BendCookie Blog

Valentines day is just around the corner.  February 14th is the day reserved for this holiday and is observed by many countries around the world as a time to celebrate love and affection, with giving gifts of flowers, confectionery, and perhaps a cookie or two to express their love.

“Love is the condition in which
the happiness of another person
is essential to your own.”
- Robert Heinlein, American science-fiction writer (1907-1988)

It is not quite known where these traditions started.  The catholic church recognizes three different saints named Valentine, but neither the known facts or the legends have any romantic elements associated with any of them.

We do know that beginning in the middle 18th century it was common for lovers to exchange small gifts or handwritten notes, and became so popular in the early 19th century that they began making them in factories.  The earliest Valentine cards were made with real lace and ribbons.

According to the Greeting Card Association, Valentines Day is the 2nd largest card sending holiday of the year (2.6 million sent during Christmas), with an estimated 1 Billion cards sent.

This says nothing of the billions of cards that school children make each year to give to classmates and friends…along with those little candy hearts that everyone loves to give.

I am sure many of us want to support the post office and help keep them out of bankruptcy, but e-cards are another way to send the perfect Valentines gift card.  These electronic cards are often animated, play music, and are capable of being personalized.

You can find great e-cards at Funny Ecards for Valentines Day or any other occasion you may want to send a card to a friend or family member, and they were free at the time of this writing…check them out.

Valentine Gifts

Besides cards, larger gifts are often exchanged on Valentines Day.  Romantic items are common and traditional lingerie, roses and chocolate are a pretty good combination.  I am guessing that electronic items probably do pretty well also…get your mind out of the gutter, I mean something like a new iPad.

Cookies might be a great gift idea as well!

Hi,

Gina and I are trying to regroup after the crazy holiday season we had! Kids are back in school and christmas and holidays are behind us so we have some time to reflect on our first Holiday Cookie season, get ourselves organized, order supplies and begin planning for Valentines day.

One of the questions we recieved a bunch during the past couple of months is whether our cookies ship or not? The quick answer is yes, we ship to continental U.S..

Most folks think of Bend Cookie Company as a local business and our friends in other parts of the state come to see us as an Oregon cookie company. Most of our business comes within the state and a lot of it is still generated by friends or contacts we make here locally in Bend, so it makes sense that we are viewed as local.

BUT most of us have friends or family in other states and we think cookies are a great gift for any celebration. Gina’s custom sugar cookies are the perfect way to send a personal gift for birthdays, holidays, or anytime a gift is appropriate.

So, help us get the word out that Bend Cookie Company ships!

Well we wrapped up our holiday season at the Bend Indoor Market this past Saturday.  While the market will continue to run each weekend, we have decided to take a little bread, spend some time with the kids, and enjoy the end of the year as a family.

We had a great time at the market!  We were able to introduce Bend Cookie Company to a whole host of new customers and made some great new friends along the way.  All of the cookies were a hit, but Gina’s hand decorated sugar cookies continued to “wow” everyone and were snatched up as quickly as we could produce them.

We are thinking about working the market around Valentines day, we already are working on some great designs that we think everyone will love and are sure to be a great way to ask “will you be my Valentine?”

Thanks to everyone who helped support our business this past year!

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Apparently the city of Bend has concerns about the market occupying its current location…something to do with zoning, etc.  I received an email from Jennifer White this morning about an upcoming city council meeting:

We are hoping that all of you will attend the meeting to show support for the Market.  Please feel free to make copies and give to as many people as possible.  We need to let them know how important this issue is to all of us.  Be there, help save the Bend Indoor Markets.