09/10/2026
Since this week’s theme is Dolly Parton, I figured I’d share some wise advice from the queen herself 💖
And with lots of new faces around here lately, it felt like the perfect time to reintroduce myself and share a little bit about why I started Kate’s Bakes.
I'm Kate and I have loved baking for as long as I can remember, and in 2023, after some encouragement from family and friends, I took the leap and started my home bakery. Baking has always been my therapy. During some of the hardest seasons of my life, especially while navigating infertility, it gave me something to pour my energy into, kept my mind busy, and gave me a way to help contribute toward the cost of treatments.
I took some time away from Kate’s Bakes last year while I focused on my health and had bariatric surgery, with the hope of improving my overall health and fertility. Now that I’m back, I’m learning how to balance this little business with the rest of my life. I work full time as an RT, I’m a wife, dog mom to two pups, an aspiring content creator, and somehow also run a home bakery on the side 😂
It’s a lot. But I’m learning that I don’t have to wait until life is perfect to keep pursuing the things that make me happy.
So here’s your reminder, and one I’m giving myself too... you can’t win if you never put yourself in the game. And honey, I wanna see us all win 🍰✨🍪