We're Moving!

This is the last post on this blog account. We are moving our blog directly on to our website. You can find it here - http://www.hellotarte.com/blog. All previous posts are being transferred as well so you can always go back and read them later.

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Inspiration Monday

June 1, 2009

Unbelievable that we are now in the 6th month of 2009. The days, weeks and months seem to be flying by quicker than ever before. Don't we all need to stop and reflect and be inspired? Here is my inspiration images for this week. I decided to do an inspiration board this week. Let me know what you think.

Pugs (ready for my second one) • Vintage Chris Craft (hopefully I can get one of these for my husband one day) • Unusual veils • Treehouses (would love to have one for days I need to escape) • iMac • Field of poppies

Do you need inspired?
Let Tarte Advertising inspire you and your business.


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Cincinnati TasteCasting

So Tarte Advertising has taken on another project - Cincinnati TasteCasting - and we are lovin' it! This is a concept that was started just a few short months ago in Columbus, Ohio, and I have decided to head up the team in Cincinnati.

TasteCasting combines socially networked people and the social media platforms and applications they use to help establishments build awareness, announce grand openings, introduce new menu items, distribute special offers and encourage people to visit the establishment.

MARIBELLE CAKERY CINCINNATI
So, in Cincinnati, the TasteCasting Team has grown to over 30 team members in just a few short weeks and last night, we had our first official tasting at Maribelle Cakery in Reading. If you haven't had a cake from Maribelle Cakery, then you haven't lived. It is absolutely amazing!

Last night, 10 of us had the wonderful opportunity to meet at Maribelle and taste 4 different flavors of their new cupcakes. These cupcakes are something that have been in the development stages for nearly 6 months and just recently did Maribelle start selling them to the public. They are currently selling the cupcakes by the dozen ($38) and within the next few weeks you will be able to order them online from their website and have them delivered directly to your doorstep. Does it get any better than that?


Owner of Maribelle Cakery, Cristina Gutierrez starts by filling the team in on a little history of Maribelle and the cupcakes themselves. She tells us that her and her husband, Larry Brown, have owned Maribelle for 5 years now and just last year they converted the kitchen of Maribelle to a Kosher kitchen and everything in the cakery is now Kosher Dairy. This year, they added cupcakes to the menu and so far, they have been a huge hit.

Maribelle Cakery is known to many in Cincinnati as the premier cakery for your wedding day dessert. With some of the most elaborate designs and details that go on the cakes, it is no wonder Maribelle holds such an amazing repuation.

Recently Maribelle Cakery was named the Official Cakery Of the Cincinnati Opera! Wow - what an honor for them!

So, the 4 cupcakes that we tasted tonight were like nothing I have tried before - and I have sampled my fair share of cupcakes. In fact, I can't help but run in to Magnolia Bakery every time I am in NYC and my sister just recently hand delivered Sprinkles Cupcakes to me all the way from LA (what a sweet sister)!

The four flavors were:
• Southern Belle - Red Velvet cake with cream cheese icing

• Coco-Lava - Orange butter cake filled with Belgian dark chocolate truffle

• The Diva (created specially for the Cincinnati Opera) - White Chocolate cake filled with Madagascar vanilla bean opera cream

• Mocha Java - Dark Chocolate cake filled and topped with a Mocha icing


If I had to pick my favorite, I would actually have to pick two - the Diva and Southern Belle. I really can't decide which was better. I am not a huge chocolate lover (weird, I know), but the Mocha Java one was really quite tasty! I had asked the team what their favorite's were and everyone had differing opinions. However, I would have to say that Victor Imperi (@vimperi on Twitter) had my favorite quote of the night:

"Choosing my favorite flavor of cupcakes from Maribelle Cakery is like having to choose your favorite child - impossible."

Just a bit ago, Victor actually tweeted that he had been thinking about that statement since he left the tasting last night and now thinks it might even be harder than choosing your favorite child. :)

A huge, special thanks to Maribelle Cakery and Tina Gutierrez for allowing us to visit their Cakery and sample some of the goodness that is called cupcakes. I think everyone went home with full bellies, sugar-coated tongues and a desire to eat cupcakes from Maribelle Cakery on a daily basis.

This was a fun experience for the whole team and we are all looking forward to getting together for more tastings in the very near future. Next up - Whole Foods in Deerfield Towne Center.


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Stand out.

This is a quote that I saw the other day. It reminds me of us - Tarte Advertising - and what we do.

"Great design stands out in a crowd."

We are different. We are abnormal.
And that's okay - because Tarte Advertising stands out in a crowd.

Want your business to stand out? Give us a call and let us help you "be abnormal".

Inspiration Monday

Monday is here again - and it came really fast! Today was so busy that I almost didn't get to this blog post - but better late than never.

May 18, 2009

Vintage Victory Garden Posters









Couture Fashion










Colorful Sushi







Japanese Fabric Patterns









Adirondack Chairs









What are you going to let inspire you this week?

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Website Wednesday - Ecojot

Sometimes I like "cute".
Sometimes I like "flowery".
Sometimes I like "bright & colorful".
Well, with Ecojot, have found all of this and more in a website design.











I will admit, some of the navigation is a little tricky on this site. However, if I look at the site only for how visually appealing it is to me, I heart this site. True, I may be a bit biased because of my obsession with all things paper, but the illustrations and the designs on all the products are fab! I have now even gone as far as setting my desktop wallpaper to one of their designs (click here for the wallpapers you can use).

Lastly, in case you are wondering - their actual products are great! Last week, I was at Eco Chic, an event that Cincinnati Magazine puts on at Marvin's Organic Gardens in Lebanon, Ohio, and each person received a goodie bag with an Ecojot notepad in it!

*PS - In case you didn't get it from their name, they are "eco-friendly" - something that is very important to me. Their products are 100% post-consumer recycled paper products.

What do you think about Ecojots website?

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Inspiration Monday

One of my friends' from college started something on her blog called Inspiration Monday. I absolutely loved the idea and asked if I could borrow the idea for our Tarte Blog. She so graciously is allowing me to give it a try here. Check out her blog for all her creative ideas - http://blog.eleveneleven.net/. Thank you Jamila!

Inspiration Monday - May 11, 2009

Designer Duct Tape







Retro Mini-Grill










Tea Time by Jorine Oosterhoff









Gorgeous wallpaper designs by Grow House Grow















Plumero Font















What inspires you?

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