Today we’d like to introduce you to Starr Frierson.
Hi Starr, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Hello my name is Starr and I am the owner of Sip & Cake Create! My family and I have always come together to cook. It’s like our family tradition. We absolutely love it! All year around!!
During the holiday season we really go all out! Christmas we celebrate a lot of birthdays, so we really get together a lot! We all meet up on most weekends and we eat and talk at my mom’s house! We’re a very small, close family. I’m the only child, I have 5 children of my own, and so our circle pretty much gets together, myself, my children, and my mom.
We’ve been doing this for years and years since I was a child, my mom has always cooked for Christmas, and the entire family & friends come to my mom’s home for the Holiday! So the Sip & Cake idea came about with me not having much to do here for my birthday, when we celebrate an occasion in Nashville Tennessee we normally go eat, have a birthday dinner and maybe go to like a sip and paint session, bowling, etc. I have done that on many occasions, so we figured why not try something different to bring to our city, because you know we do bake and we cook! At first, we were thinking about doing like a cooking class, and so I was thinking, that may be too much with stoves etc! So we decided why not make the cakes and we let people decorate their cake and create them as they wish! So we decided on Sip & Cake.
Somewhat like your popular paint & sip, but with a twist! Here’s how it works, our customers come in with an already pre-baked 5-inch vanilla bean cake, and a cake box, with their buttercream icing, with all utensils, necessary to create their very own masterpiece! Whether you’re celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or Bridal shower whatever the occasion, whatever your mood, or even holidays we have the cake toppers for your cake! You come in and our instructors will help you navigate through decorating your own cake! With us your cake is your canvas, instead of the original paint on the canvas, you paint on your cake with icing of your choice, and your color! We have buttercream icing. We have numerous colors for you to create your cake! We love seeing friends come together, celebrate and creating your best masterpiece, something you can be off of!
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Well, I will say that it’s been a fairly smooth road to get here. We’ve really not had any bumps in the road. It’s just you know trying to get people to know we’re in Nashville, and we’re new to the community! It’s the basic small business struggle sometimes.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Sip & Cake Create Nashville?
I think what sets us apart from everything else in Nashville, is that we are something new, different, exciting somewhere you can come to celebrate, have fun and bring your creativity side out! We all love Paint and sip, but this time you’re creating something fun with your friends and family and it’s exciting and everybody’s cakes are different and you’re creating this cake and you can take home and you can eat it.
It’s something you made, something you can enjoy and have a grand time with friends doing it! That’s what sets us apart!
We’re proud of the feedback from our past customers! We have been open for 6 months!!
We’re always looking for the lessons that can be learned in any situation, including tragic ones like the Covid-19 crisis. Are there any lessons you’ve learned that you can share?
I’ve learned to prepare myself as a small business owner to be recession-proof.
Meaning, if a recession arises again as COVID-19 did, and we all know how it changed our way of living drastically, and changed the world forever, I would have a backup plan in place so that if this ever happens again, lord knows we hope not, but you will have protocols and measures in place to handle situations like this financially, and physically for yourself and your business.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.sipandcakecreatenashville.com
- Instagram: Sip and Cake Create Nashville
Image Credits
Starr Frierson, Pat Matlock, and Sharrell Marable
