramics, and Tara Anderson. I must say that Tara takes some amazing photos of food, but more impressive is that she cooks it all in her very own kitchen (and these cotton candy cupcakes are fantastic)! Do any of you take photos of your culinary creations? If so then join the Entertain Me Group and post away.