06/12/2026
‼️WARNING‼️ Emotional Rollercoaster: This baker's rack and I have been through some things 😂
When I first got my display rack for Grande Shops, I was excited 😊 I had this beautiful vision in my head of what my space would look like 🥹
Then it arrived &let's just say... what I ordered and what I got were in a very committed long-distance relationship 💔
I tried to make peace with it, I really did.... I told myself it wasn't that bad... I arranged products on it.... I stepped back.... I stared at it.... Dealt with it for months AND Still hated it. 🤣
My first thought was, Fine.... I'll just build a whole new one from scratch!
Then I priced out the materials 🥲 That dream died faster than my patience when a 3D print fails at 97% 😭
So I did what any stubborn, determined baker with access to power tools and a questionable amount of confidence would do 💪 I decided to completely remodel the rack I already had
Every shelf came off....
Every piece of wood got sanded....
Then stained..
👉 Then I hated the stain.
So naturally I stripped it all back down and sanded everything AGAIN because apparently I enjoy suffering 🥲
After what felt like one billions years..... I finally got the whitewashed finish I had envisioned from the beginning! The trim got painted white, new wood shelves went in and for the first time I started seeing the vision come to life 🥹
Then came the custom pieces.
I designed my logo, the lettering and my QR code and printed it all with my 3d printer.
I created a floating acrylic sign and backlit it 🥹 (that part is my pride and joy)
And because no project is complete without at least one mental breakdown....
I dealt with constant print fails until I realized there's easier ways to print letters 🤦♀️
The LED lights were supposed to be easy....The adhesive strips disagreed.
After watching them repeatedly peel off, gravity won the battle and I introduced the lights to super glue.
Problem solved. 😌
Somewhere along the way.... what started as "I just want a better display rack" turned into a full-blown obsession 🥲
And honestly?
I'm incredibly proud of it.
Not because it's perfect.... Its so far from perfect!
I still have cookie holders to print.
Display racks to make.
A custom restock-date display that's currently being printed in approximately 4,762 tiny pieces....
And I'll probably continue finding little things I want to improve because that's just who I am 🤷♀️
But when I look at it now, I don't see the flaws.
I see every lesson learned, every late night, every failed print, every do-over, every moment I almost gave up and every time I pushed through anyway
I took something I was disappointed in and turned it into something that feels like me 🥰
Now all that's left is filling this bad boy with cookies and watching people enjoy it 🥹
And honestly... that's the sweetest part of the whole project. 🥹🍪❤️
If this project taught me anything, it's that you don't need perfect circumstances to create something you're proud of.
I started with a rack I hated, a budget that said "absolutely not," and a vision I couldn't let go of. There were plenty of mistakes, do-overs, and moments of frustration, but I kept going.
Don't let not knowing how stop you from starting. Most skills are learned along the way.
You are capable of far more than you think. Sometimes all it takes is deciding not to quit. ❤️
