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Change is coming to Stepford.

We’re leaving it.

I’m not good at conforming. I’m not like other people. Fitting in is never my goal, I’m just myself. I can’t put on a face and pretend. Living in Baxter has always been awkward for me (hello, I started a blog called Stepfordlife in 2006) but it has been especially difficult since I opened the store. “Don’t shit where you eat.”

I’ve pretty much gone into hiding from BAX activities and people because hiding is comfortable. This suburban neighborhood is filled with perfect rows of cookie cutter tract houses, nice cars, smiling faces, and gifted children. I’m not going to make fun of it, people think it’s fantastic and they love it. It’s just not for me. I tried to make it work but I get bored. And frankly, I’m bored. My business isn’t supported by the neighborhood for the most part, as a matter of a fact, it’s a major source of contention. I don’t have the time nor the patience for bullshit.

We’re moving one town over to Tega Cay -it’s Polynesian for “beautiful peninsula”. It began as a vacation retreat town in the 70′s so as you can imagine, it’s incredibly eclectic. When you drive down the street, you’ll pass round houses, pagodas, McMansions, and cottages. Yards might have pristine landscaping, no landscaping, a statue of a giant Buddha, or a kegerator built on the front porch.

We looked at probably 20 houses, and then we saw this.

Unfortunately, it also comes with this.

You might not think it’s that bad, but it is. Don’t worry, the pictures of the interior will be coming- as well as the duck wallpaper, pony walls, mirrored doors and a shower stall in the garage. I will be sharing all of the amazing views inside of this glorious piece of 1970s history while documenting the renovations as we go.

I’m upping my antidepressants, looking for another job to help pay for this monstrous undertaking, and will most definitely post the crazy while molesting pinterest, begging for advice from my friends, and tweet stalking Jeff Lewis. God knows I need all of the help I can get.

My only hope is that I don’t end up on an episode of Snapped.

But the kids and the dog are excited. And so am I. Bob and I grew up on an island, and the house I grew up in was on the Niagara River. While it’s certainly no great lake like Erie or Ontario where I grew up, Lake Wylie will do just fine.

 

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Cupcrazed Art Work, what you get with hot glue, scrapbook crap and sparkles.

Yep, it’s been over a month.

Over a month since I slept, cleaned my house, caught up on pretty much anything, spoke to some people, or watched my favorite shows.

Nothing I can say will justify what an incredibly GIGANTIC untertaking this was for me. But the bottom line is that the shop looks EXACTLY the way I wanted and today, one month since we opened, things are going incredibly well.

I’m home today, December 26th, it’s a snow day here in the Carolinas! It’s the first white Christmas since 1947, so I have a little bit of time to upload, update, take down Xmas stuff, put away gifts, and clean here, then the shop. So I’m going to start a quick update, cuz who knows when I will have a block of time to sit on my ass and relax.

I’ll start with the artwork I made for the shop.

Dude, I love hot glue. I’m not a scrapbooker, but I know how to ruin real artwork and make it my own in a hurry. One night last year while watching Mad Men Reruns, I told Bob it would be funny to take the Mad Men poster/logo and photoshop out the cigarette and replace it with a cupcake. I’m not so slick on photoshop but hand me some glue, posters on sale, and I’m good to go.

Literally.

And unlike most cupcake places I find online, I like to share our shop pictures. I don’t get that whole secretive thing, what are you hiding? Stupid stuff if you ask me. Then again, we’re funny and a little passive aggressive, oh and sorta awesome so anyway.

Here’s the artwork and some funny stuff:











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Crazy busy week and we’re in the newspaper!

I just got back from dropping Miss Maeve at camp in Virginia and things have been going about 100 mph. I’ve already gotten through round 1 with my architect on a floor plan which might be done as early as Monday, found someone to do the signage, and most importantly to me- someone wants to watch my children! My biggest worry through all of this has been my 2 little ones and keeping their schedules as normal as possible once we’re open.

I blogged, whined, I cried a few times, then my phone rang. Big. Sigh. Of. Relief!!

And even more exciting? Our opening made the newspaper ALREADY! Holy Crap- Here is the article, and thanks to Jenny Overman and the Fort Mill Times, you are wonderful!!

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via Cupcake business planned for Baxter | Fort Mill Times – Fort Mill, SC.

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