praying for flight.

sometimes, life is not what we expected it would be.
but it is what we have been given.
so we take it.
and we run.
we run as hard as we can.
sometimes we fall.
but sometimes
we fly.


i am praying for flight.

stuff

here's a quick update on some things i've been doing while i haven't been blogging.

easter orders went out...people mostly ordered the carrot bread and shortbread cookies, but i did have an order for a lemon meringue pie and a cake, and some other random things.  people seemed to love them!  and i did love making them :)  also, i got my first order from the website (for that pie) about 10 minutes after i put the website up!  no action since...but thats okay.

(this is the chocolate cake, covered in chocolate ganache)

i have been working on choosing which farmer's markets i'm going to be a vendor in this summer, which is something i am very excited about.  there's something about the farmer's market community that just makes me happy and feel like i'm doing something that is ME.  finally.  so, if you have any tips on which farmer's markets in the area are worthwhile, please email me or comment with some pointers!  (piperlove@ymail.com)

also had an order for some wedding shower favors from an old friend of mine, which was fun, and they were super cute.

burrito me was asking for some more cookies that were cheaper to sell so that more people would buy them, which would be better for everyone!  they were getting the 2 most expensive cookies to make, which were the vegan cookies, and the coconut chocolate chip, which are both delicious, but have some expensive ingredients in them, so we felt that maybe we could get more people to buy something else that was just as delicious, but a little more affordable.  i would rather have more people buying than less.  duh.  SO i made them these lime shortbread and spicy chocolate brownies.  they were both really yummy, and i think they will go perfectly with BURRITOS! 

                                  (lime shortbread)                                       (spicy chocolate brownies)

my friend lindsay turned 21 and her sister and dad threw her a fabulous party with a 5 course meal and dresses and bow ties and candles and everything!  they asked me to make some chocolate cupcakes for dessert with blue, green, and purple frosting in the shape of roses on the top.  they were quite pretty and really tasty if i do say so myself.

in other news i have received my first wedding cake order!!!  pretty excited!  a 3 tiered chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and raspberry filling....YUM.  thats in july.

also, piper has had a double ear infection that just won't seem to go away for the last month.  fun times.  poor thing.

thats about it for now!  

ever feel like this?

sorry about the lack of blogging lately.  i have kind of a lot going on.  good and exciting things.  mostly.  update hopefully soon.  love love.