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Thursday, August 13, 2015

A TRIP TO... MACKINAW CITY, MI

 

On Sunday, my sister and I took an impromptu road trip to one of our favorite places, Mackinaw City. We grew up going camping there every year for the 4th of July. It's a very nostalgic place for us. But for some reason, and I'm not sure if it was because the rest of our family wasn't with us or if the town just changed, but it felt different to us. Sad as it is, we got really bored really fast. :( Saaaaaad! But we just walked around anyway, snapping pictures, discovering nerd stores, (yes I meant nerd, not new) and eating ice cream at our most favorited ice cream place ever. With everything that has changed around that town, thankfully Mickey's is still the same.

On the way home we were driving through Charlevoix and we spotted this Thai/Chinese fusion restaurant and pretty simultaneously our stomachs started talking and our mouths started salivating. So of course we stopped in for a bite, and oh my goodness I'm so glad we did. It was soooo good! I had Shrimp Pad Thai and my sister had Shaking Beef. And the potstickers and egg rolls were absolute perfection. So good in fact, that we couldn't even let them cool enough to not burn our mouths before they were gone. #noregrets If you ever find yourself in Charlevoix, Michigan I highly recomend Asian Fusion.
Just north of Traverse City there's this AMAZING sunflower field that makes me pretty much die every time I see it. Sunflowers are my favorite flowers and so I decided to sneak onto the field and take some pictures. That may have been frowned upon, but it was sooo worth it. I just wish the sun was out so that they're pretty heads would have been facing up, but they're still so gorgeous!

-Morgan


Monday, August 10, 2015

MY FIRST WEDDING CAKE

 

I did it! I finally got to make my very first wedding cake! And it was so much fun!! I can't wait to do it again. :)

A huge congratulations to my best friend Olivia and her new HUSBAND, Andrew! Their ceremony was so sweet, and every little detail that was put into the day was absolutely beautiful. I was her maid of honor on top of making the wedding cake so I had a lot on my plate, but I wouldn't have had it any other way.

She chose neapolitan as her cake flavor, so in both cake tiers the bottom cake layer was chocolate, the middle was vanilla, and the top layer was strawberry. And then I also made neapolitan cupcakes that were half chocolate half vanilla cakes and strawberry buttercream on top. I was inspired be these cupcakes.

Since it was my first one I learned a lot for the next time, which is actually going to be in a few short months. The words teal and ombre have been tossed around, so I guess I better start practicing my ombre techniques.

Thanks for letting me share!

-Morgan

Photos by Sarah Cusson Photography.