tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91299436891005417062024-03-21T04:35:19.025-07:00Heart & Sugar Art of ConfectionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05599125750561378341noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129943689100541706.post-58113593608870639412014-05-04T12:16:00.000-07:002014-09-11T14:29:48.635-07:00About <br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #404040; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #968144; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> My name is
Alexandra. I’m the creative mind and the driving force behind Heart & Sugar
Confections. On top of being a designer, a baker and a chocolatier, I’m also an
extremely proud mom of one remarkable and handsome boy Vlad (who is my biggest
supporter) and the privileged wife of the incredible husband Bruce!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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currently living in the hills of Santa Maria Valley about 10 miles east of the
Pacific Ocean, California. We share our home with several pets: a cat (Mika), 3
dogs (Charlie, Nana and Baby) and of course, our chicken.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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story begins in Kaliningrad, Russia, where I was born and raised. It’s a big
seaport city on the Baltic Sea, formerly known as Konigsberg, the city of
German Royalty in the Eastern Prussian Empire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #968144; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #968144; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I spent most of my childhood in a “beautiful,
magical and mysterious place”- my mom’s work. At that time she was working as a
head librarian in The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad_Regional_Drama_Theater" title="Kaliningrad Regional Drama Theater"><span style="color: #968144; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Kaliningrad Regional Drama Theater</span></a>.
During touring seasons the likes of Bolshoi Theatre, Mariinsky Ballet and other
renowned theatre companies were performing at our local stage. Needless to say
it was a very inspiring place for an impressionable little girl... My days were
spent reading books and trying on stage costumes, playing on sets and sneaking in
to dress rehearsals helped “unlock” my creative side and soon enough I was
enrolled into Kaliningrad School of Arts at a tender age of 10, the youngest
student to date. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #968144; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Although
the art classes didn’t turn me into another Malevich (my favorite artist), they
most definitely gave me a better understanding of how to use a wide variety of
artistic tools and techniques and provided the groundwork for my future
endeavors at Heart and Sugar. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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passion is food… After completing my studies in Culinary Arts at St.
Petersburg, Russia I’ve been very lucky to travel the world, visiting Europe,
Middle East and North America and learning from various world cuisines,
national food traditions and of course, never forgetting to savor the local
sweets, deserts and chocolates. These travels have given me lots of inspiration
and great new ideas for my own creations.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #968144; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: #968144; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Every birthday eve, my sister and I would fall
asleep to the sounds of the food mixer in the kitchen as our mom worked her
magic creating our birthday cake for the following day. My mom was made the cakes with an incredible amount of love.
She put so much of her HEART in them and of course, she couldn’t do it without
a bit of SUGAR. The best part of every birthday was waking up in the morning
and wondering what cake she had made this year.</span><br />
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I can do the same for him!”… And that’s how it all got started!! </span></div>
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& Sugar Confections was a long-cherished dream of mine and now I am happy
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Alexandra (aka Sasha)</div>
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