The Pickwick Portfolio

Holidays: Unwrapped

For The Pastry Chef Sister

• Handmade alphabet bottle cap magnets…perfect for leaving messages for roommates and keeping printed recipes on display.
• Freestanding baking cups.  No need to grease a pan!  These are fun and adorable.
• Handmade embroidery hoop art.  With messages like “Follow your cremes” “Home is where the tart is” and “Good things come to those who bake” how can she NOT be inspired to whip up something sweet?
• Issues 1-5 of Remedy Quarterly*, a fantastic independently published food magazine.  Included is a hand-written “Congrats!” from author Kelly.

All boxed up, deliciously, in shredded wax paper.  Merry Christmas Emma!

*I’d like to mention that Issue 4 is out of print and no longer available on their website.  So Kelly pointed me to Quimby’s Bookstore in Chicago.  Not only did they have the missing issue, but they sent along a small stack of drawings, newsletters, bookmarks and other handmade treasures.  Opening the box was like an early Christmas…for me.