I don’t know from whence it came, but suddenly this bubblegum pink is taking over my life. In the past four days it has managed to infiltrate my world from every angle, and let me tell you–it’s been delightful. First, I innocently picked up this luscious cake of Cascade Magnum (in color 9478).
Then this Yolo paint started going up in my living room…
Then I made my first-ever attempt at macarons and I swear I didn’t color them pink to go with a theme, it just happened! Really, it did.
They were awfully cute to make.
I was 86% happy with my first macaron attempt. (I’ve heard so much about how difficult they are to make that I was fully prepared for my first batch to be a failure.) I literally screamed with joy when I peeked in the oven and saw that I had achieved the elusive pieds, or little crispy feet at the base of each cookie. But, I also got that pesky tip on each cookie rather than the desired perfectly smooth dome top, so I have to work on that. I’m going to try more recipes. I’ll report back… I may be obsessed with macarons now!
Somehow, the green-tea filling in the macarons seems to have introduced a green theme into the mix, because then…
I snagged this extremely cool succulent with ruffly pink-edged leaves.
And then I fell in love with this chair. Can we just talk for a minute about how much it looks like that succulent?! I would snap this piece up in a second… if it didn’t cost $7000. Sigh. I’ll have to keep this one in the dream file for now.
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Talk about happy pink! It looks like your livingroom will reflect your pink weekend, that is until you decide to paint again. And those macaroons looks absolutely delicious. I, for one, am inspired! Oh yeah, and that couch…wow!! :)
Oh – those are darling little macaroons! I’ve been scared to make them for the same reason you were – so I’m glad your first attempt was such a success! I’ve never seen a succulent like that before, it is very neat.
You should try tapping the cookie sheet after piping the macarons to get rid of the peaks and to help with “feet” formation.
Great first try!
I did tap the sheet quite vigorously but still the peaks! I’m not sure if that means I mixed the batter too much or too little, or if it’s something else entirely?!
I heard that slightly damp finger or paper towel to tamp down the peaks before baking. Thinking I heard that from Martha or some cooking show on PBS. I think peaks are cute! loving the pink & green, I’m not a pink person but maybe a little accent.