{"id":151570,"date":"2014-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracious-khorana.45-76-20-142.plesk.page\/localmex12014x102x1kinfolk-natural-decor-workshop-nashville-mushroom-tartines-htmlx1\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T17:12:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T17:12:03","slug":"kinfolk-natural-decor-workshop-nashville-mushroom-tartines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localmilkblog.com\/2014\/02\/kinfolk-natural-decor-workshop-nashville-mushroom-tartines.html","title":{"rendered":"Natural Decor Workshop with Kinfolk, Nashville + Mushroom Tartines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In my dream you were there and you\u2019d always been there. We\u2019d known each other for a very long time, but I couldn\u2019t recognize your face. You looked like me, beneath a wide brim hat in a cocoon. You looked like a man I once loved in ink and leather. You had so many faces and long curls and were so kind. And you were all my family in a different life. So I made you biscuits when the sky was clear, and when it was dark, again. My sisters were there (you don\u2019t have any sisters<\/em>), and the air\u00a0was blue and green too. A trike sat out front. And so many pine cones. Pinecones like I\u2019d used to try to sell the neighbors when I was a kid in the suburbs. In Fairfield<\/em>. In North Georgia. Our house was stucco. I wasn\u2019t supposed to touch the peachy pink walls, and I\u2019d slide down the stairs in a sleeping bag.\u00a0I can\u2019t remember if anyone ever bought any pine cones. Maybe they did, to be kind. I was wearing a parka and kept my head down. Eyes on the oven, eyes behind the lens. Doing the things I like to do. I like to hide behind the things I do. I like it very much. I don\u2019t know how to be a guest. But you were my guests, and you were there and you\u2019d always been there. We\u2019d not known each other for a very long time, but I recognized your face.<\/p>\n

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Because, because at this past December\u2019s Kinfolk Workshop, I found people that became old friends the moment we met. And it wasn\u2019t even really supposed to happen. I might not have sisters but I have sisters, and we had all set out to have a Christmas party. We were going to dye napkins in indigo to ostensibly give as Christmas presents. Or, you know, just keep. But things didn\u2019t go like that. What was originally going to be a quiet get together of six girls quickly bloomed into a more the merrier full on fete & Kinfolk workshop. I hardly know how it happened, but I\u2019m so glad it did. We mashed up our original indigo dye party with found & foraged wreath making and ended up having what was one of our best workshops of the year.<\/p>\n

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And we all walked away with much more than handmade gifts to give & natural decor. It was a true collaboration in every sense of the word\u2014Rebekka<\/a>\u00a0of Camellia Fiber Co.<\/a> manned the dye vats & taught everyone the art of natural indigo shibori dying (by the end clothing was coming off in a dye all the things indigo frenzy); Courtney<\/a> created cocktails from the syrups she carries in her shop Hey Rooster General Store<\/a>; Emily<\/a> (the talented wood worker behind Board & Bread<\/a>) gathered greenery, made garlands late into the night before while I baked, and taught everyone how to make free form wreaths (everyone except me\u2014I just ninja\u2019ed one of her pretty creations at the end); Ruthie Lindsey<\/a> made the space beautiful, minded the gifts (replete with wildcrafted scents & soaps from Juniper Ridge<\/a>) and details, & graciously hosted the get-together at her brand new cottage (which she virtually renovated in a week\u2019s time\u2014seriously that woman took the house from cottage cheese ceiling & formica to bead board & butcher block in the time it takes for the rest of us to yawn and brush our teeth); and Hannah<\/a> of Nothing but Delicious<\/a> and I did what we do best together: put out biscuits and pimento cheese and truffled deviled eggs and such fixins. She is my kitchen soul mate. And a life saver.<\/p>\n

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But the people who put it on are only half the making of a wonderful time. The whole point of these workshops and gatherings is relationships. Hanging out. Creating together. And our guests were really what made that day so special for me, and I\u2019m so happy to have gotten the chance to connect with so many of them. The workshops are just as much about getting together and doing a thing, anything, as they are about learning a skill set. Really they\u2019re just an excuse to play<\/em>. Nothing more complicated. Maybe next time we can all just go try to sell pine cones to the neighbors? My pitch was always that they would make excellent salt & pepper shakers (they don\u2019t.). Over the course of that day I met Lisa<\/a>, the multi-talented artist of\u00a0So\u00f1adora<\/a>\u00a0& front lady of Copperfox<\/a> of\u00a0& now dear friend, & her mate Rory<\/a>, two deeply kindred spirits that I hope to have in my home & life often over the years. I also got to finally meet James<\/a>, the dapper designer (alliteration!) behind Handy Dandy Productions<\/a>, whom I\u2019d heard so much about. And the hilarious & tender hearted (yep.) Dan Rouse<\/a>, the\u00a0man behind the handsomely curated shop Wheat & Co<\/a> (Chippewa boot heaven, a one stop \u00a0for all your man gift needs, and all the ladies stuff <\/a>is 50% off right now!)\u00a0And the effervescent and too kind Tiffany<\/a>, the illustrator & photographer behind the blog Offbeat + Inspired<\/a> (her work is rad\u2026seriously talented.) And, and, and. So you see. I left with much more than a pilfered wreath that day.<\/p>\n

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Without further ado, I leave you with one of the recipes of the day, a simple mushroom tartine of bourbon saut\u00e9ed cremini, sweet & sour parsley, and local herbed goat cheese on toasted baguettes from the bakery down apiece. I\u2019d give you my pimento cheese recipe. But then I\u2019d have to kill you. (Just kidding it\u2026I\u2019m saving it for something special!)<\/p>\n

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