From my earliest memories of childhood, I can see myself holding a paintbrush, crayon or pencil. Growing up with a parent that loved any form of arts and crafts gave me the ability to work with anything that interested me artistically, so I worked in everything and somehow found myself a classically-trained artist by the time I met my husband.
Chase had spent most of his life working with something electronic and was dumbfounded that I had never delved into computer graphics. I think his exact question was, "Why would you not want to try something that allows 32 levels of undo?" In buying me a digitizing tablet and Adobe Photoshop, my husband gave my artistic side a new outlet, one that would lead to spending the next dozen years working as a graphic designer or art director. The lifelong belief that art would be my career was reality but a friend would soon change what I considered art.
A bakery had backed out on her at the last second, leaving her a complete wreck. My mother, something of a home gourmet, made certain I grew up knowing how to cook, but as any chef or baker will tell you, cooking and baking are two entirely different animals. Despite my concerns, friends are friends, so I offered to make her cake. That wedding would bring three or four other brides to my door and each of those would do the same...Fabulous Fare was born from the referrals of my clients and remains primarily a word of mouth success. Soon, I realized I had to make a decision because the orders were increasing and it was getting harder to be a parent, an art director and a baker.
In the end, it was the appreciation received from my clients, it was the look people get when I arrive with just what they wanted or more than they could have imagined, it was the chance to play some small part in making the special moments in my clients' lives something to remember. Those things made the decision for me, because no other medium I had worked in had provided the ability to get that sort of satisfaction from my art. I truly enjoy what I do and I hope that shows in the desserts I create for you and your family.
