Smilebooth-West Elm

Welcome to the people that couldn't take a decent pic. We went to an opening party for the West Elm that opened last month. There was fancy food like fruit juices and mini sandwiches with beef. We walked around and looked at the goods when we stumbled upon the Smilebooth in the back corner. We found ourselves in the line, and since there were bars on the sides and people in front and back, I figured I might as well not fight it and risk spilling my fancy drink and embarrassingly having to go back and get another one so soon (it's all about preserving the food people).  Have you ever been to a party with one of these things? It's really a great idea. There's props, shiny things, and a window of 10 seconds to get a good picture. We took on the 50/50 rule: only 50% of the picture has a normal person in it at any given time.

Beehive Bazaar Christmas 2012

Hello everyone! I'm going to have a table at the Winter Beehive Bazaar from Thursday Nov. 29- Saturday Dec. 1. The Winter show is always a good time. You can buy unique and handmade gifts for your fam and friends! Even if you don't go for my stuff, you should go check it out. You never know what you'll find...

Here's the menu!

MACARONS:

Caramel
Chocolate Mint
Cranberry
Gingerbread
Hazelnut
Pumpkin Pie

MARSHMALLOWS:

Chocolate

Vanilla

Peppermint

SEMI-SWEET HOT CHOCOLATE STICKS
MILK CHOCOLATE TOFFEE BARK
S'MORES* I haven't decided if I'll do this one yet... Does is sound a like a good idea? They are super duper gooey...

Craft Lake City 2012

So it's been a while. Let's start with Craft Lake City.

As you know I'm a big fan of CLC because they are so simple to deal with, and I always have a lot of success. This year was really good. Really hot, but really good. I thought I'd make the same amount of everything because I didn't sell out last year, and I was hoping to at least do what I did last time. I should have made more! I was sold out by 7:30 and it went to 10pm. I'm so flattered to all that purchased some. I hope it was yummy! I felt more prepared this year because I knew what to expect and what I wanted to get out of it. Next year they are doing CLC for two days... I'll be making a lot more next year. 

I made these super cute pom pom things from this tutorial.  I found that the tighter I wound them the more full they were, and then I just cut them down to the size and shape I wanted. I also grabbed some sticks from my mom's yard and glued them in. I wanted something that was different, but still said 'summer'. They were so simple!

Barton Wedding aka if Anthropologie was a wedding

Guys. I'm so happy to share this with you. I had the pleasure of being the one in charge of the cakes and macarons for this wedding a couple of months ago. They are some of the nicest people! And they threw one of the PRETTIEST weddings ever. I had such a fun time working with them because they are big lovers of food and worked with me on some really yummy flavors. I love it! I just felt like I was in a fairy tale when I walked in. And you know what? They did it all themselves. They were so smart and spent several months planning to get what they wanted.

Lucky for them they had some publicity for the wedding. Scenemakers, which is part of Modern Display (a local interior design company), was there taking a million pictures to put in a national blog. The pictures I have here are from them. The mother of the bride was so so so cool and emailed them to me, and was so extremely nice and complementary to me for providing the cakes and macarons. Seriously, the pleasure was all mine.

On the menu:
Cakes- Vanilla with Mascarpone Peach filling and Chocolate cake with Hazelnut buttercream
Macarons- Apricot and Pistachio, AND Dark Chocolate Ganache (forgot that one... thanks, Janet!)


Feast your eyes on this beautiful wedding! GO HERE