Yummy Goods Blog

The night before the wedding, we made our own cake. The kids and Stuart mixed up some Pillsbury cake mix. Here is my (!!!) stepson Zach, being very helpful by cleaning the bowl. Zach has always been my buddy. I have known him since he just turned FIVE! And now he is taller than me and a sophomore in high school! Stuart and Meredith (aka Mem) try out the frosting, while Zeus looks on: And when cake was done baking and cooling, I assembled and frosted it: I love how it came out! The day before, I made these little...

Our day was very relaxed and sweet. And it warmed up to 75 degrees and was perfectly sunny and summery, which meant I got to go barefoot. If there was a theme to this wedding, it was Low Stress. I just wanted it to be simple and heartfelt. I could have gone really all out with the DIY stuff, but I intentionally kept paring it way down to the basics. If anything started to stress me out, it went out the window. Like, I wanted to make a music playlist but my external drive where I keep all my music...

Andover put up the video for the Schoolhouse that I did for my Swoon fabric line! Eeeee! I didn't die!!! Thank you so much for your love and support. You all help me just by being here with me. xo, melissa

One of the awesome things we had planned in  advance was to go to the Quilts 1700-2010 Exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum. That's right, a whole special exhibit on quilts. While we were there. Magic, right? Of course, no photography was allowed in the show, so I can't give you an accurate portrayal of what is was like. But. The walls? They were pink. PINK! And surprisingly, it was rather dimly and moodily lit, which was kinda neat. In the museum shop, there was this great big book of the exhibited works, but it was a.) too expensive...

Mmmmm, cupcakes. Stuart baked them for a Small Stash Sewing photoshoot. He's so great. I am totally going to marry that guy.  My sweet friend Betsy came over to the shop early one  morning and decorated them while I snapped pics of her wearing the apron from the At Home chapter. Yes, that is the cupcake fabric that I designed a bunch of years ago that got picked up by Robert Kaufman! Damn, I shouldn't have sold the rights to that! Anyways. Totally faked the background by clearing everything away from a wall in my shop! Somewhere I have before/during...