and we're TWO! (+ a wee birthday giveaway)

 
 

hi there,
happy tuesday!




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i made a cake yesterday.
i whisked eggs,
i cooked sugar
and i greased pretty old pans.

i made custard
and i cooled it on the machine.
a habit i picked up years ago now, 
but still use just the same.


i like the texture it brings
the smooth and velvety
that yolks and milk and sugar
when cooked together 
and cooled in motion, make.






i cut layers from bouncy sponge
i filled them with the smooth of custard
and the fresh of raspberries.
pretty yellow speckled 
with black and dotted with red.


i placed one layer atop the next 
and i stacked them until
every bit of six were filled.



i made buttercream
i piped swirls,
i lit the wicks of two tiny candles and i did it all because 
back on a windy day in november, 




herriott grace turned two.






and we're so pleased about that.
and so from both my father and i,
and from the very bottom 
of our hearts, thank you.
thank you for being here with us,
for supporting us,
and for understanding what it is we do.
we feel lucky and grateful 
and pretty darn happy about it.

and so from us to you,
leave a comment on this post
before january 18th
and we'll send a package 
to one of you that includes:

a cloud cookie cutter,

a feather kitchen linen,

the cake plate in this photo,

a bottle of HG spoon salve,

+ a pack of beeswax birthday candles.

big thanks.

xox, n.



and my photo, michael graydon.

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just because:

pink milk

the crockery cupboard, kinda dreamy.

pretty light: 
untitled (clams!)

untitled

zhab

northern expedition

untitled

pretty dresses:

one

two

three









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