slow Monday

Saturday, muddy.

Sunday, pillows.  I love these two.

Also yesterday, we (kind of reluctantly, oh, Ikea, where has the magic gone??) went to Ikea in search of a pillow display.  I love these shelves because they are airy, plain, (cheap,) & will tuck nicely into my booth space; my husband loves these shelves because they give him an excuse to get a new power screwdriver.  Also, this is a great case study for mocking up your display before a show, because as much as I wholeheartedly embrace the color gray, seeing the pillows all together sent me directly to the brighter end of my fabric stash spectrum.  Well, as bright as I get, anyway.

I also want to talk about this package of marzipan, which I unearthed while sorting out my baking cupboard on Friday (in service of cupcakes that would turn out to be both disappointing & boring).  Its expiration date is 10/31, which means that I have discovered it just in the nick of time, phew.  I was just admiring those gold-plated marzipan pumpkins in the latest Martha -- & those pumpkin & apple cupcakes are tempting, too.  Then there's one of my all-time favorite Martha cakes, the garden one (though it's more delightfully Peter Rabbitty in my memory than on her website).  And, yes, this is a true fact about me:  given the excuse, during the busy run-up to my busiest season, I will spend a lot of time thinking about things like spending a lot of time making tiny tiny vegetables, just because it's possible that I could.

Comments

[Amanda]

The pillow shelf really works. Shows off your work in the nicest way!

[Blair]

now I don't know WHICH one I want, and they look like they'd resent being split up, which means I'll need to bring home more than one. I'm serious. Can you hold or do I need to camp out the night before the trunk show?

[meg]

beautiful display. i think i'm needing one of those pillows. so pretty!

[melissa f.]

i'm with blair, but i probably am only allowed one, so i'm going to be thinking hard about this.

[erin]

i'd snap up any of those pillows! they are just gorgeous, daria.

[melissa deakin]

these are so gorgeous!
your work is incredible!
:)

[amandajean]

i am completely smitten with each and every one of your pillows. the display is lovely.

[Dallas]

The pillows look great. And thanks for posting the Marzipan links - my inlaws send us tubes of it from Sweden every year and I never know what I'm supposed to do with it. The pumpkin cake is adorable.

[Kirsten]

Love the pillows, I think they look great and very colorful. Can't wait for the show. I see some yellow in there :)

[jjennifer Paganellli]

amazing so fresh so modern you go girl..Jennifer

[Cindy]

You are totally right about the garden cake! I distinctly remember that the original cake -- way back on Martha's first tv show -- was a sheet cake, with nice little patches of vegetables. (That's probably why you liked it -- reminiscent of the geometry of your pillows).

Love your blog. Just discovered it today via Swallowfield.

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