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HOMEMADE, HANDMADE & BORROWED

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I LOVE illustrating food. I love eating food — especially when that food happens to be cake. I had the pleasure of illustrating the cakes featured (along with a couple of sweeter-than-pie headlines) in this issue. I must admit, focusing on every layer and swirl had me opting for dessert before dinner a couple of nights. – Kacie Galtier, Designer & Illustrator

Preparing for photoshoot days involves a lot of planning and a LOT of props. One of the best parts is collecting well-loved items from friends and family members to use in our shoots. This issue features one of my grandmother’s classic white button-downs (page 10) and my mother- in-law’s vintage cookie cutters (page 28). – Eliza Schulze, Art Director

I had so much fun baking and decorating the gingerbread versions of Rouses team members for this issue. (page 30). I always decorate a gingerbread house for Christmas, but I had never made it from scratch before. So I won’t tell you how many heads I burned…let’s just say I ate a lot of gingerbread for the cause. – McNally Sislo, Creative Manager