Seeya at the Strawberry Patch Barn Sale!

This weekend I will be with Kerfluffles at the Strawberry Patch Barn Sale, a flea market featuring handmade and vintage goods in Hartsville, TN. We are super excited to be there and even made some special marshmallows just for the event— Chocolate Covered Strawberry Duos and Toasted Coconut Dominos! (I'm having a hard time not shoveling them all in my mouth as I dip them in chocolate. . . )


Sometimes I'm really bad at blogging in "real time"— I generally blog about things ages after they've happened (whoops!) but I know a lot of y'all are in the Nashville area so if you happen to be spending the weekend making your rounds to all of Tennessee's flea markets then please be sure to stop by and say hi to us (and Stockroom Vintage, too!).


And if you can't come out then I'm (only a little) sorry for torturing you with these yummy guys! I know it's only Wednesday but does anyone else have exciting weekend plans?! This week and month have been flying by— I can hardly believe it is almost May!

Chocolate, Photography, & Happiness

Here's a confession: sometimes I can't decide what the best part of my new job is—eep! I know, I know: it's a pretty great problem to have, right? Working for Kerfluffles Marshmallows is basically like living on cloud nine. But perhaps the biggest perk is the creative control I'm allowed to have coupled with a boss that wants to see me grow + learn new things.

Two of my goals for this year are to learn more about working with chocolate and to improve my photography skills. You wanna work with chocolate? BAM— marshmallow bonbons. You wanna take better pictures? BAM— updated product photos for the website. I can easily say that the last few months of working as a mallow maker, recipe tester, and food stylist have made me better at both of these things.

I'm sorry if I sound like an advertisement— I've just never had a job that I wanted to stay at long term and that I believed in 100%. I never talked about it here because I try to keep things positive, but I ended up really hating my job at the cupcakery (which is why I sought out something that was a much better fit for me). But that's another story for another day.

Right now, I'm doing the best I can to make myself a better person everyday. I'm just thankful to have a job that can help me achieve that goal. A few months ago, I decided I wanted to learn more about creating dessert tables and food styling in general. And here I am now, making little piles of marshmallows and photographing them for the world to see. I still have a lot to learn, but I'm so excited about the journey. . . and I hope you guys don't mind if I keep sharing it all with you!

(Oh yeah— everything pictured here is on the website through this month! If you're in the market for sweets, my favorite right now is definitely the Key Lime Pie (pro-tip: if you buy this one before the seventeenth then you have a chance to win free mallows!). Followed closely by the Cherry Chip Bonbons. The Cappuccino is great, too— Nick actually giggled after he tasted it for the first time tonight, ha! Anyway, if y'all ever need recommendations or have a flavor you'd like to see then let me know! (Or — let me know what burning questions about my job you guys have!)

Ps: Since someone will probably ask— yes, we do have plans for vegan mallows! We are developing them right now and we definitely want to do it right rather than do it fast :-)

Sneak Peek: My First Weeks with Kerfluffles Marshmallows

Today I thought it would be fun to share what a typical day looks like from my point of view. It's been about three months since I started my new job as a marshmallow maker, recipe tester, and food stylist for Kerfluffles Marshmallows. (How official does that sound?! I'm feeling so grown up lately. . .)  I make and cut about a million marshmallows, package them into adorable boxes (we've actually changed packaging since these pictures were taken— but it's still wonderful!), and help ship them out. I also get to brainstorm flavor ideas, test flavors of the month, and photograph marshmallows for the website.









It's all still sort of a surreal experience. I always have to pinch myself when people ask me what I do and I can hardly keep from giggling when I start to explain my job to them. I think everyone thinks I am lying! But here's the truth: we've made somewhere around 85,000 marshmallows— and three months ago this little thing called Kerfluffles didn't even exist. That is SO incredible to me. For the first time in my life, I finally have a rewarding + creative job I can see myself at long term. I can't wait to share more as this chapter of my life unfolds. Thanks to each and every person reading these words for supporting me and being a part of this— whether you've bought marshmallows, left me an encouraging comment, or just tweeted at me to see how things are going over here. I try to respond to as many comments as I can but if I have missed yours then please just know all of you mean more than you could know!

Ps. If you stick around long enough, you might even have a chance to win some marshmallows ;-)

Handmade Marshmallows: An Unexpected Life Change

I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving! Today I just wanted to share some great news with you— I quit my job at the cupcakery to work for a local, all-natural, handmade marshmallow company that just started up! I'm now an official mallower, recipe tester, food stylist, and social media guru for Kerfluffles Marshmallows. My favorite part? This:

"No weird chemical stabilizers or low-quality ingredients bought for value instead of taste. No shortcut, industrial-strength flavor extracts either: if a marshmallow is supposed to taste like lemons, it will have fresh lemon juice and zest in it. Vanilla flavor will come from actual vanilla beans; coffee flavor from quality, fresh-brewed espresso."

Now that's my kind of marshmallow. 

Everything about this job is as wonderful as it sounds! It's a huge change and has already proven to be both challenging and rewarding. My boss, Spring Barnickle (what an awesome name, right?!), is an artist, blogger, foodie, and kindred positive spirit. We hit it off the moment we met and my life hasn't been the same since.

I can fill you in on all the details later— there are so many pictures to come! But I just wanted to pop in and share this fabulous bit of news with you. So if I'm not here as much as usual or a little slower responding to emails, then just know it's because I'm finally spending each day doing something I absolutely love.

Either that, or my hands are literally full of marshmallows! You can read all about our wonderful beginning on Kickstarter here or peep the website here to order our yummy marshmallows. Thanks for sharing the excitement with me!

(PS: Don't worry— I'm still a styling assistant for Stockroom Vintage on the side! I wouldn't give that up for the world.)