Thea’s Shopping Secrets
July 10, 2009Thea went shopping this afternoon for supplies for this weekend’s cakes, and I tagged along with my camera, to show you some of her favorite local sources. Everywhere we went, people stared at Polly – that car certainly attracts attention!
First, we went to Scoop-n-Save, in downtown Langley. ‘One of my favorite places!’ Thea enthused. ‘I used to buy all my specialty items – lustre dust, dowling – from the States, until I discovered Scoop-n-Save!’
This small store on Fraser Highway is neatly stuffed with cake decorating supplies, chocolate supplies, rolled fondant supplies, bulk candles; they even rent cake pans. Co-owner Janice was kind enough to let me take a photo inside the shop:
Thanks Janice!
Next up - Lentia, where Thea picked up an expensive 1kg container of raspberry ‘fruchtpaste’, made by Dreidoppel in Germany. ‘I like to use European ingredients’, she said, ‘they are the best quality’.
Thea was excited about our next stop, Essential Packaging. ‘It’s my favorite place ever! Heaven – it’s packaging heaven! – it’s got everything you could ever want- ribbons, boxes, colored boxes, colored paper – its beautiful, I could spend hours in there and still feel like I could need more time. … that crinkly paper you could put inside packages, like that easter paper, every single box shape and color you can imagine, every wrapping paper, clear, patterns, metallic, invitation cards …’
One groom this weekend is allergic to dairy products, and Thea needed a butter substitute that she can trust – so for our last stop, we headed to Choices. She found two different products to try out – expensive, like most things at Choices, but undeniably excellent quality.
With that, our shopping was done. What a fun day! If you ever need cake decorating supplies, you can’t go wrong checking out any of these great suppliers:
Scoop-n-Save, 103 – 20258 Fraser Highway, Langley 604 533-0055 www.scoop-n-save.com
Lentia Enterprises, 17733 66 Avenue, Surrey 604 576-8838 www.lentia.com
Essential Packaging, 206-17665 66A Avenue, Surrey 604 575-1117 www.essentialpackaging.com
Choices Markets, many locations www.choicesmarket.com