Martha Stewart Show! And I Pinned It and Did It Friday!

I have been trying to update regularly but these past two weeks have been quite hard because I had to do over 300 cookies each week!  I am a one woman show over here and it gets a bit tough.

Any way, I want to first say Happy Birthday to my puppy Peapod!  He turned 7 on Wednesday.  I couldn't imagine my life without him...he is the namesake for my cookie business....has kept me company when I am lonely or stressed out... and he even lead me to my husband (who I met in a dog park...)!

Happy Birthday, Peapod!

Some big things are happening here at Peapods!  After last Friday's Purseblog feature, I have been approached by several organizations to do some pretty exciting things, so more to come on that in the next few months!  

I also was selected to be a part of the special Martha Stewart Show featuring all Etsy sellers!  I was selected to sit in the very front row with my cookies, and unfortunately I had no speaking part, but you do see me and Peapods Cookies several times throughout the show!

There I am, with my cookies :)

Here is a closer look at the cookies I brought, Kitchenaid mixers, whisks, piping bags, and dandelion rounds all in Martha's signature color!  I ended up handing them out to the producers, camera crew, and even the director (who brought them home to his daughters!).  So that was quite exciting.

 

The tags I designed for the show!

We also got some great freebies!  Some paint, clay, stencils, and a clay "cookbook".  I have already put my paint and stencils into use!  I got the cutest little owl lamp from West Elm last weekend and spruced up his shade with aqua, pink and grey Martha paints.  Do you like?

One last thing, since it is Friday!!  Here is todays I Pinned It and Did It!

Neutral nails with rainbow tips!   The base is Essie Sand Tropez...my fave nude for my skin tone :)

Thats all...I have been eating at some pretty fabulous places lately so I will try to get soem reviews up at some point this month :)  I need to clear my mind on those places before my big El Bulli extravaganza in two weeks at Next in Chicago!

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Purseblog Feature and I Pinned it and Did it Fridays....for procrastinators

First off I just want to share this every exciting news, my Celine Mini luggage bag cookies were featured on the Purseblog!  Check it out here!

Words can't even describe what this means to me!  I have been a HUGE fan of the Purseblog and a member of the forum since 2006, I am kind of obsessed actually.  When I had a corporate job in fashion I was the one who would always update everyone if our brand was on the blog, or if our competitors were up there, and just the fact that PEAPODS COOKIES is on there right now....seriously I just have no words  :)

Anyway!

This week was so crazy, with 17 orders and over 360 cookies going all over the country, all over New York City, and will be seen at birthday parties, bridal showers, and baby showers all over this weekend!  I will be posting some fun pics late tonight but a lot of posted on my facebook page: Peapods Cookies Facebook

I however still found time to do a pinned it and did it....no idea how I pulled that off but the 4 hours of sleep per night probably helped.  I have been posting ribbon, wrapping, and craft paper storage for a while now and I have been trying to figure out an idea for tissue paper storage that is not 45 inches wide!

I bought an unfinished frame from Michaels on 96th street and painted it with Martha Stewart's pearl paint in light aqua, cut some 1/4" dowels to fit the back perfectly, covered then with some washi tape (yellow chevrons!), covered the washi tape with clear packing tape so they do not get dirty, then used some model glue to glue them to the back!   There you go, super easy!

Close up of the washi tape covered in plastic clear tape.

Once its dry, hang away!  I love how it is so colorful and cheery and lets me see what paper I have and keeps it off the floor.  Just need to hang it up on the wall today!  I might add some bump outs to the back so it hangs away from the wall a bit more than it is already.


I will have more to post later but trying to get outside today!

Pinned it and Did it Fridays!

I needed a cork board.  I wanted to buy a pretty one in a vintage white frame from Etsy, but they were not that big and over $100!  And then I saw this pin floating around on Pinterest:

Oh yeah, I can do that!  Cork board bought from Pearl Paint on Canal ($8 for 4 tiles).  Washi Tape bought from Paper Presentations on 18th St ($3.50 for solid roll, $4.50 for printed).  I bought two different colorways of tape...

You DO NOT need this much tape....I got nervous.  One roll is enough

I ended up going with the mint/silver combo thanks to a friend's reassurance :)  But I am really itching to make something with that other combo, even the guy at the store who was helping me said it was gorgeous :)

Anyway...
Here she is!

I am planning on hanging my customer orders and such on it so I can see them right there as I work!  You can see some cookies waiting to be decorated peeking in the corner of that last picture, haha.  I added some little cookie-centric stickers just to make it more "me".  

By the way those pictures are waiting for their friends to be done so they can grace my picture wall.  I made the one in front and bought the one in back :)

So, YAY for organization and getting my cookie room one step closer to completion!

GIVEAWAY TIME!

I have been slacking on my blog posts, been so busy over here.  I have literally been making cookies from 9am to 9pm everyday, and them answering all emails, convos, messages, etc at night.  But Peapods is almost at its 100th sale, in only 3 months, so while busy, I am sure am happily cookieing away!

Since it is officially baseball season...I am offering a giveaway of 10 Yankees themed cookies!  Don't worry if you don't root for the Yankees, I can just leave those ones out and you will still get 7 cookies!  Baseballs, bats, jerseys, gloves, logos, and best of all...cracker jacks!

All you have to do is leave a comment on my facebook page under this posting!  If you want to leave me a note here on my blog, I would love that too, just make sure you also enter on Facebook!!

These cookies could be yours!

Just a better view of the cookies, these aren't the giveaway!

So please enter, and stay tuned for some more blog posts!

I Pinned it and Did it Fridays!...Plus some Tips on Tips!

Happy Friday!!!

This week has been sooo busy, I will be posting my cookie creations tomorrow, as well as a GIVEAWAY!!!  So please check back here tomorrow :)

It's Friday...which means....Another Pinned it and did it!  I am having a lot of fun doing these small ones while I am working on a BIG overhaul of my "cookie craft room."  I hope to be finished with it in the next couple weeks and of course I will post pictures here!

I have been seeing many pictures of how cookiers are storing their piping tips and decided I *need* to get my tips out of the black Laduree box where they have been sitting in a jumbled mess...and into something more secure, time saving, and organized.  So here they are!

The containers are called "Snap and Go" and I found them in the jewelry section of Michaels for about $6 for all 6!  They are the perfect height to actually stand your tips up, which I like because you can see the tip openings....because a "1" tip from Wilton is very different than a "1" tip from Ateco. 

I wanted them to look a little prettier so instead of the normal label maker labels, I bought some rub transfers for $4 from Paper Presentation (my fave store!). 

So there they are, organized, clean, and pretty!  

On the subject of tips...I have a tip for cleaning your tips!  I know a lot of people use this $2 Wilton tip cleaner:

However, I have always found the bristles to be slightly too large and the wire handle bends way to easily.  Lots of frustration.  

Then one day in Sephora, I had a idea....their free spoolies!  They are literally the PERFECT width for fitting through the tip of a squeeze bottle and the little metal end is the perfect size to poke through the tip of a #1 tip and remove any dried pieces.  The plastic handle is nice and sturdy and you can even throw them out after a couple uses...very sanitary and FREE!

Love these!  Thanks Sephora :)

Thats all for now.  I have a few other things on my mind, so I may be posting later tonight.  It is so crazy this new life I have created for myself.  It is definitely a change from the normal 9-6 I was used to, but I am really settling into my groove and loving this new life!