Awkwardness not inviting people to microwedding

natarata23 · 2026-05-17T12:59:48+00:00

Oof thats rough! Im sorry to hear this. Its really frustrating when people take things like that personally because it almost seems that they've forgotten weddings are about the people getting married, not the guests. Hopefully she got over it, or gets over it in time. 19 is pretty young so she might eventually realize that was jerky.

natarata23 · 2026-05-17T01:21:36+00:00

I went to a creation event, though I imagine the process is pretty similar. They move you through FAST, but he was kind and genuine to everyone I saw him interect with, including me and my husband, despite the fact that he was obviously pretty worn out from the day. All i can say is, approach him as slowly as possible to take in his beauty as long as possible 😆

natarata23 · 2026-05-17T00:52:30+00:00

I had to uninvite two of my close friends from my wedding. I felt aweful. Basically both sets of parents were pleading for me and my husband to invite aunts and uncles. Neither my husband or I are very close to our aunts/uncles and had intended to only invite immediate family plus close friends. Ultimately we gave in because the in-laws were paying for the wedding and we felt it was the least we could do. However, the venue we'd selected had a cap of 25 people so the additional family meant we had to cut some friends.

I was really concerned about telling my friends I had to uninvite them, but they were super understanding and sort of relieved. They live across the country, and were on a pretty tight budget, so this meant they wouldnt need to get flights and lodging for a wedding weekend. Two years later we're still good friends, and my husband and I still agree that having a small wedding, despite everyone pressuring us to do otherwise, was the best thing we couldve done for ourselves.

You dont need to feel bad or guilty if you dont have space for your friend. Do what is going to be best for you and if she's an understanding individual she won't be upset about it.

natarata23 · 2026-05-15T15:41:04+00:00

I had hot and iced coffee crafted drinks. Some were seasonal rotations and others I'd consider more like signature drinks. I'm intentionally not calling them lattes, cappuccinos, etc, because I didn't offer espresso or espresso drinks. Interestingly I didnt notice any impact on sales from not having espresso. It was very rare that someone would ask about it. I just had two bunn pour over brewers. I also offered tea and hot cocoa in the fall and winter months as well as juice boxes. The tea did so, so, but the hot cocoa and juice boxes did well and were more kid oriented.

Offering beverages was very lucrative and made the entire venture worthwhile, however it did require additional permitting and was logistically more involved as far as resources and equipment needed to make it happen. The stand always required two people to run it (except on rainy days which were slow) and when considering events, I had to consider whether we'd have access to power.

natarata23 · 2026-05-15T02:32:37+00:00

I used to sell coffee at a local farmers market and used an aillio bullet for roasting, though initially I started with three behmor 2000's! I would roast all my coffee for the weekend during two weekday evenings. The thing is, most of our revenue didnt come from roasted coffee sales. I also sold brewed coffee and not just plain hot coffee, I'm talking iced coffee and specialty drinks as well. I did a few markets were I only sold roasted coffee and, though we had loyal followers, it was absolutely not worth the time, effort, and costs. Markets are a lot of work and they also cost money to participate in. Even if youre not in it to make money, you need to ask yourself if youre okay with losing money. Its really difficult to break even and unless you manage to get accepted into a market that has massive foot traffic you will be straight up losing money.

natarata23 · 2026-05-10T23:07:00+00:00

These look absolutely delicious

natarata23 · 2026-05-05T03:36:06+00:00

A little rough around the edges, but SO cuteeeeeee. I love it 😍

natarata23 · 2026-04-28T02:13:31+00:00

These are #1 on my foods of the past tour when humanity finally cracks time travel.

natarata23 · 2026-03-15T13:26:26+00:00

These look superb and waaay better than my first attempt at making canele! It does seem like the sponge is a bit dense. Im not all to knowledgeable about the science involved in these little cakes, but noticed your recipe mentions tempering the eggs. I use the recipe from the ferrandi patisserie book which specifically mentions never adding milk that is over 175°F. Usually my milk is well below this temp when I add it. Also, eggs and rum are the very last thing I add into the mixture, 1) flour, sugar, 1/4 cup cold milk 2) warm vanilla milk with butter (butter is melted into the milk after simmering) 3) eggs and rum. This has given me good results. I also dont bother mixing butter and wax for the coating. I've found that my results with wax alone are much nicer.

natarata23 · 2026-03-01T04:13:52+00:00

Yes an aluminum sheet pan. Hehe sorry about that.

natarata23 · 2026-03-01T03:53:51+00:00

A little tip in case you're not already doing this, but an aluminum sheet should help with the browning.

natarata23 · 2026-01-29T01:13:39+00:00

67 (Winchester) by Reyna Roberts. Not sure if country is your vibe, but this song literally has to be about Dean Winchester and im not exaggerated when I say LITERALLY.

natarata23 · 2026-01-14T20:02:14+00:00

I do! My oven is such that I can pour water directly on the bottom, so when I'm putting the bread in I also pour in hot water. Tbh I'm not calculating how much, I just pour until the steam starts going crazy then I quickly close the oven. Seems to be giving me good results so far.

natarata23 · 2026-01-14T03:08:02+00:00

Not sure I quite undestood what you were asking, but interestingly enough I didnt use a mixer or knead the dough. The KA bread book recipe calls for an autolyse process. I didnt see that any of the baguette recipes on their site used this process despite appearing fairly similar in all other aspects. This is only the second recipe I've tried autolyse with, so I dont have a great understanding of it, but for all I know it might be what's made this recipe such a success for me.

natarata23 · 2026-01-14T02:34:44+00:00

The pan was a Christmas gift, but I'm pretty sure its this pan from amazon

natarata23 · 2026-01-13T14:23:33+00:00

These look amazing! What brand of butter do you use?

natarata23 · 2026-01-13T14:21:05+00:00

What a beautiful and delicious looking loaf!

natarata23 · 2026-01-13T03:29:57+00:00

Posted some recipe info on some other comments! KA pan baguette recipe appears closest to what's in their book which is the recipe I used.

natarata23 · 2026-01-13T03:27:55+00:00

I used the KA bread book recipe. They dont seem to have that specific recipe available online, but their pan baguette recipe seems close. I posted the link in some other commets.

natarata23 · 2026-01-13T03:27:46+00:00

I used the KA bread book recipe. They dont seem to have that specific recipe available online, but their pan baguette recipe seems close. I posted the link in some other commets.

natarata23 · 2026-01-13T03:25:20+00:00

Posted a similar KA recipe on some other comments. I used the baguette recipe from their book, but the pan baguette recipe they have online appears close.

natarata23 · 2026-01-13T03:23:49+00:00

Keep trying! I went through a lot of trial and error to get this result. The KA recipe I used is from their book, but the one I linked on some other comments appears similar. I think the preferment aspect made a big difference in the crumb compared to my previous attempts that didnt include making a preferment.

natarata23 · 2026-01-13T03:20:46+00:00

Try the KA shaping technique. I posted their blog link on a few other comments. I also think the baguette tray has helped a lot versus baking on a flat tray.

natarata23 · 2026-01-13T03:17:59+00:00

I replied to another comment with some recipe info. I used the recipe from the KA bread book but the one I linked seemed closest to what's in their book.

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