storefront progress and the delicious dana cree

i had two amazing surprises today. i was running late for my meeting with seattle pastry chef dana cree when i quickly parked in front of the ice cream store to discover -- oh my gosh! there's a lot of blank space between the world and the ice cream shop! this morning the guys from dovetail (my fantastic contractors) tore down the ugly1960s cover-up job of the original clearstory windows above the storefront. it's beautiful!

the three windows let in so much light and bring a more classic look to the interior of the space, too.

but i had to run. i was late for my meeting with dana. i walked into fuel coffee to find her ordering from my fave fuel barista, noah. i was so happy to find through our meeting that dana cree is fabulous. i'd heard great things about her.  she's the pastry chef at veil on queen anne.  but she is SUCH a knowledgeable chef willing to share her wealth of information -- exactly what i needed!

dana will be making all of the toppings for molly moon's homemade ice cream including hot fudge, caramel, butterscotch, and seasonal fruit compotes. yum! she's also going to help me perfect the balsamic ribbon for balsamic strawberry ice cream, teach me how to take full advantage of whole vanilla beans, and help me with the creation of baracky road! 

molly moon hearts dana cree.

which sign do we like?

i got two proofs today from the sign maker. help me decide!

do we like blue or white neon better?

do we like the "homemade ice cream" big and outside the blue circle, or do we like it inside the blue circle, but smaller?

storefront interior discovered

storefront interior discovered
Originally uploaded by missmoon

in the design of the ice cream shop space, we were going to build in a clearstory of windows above the storefront, but in demolition on thursday, the guys uncovered the original clearstory from 1928! 

with a little cleaning and restoring, the storefront will be returned to something close to its original design. i love it!

we're also going to leave the I-beam exposed at the top of the southern and western walls. very old-new, high-low, you know?

website design

nica the fabulous is working on the molly moon's website as we speak! here's a sneak peak of the design i chose.

construction photos

construction is moving fast and things change every day. the framing is just about done at the shop and my sister and i started priming the walls tonight. i think we're on schedule to open the first week in may. so who wants to help on painting weekend?! 

here are more photos of the construction and all of the glorious progress.

ice cream shop progress

hello all of you people who care about molly moon's homemade ice cream! here is the blog where i'll update the world on the goings-on of all things molly, moon, homemade, and most importantly, ICE CREAM!!!

the image is what the back of my business cards look like -- a coupon for the shop. and all of you investors and uber-networked friends will get some of these to pass out to people you know.  yay!