Thank you for visiting my sweet little corner of the world ;-)

I left my job five years ago to become a pastry chef. I went to pastry school and loved every minute of it. After graduating, I started working at a local bakery where I made Old World European cakes and pastries.

Right now, I'm enjoying being a stay-at-home mom but I still make desserts for friends and family. My son was diagnosed with multiple food allergies so now I'm learning how to make allergen-friendly desserts as well.

I'm interested in learning more about cake decorating. I love the creative freedom it gives me: I get to draw, paint and sculpt edible works of art. It's really fun...and delicious too!

I'm a self-proclaimed Francophile and making French desserts is my way of reminding myself that "I'll always have Paris."

I'm just learning how to use my camera, a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi. My husband taught me a couple of things but that's pretty much it.

I'm so amazed and inspired by all the talented people here at flickr. I love looking at your photostreams and exchanging ideas with all of you.

Feel free to browse through my photos, but please don't repost them anywhere online without my permission. At the very least, link it back to my flickr page. Thank you.

If you have no profile or no photos, you may not add me as a contact. I'll block you so don't even bother.

Check out my blog for recipes, ideas and stories about the desserts I make (see link below).

Thank you for stopping by.

Rianne