A couple of weeks ago, my friend, Alexa, posted about a hilarious and almost ridiculous recipe called *Piecaken*. Piecaken, is the brain child of missionary and blogger, Jamie http://www.theveryworstmissionary.com. Basically, she had an epiphany to dump a whole baked pie into a spring form pan and poured cake batter over the top. She baked it. […]
Archives for March 2012
spring garden party
March 17 by
the party went off without a hitch. we’re blessed with amazing friends who lend their time and help! in between setting up, politely bossing my friends around, and trying to be a gracious hostess, i tried to snap a few pix…. the weather cooperated….it rains one day a year in california. and thankfully, the first […]
mason jar candle lantern prep
March 14 by
my good friend Lucy helped me pick up 4 cases of small Kerr mason jars, and 4 cases of large jars at Smart and Final. she then peeled apart one of the wide-weave burlap coffee sacks i had in the garage and took apart the threads. we used the longer twines. the leftover shorter twine […]
Gorgeous, rustic wedding florals
March 14 by
the direction was: rustic, but not too rustic. princess. blue hydrangea. i’d say the florist nailed the look.
momma loves the dude ranch
March 10 by
our friends Deanna and Rob got hitched. she’s a cowgirl. he’s an aspiring cowboy. together, they make an awesome couple. while i’m no pioneer woman, this was my frontier for the weekend. and boy did my husband and i love it! their wedding weekend was celebrated at the most magnificent Vista Verde Ranch, an all-inclusive, […]
itty bitty, tiny, little bundt cakes. are you kidding me?
March 7 by
we celebrated one of my coworker’s birthday yesterday. these itty, bitty, tiny, little, delicious bundt cakes were the treats. WHAT? i’m a snob when it comes to cake. at our wedding, i insisted on three types of chocolate cake layers. 5-star hotel pastry chef: “are you sure you wouldn’t like to offer a layer of […]
What Steve Jobs did for product usability
March 7 by
when we moved to our house, one of the selling points was this supposedly amazing sprinkler controller. it’s hooked up to a satellite feed that checks the weather. if it’s about to rain, the sprinklers don’t go on. smart, right? yes. the problem is that i’ve spent about 3 hours trying to set it to […]
online grocery shopping? yes, please!
March 6 by
i LOVE going to the market. i generally go at night without the kids. but sometimes life gets too busy. i know a bit about the grocery business as i worked for Catalina Marketing, the company that provides those custom coupons that are presented with your receipt. no, not the coupons for the car wash […]
honey, can you whip up a party for 40?
March 5 by
i love my husband. i do. i really do. and he must really love and believe in me…so much so that he’s confident that i can throw together a party for 40 people in under two weeks….well actually, one week, as we’re out of town for nearly a week. oh, and did i mention i’m […]
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
March 1 by
Jessica Cedarland is my good pal and an incredible photographer based in South Carolina. We shared some intensely funny moments at BlissDom this year. Here are some thoughts she had after this year’s incredible conference… “They” say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. They say beauty is skin deep. They, say all sorts […]
look who’s here? spring garden!
March 1 by
