TAPS Tinsel & Tails Bake Sale

10/02/2026

What is Tinsel & Tails?
We're so glad you asked...

10/02/2026

New to the TAPS Tinsel & Tails Bake Sale? Here's the scoop:

🎅It's an on-line bake sale fundraiser for TAPS perfectly timed for the Winter holiday season.
🎄Bakers & Makers donate goodies, both sweet and savory, but mostly sweet. The items are listed on-line for a limited time purchase. This year the sale will run Nov 27-Dec 4. Once an item sells out, it's gone.
🎅Buyers shop the sale items and place them in their cart and check-out, just like on-line shopping. Payment is by credit/debit card only.
🎄The Bakers & Makers get busy making your order after the sale closes.
✨Buyers can pick up their purchases on Dec 18 (4-7pm) and Dec 19 (1-3pm) at Rhythm & Brews in Pekin. Bakers & Makers also donate extra items that are on sale during Pick-Up times.

That's it! Let our Bakers & Makers do your holiday baking. Perfect for gatherings and gifting. 🎅🐾🎄

10/02/2026

🎄🐾 IT'S TIME! 🐾🎄

Tinsel & Tails 2026 Baker & Maker Sign-Up is OPEN!🎉

Got something to bake or make? You've got until Nov. 5th to sign-up!

👇Click the link & join the fun!
https://forms.gle/2dk7LxRFip6URXGq5

🎅✨LET'S GOOOO! ✨🎅

09/21/2026

It may be Fall but the elves from TAPS Tinsel & Tails Bake Sale have been busy preparing for this year's event.

The sale will run online from Nov 27- Dec 4, so mark your calendars, save the date, tie a string on your finger or set a reminder in your phone. Do whatever you do to remember the sale starts Nov 27!

We will kick things off with our Baker and Maker sign up from Oct 1-Nov 8. Now is the time to dust off your favorite Christmas holiday recipes and decide what you'll be making. Watch for our post on Oct 1.

See you soon!

08/18/2026

Altho our 2026 Tinsel & Tails Bake Sale is a few months away, we are here to support a member of our Tinsel & Tails family. Kathy Brawner has played an integral part in the success and history of our annual bake sale fundraiser. If you're able, please stop in to Rhythm & Brews on September 20.

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