09/16/2026
Ok, I have to get something off my chest.
Everyone knows how much I love baking, it is my passion and I am awesome at it! Yes, I may not be a professional decorator putting in those fine details, script writing etc like professionals do but that's not who I am. I am not like those other bakers, I'm me. I do not want to fit in. My cookies are just like how my mom's/grandma's used to make. The cookies may have uneven edges, cracks, different shapes and sizes, icning dripping off the sides, etc. I bring back the nostalgia and DAMN my cookies taste AMAZING! Sometimes too pretty to eat! (so I've been told several times).
My goal was to open up a small bakery in Smiths Falls here for kids. But with the cost of renting a place and everything that goes into owning a bakery, it is very expensive (unless you are rich, have the support of grants to help) so I do my baking from home which I love doing. ❤️
I have received excellent feedback on my cookies and I have regular, loyal, dedicated customers (thank you for your support!) old and new customers.
But then you get that one person(s) who is not happy with the price of your baked goods. It puts a damper on your mood. My cookies are affordable. I have some people say I don't charge enough for my cookies.
He/she says, well I can buy cookies at Walmart or Giant Tiger for $5.00 (more depending on what flavor/brand of cookie you buy)
That's great! BUT please do not compare a mass production of cookies sitting on a store shelf to custom cookies made specifically for YOUR event! You are not just paying $30 a dozen for "just cookies"
Your paying for:
- Ingredients like butter, flour, sugar and everything in between
- Royal icning supplies (piping bags, icning tips, templates, etc)
- Custom cookie cutters
- Food safe packaging
- Boxes and material
- Equipment
- The design process
- Mixing and coloring icnings
- Rolling and cutting every cookie
- Baking every batch
- Decorating every single cookie BY HAND
- Drying time
- Packaging time
- My time
- My labor
- My creativity
- My experience
Not to mention all the love that goes in them ❤️
And then I turn that idea into an actual edible work of art.
- There's designing
- There's baking
- There's icning
- There's decorating
- There's fixing the cookie that decided to crack at the worst possible time :(
- There's cleaning
- There's packaging
- There's messaging back and forth
And somehow the price is the part that gets questioned. Nobody questions spending $7.00 (depending on where you buy) on a coffee that is gone before they even leave the parking lot!
I am not trying to compete with grocery store cookies. I am creating custom cookies made specifically for YOU! - your birthday, your baby shower, your graduation, your wedding, your holiday, your favorite theme, your special moment ❤️
I know what my ingredients and supplies cost. I know how many hours go into each order. I know how much work goes into making them and I know the value of my time and my craft.
So if my custom cookies are not in your budget, that is completely OK!
But please remember, small businesses aren't charging just for the product, we are charging for everything that goes into creating it.
For my customers who places orders, shares my posts, leaves a comment, recommends me, tags me, leave reviews, sends me pictures of their special days, sends people my way and supports my little kitchen table business....I SEE YOU ❤️ Every order means more than you probably realize!
Thank you for letting me be a tiny part of your celebrations. ❤️
Please continue to support small businesses, support local, support handmade and please remember.....behind every small business is a real person doing their best!
Happy Baking my friends! ❤️
