Celebrating 100K Sweet Friends on Facebook

September 17, 2014 by The Violet Cake Shop™ 80 Comments

Never, EVER did I consider EVER having followers of my cake journey in the six digits!! Nope, NEVER even crossed my mind. I started this page as a place to post pics of my sweet creations in 2009. It pretty much steadily climbed over the next 4 years to just over 700 followers. Wow, I was already pretty thrilled with that!

Then, I discovered Facebook and Social Media networking around this time back in 2013, sharing and liking posts, share days, Facebook groups, collaborations… I embraced it all just like those in FB Cakeyland embraced me and guess what…? Most anyone in the cake industry that was anyone had a Facebook page and I discovered I could follow them and easily check their news items in my newsfeed. Before, I rarely went on Facebook except to upload a new cake pic.

I didn’t even have many “friends” on my personal page because I never used the “Find a Friend” feature. Now, more than 60% of my friends are cake friends I made on-line who are genuinely as important to me as those in ‘real-life’

So now I have somehow reached sweet friends numbering in the a six digits and I am beyond bewildered, blown away, flabbergasted, overwhelmed, stupefied (not stupid, just stupefied)!!

To celebrate, I am hosting an enormous giveaway sponsored by most of my fave Facebook pages…all are pages that have helped me grow, who have shared my work or supported my work and my page…who have made me feel such a part of a lovely community full of people with a like-minded passion for sugar art!

Please help me celebrate by joining my 100K Sweet Friends giveaway

I am also having a SALE of 50% off or MORE on all tutorials in my SHIOP…some are even FREE! You can pick yours up in my FB SHOP or use this mobile link.

Thanks SO much AGAIN everyone!! I truly appreciate you all and your support means the world to me!

Violet =D

Author: The Violet Cake Shop™

Hi, I'm Violet, currently a mom of two and part-time cake designer/decorator! I first discovered my love for cake art in early 2008 when researching how to make a cake for my husband's milestone birthday. I consider myself "internet or community taught" having found and learned as much as I could from the many helpful sites, blogs, YouTube videos and tutorials around the net, where people were willing to share their craft. I used every family occasion to practice after that and soon, friends and family were asking me to make their cakes, which I did for many years. I took an extended break from taking orders after the birth of my daughter, to spend more quality time with the kids. I then spent the next years since, creating one-of-a-kind pieces for special projects, magazine tutorials and personal occasions, taking on the odd order here and there. I share my work along with tips & tricks on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest, as well as in this blog. Here, you can also find helpful insights and free tutorials that will hopefully make your cake decorating life easier. I have had the honour of being part of several special Facebook cake community collaborations that have been named as Finalists for the prestigious Cake Masters Collaboration of the Year Award, one of which won in 2018. I've been named as a Finalist for the Cake Masters Awards for the Best Magazine Cover (2019) and for the American Cake Awards for the Cake Maker Award (2020). My cakes have been featured in print in Edible Artists Network and American Cake Decorating Magazines in the US; in Cake Masters, Cake Craft Guide's Party Cakes, Cake Craft Guide's Wedding Cakes & Sugar Flowers and Cake Decoration & Sugarcraft Magazines in the UK; and in Australia's Sweet Magazine. I've also been featured online as 'Edible Art of The Day' at Edible Artists Network's blog, as Satin Ice's Cake of the Month for January 2015, and in online magazines and blogs such as Cake Wrecks' Sunday Sweets, the Craftsy Blog, 'The Cake of the Week' on FB, Pretty Witty Cakes' online Magazine, American Cake Decorating's Blog, Satin Ice Showcases, Australian Cake Decorating Network's online Cake! Magazine and in Cake Geek Magazine. My cakes have also been chosen to grace the cover of four industry-leading magazines, as the featured cake. I've been invited and have travelled worldwide, to teach my style in hands-on classes and demos. I've filmed online video classes for Pretty Witty Cakes in the UK and Craftsy in the US. I am also a proud member of the Satin Ice Artists of Excellence team. I am constantly inspired by all things around me, particularly fashion, geometric prints, home décor trends and of course, other sugar artists!