09/29/2026
I'm sitting here planning my baking schedule for upcoming shows and am kinda freaking out a bit. You guys... I did it. I gave notice at my job today and this is now my full time gig. It's exciting and terrifying at the same time!
Whoda thunk when I started this that a tiny little frustrating cookie would bring me A. So much joy and B. So many new opportunities.
The fair was phenomenal. Probably not in the ways you think. I didn't make boat loads of money. It's a learning year and we learned some things. π€£ Expenses are crazy with new equipment, supplies, waste... the waste... yeesh. Lol
BUT we had such positive feedback, booked other events, scheduled five shows, had someone ask to carry my macarons in their restaurant, and heard five hundred million times how good the macarons are. Ok... I exaggerate. I only made just under 10,000 cookies (that's 20,000 shells but who's counting??), so we couldn't have heard it 500 million times, but man did we hear it a lot!!!
The MOST rewarding thing: someone buys one cookie to try, makes it a few feet away and turns around and comes back to buy a dozen more. It happened over and over, and we LOVED IT!
I couldn't be at the booth as much as I wanted to, but my crew would text or call or give me the tea in person, and I promise you every bit of feedback was appreciated so much!! I WAS lucky enough to be there when two girls (15ish) came running up to the booth as fast as they could and stopped just short of taking out our bakery cases. π One was breathing heavy and trying to tell me she needs a dozen cookies when 2 boys, sweating and breathing heavy ran up behind them and said these better be worth it. I gave out samples and the boys agreed they were definitely worth it and one of the girls explained they had to run from the other side of the fair to get the cookies before their parents picked them up. She said she was there two days earlier and had to have more.
It was a rough month for me, but that stuff made it all okay! π
So I will make you a deal. Y'all keep showing up for us like that, and we'll be there with smiling faces offering "the best damn cookie" you've ever tasted.
Thank you all so much for your support. This has spiraled into something I never even dreamed of, and I'm looking forward to where we go next! πππππ
Coming at the next show: First Bite Cam. We can't wait to capture our customer's reactions and will share the best of them with all of you. π