10/01/2026
One year of Magnolia Whisk. 🤍
The little girl in the photo “liked to bake stuff and make things that taste good so I can look at it and be like 'I made that."'
I don’t think she had any idea that years later, she’d still be decorating cookies and sweet treats—only now, they would be leaving her kitchen and becoming a small part of other people’s most special moments.
Today marks ONE year of Magnolia Whisk Confectionery, and looking at this picture has me feeling a little more emotional about it than I expected.
A year ago, I took a chance on something I loved. I didn’t know exactly where it would go or if people would even want what I had to offer. I just knew I wanted to try. And somehow, one order turned into another, one customer told another, and this little business continued to grow into something I’m incredibly proud of.
This past year has been filled with late nights, early mornings, mistakes, lessons, celebrations, and more buttercream, royal icing, and cake pops than I could ever count. But behind every order is a person who chose me. Someone trusted me with a birthday, a wedding, a new baby, a graduation, a first birthday, a going-away celebration, or sometimes simply a sweet treat just because.
That will never be “just an order” to me.
There have been so many times over the past year that I’ve stepped back, looked at a finished order sitting on my kitchen counter, and thought, “I really made that.”
And maybe that’s why this old picture means so much to me now.
That little girl would be pretty proud to know she never really stopped creating.
Above everything, I’m thankful to God. For the doors He has opened, the people He has placed in my path, and the opportunities that have come along that I never could have planned for myself. Magnolia Whisk has grown in ways I never expected, and I know I didn’t get here on my own.
And to my family, my husband, and my friends—thank you. Thank you for cheering me on, helping when I’m overwhelmed, listening to all of my ideas, lending a hand when there never seem to be enough hours in the day, and believing in this little dream right alongside me. There is so much that happens behind the scenes that no one ever sees, and I truly could not do this without the people who love and support me through it all. Magnolia Whisk may have my name behind it, but it has taken a whole village to help me get here.
To every person who has placed an order, shared a post, tagged my page, recommended me to a friend, stopped by my table, trusted me with an idea, encouraged me, or simply told me, “You’re doing a good job”—thank you.
You have allowed me to turn something I’ve loved since I was that little girl into something that is mine.
One year down, and I’m still learning, still growing, still incredibly grateful—and still getting to say…
“I made that.” 🤍
Happy 1st birthday, Magnolia Whisk Confectionery.
Here’s to whatever God has planned for year two.
