especially on this saturday coming up! why? well, it’s native sun’s first annual earth day celebration! hey - nothing wrong with a little shameless plugging for my new job! there’ll be lots of scrumptious foodies, earth day goodies & many ways we can all learn to go green. come and enjoy!

it’s a miraaaaacle! by golly, it’s a new post! so here i am healthier & happier, with a new occupation in the midst. although, i know i posted here and there over the last month and a half, content has been more on the lighter side since around the first week of march. but since then, there have been a lot of positive & exciting changes. you know, some little things, some big, new projects, a new job, wedding plans moving along nicely! ok, so about the new job: i am officially as of tomorrow morning, an in-house graphic designer for native sun, natural food market and i couldn’t be more excited! thanks to karma and a friends’ help, i was able to land this amazing job. i’m a little nervous (but who isn’t when starting a new job!?) all i know is that it will be such a great experience and things can only get better from here on out, right? i mean, not only will i get to work in a super creative atmosphere with tons of talented people, but i will be able to learn more about organic food and be able to finally buy & use all organic baking ingredients in my cakes & pastries… yeah!

speaking of cakes & pastries, martha stewart recently had CUPCAKE WEEK! a few of my friends were kind enough to email me a link to the martha stewart site featuring the entries from the cutest cupcake contest. so if you missed out on cupcake week, take a look at some of these adorable & edible beauties here.

so what’s with the photo above? it’s a new piece, “tree drop”, i recently finished for my etsy shop along with a few other goodies!

well, before i sign off to get my wits about me before a busy workweek, i wanted to take a second to say thank you to all of you for staying tuned into flufflife and all of your nice & thoughtful comments. many, many thanks!

i’m sick today and have been for the last 3 days. someone make my throat better & give me my voice back!

hello, hello! indeed, i took a little break. one could definitely say that! but every now and then, we need a little time to ourselves, while dealing with the typical everyday crazinesses. but, i’m glad to be back and can’t wait to catch y’all up on what i’ve been doing/making/baking recently!

oh and check out these *sweet* illustrations from adam turman! my hubby posted on his work earlier last week. he has this amazing vintage, retro style and i am just so taken by his pin-up girl gigposters! my particular favorites? see above!

for those with a knack for green frothy beer, knee high green socks & 4-leaf clovers, this one’s for you…

happy st. pat’s!

mmmmmm, i loved this cupcake, (my friend mel, picked this up for me from turtle island market down the street, along with a perfect little lemon bar, which i devoured!)

so, today’s post is pretty much this right here. while this week has been crazy busy filled with good stuff, one factor has definitely left a damper on things. this being that levi is and has been really very sick for the last 2 weeks. poor guy has been through the ringer and back. so with everything else going on this week like freelance, cakebaking, working on pieces for my etsy store, preparing for a neighborhood garage sale & a wedding on saturday, i’ve been tending to a sick & sad man. so that being said, i will be taking a break from posts this week and will be back in full swing on monday.

fluffily yours,
m

p.s. thank you for all the sweet comments i received on the etsy store, not to mention a special thank you to joey of urban jacksonville for the thoughtful write up earlier this week!

as i am currently enjoying some piping hot vanilla white tea & a fresh grapefruit round, i just stumbled upon this thing called madewell?! this is a clothing line, by j.crew! i happen to be checking out hi+low this morning and saw her recent post about the above design project (”madewell musings”, a little newspaper-like publication/catalog) she did for them and from what i gather, this is the first issue. tell me about how they have some really beautiful articles of clothing? oooooooh - they are just saturated with color…

oh, the ever awesomeness of levi! for my bday he surprised me with the johnny cupcakes screenprint, “c’est si bon”, a cute french chef with a ’stache holding a cupcake. he also got me a wilton cake caddy for my upcoming classes… c’mon, it’s seafoam! how rad is that? babe, you’re the best there ever was.

so that’s it for this week. i’m looking forward to a relaxing day in st. augie for my birthday. as for the people who attempted the rain tonight by going to 5 pts, my hat is off to you. i was set to go, cupcakes in hand, rain or shine (unless there was a tsunami), but it seems that mother nature had made up her mind about tonight and that it was a no-go. oh well, what can you do right?

be good, xo

hello friends! without further ado… may i present to you the official etsy shop of flufflife! what do you think? this has been a little project of mine for some time now and i’m am sublimely happy to say it’s finally here, up & running. i really hope y’all enjoy visiting it; i’ll be gradually adding pieces as time goes on. i welcome any questions/comments, so feel free to dish ‘em out…

many thank you’s for everyone’s sweetness & support - it is much appreciated. enjoy!

small stump (aka jill pilotte), a self-described art and craft making machine based in northern california, made these pristine & perfectly crisp cupcakes from plaster, hand-frosted of course! the idea for these sweet babies were originally for an installation for san francisco gallery, rose and radish, and because they were so popular, jill decided to make more! thank you jill, because i bought 2 for birthday gifts… one for me (couldn’t resist!) and one for a special lady. oops, i can say no more!

my birthday isn’t until this sunday, but in the last week, i’ve recieved some of the most thoughtful, beautiful gifts and wanted to extend my warmest thanks to some very kind people.

first off, to lexi, thank you for sending me last week such a fantastic package filled with some great music, a wedding planner & a fantastic cake decorating book… you are & will always be ray of sunshine in my life!

second, thank you to sam, for being too excited to wait until my actual birthday to give me my gifts and giving them to me this past weekend! you exude a form of kindness that people rarely have, and i love you for that! my cow creamer, my pie server and the home baker book are the loveliest and so are you!

lastly, thank you mel for taking what i said literally and making, from scratch, the lemon ricotta pancakes i posted on last week! they were the yummiest, fluffiest, tastiest, most amazing pancakes i’ve ever had, despite their distorted, but adorable shapes… you are as sweet as the pancakes were themselves!

i’m off to my first cake decorating class… i’ll report back in the monring, but have a good evening!

recently, i came across one of the most wonderful blogs. and this blog would be none other than joy the baker! after one of her cakes (see above!) caught my eye on tastespotting, i found myself on joy’s blog falling head over heals, loving all of her pastry recipes. i also checked out her bio and it was pretty amazing to see why she loves baking so much: because she “loves people, and loves making people feel special and cared for.” for that reason right there, is why i bake and want to pursue the life of a baker & pastry chef! and she even has podcasts! you can’t get much better when you are someone trying to learn & perfect the craft of baking. to read more about this lovely & talented baker, you can visit her here!

hey y’all! sorry about the nonexistent posts yesterday! it was a rainy day and i was trying not to be on the comp for longer than i had to in fear that it might have shorted out.. but i’m here now!

welp, it’s that time again! first fridays in 5 points, riverside! stop on by from 6-9pm to getcha a nice beverage, listen to some good tunes, enjoy a printmaking demo from brittni wood and purchase some beautiful wears & wares from anomaly & violet. mel & i will even be there with some yummy cupcakes for a buck! see you there…

hip hip, hooray! march is here, and to me is the ultimate month! of course, i am biased - it’s my birthday month, along with several friends of mine. but all in all, i think it’s just a great month altogether!

the posts i had originally planned for today are moving to tomorrow… i know, i know - i was really looking forward to posting more on babycakes nyc, but i have a day of errands upon me. so a full day of posts (& sweet fixes!) to come in the morning.

happy march to ya!

uh, yeah! a double dose of your daily sweet fix today, because looky looky what i just found! babycakes nyc! i’m so ecstatic, you have no idea! i wish i could say more, but i’ll have to save it for monday morning. i figured i’d hook y’all up on sweet treats since it was friday!

xo

two words: cupcake royale. what? a bakery that makes cupcakes fresh daily, using all natural ingredients. where? seattle, (they’ve got 3 locations!) washington. they’ve also got this fantastic thing going on like naming their cupcakes… c’mon, dance party with holly hobbie? i think that is the ultimate title for a cupcake pretty in pink. and who knew holly hobbie was going to be anything else than a little girl in a bonnet?

the time has come for me to find a new recipe box, y’all! i’ve had an old, vintage one for over a year now, and it has seen it’s day i’m afraid. i’ve been checking out etsy & ebay for “the one”! above, is a picture i found looking on google the other day, and it is the perfect pepto pink. there’s also one over in the martha stewart collection (which by the way, is SO wonderfully colorful & nice - levi got me the multi-colored mixing bowls for christmas!) at macy’s i’ve had my eye on. and you know, i can never get enough of seafoam! let the hunt begin…

like many, i get my fair share of catalogs for different stores and such, most of the time they end up straight in the recycle bin. however, yesterday afternoon after checking the mail, i was opening the back door to make my usual walk to the recycle bin when i noticed a specific catalog. as i looked closer, i realized it was for bcbg maxazria. but it wasn’t the name that caught my eye, it was a simple, yet wonderful image of a woman bending over a tower of cakestands, pulling a cherry off the top of a cupcake. so i turned on my feet and went back into the kitchen to take a moment to look further on… and would you look at that, if it isn’t a little lookbook of sweet treats complimenting the ever-so-lovely bcbg spring line! personally, i’m a huge fan of bcbg and i can’t think of anything more delectable than an ad campaign with a little bit of sugar.

just in case the previous post wasn’t sweet (or corny!) enough for you, how about some of the cakes at bakery bar in portland! i would LOVE to decorate cakes here. look how colorful, pristine & perfect the designs are! be sure to check out their cupcake gallery, too!

he was 20, i was 19 and it’s been 7 years since we first went over the moon for each other. and it is crazy to know that a year from today, we will actually get to say that we are stuck together for life. (ok, we already know we are, but you know, legally and all.) he is my bestest best friend, and the love of my life. and yes, i smile & laugh A LOT, but no one can make me smile & laugh like he can. actually, he is probably reading this right now and thinking, “oh no, marisa is bringing on the cheese.” so before i talk myself into a heaping bowl of melted colby jack dip, i’d just like to say that of all the adventures we’ve had and of all the ones we’ll have, marrying each other will be the most fun one of all.