Dear Diary, Just kidding. I don’t have a diary. Dude, life has been crazy lately. It’s been busy, full, stressful, wonderful, magical, annoying and probably most of all… memorable. ...
My crazy love/obsession with brussels sprouts is still going strong. We are coming up on our six month anniversary… or so. I don’t actually keep track of that kind of thing because, dude,...
I really like the look of dream catchers. There’s just something so whimsical about them. I’ve been wanting to start a collection to hang above my bed. Originally I had thought about hang...
Recently I’ve been going through my blog archives as I prep for a big… um… let’s call it a makeover (announcement to come in another week or two). I also think that it’s...
I missed you. And my kitchen. And secure internet. But Hawaii was wonderful and I’m so glad I got to visit a new-to-me (and beautiful) state! You can see some of our travel pictures here. IR...
Hey guys, guess what? I’m on vacation with some of my family. Yeah, I know. Vacation. It’s awesome. I am visiting the beautiful state of Hawaii for the very first time, and loving it so f...
Weird fact about my life: I have made cream cheese frosting every week for over a year now. Well over 52 times I’ve made the same cream cheese frosting recipe. No, I’m not just a crazy cr...
Lately I’ve gotten the itch to display more photos in my home. Maybe it’s because this is my first house and I really want to make it my own. Maybe it’s because I’m getting ol...
My mom asked me to make a coconut cream pie for a birthday party this past weekend. I adore trying new things and I love experimenting in the kitchen; but I do get just a touch nervous to make new di...
Warning: the following story is about crumb topping. And it goes no where. Read at your own risk. When I was in high school we had this group called DECA; I wasn’t a member and to be honest I c...
I think the first time I ever made risotto was about three years ago. You know what’s weird, I don’t think I have actually ever eaten risotto at a restaurant. Every time I’ve ever h...
I just had the most fantastic weekend! The mister and I took a little weekend trip for his birthday and his lovely sister had us over and created an amazing seven course dinner. Yep, you read that co...
It’s ice coffee season—finally! I am a coffee person. All the way. Love coffee. Probably drink it too much. If you like tea we can still be friends. Coffee is awesome. I love to get coffee out ...
I’ve got a couple of projects for you; both of these have been a long time coming. For this shirt I learned how to properly add studs to denim. I share my tips over on the A Beautiful Mess blog...
I know what you’re thinking, but hear me out. Tomatoes are a fruit. Strawberries are a fruit. Tomatoes are red. Strawberries are red. They both grow on vines… wait a second, is that even ...
It’s been two weeks since my sister left town with the Sucre tour… and man am I missing her. While she’s off having adventures in California, Arizona and now Texas; I’m at hom...
My mom used to take me and my siblings berry picking sometimes when we were kids. I only vaguely remember these trips (sorry mom!). I think I spent most of the time eating all the berries I picked. I...
Today over at A Beautiful Mess I shared project #17 of my 2012 craft challenge—I dyed my white bride’s maid dress purple. It was a fun experience that I learned a lot from, and I share my top f...
Yesterday was one of those days where you realize you studied the wrong chapters for your online quiz. You had high hopes of building your back yard fire pit but now it’s pouring rain (and ligh...
I have quite the growing collection of magazines. It’s sort of embarrassing really. I collect: Everyday Food, Everyday with Rachel Ray, This Old House, and I have a bunch of old issues of Ready...
What I loved about this cheesecake (other than the fact that it contained 3 bars of my favorite candy!) is that it reminded me a lot of a really rich flan. My grandmother, Corina, used to make flan n...
If you follow me on instagram you probably already saw that last week I took on a mini green smoothie challenge. Up until a week ago today I had never tried a smoothie made with greens so it was a l...
I think my default is to add dark chocolate to everything I bake. My default hair do is curled out at the tips (I’d like to think I look like Farrah Fawcett… but that’s just not tru...
This is, without question, the best flat bread I have ever eaten. It’s so simple but the addition of amaranth flour and a few seasonings splashed on before cooking just makes this bread ah-maz-...
This project was a joint effort from my dad and I. I basically got all the supplies together and had the idea, my dad did most of the work. He’s got the good drill. I just have a bucket full of...
I made some coasters. I loved Kinsey’s mossy coasters and had planned to make something similar but I had some left over fabric from my shorts project and I couldn’t let it go to waste. I...
Can we chat about the perils of multi-tasking for just sec? I do this thing where I try to get a bunch of little things done while something bakes. It’s a little game I play, you could say. It...
I got a bunch of new flours over the weekend and I could not be more excited to try them all out! These cookies were made with quinoa flour. I am going to try to research each flour as I use them. Bu...
Got really inspired by Jill’s bleach painting tutorial here so I thought I’d give it a go. (If Jill says it’s cool then I’m all in-that gal has got style!) I used a (Clorox) b...
Hazelnuts-possibly the most under rated nut in the biz. 1.) Just the name hazelnut sounds cute. Like the color of a newborn puppy’s eyes. Or something. 2.) They are delicious! So, so good. And ...
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