Hey Friends!
Guess what!? OOOooh yes! It’s almost picnic time! That means… it’s almost Virtual Picnic time!
But what the heck is a virtual picnic, and how is this going to work? Don’t worry. I have answers. Here’s how I’d like it to go down.
1. I would love for you to gather your friends… gather one friend… gather ninety friends… get together on Saturday August 22nd or Sunday August 23rd, share your favorite baked goods, and just enjoy fun and laughs over sweet treats.
2. Take pictures of you and your friends at your JtB picnic extravaganza. Why? Because you want to send those photos to me to be posted along with pictures from the Los Angeles event as it happens on August 23rd. Pictures! Pictures with signs. Pictures with cupcakes. Pictures with your smiling faces… I want them!
3. Do you follow me on Twitter? You probably do… and that’s great! At 4:30 PST I’ll be live streaming video of the picnic extravaganza using TwitCam. Yes… welcome to the future. All you’ll have to do is find me on Twitter at 4:30PST and follow the link that says “Check out my live video stream of TwitCam”. You’ll get to plug into the picnic as it happens! You’ll see my in my pretty pink dress acting like the hostess with the mostess. You’ll even be able to tweet comments and questions as I’m live streaming. Oooh future. You’re rad!
4. There will be prizes for the Los Angeles picnic participants and yes… prizes for some Virtual Picnic participants too. There will be one random drawing and one prize for the virtual picnicers with the most spirit. Who doesn’t like prizes!?
Want to play along? Want to gather your friends in the name of Joy the Baker and cupcakes? I think you should. Do it! Then share the love with me! So…. you in!?
What..? You want a recipe? Ok… how about Blueberry Sour Cream Ice Cream with Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce? Good.
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I haven’t been able to bake in a while (2 weeks!) with all of the summer happenings that seem to occur (i.e. cousin’s wedding, lake house, family gatherings, etc.) but I am determined to make it to the virtual picnic! Now, what to choose, what to choose. I just organized my recipe binders last night and there are plenty of things to make. Count me in!
You always have the best ideas! Looking forward to whats to come!
I’m in!
And cupcakes of course.
I like prizes
COOL! I’ll be in NYC that weekend, but I’ll most likely be twittering. Hopefully I can still keep up!
This sounds fantastic!!!
you know what i think would be fantastic? if the NYC JTB readers got together. Central Park (or Prospect Park in Brooklyn), baked goodies, what more to ask?
serious idea, folks.
lemme know if you’re in.
Hey NYC! I think Emily is on to something. Meet up in the park… make it fun! Emily, I like your thoughts!
This sound like so much fun! It’s my brother’s birthday on Sunday so we’ll probably be celebrating it with some cake. I hope family counts as friends (they do for me)!
Zürich, Switzerland? Anyone??
JtB…you are soooooo creative….this should be amazing!
Sounds fun! I’ll start the Tulsa virtual picnic planning.
I live in Queens, NYC and I’d totally be up for a JtB picnic in central park!!!
Well, Sunday’s my birthday and I’ve organised a picnic in Berlin. There’s bound to be some yummy stuff and it’s nice to combine it with your virtual picnic. Cupcake lovers of the word unite!
I love all these picnicking ideas! I’ll try hold one with all my friends..lets hope its sunny
In Belgium, that would be a midnight picnic
(that’s 1:30 AM) But hey, nothing’s impossible, right ? If my daughter keeps me up that night, I might join in.
OH!!! Now I am even more bummed that I am out of town and going to miss this FABULOUS event:(:( Hoping to figure out how to use Twitter on my phone;) No, I am not very “tech” savvy…bet my 3y.o. can figure it out for me;)
Have FUN!!! Can’t wait to hear all about it on your blog:):):)
I could have a cupcake party! Who says no to free cupcakes??? Seriously! It’s on like donkey kong!!!
So looking forward to the real picnic this weekend!
Woo-hoo!!! That’s the weekend my friends are all going to be moving back to school (or by then, that is), so this will be all kinds of wonderful. Maybe I’ll bake a bunch of cookies and cupcakes and have a picnic on the Quad! Oh Joy, you rock! And I can’t wait to see your pretty pink dress, too!
Great idea, Joy! All of my friends from school are getting together to send off 2 friends who are studying abroad this year- I’ll bring some baked goods and we’ll have a picnic here in Ohio!
Joy,
Would it be possible that you could make a blog post about the NYC event? I made up a quick event invite on Socializr.
http://www.socializr.com/event/697064984
Aw, I’m working both days that weekend. Bummer. I hope you have fun! I can’t wait to see pictures! =)
i’m making your blueberry sourcream ice cream with homemade hotfudge for my lady and my 4th year anniversary tomorrow. thanks so much. she’s going to love it.
Such an awesome idea
Will be at a horse show but always bring some sweet treats for everyone. So, it will be an equine picnic. The horses love oatmeal cookies!
I can not wait!!!! PLUS I have a birthday to celebrate – so I’ll just drag everyone outside… unless we get more rain in Ottawa and then I’ll just have one indoors! so excited!!!!
yeah NYC picnic! i vote for prospect park…only ’cause it’s a few blocks from my apartment.
Just ate that ice cream last week- my family devoured it all in one sitting.
But…but..my picnic is Friday evening, because it’s my birthday!! Can I still come (early) to your virtual picnic? I’ll send lots of photos, promise.
OK, so 4:30 is like 7:30 in Montreal, no?
saturday is my bf’s nephew’s 1st birthday party. does that count as a picnic? because there will MOST DEFINITELY be delicious cuppincakes!
I already printed out the ice-cream recipe, and I hope the machine is still working after 10 years of not using it… Now I just have to clean out the fridge! The picnic will have to be modified somewhat, my husband has to work, so I’ll just pull out my trusty grill pan and we’ll have a stovetop picnic…
I can’t wait for the picnic on Sunday! Thanks so much to Joy for coming up with such a great idea, and putting it into action!
NYC folks – please please please let me know if anyone is interested. Don’t want to bake if no one shows!
http://www.socializr.com/event/697064984
Hi Joy!
I know that this has nothing to do with your post, but I just had to share with everyone. You really have gotten me thinking about this chocolate and blueberry combination. So, I happened to have some KAF whole grain chocolate pancake mix that I got free with an order and I had some blueberries…..So I decided to throw the blueberries into the pancakes and served it with homemade blueberry jam. OMG! It was fantastic! I know your a pancake freak, so I thought I would share my experience. I’m sure you can dig up a recipe for chocolate pancakes someplace so you can have a different kind of pancake to try.
Thanks for all your wonderful recipes and inspirations!
Jen
I’m down with the NYC thing!
I’m going to be out of town for a wedding, but I’m STILL excited for the picnic! All of the girls in the wedding party (bride included!) and I are going to do it together on Saturday, since her wedding is Sunday. We can’t wait!
oh, and we are going to make the chocolate-avocado cake!
I wish I could take part in your picnic, I love picnics!!! Its a little rainy here on the Olympic Peninsula today. Maybe my nieces and I will have an indoor picnic!
Sunday is going to be fantastic! Is there a dress code/theme or anything?
Boo, there has been no response on the Socializr website for the NYC picnic. :-/ (Sorry to keep spam posting)
http://www.socializr.com/event/697064984
It’s not spam! I hope you have fun. Be sure to send photos.