Comments on: carrot cake cookies

By: Charissa Talaga

Charissa Talaga — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:51:37 +0000

A nice recpe idea you have here. I am always looking for more ideas to keep the kids entertained with and this one might just do the trick so thank you for sharing it.

By: jennifer

jennifer — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:33:40 +0000

mmm! those look delicious! my husband would be ecstatic!

By: Rae

Rae — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:24:59 +0000

o m g . . . what a bunch of neurotic bi-atches. I think the rug idea is genius! When I saw that post for the first time I was just jealous I hadn’t thought of it myself. Note to self: if ever have really awesome decor idea, do not submit to AT. (:

By: MissyP

MissyP — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:34:11 +0000

YUM YUM YUM

Will try these for sure.

By: marné

marné — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:27:11 +0000

Oh geez, don’t get me started about AT commenters. They’ve used my images before, they asked two times, but not the third. I think I will decline if they ever ask again. There were 48 snarky comments about a photo of my bookcases filled with white/neutral colored books. 48 people took the time (actually, there were a few nice comments, but mostly not) to share their opinion on bookcases. Lame! Sorry you had to go through that. It looks like they took the comments down now.

On a happier note, those cookies look so good. I love carrot cake and I love cookies, so that looks like a winner!

By: Rosie Goa

Rosie Goa — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:56:46 +0000

Oh dear, just read the AT comments, and must say had bit of a giggle. Couldn’t help it. How can you sleep at night? You certainly seem like the kind of girl that wouldn’t let that kind of thing get in the way of a happy day…..but it does raise a few (perhaps major) issues about provenance of content, doesn’t it……..hmmnnn. Not sure if I’d be very happy about someone taking my work/home/ideas and ripping them to shreds. Anyway, your blog is a delight to read, and your work is just gorgeous. You have a really special quality about you.

By: Ariana

Ariana — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:46:52 +0000

Ok so I’m making those cookies tomorrow. Seriously, they look YUM :)

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:07:54 +0000

Just wanted to drop a note and tell you how much I enjoy your blog. Different rugs and all! :) I tried the cookies, thanks for the link, and they were amazing. I love the dress from the next post, I think I know what I’m doing this weekend. :)

By: on-hand modern

on-hand modern — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:05:27 +0000

oh geez. everyone’s got an (ahem, UNSOLICITED) opinion…

by the way, is that an unsustainable lead-harboring plastic easter egg (a.k.a. choking hazard) under the table? tsk, tsk.

(eyeroll.)

By: Karin

Karin — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:34:31 +0000

oh, I also wanted to say “thank you” for your “links” organization. It’s the first I’ve seen of this rather than a blog roll and it is great!

By: Karin

Karin — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:33:48 +0000

we must be cooking kindred spirits. First, I served the tangelo ice cream (such a hit!) and I made these, too about a month ago the second I found the recipe after buying a 10# bag of organic carrots…yours look so much better. I used traditional cc frosting, which was a little too sweet. Happy cooking!

By: Rach

Rach — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:28:07 +0000

Very naughty that they didn’t ask you first if they could use your photos. Tsk tsk.

And what crazy comments! I recall following a link from Amy (Angry Chicken) to a series of comments about the ‘Keep Calm and Carry on Poster.’ It was hilarious. People, via their comments on these design blogs, get so passionate and sometimes quite disturbed about the colour of a curtain or the placement of a chair in a house that is not even theirs. If only people had such passion and energy about things that really matter. Like civil war and famine and poverty…

By: jenny

jenny — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:47:24 +0000

We have 2 green wool rugs from Ikea also, and I taped them together, too! We bought one and when we got home, realized it was too small for our living room, so went back and bought another then taped them together. Thrifty people make do without breaking the bank! We are potty training the dog (almost there!) so it got rolled up and put away until no more accidents occur. Who cares about the seam? You did a pretty good job matching them up. Oh and AT should have at least asked for permission to use your photos!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:03:43 +0000

thanks for the rug inspiration! and don’t sweat the cattiness in the AT comments… it gets kinda mean there sometimes.

i agree with the other commenters here – surprising that they used your images without your permission, and even more surprising that they made it sound like they had actually spoken with you about the change.

By: Melanie O

Melanie O — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:03:29 +0000

1 – love the yellow & white stripes
2 – hate beige rugs, hate sisal, or whatever (I have young-uns, it’s scratchy & uncomfortable & I think it looks dirty so easily)
3 – AT knows they have snarky commenters, they should ask if you want to subject yourself to them. Unlike most craft blogs, they don’t adhere to the “let’s be nice” model of commenting.
4 – I’d comment directly on AT if it didn’t crash my computer every time I load the site!
5 – if people who love beige hate your rug, you’ve scored points in my book!

By: karen

karen — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:49:11 +0000

The cookies look lovely, and so does your dining room. The commenters on that website are ALWAYS looking to criticize (very different from craft blog people). I’m surprised they didn’t even notify you in advance. Yikes.

By: Char

Char — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:41:08 +0000

Oh, and those cookies look scrumptious!

By: Char

Char — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:39:47 +0000

Hey…just found you whilst browsing around Etsy …as you do…
Read the appalling comments(some lovely) on AT…what are people thinking? The title wasn’t “what do you Hate about these photos?”
I feel for you… and thought the rug placement fabulouse, such a great idea when you have kids…one reason we don’t have rugs is because I just couldn’t bare to clean the carpet 24/7…but your style makes sense.
I’m going to add you to my blog…it’s wonderful to have stumbled upon Elsie Marley.
Take care…as you can see by the above…you are greatly loved!
Char

By: mama-pan

mama-pan — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:28:10 +0000

hiya Meg–those AT comments cracked me up, I have to say. Design folk can be so pretentious. How DARE you use different angles for those shots, anyhow? I, for one, love both looks–and since we’ve been rugless in our dining room for ages now (huge decorating fear of committment here), I think I’ll head up to my local IKEA and pay homage to one or the other of your ideas, you style maven, you.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:23:11 +0000

I’ll take a nice, inviting and livable space over a too-perfect-but-pretty photo on design blogs any day!

I think you place looks lovely, but the most important thing is that it fits YOUR lifestyle…

Cheers!

By: Ali

Ali — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:37:28 +0000

Those people are vicious! Makes you glad for our more friendly community over here. Can’t believe they didn’t ask you ‘Elsie’!

But I think those cookies could take away every slight.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:15:58 +0000

I just can’t believe they didn’t ask first….

By: Hyena In Petticoats

Hyena In Petticoats — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:16:08 +0000

Goodness me! I never would have thought a simple rug could cause such drama!
I especially love the one who said she ‘couldn’t live with that seam’. Jeepers! I wonder if she’d be willing to pay $1000 just to have a rug without a ‘horrifying’ seam down the middle?

Anyways – I love the new rug, and the old rug, and all the more power to you for being thrifty and creative and asymmetrical…..

Leah xxx

By: Bek

Bek — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:47:53 +0000

I love weekends like that too. Just being at home with the family and pottering about. Cookies look great, and I love the rugs too. Wherever you put them.

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:36:21 +0000

That sucks– I liked the switcharoo for summer. In my experience AT gets a huge amount of their content way… Granted, a massive number of sites get content that way now– I suppose that’s why we should speak up about it when it happens. They have a lot of nerve, using your images to set you up for that. They owe you an apology.

A huge congrats on the baby, by the way! Woo hoo!

By: Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:14:22 +0000

Totally disturbing to find your living room on LA Apartment Therapy without even knowing it! That’s wild.

And really, I love the placement of the rugs and was so very jealous when I saw them in the pictures.

By: marielle

marielle — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:23:36 +0000

Meh, these days there’s a trend of any jane, jill and june thinking they can recreate a stylist job and are entitled to an opinion on everyone else’s decor.

Mine home decor is post-three-children-tear-it-up modern. Thanks for the lovely recipe, they look delicious.

By: dana

dana — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:11:02 +0000

oh MAN, those look like my kind of cookies. Perfect to put the frosting in the middle.

By: Dara

Dara — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:06:40 +0000

Those look delicous…I seriously think I’m drooling a little right now!

By: Lils

Lils — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:59:29 +0000

cluck cluck, the hens are out! I love both versions of the dining room and the yellow is a perfect summer look. I think that A.T. folks are pissy because THEY spent too much on their rug! Instead of taking a stroll down budget lane.

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:43:14 +0000

I just made carrot cake sandwich cookies last week, but I used the other recipe on the Martha Stewart site (there’s two with slightly different proportions). I think your rugs look nice and cheery!

By: DeerDominique

DeerDominique — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:17:47 +0000

Wow..I read Apt. Therapy all the time, and never realized they just kind of pluck pictures and hash it our. So many of those comments were nonsensical if they were to have read your post about the reason for change in the first place.
I think both of your rug choices are great, I also think the placement is intriguing and opened my mind to the idea of anchoring rugs in a whole new way.

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:21:30 +0000

I think your new rug looks great! You’re the one who knows how your rug/rug placement works and feels when you’re actually in the room. Plus, AT didn’t say anything about your reasons for replacing the rug.

By: UK lass in US

UK lass in US — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:47:25 +0000

But when you read the tone of some of their comments, do they really sound as if they are people that you would want to invite around to your house anyway?

Those cookies look delicious.

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:25:15 +0000

Those cookies look awesome!

By: jess

jess — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:05:43 +0000

I liked both versions. I don’t know why people would be so vehement in their opinions about your rug.