TAPS Tinsel & Tails Bake Sale

12/24/2025

We've counted and re-counted and are ready to announce our Final Total raised during Tinsel & Tails 2025. Its a nice round number...$8,000!

Thank you ALL for supporting TAPS through our annual bake sale!

12/22/2025

We closed the books on TAPS Tinsel & Tails Bake Sale 2025 yesterday. We have many people to thank, every one of them playing a role in the success of our event. We are on our way to another stellar Final Total!

Specifically, we'd like to thank...

🎄Our Bakers and Makers. You are at the top of our list. We appreciate you talent, your TIME during an already busy season and your generosity. Ingredients are costly.
🎄Our crew of Elves that helped during Drop-Off and Pick-Up days. We had fun and you made the event run smoothly.
🎄Our Buyers never disappoint. Thanks for your willingness to give our new process a chance. Overall, people gave it a 👍even though it wasn't perfect.
🎄Kathy Brawner, owner of Rhythm & Brews, her staff and her customers. Thanks for allowing us to invade your cozy, friendly bar for the weekend. Your staff and patrons are so helpful and accommodating🥰
🎄Our admin support team of Kelly Stickelmeier and Tori Menke who answered our questions and helped us with Zeffy challenges. And we needed it!
🎄And always, we thank Sheila Moore for creating this event in 2016. She remains our mentor and an active part of this wonderful fundraiser.❤️❤️❤️

Stay tuned! We'll post our final total raised in the coming days. Thank you and until next year...

12/21/2025

Final day of Buyer Pick-Up is TODAY, 1-3pm at Rhythm & Brews, Pekin. We had a rough start yesterday but were able to round up an extra elf to get the job done. Thanks to Shari and Donna, we had a pretty smooth and FUN day! Teamwork makes the dream work!
We have a good selection of EXTRAs remaining for donation...

🎅 Two white chocolate peppermint pies, cookies, red velvet mini cakes with cream cheese frosting, chocolate filled mini cream puffs, mini-cheese cakes, a full platter of butter pecan cookies, mini brown sugar pound cakes, peanut butter fudge and MORE! C'mon down and check it out...1-3pm.

12/20/2025

12/20/2025

Today's Elf Crew for Buyer Pick-Up has been struck with the flu.🤢 We could use 1-2 volunteers to shore up our crew. Can you help? Today, 1-4pm, or whatever hours you can help, Rhythm & Brews, Pekin. It will be busiest right at 1 pm.

Thanks, Friends, in advance.❤️

12/20/2025

Our crew knocked it outta the park today at Baker Drop-Off! Thanks Deanna, Marsha and Sandy for your help and fellowship. Our Bakers and Makers did not disappoint once again.

We are ready for Buyer Pick-Up tomorrow 1-4pm and Sunday from 1-3pm.

We have a fabulous selection of EXTRAs, including 5 whole pies, fudge, cookies, bars, biscotti, chocolate covered peanuts. So much good stuff!

See you there!!

12/19/2025

Just over an hour before Baker Drop-off at Rhythm & Brews!

12/17/2025

We've been frolicking in the snow the last few days but it's time to get back at it!
☃️THIS FRIDAY, Dec 19, 4-7pm, is Baker Drop Off night at Rhythm & Brews in Pekin.
☃️If you can't make the drop-off PLEASE, leave a comment below or reply to your Baker's Buyer Info email and let's make other arrangements. A handful of bakers and makers have already contacted us.
☃️Reminder: If you have extra Goodies after baking, or if some of your items weren't bought in the Pre-Sale, we will gladly accept them for our EXTRAS table to be sold on Saturday and Sunday.
☃️We look forward to seeing you on Friday so we can personally thank you for your support and participation in Tinsel & Tails 2025🎅🎄🐾⛄️❣️

12/16/2025

Tinsel & Tails is looking for a couple more volunteers to help with Baker Drop Off night and Buyer Pick Up days:

Friday, Dec 19 from 4-7pm, 2 people
Sunday, Dec 21, 1-3pm, 1 person

Thank you!

12/09/2025

ATTENTION BAKERS & MAKERS ONLY!

Bakers and Makers, I'm happy to report, ALL the 'Buyer Info' emails have been sent to you! YES! 👩‍🎤Please check your email and/or SPAM folders to verify you received it. Review the list to make sure all your items are listed. Reply to the email if I've made a mistake or left an item or names off your list!
If you can't find the email after checking your Spam folder, please let me know in the comments below. Thank you for your patience!

12/08/2025

IMPORTANT!

Happy Monday, Bakers and Makers!

I made a mistake while exporting buyer data from the Tinsel & Tails shops Saturday. Some data was left behind. Several Bakers and Makers received Buyer Info emails last night (Sunday) that are inaccurate. Please disregard your email until you hear other wise. I'm feverishly working on it now.

I thought it was going so well.🫤