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Easy Valentine Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

February 10, 2022

Valentine's Day is just a handful of days away and I'm sharing one last quick recipe hack to make for a sweet treat or gift to someone special. Take a peek at these easy Valentine peanut butter blossom cookies that are both gorgeous AND tasty!Being the procrastinator that I am, I didn't get to making peanut butter blossoms over the holidays. They are a standard of mine and I just didn't get it together this year. Ever have too many ideas rolling around your head and not enough time or hands to ... VIEW POST

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a Classic Drink!

February 7, 2022

Let's stroll down the memory lane of my childhood today. Last week, I made the kids a sweet sampling of Shirley Temples in fancy glasses (of course). Perfectly pink and pretty, I realized they would make a fantastic holiday treat and they brought back a lot of sweet childhood memories. All you need is a few simple ingredients to celebrate Valentine's Day with a classic drink! Sweet Childhood MemoriesThese pretties made it up on Instagram last week as a part of a Valentine Shenanigans group share ... VIEW POST

“Whoa! That’s so cool,” my kids gasped, breathless in their excitement as they saw the colors stream through my camera lens. What looked to be a faint line of pink quickly burst into a blend of dark pink, purple, blue, and green. Photography is magic. The human eye is fairly weak, really. We’re just not… [Continue Reading]
A handful of weeks ago, I thought about writing this post – and I want to add that it also had a great title at the time (I specifically remember thinking, “WOW, that’s a BOMB title!”). As it happens, I can’t recall it (*pulls out hair in frustration*) and this post remains title-less until it… [Continue Reading]
“Autumn’s Fire” fine art print available here Leaf peeping is at its height here in the mountains of Colorado and I feel like there is a renewed interest in learning to appreciate nature and its gifts. We were lucky to be able to drive up Guanella Pass — one of the most popular aspen-viewing drives… [Continue Reading]
My brain is currently in Halloween mode, obviously. As I was collecting my favorite finds for the week, I stumbled on several great pieces from Antique Farmhouse. Antique Farmhouse is a longtime favorite of mine — and they recently featured product photos of mine for their Sleepy Hollow promotion event. Weekly Seasonal Favorites The Sleepy… [Continue Reading]
Recently, I scrolled upon a GIF that said, “Forget about being cool. I want to be so kind that it freaks people out.” I thought, “SAME.” Then, I thought about all the time I spent trying to be cool, imagining myself as the cool kid, pretending that I was someone else that was cool, practicing… [Continue Reading]