Tiny House Bakery

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving Day! I hope today proves beautiful for each of you and your loved one.

From, Tiny House Bakery

09/21/2024

There is hardly a better way to celebrate the last day of Summer than with this 4-layer orange and vanilla cake, reminiscent of the favored orange dreamsicle of my childhood! It's been a great summer season this year with needed strides here in Virginia, like the passing of HB759! So excited Thanks to that bill, I can start telling you guys online how much things cost! Like how this cake starts at $65. We still have a long way to go though for cottage bakeries and small, local businesses in general!

Happy Autumn Equinox tomorrow! It's going to be a great Autumn!

Tiny House Bakery

08/10/2024

As the back-to-school sections of stores are being depleted and schedules are being discussed, it's important to also talk to your children about human trafficking in an age appropriate way. The Department of Education, through the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, supports efforts to combat human trafficking by offering helpful resources for administrators, teachers, specialized instructional support personnel, parents, caregivers, and students. You can find those resources at https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/addressing-human-trafficking-americas-schools. Let us continue to be vigilant. It truly does take a community to combat this heinous crime.

07/04/2024

Happy Independence Day!! While we celebrate on a national level, I want to thank the former and current military (and law enforcement) members for continually protecting our freedoms, even when it could - or has - cost your life.

On a much smaller level, how grateful I am to have had the blessed opportunity of allowing my children to grow even more into their own independence, especially as I still experience ongoing ankle setbacks. And the results of my letting go have been beautiful, such as this pictured cake decorated to perfection by my kids.

02/29/2024

I apologize for the unintentional hiatus! A bit of a personal post here: I had an interesting way of going down the stairs towards the end of last year and did an impressive job in messing up my foot. Yesterday, surgery finally happened; recovery should take about a month. I'm excited to finally be able to move forward.

I have to say, through it all I was able to discover how fiercely I am cared for by my friends and loved ones. I know I am blessed and my heart turns even now to those who don't know they have a village behind them - looking for them, loving them, yearning to help them. Thank you for being a part of their village.

Tiny House Bakery

12/05/2023

I cannot tell you how excited I am to have found these! I have seen firsthand the effects artificial colors, especially Red 40, can have on people. Due to those experiences, I have made it a point to keep artificial colors out of the things I make both at home and in the bakery. In the past, dye-free sprinkles could only be found online - and holiday themed ones were usually sold out. How exciting it is to find some locally!!

Tiny House Bakery

10/20/2023

"Whoever saves one life saves the world." Although this has a much more historic reference, I recently heard it in the Miraculous Awakening movie. If you're not familiar with Miraculous, the cliff-notes version is this: the villain Hawkmoth senses strong negative emotion in an ordinary person and sends an akuma - a magical butterfly - to turn that person into a super villain terrorizing Paris. Ladybug and Chat Noir, the two heroes, naturally come to the rescue capturing the akuma and saving that person, and therefore saving all of Paris. Indeed, they demonstrate that quite literally "whoever saves a life saves the world."

There is so much truth in that one little line. For that single life, you gave them world. For the world, you gave it life. It doesn't require you to be a super hero. It really doesn't require much at all. Sometimes all it takes is a recognition that something is wrong and a call to report that something wrong.

If that "something wrong" entails immediate danger, the number to call is 911. If you believe the "something wrong" could be a trafficking situation: call, text or chat the information below.

Call the National Human Trafficking Hotline toll-free at 1-888-373-7888. There are Anti-Trafficking Hotline Advocates available 24/7 to take reports of potential human trafficking.

Text the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 233733. (Message and data rates may apply.)

Chat the National Human Trafficking Hotline via humantraffickinghotline.org/chat.

You can save a life. 🐞

10/06/2023

I love the advent of autumn. The days cool down and the night skies are clear. It was then my husband and I started really craving all things camping - s'mores were no exception. So...to satiate our palate cravings one date night, we created a new recipe: S'more Krispies! They are just as messy as a campfire s'more and even more delicious! I'd love to make you some!

Tiny House Bakery

07/25/2023

Human trafficking is the illegal exploitation of an individual. It is often unrecognized and unreported. To learn more about common indicators, visit https://www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/indicators-human-trafficking.

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is about helping every victim of trafficking and leaving no one behind.

Read more about UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s message and how you can participate: https://bit.ly/3eShzzc

07/04/2023

Happy Independence Day! Thank you to the signers of the Declaration of Independence and all those who have and continue to protect our freedoms.

06/05/2023

Congratulations to all who graduated over the past few weeks!! You have worked so hard, learned so much, and can be such a force for good in the world should you decide to be (I hope you do!).

I had the blessed opportunity to travel across the nation and watch my beautiful niece - a queen in her own right - graduate from high school. She truly has been a force for good serving as SB VP and will continue to be as she ventures into her next phase of life. She has been and continues to be such an example to me!

While on the graduation trip, I had the chance to share my baking as part of a "dessert wall" during the celebrations, including my decorated cookies and macarons...although the macarons didn't actually make it to the dessert wall; they were consumed at home by the graduate and her closest friends 😉. The parties were beautifully chaotic and unfortunately no good pics came out of them. I'll just have to make some more to get the IG worthy pics of the bakes! 😂

Tiny House Bakery

03/07/2023

First birthdays are definitely a time for celebration! I feel so blessed and honored to have been a small part of such a big day! This one-of-a-kind cake for a one-of-a-kind girl is a vegan vanilla cake, free of all major allergens, filled with a strawberry "butter"cream and vanilla "butter"cream coating the exterior. Happy birthday to little Maladee!