Jennifer Marks is a stay at home mom who loves to bake. She took a couple of baking classes several years back and has been making her creations for family and friends ever since.
"I do different desserts, mostly cakes some cookies and other desserts like rice crispy treats covered in chocolate," Marks said.
Like many people in the age of social networking, Marks has another passion, Facebook. So like the ingredients in her sweets, she tried combining the two. What she came up with is the Facebook page "Jashco Cakes" and it's taking off.
"Last August I decided to start a Facebook page now I'm up to 520 some friends," Marks said.
She has pictures of creations posted throughout the page; birthday cakes, holiday cakes, cakes for bachelorette parties and cakes for sporting events. All people need to do is send her a message or leave a comment as an order, pay for it and pick it up.
Marks is currently auctioning her cakes to help raise money for her daughter's softball team. She eventually hopes to open her own shop. She doesn't deliver and is based out of her Kingsford Heights home.
But the Facebook economy isn't only based on sweets, people are selling nearly everything. One page called "Shop the House" is basically an online garage sale. People sell everyday items ranging from toys to furniture. But page is limited to people within a community.
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