Fully Booked

We are now fully booked for pumkin pies for Thanksgiving weekend.

Thank you to everyone who placed their order.

Just a reminder that we will be stocking the store Thanksgiving weekend.

We hope you're having a wonderful weekend! ❤️

Pumpkin Pies - Booked for Saturday

 

We are now booked for pumpkin pie orders for the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend. We still have some room on Friday and Sunday.  

Also, just a reminder, we will be stocking the store that weekend. 

We hope you're having a wonderful week❣️

The End of Another Summer Season

Here we are at the end of another summer season but on the bright side...

... WE HAD A SUMMER SEASON!!!

Thank you, thank you and thank you so very much. Every single day this summer we reminded each other how fortunate we are. 

Is this a tough gig? Yes.

Is it a stressful gig! Oh yea.

Is it worth every painstaking moment? You can bet your ooey gooey butter tarts (with or without raisins) it is!

We weren't sure what to expect. We thought we would most likely get through July but from there? Behind the scenes we've been very fortunate with our suppliers. One saved us a few times this summer. Times are tough and for a small business it's overwhelming. For a teeny tiny business like ours with a very small window of opportunity to make our year and know we'll be able to open the doors again next year it can bring you to tears. 

And it has.

So what do we do? Well, we do what we do and we hope with everything we have that you'll come through the door. And oh boy, you did!

Once again we are humbled and grateful and can never thank you enough for helping us keep this little shop going. The energy you brought this summer was phenominal and inspiring and so so so motivating. I wish I could reach out and give every one of you a big hug.

And so, our summer season is over and our fall season begins... today actually because we're heading right back into the kitchen to start prepping for next weekend.

We hope you are having a wonderful long weekend and that you have a stupendously superific Sunday afternoon and evening. ❤️

 

Let's Get This Season Started!

 

We are only a few days away from the first long weekend of the season and prep has begun!!!

'kayso, here's the scoop... 

This year will not be without it's challenges. Once we were through the pandemic Bill and I thought the toughest challenge ahead would be aging. Goes to show what we know. But here we are and - come on - who doesn't love a challenge?

As always we will do our absolute best to give you the absolute best experience possible when you visit. Unfortunately we cannot promise there won't be issues when it comes to some of your favourite tarts and by that I mean limited supply or there may be times your favourite will not be available. We are going to do our best to not let that happen but we apologize in advance. Some things are beyond our control. In all honesty there has already been some "sticker shock" and supply problems and where it goes from here - well - we don't know any more than you do. That uncertainty is where the challenges will come in. 

Here's what we can promise you. Bill and I are going to bake our hearts out for you. We promise never to compromise the quality of our baking. You deserve the very best we can offer and that will never change.

And so onto brighter, happier things, we are busy getting ready for a new season and can't wait to welcome you back. We hope we'll be seeing you soon! ❤️

Our 17 Season Begins Soon!

 Happy Saturday afternoon and welcome to Spring!

Bill and I are busy getting ready and looking forward to our 17th season.

It has been a long, long, long, oh so long winter and we're ready to spring into a new season of baking just for you!

(See what I did there? "Spring into... I still got it. I thought I lost it but... nailed it!😉)

Anyhoo, we hope you have had a wonderful winter, that you are safe and healthy and that we will be seeing you again very soon. We've missed you.

I'll be back with more info and hours closer to. Take care and have a spectacular Saturday afternoon and evening and an even better every day after.❤️

No Winter Opening This Year

So how how your winter been going so far?

'kayso... Winter has been stomping around the Haliburton Highlands like a tempermental toddler in need of a time out and (as the Carpenter's song goes) "we've only just begun". (I know the reference is all wrong for the context but the quote works and hey, I could have just said it without the quotes and no reference to a very beautiful song but what can I say? Music feeds my soul.)

Anyhoo. I'll rip this off like a bandage.

We have decided not to have a winter opening. We are so sorry to disappoint but the past two winters we opened and the weather did not cooperate. Some people made the trek but we would never encourage anyone to travel when we wouldn't. We stocked the store and there was more than half left over. That's a big loss that, quite frankly, this tiny business can't afford.

After two weeks of snow, today there is an ice rain warning and right now as I write this, we're getting ice rain. We have cancelled our own plans to meet up with family, visit a friend and a shopping trip and we aren't sure we'll be able to get together with our family over the holidays this year. It's weather. The one thing we have no control over.

This was a very difficult decision. Our winter opening has become a cherished tradition for Bill and I and we'll miss your visits but common sense has to prevail. Winter weather has proven too unpredictable these past few years.

We are so so sorry.

If you are travelling over the next few weeks, please be very careful. Stay safe. ❤️

Closed for the Season

We are closed for the season.

When Bill and I talk about The Little Tart (quite frequently, even in the off-season) and I don't mean discussing what the menu will be or the cost of operating or everything that goes with running a small business like ours. I mean when we talk about the heart of The Little Tart; how with all the trials and tribulations, setbacks, and just plain bullsh-dung we're still here sixteen years later and looking forward to our seventeenth. 

We are so fortunate to be a part of this amazing - what's the word? - business? - no. A business is an exchange of goods and services for financial gain. Yes, The Little Tart is a business and by operating this business we pay our bills, buy food, put gas in the car. But to Bill and I The Little Tart is and has always been so much more than that.

On our wall we have a sticker that says "Welcome, enter as guests, leave as friends." I remember when we were redecorating the store and came across that sticker. We both said, "That's exactly the sentiment we want!" But words are just words unless you give them meaning and so we hope you always feel welcome when you arrive and that your experience is a happy one because no matter what may be tripping us up that day, when you arrive, you are our first priority because when we talk about the heart of The Little Tart it's you.

Thank you so much for another absolutley fabulous year. It has been a priviledge to bake for you, your friends and family again this year and we sure hope you'll be back next year.

We've been asked about a Christmas opening this year. It's early days yet. The past two previous years we had some nasty weather that impacted our opening and so we're going to keep an eye on that and we'll let you know as soon as we do!

We wish you and yours a happy Thanksgiving, an awesome autumn and a wonderful winter. Please, please, please be safe and healthy and we hope you'll come back to visit because we'll miss you. ❤️