The Traveling Apron Cookbook Signing & some Yo-Yo Fruit Dip

This past weekend I had my FIRST cookbook signing for The Traveling Apron Cookbook.

Monumental, you guys. Sorta like your first kiss.

Well, maybe not THAT monumental but you get what I’m saying.

Nevertheless, it was a really fun time and I thought I’d share a few photos from the night at Haute Niche

Photo taken by Marti from The Bayou Bungalow.

(It’s my new Facebook profile photo, don’t I look legit?? Signing books like I know what I’m doing.)

Before the book was even out I was shopping at Haute Niche minding my own business looking for some additions to the new house. Haute Niche is a little hidden gem in Baton Rouge. It’s a combination of antiques, handmade furniture, reclaimed goods and home decor. The owner, Melissa, is as down to earth as can be and because she’s a full time nurse by day, you can tell that Haute Niche is her passion project and is filled with things she loves. The vendors she includes are hand selected and top notch.

And….they sell Miss Mustard Seed paint.

Which means they also have paint classes.

In case you were wondering if this made for the most perfect location for The Traveling Apron Cookbook Signing…..

Swooning yet?

Anyway, so I’m in there buying some things and we start chatting about nothing and everything. Somehow I mentioned “I wrote a cookbook that’s coming out in a few weeks” and she said something like “oh my goodness, that’s so awesome let’s have a cookbook signing”. And so we did.

But…..it gets better.

Each of her vendors got excited about the cookbook signing, too. So excited in fact that they circulated the cookbook amongst them and each selected a recipe from the book to recreate and have at the signing.

(Dirty Rice, Pasta Salad, Arnold Palmer’s, Baked Beans, Lemon Squares, & Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookies)

They even made my mama’s Yo-Yo Fruit Dip.

Y’all.

How sweet is that?

I mean, really.

They are the most insanely sweet group of ladies I’ve come across in a really long time, and it was so fun to meet them.

I wish, however, I would’ve been focused enough to remember to take a darn picture with all of them.

Next time…..

It was also fun to have my in-laws, Jim and Gail there to be apart of my signing.

(Me, Jim, Aunt Rillian, Gail)

My mother in law is the BIGGEST cheerleader of both mine, and my sister in law Ricci’s children’s books.

Not only did she bring my husband’s Aunt with her, she also brought half her neighborhood.

I joked “did you go door to door advertising?!?” and she just smiled.

Whatever she did I’m undoubtedly grateful and thoroughly enjoyed meeting them all.

It was such a fun night!

Here’s some phone snapshots.

I worried with it being 2 hours long, I’d sit there and maybe get bored but it was seriously over before I could even grab something to eat! I blinked and it was 8:15pm (it ended at 8) and time to pack up.

Which didn’t happen….because Melissa and I kept chatting about hosting a craft night and doing it all again!

Have I mentioned how much I adore her?

PS: Keep your eyes off that turquoise table that the food is on, I’m currently measuring my foyer for that bad boy.