We will love you always, Thelma kitty. Thank you for all the snuggles.

 A couple nights ago our beloved Thelma passed away in her sleep.

She'd been struggling with a tongue tumor for a couple of months and we gave her the royal treatment until the end.

In no particular order, here are some favorite memories: 

Thank you so much to everyone who visited, cared for, and loved her along the way. 

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Catching up on Princess Cakes - Happy Birthday Daddy!

 It's that time of year again... 

And now it's a tradition. 

I've been a bit remiss the last couple of years in updating you about Daddy's Princess Cakes.

I'll remedy that now.

In 2021, I did the Boston Cream Pie theme again. "Plant-based" food coloring lent a subtle coloring to boughten marzipan. Again the high-octane white sugar of the marzipan clashed a little with the natural sweeteners of everything else. 

The creme pat soaked into the cake making it moist and delicious. 

In 2022 I decided to try another of Daddy's favorite cake flavors growing up and made a pistachio and honey marzipan:

In spite of loving pistachio pastries, I felt that the honey and pistachio of the marzipan didn't quite work out. Perhaps I wasn't even using the right type of pistachio! 

and finally...

2023 (Happy birthday love!)

I made date-sweetened almond marzipan and added a little plant-based red food coloring to some for the flower. I liked the simplicity of the date/almond/water marzipan but I think I'll try a honey/almond one next time. The date was sticky and hard to work with and I felt like it was a competing rather than complimentary flavor to everything else going on.

This was the most successful cream dome I've done yet! 

I did kind of wing the cream dome and the creme pat but somehow I managed to pull it together and no one had trouble eating it. 

In spite of my own criticism, my love keeps asking for Princessa Torta for his birthday treat! 

Have you made anything that's healthy AND delicious lately?

Comment below! 

Beacon - woodcut book and lantern

As I near the end of my final semester at Smith, I'm proud to share two connected projects, done for different classes. The first is an abstract sculptural piece inspired by a piece of writing I did. The second is a portion of that writing, turned into a single woodcut, double map-fold book.

The lantern:

(apologies for the loud door noise) 

The book:

"Unfinished Business" is part of the Virtual Exhibition at Hosmer Gallery!

 Just popping in to tell you that "Unfinished Business" Is on display as part of the Virtual Exhibition "Home" from Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library! 

Here's a photo from when the piece was up in the Janotta Gallery at Smith College - click through to the Hosman Gallery exhibition at the link above for a better photo! 

I'm so excited! 

Notes from the Atelier: January 25th, 2022

     at·el·ier

/ˌadlˈyā/

1: an artist's or designer's studio or workroom

Hello, lovelies! It's been a while! 

I've been busy over at Penny Bun Press's Instagram posting regular updates like these:

Notes from the Atelier: News and upcoming changes! 7/29/21

  at·el·ier

/ˌadlˈyā/

1: an artist's or designer's studio or workroom

Thank you so much to everyone who followed along with any of the February Love Where You Are challenge posts! 

Can You Do A Little Favor For Me?

Postcard from Penny Bun Press - 4.28.21

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Over at Penny Bun Press, we're excited about Mums. Not the flowers (although we love those too!), but mothers. 

Mother's Day is coming up soon, on May 9th.