Blind Optimism
I was going through some uncharted kitchen cabinets a few weeks ago preparing for my yard sale when I came across these monogrammed pastry boxes that I ordered a couple years ago.
I ordered these boxes during a William Sonoma end of season sale. I was still a newlywed and Chris and I had just moved from Florida to Connecticut to start our lives together. At the time, I envisioned myself baking hundreds of different sweet treats and boxing them up in my own personalized pastry boxes and giving them out to friends. Maybe macaroons to Chris’ boss. Maybe peanut butter blossoms to our neighbors. Maybe biscotti to our petsitter.
Blind optimism. That’s what that’s called. Blindly believing in the endless possibilities of those empty white boxes.
Now, years later, my baking cards are on the table. And I’ve been dealt a crappy hand. I burn. I curdle. I crisp. I blacken. But I do not bake. And yet I find myself still reaching for these monogrammed pastry boxes every so often in hopes that maybe – one day – I will bake something gift worthy.
And tonight it happened. Behold! Edible blueberry muffins!
I spent three hours arranging these muffins in their box. I picked the most perfect muffins to go on top. I crinkled the tissue paper so that it looked natural. Martha Stewart natural. And tomorrow I will give these to my friend Catherine because I know that she will be just as excited to get them as I am to give them.
Blind optimism. It may take years, but eventually it pays off.
8 Comments
Jill Smyth
Way to go lady. It took me months of tries to make an edible soup, and I’m talking weekly tries before I got it. Your muffins are beautiful. Truly impressive. Maybe I’ll get the hang of baking after my daughter is born. I have yet to impress a Pennsylvanian with my sweet treat skills. Maybe by Christmas, eh?
Miss M!
Aw… now I want monogrammed pastry boxes!!!
Hillary
Beautiful! I’d be so happy to get those from a friend!
Candice
I love those boxes! And those look yummy!
Danimezza
I bake a lot and never thought of cake boxes… drr. They’re beautiful and the muffins looks scrumptious!
Casey
Ooohhh, I want monogrammed pastry boxes!
Dandy
I have some Martha Stewart gift boxes I got on sale 2 years ago and I’ve used one.
But I swear I’ll use more!
Ashley
Those are BEAUTIFUL! If I got something like that from a friend, I think I would cry 🙂 It would definitely make my week!! LOVE THIS POST!