Velata part 2!

Well, I didn't get much rest after that first Velata presentation.  The Vice President called me on Monday afternoon as I was waiting to pick up Preston from football practice.  He wanted me to come in for a meeting on Wednesday and brainstorm ideas for their new Velata meltables photoshoot.  I was more than excited!  I usually get paid for the items I make (like cupcakes, cake pops etc.) But they wanted to pay me by the hour!!  And it was a VERY generous offer.  They also said they'd pay for all my ingredients. (How much sweeter could this deal get!!!!!!!!)  I met with them on Wednesday and brought my Ipad with my Pinterest boards to show them all my ideas.  It was decided that I would make a variety of treats, send pictures to them and they would then decide which ones they wanted to use.  I spent all day Friday just "experimenting" with different recipes and trying to come up with ideas.  This part of the job was so much fun!  I kept coming up with ideas and just trying them out.  They wanted at least three treats for each kind of chocolate.  I came up with quite a few things (14!!) and started sending photos of the goodies.  There was a lot of e-mails going back and forth between the photographers and I.  I wanted to make sure to get every detail right, so I had tons of questions.

By Monday the photographer had decided he liked EVERYTHING and wanted me to make them all and deliver by Thursday at 10:00.  I was a bit overwhelmed!  Have you ever tried to make 14 homemade treats that had to look picture perfect all at once?  Neither had I!  Most of the treats couldn't be made more than a day ahead of time either.  Some of them couldn't be made until that morning!!!  I spent time Tuesday shopping and gathering all my ingredients.  I'm pretty good the planning and preparing so I don't have any missing ingredients.  I made a list of everything I had to make and highlighted it as I finished.  I didn't want to forget anything!!!

I started baking at 8:30, after the kids were all at school.  I worked until 1:00, forced myself to take a "lunch break" and continued working until 3:00.  I picked up kids from school and started working again at 5:00.  I worked non stop until about 2:00 in the morning.  I woke up early and finished a few more treats.  It was a huge job!!!  The worst part was I had to keep washing dishes and cleaning up the kitchen.  Next time I'll have an assistant doing that!!  It also took time to package each item meticulously so they wouldn't break or get ruined on the drive to Scentsy headquarters in Meridian!  Here's a photo of all the desserts ready to be delivered!!

I was so relieved when I delivered all the boxes!  I went home and slept for four hours!!  Here's a few of the goodies I made:

If you want to see the treats featured on the Velata site, they post most of them on their facebook page.  I have to admit it's been pretty cool seeing my work on their ads!!  Beth