Ready… Set… Peep!

Welcome the to 14th Annual Pinkorama! Can you believe it’s been almost twenty years (next January!) since the first Pink Carnation book came out and fourteen years of Peep dioramas? I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that a random impulse fourteen years ago– “Hey!  Does anyone feel like making a Pink…

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The Winner of the 13th Annual Pinkorama Contest Is….

So many thanks to this year’s Pinkorama participants!  It’s always like Christmas crossed with a birthday when your entries arrive in my inbox: the surprise of seeing what you’ve picked to depict this year and the sheer joy of seeing the beauty you’ve made.  I am, as always, in utter awe of your peep-craft. This…

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The 2023 Pinkorama Round-Up

Calling all 2023 Pinkorama participants to take a bow!  It’s time for the 2023 Pinkorama Round Up! This year, we’ve got an Italian count and his art collection, Teddy Roosepeep and his Rough Peepers, Eloise hard at work in the library at Selpeep Hall, love among the weeds in 1805 Hyderabad, three generations of Peeps…

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Pinkorama #6: Team W Peep

For our very last Pinkorama of 2023, we have a special bonus Pinkorama: Team W Peep! When she sent in her Two Peeps and a Wedding Pinkorama, Rachel added, “PS: just for fun, a Peep version of the WWWs. Pearls and prosecco included!” I know it was just for fun, but I love it so…

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Pinkorama #5: Stolen Peep Moments in THE FORGOTTEN ROOM

For our penultimate Pinkorama of 2023, returning Pinkorama champions Candace and Cassandra bring us…  Stolen Peep Moments in The Forgotten Room! The very first Team W collaboration, The Forgotten Room follows the stories of three women– Olive, Lucy, and Kate– all connected by the same Upper East Side Gilded Age mansion as that mansion changes along…

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Pinkorama #3: The Library at Selpeep Hall

For our third Pinkorama of 2023, Sharon brings us… Eloise in the library at Selwick Hall! Sharon writes, “It is a homage to Eloise’s many hours reading documents at Selwick Hall in the Black Tulip (and other books too).” Is it just me, or are you dying to know what Eloise is reading?  I’ve been…

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Pinkorama #2: Two Peeps and a Wedding (featuring Peepy Roosevelt!)

For our second Pinkorama of 2023, Rachel brings us… Two Peeps and a Wedding!  Or do I mean Two Wars and a Peep? Rachel writes: “I recreated the scene early on in Two Wars and a Wedding when Betsy runs into Holt and Paul outside of their train, en route to Tampa. Betsy’s purple traveling…

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Pinkorama #1: The Lost Summers of Newpeep

It is with the greatest of pleasure that I bring you… the 2023 Pinkoramae! Every year, I think these can’t possibly live up to the standards of last year’s peeptastic creations— and every year I’m blown away by your sugary ingenuity.  I’ll be posting a Pinkorama a day and then opening it up for voting. …

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Ready… Set… Peep!

Welcome the to 13th Annual Pinkorama! Some claim that thirteen is an unlucky number– but I think thirteen could just be our lucky Peep! I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that a random impulse thirteen years ago– “Hey!  Does anyone feel like making a Pink Carnation-themed diorama out of Peeps?”– has…

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