While I’m watching my little guy turn 18, one of my best friends is celebrating her little guy’s 1st year this week. I know 18 years is a lot of years to someone counting months and yet the view from here is as I said last week, all cliche. It goes so fast! One of…
Jen, Kristin and I have spent quite a few posts talking about our version of a baby shower. I’m sure at least one million ideas exist for baby showers, and I hope to keep reading about them. While this isn’t the one and only, it was our take–uniquely made to fit the time, place and…
As you know, the girls and I have been sharing our baby shower story. See below for part 1-4. baby shower part 1: making plans baby shower part 2: making invitations baby shower part 3: making decorations baby shower part 4: making food Jen: We knew from the get-go that the creativity of this group…
(Hop to the bottom for Honey Orange Roasted Almonds Recipe!) baby shower part 1: making plans baby shower part 2: making invitations baby shower part 3: making decorations The ladies and I have been telling our story of collaboration. If you missed part 1, 2 and 3, see above from beginning to end. Today we’re…
Our cutie friend Lyndsay had a baby this past year. For the past few days we’ve been sharing about how we celebrated: baby shower part 1: making plans baby shower part 2: making invitations Today’s post on decorations starts with Kristin, who is currently off WWOOF’ing it, waiting tables and creating through New Zealand as…
This past year, I collaborated with my friends Jen and Kristin to throw our friend Lyndsay a baby shower. Friday we started with how it came together – baby shower part 1: making plans. Today we are talking invitations, here is Jen to start us off. Jen: We all love the simplicity and efficiency that e-mail invitations offer us…
Everyone loves themselves some babies, but not everyone loves themselves some baby showers. The diaper games with disgusting food in them, the advice, sitting for hours with strangers – it can feel a little dreadful for all involved. While all of that angst is just worth it for the love of the momma-to-be, the girls…
While my friend Kristin was traveling a few years ago, we had a couple of unspoken agreements that seemed to guide our cross-continental email and text exchanges. One, no editing needed, just type and connect. (Hello personal journal time for the both of us!) Two, tell me always what you are eating and with whom….
Last night, before nodding off to sleep with a cookbook in hand, I read “whipped coconut cream.” What? First of all, chilling coconut milk solidifies the cream, separating it from the liquid? Secondly, once it’s beaten, the cream makes a delicious coconut whipped cream? For years I thought the only whipped topping worth having was heavy whipping…
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