~CUPCAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~

Wow!!!!!!!

What a CUPCAKE sale!!!! I am still so excited about the results from yesterday’s big huge Cupcake Sale for the Cupcake Kids of SixtyFeet. You guys are amazing to help support such an awesome, beautiful cause!

Okay, so first let me just say this was SO MUCH FUN – it was so wonderful to involve my girls in helping others, showing them how they can be little kids with BIG hearts for God and others!

First on Thursday, we started the baking. We baked up a STORM!

The girls were so excited to do the decorating!

We had some amazing helpers – especially my mother-in-law, our Gramma ‘Cottage’ (as the girls call her).  She stuck around and helped with the entire baking and decorating and CLEANUP process (that was a very messy part!)…

We were OVERFLOWING with chocolate cupcakes! We literally ran out of room for anymore! We baked the chocolate, my friend Tabitha baked the red velvet, my friend Leanne baked the vanilla, and my friend, Nicole, baked the vanilla bean! We had over 1,000 cupcakes to sell!!

To one little girl, it was pretty much HEAVEN!

… more handiwork …. all decorated with LOVE!

and then Friday morning, we set out the cupcake sign (Thank you, Chris, for the balloons and all your help during the day!!) and the sale began! It was literally SO BUSY I didn’t get a chance to take pictures during the sale – the studio was non-stop with cupcake customers picking up their orders and walk-ins coming to taste the amazing cupcakes … it was INSANE but wonderful!!! [Nicole of Cutie Pies, and her daughter, Rylee, were here doing the sale with us as well, but as I said, it was SO SUPER busy that I didn’t get a chance to take my camera out DURING the sale and I failed to get a photo of them … (Boo!) but make sure you hop over to her blog and read all about her experience with the cupcake sale, as well!]

We had a table of Calorie Free Cupcake Goodies for purchase, as well ….

A big thank you to all the amazing businesses who supported this cause – we literally had so many – you guys were wonderful! Absolutely wonderful! And you will be blessed for your amazing efforts!!!

Lucia, getting ready to sell the cupcakes! [These delicious ones were made by Tabitha of Yum Yum Desserts and her boys – they couldn’t be there that day but they sure did help with a lot of the baking!]

We had over 1,000 cupcakes to sell …..

and we sold EVERY SINGLE LAST ONE OF THEM in less than six hours!!!!!!!!

I think the girls did a pretty good job … 🙂

Gramma Gauthier and Lovelyn on quality control …

My awesome gramma and mom were here to help too! We couldn’t have done it without the helpers!!!

now … do you want to know the total????????


Our kids raised a total of:

$2,843.84!!!

How amazing is that?!?!? SERIOUSLY! Oh so blessed by those numbers!!!

How will that help the children of Uganda? Let’s break it down so you can see in your mind …

$2,843.84  will provide…


…1,425 healthy meals…
…school fees for 407 children for a month…
…570 new Bibles…
…380 blankets…
…medical care for 475 children…
…114 new mattresses…
…25 new beds…
…6 months salary for in country staff member…
…and lots of love, hope, and encouragement!!!!

If that doesn’t bring tears to your eyes, I don’t know what will!!!

THANK YOU for helping our little kids have big hearts for others!! If you want to host your own cupcake sale for the children of Africa, you can! This one was the first one in Canada – let’s have many more to come!!

April 29, 2011 - 10:25 pm

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April 17, 2011 - 11:09 pm

Heather That’s so fantastic! Way to go girls!
They look so good I wish you could email me one through the computer right now 🙂

April 17, 2011 - 8:36 am

Sara Gillian- that last picture is so timeless. I love the look of absolute pride on your mom’s face. And rightly so- she has a lot to be proud of! Congratulations!!!!

April 16, 2011 - 10:48 pm

Lisa My little girl, Charley, was soooooo excited to be able to come out and buy some cupcakes (and of course a Sassy Sweet Pea bow)! You and your family did such an amazing job for such a great cause! And the cupcakes were delicious!!! Can’t wait for the next one 🙂

April 16, 2011 - 8:38 pm

Emily Krbec Fantastic Gillian! You must be so proud of your girls.

April 16, 2011 - 6:46 pm

Petra A fabulous job & the pictures are amazing. Well done! I LOVE the girls’ personalised cupcake tops!

April 16, 2011 - 3:50 pm

Catherine Robertson You should all be so proud! This will bless those children with so many things!

I would LOVE for you to grow this into a HUGE annual event to help Africa! I am sure I speak for many folks in saying we’d love to help out if we can…

God bless all of you for your hard work. You were Jesus’ hands yesterday <3

SO PROUD of you all!!! xo

April 16, 2011 - 3:32 pm

MaryCatharine Thank you so much! The cupcakes where awesome. Money well spent to a great cause. And thank you for going out of your way to find me extra cupcakes!
May God bless and keep you always~

April 16, 2011 - 2:39 pm

Joy Harty Thank you, thank you, thank you all!! You have been such a blessing to The Cupcake Kids and SixtyFeet. I’m so honored to call you friends/sisters in Christ!

Big Hugs!

Joy

PS – my favorite pic is the one of the four girls…priceless!

April 16, 2011 - 10:32 am

Rose:) WOW Absolutely Amazing!!! To know that our ‘small’ town can make such a HUGE impact on people hundreds of miles away<3 I was so happy to be a part of this movement…can't wait for more to come! WAY 2 GO GIRLZ & BOYS!!!!! <3

April 16, 2011 - 10:28 am

Ami What a great experience for your girlies to do good works in Jesus’ name! My mum was excited to tell me all about it and left two boxes of cupcakes here for our kids. Thanks!

April 16, 2011 - 9:59 am

Jen That’s amazing Gillian! You guys did an outstanding job, and you must be so proud!

April 16, 2011 - 9:46 am

Jody What a beautiful thing you did!!! Congrats to you ladies!!
They look so yummy!!!

April 16, 2011 - 9:38 am

Dana AMAZING!!!! And for such a great cause.

April 16, 2011 - 9:27 am

Heather WOW !!! THAT IS SOOO FANTASTIC !!! Congratulations to all of you for such a successful fundraiser !!!

April 16, 2011 - 9:24 am

Gwen Truly amazing! You have blessed so many orphans with your efforts and love! Way to be the hands and feet of Jesus, you are all shining examples. 🙂
P.S. LOVE the t-shirts!