Pinkorama
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…
Read MorePinkorama #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…
Read MorePinkorama #4: “In the Weeds” from “The Betrayal of the Peep Lily”
For our fourth Pinkorama of 2023, returning Pinkorama champions Carrie and Laura bring us… “In the Weeds” from The Betrayal of the Blood Lily! (If you haven’t read Blood Lily yet and intend to, this scene is a bit of a spoiler, so you might want to move on. If you have read Blood Lily—…
Read MorePinkorama #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…
Read MorePinkorama #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…
Read MorePinkorama #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. …
Read MoreReady… 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…
Read MoreThe Winner of the Twelfth Annual Pinkorama Contest Is….
Congratulations to all of this year’s Pinkorama winners! Really, it’s the rest of us who are the winners for getting to see the scenes you’ve spun from marshmallow and sugar. I am, as always, in utter awe of your peep-craft. This year’s entries brought us everything from Sally Fitzhugh as an unlikely angel to Penelope…
Read MoreThe 2022 Pinkorama Round-Up
Calling all 2022 Pinkorama participants to take a bow! It’s time for the 2022 Pinkorama Round Up! This year, we’ve got sepia toned memories of Edwardian England, a nativity play plagued with pudding, and two best friends hiding behind a shrubbery (shrubbus verdantus, anyone?). Before we go further– I know, I know, you’re waiting for…
Read MorePinkorama #3: “Peep-times in the Park”
Our third and final Pinkorama of 2022 is brought to you by returning champions Candace and Cassandra, who take us way back to the beginning of the Pink Carnation series to bring us… Penelope and Charlotte hiding behind shrubbery in The Masque of the Black Tulip! Candace and Cassandra write: Inspired by Chapter 15, of…
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