Cabinet Installation Begins

Cabinets arrived on Thursday!  They look great.  Granite counter tops arrive on Tuesday.  It's coming along!

  This photo show the front of the display cases and the coffee station at the far end.

 

This photo shows the backside of cabinets, with lots of space for bakery boxes!

Two Be Wed Opens New Location

Michael's Cookie Jar is participating in the second grand opening of Two Be Wed's new location!  The big day is Wednesday, May 26 from 6-9PM.  Houston TBW is now located at 2611 Greenbriar.  Also housed here are Casa de Camera, Lovelee Photography, Studio B Images, Spice Paper Designs and Bella Bridesmaid.

As you know, Two Be Wed is one of Houston's premier bridal boutiques.  Their goal is "one stop shopping" for your big day.  Stop by and meet some of Houston's best bridal vendor and of course, cookies from Michael's Cookie Jar.

Cabinets Almost Finished!

The cabinet maker is staining everything today.  Install on Thursday!

Houston Concierge Association

Michael's Cookie Jar is participating in the Houston Concierge Association trade show on Monday, May 17.  It's a great opportunity to network with professional concierge from all over the city.  Hope to see you there!

We Have Color!

As the retail area continues to develop, we've added a "wing wall" on each side of the shop to provided a backdrop to the retail area, however, customers will still be able to see all the production taking place.  The colors we chose are "Rockwood Terracotta" and "Eastlake Gold."  I think the rich hues will create a feeling of warmth in the shop.  Of course, freshly baked Snickerdoodles and Brownies will also create a warm feeling!  Next week we'll have our cabinets! 

Display Cabinet Construction

The path to freshly baked, home style cookies gets shorter every day!  I visited the cabinet maker this week and progress on the display cabinets (as well as retail shelving and coffee bar) is well under way.  We're going for a "warm residential" feel to the bakery so all the cabinets look more like furniture than commercial display pieces.

The cabinets are made of maple veneers.  Once finished, this one will feature decorative pieces (cookie jars!) and packaged cookies.  We may also put some shadow boxes on this unit with wedding cookie favors.

Cabinet Maker, Clark, reviewing the plans

The main cabinets will display our daily baked cookies like Rugelach, Chocolate Chip, Palmiers, Macarons and Biscotti. The pieces of wood in this photo will be assembled to look like 4" post legs.

And that's all for now!  We have moved to the new bakery (5330 Weslayan) and have been making our wholesale and web cookie orders from the new location.  Check back for more updates!

Bakery Renovations Continue

This week Michael's Cookie Jar bakery renovations continued.  Work tables and shelves were assembled and the oven is in place.  We're waiting for some minor things to be completed and then the city inspects us!  In no time, freshly baked, hot cookies willl be coming out of the ovens!