So what are you giving your friends and neighbors for the holidays this year? The traditional cookie plate?? Don’t get me wrong, I love a good cookie plate (in fact I’ll do a cookie post this week) but sometimes I like something a little different. Today’s post is full of lots of fun non-cookie treat ideas [...]
Hostess Gift Idea
December 8, 2009 By 32 Comments
The holiday party season is in full swing. It may be a little old fashioned but I believe in hostess gifts. I know how much work and effort goes into throwing a party and I believe the hostess deserves an extra little something. I know how much I appreciate it when I receive a hostess [...]
College Cookbook Available!
October 6, 2009 By 6 Comments
photo by Megan Elle Photography I am excited to announce that my very first down loadable cookbook is available for purchase! My College Cookbook is filled with college pantry suggestions, no recipe cooking ideas plus over 50 recipes with 27 full color pictures all for just $10.50 It is a collection of easy to [...]
Pretty Pincushion
October 5, 2009 By 10 Comments
This weekend I enjoyed a girlfriend getaway. I was able to enjoy a beautiful weekend at the Oregon Coast with my Beach Babe friends. I just had to share a few pictures of what we enjoyed this weekend – don’t drool on the keyboard! Limoncello Cream Torte – we actually enjoyed this two days in [...]
Christmas Wish List
December 2, 2008 By 13 Comments
photo by ninjapoodles About a month ago I sent my college kids an email asking them what they wanted for Christmas. For those of you with small children – one thing you will learn as your children get older is that the items on their Christmas wish list get more expensive in direct correlation [...]
Wilkes Family Survival Kit
July 2, 2008 By 5 Comments
Both college boys are home this week – yea!! Even though my grocery bill triples I love having them home. We are spending the week at the beach – my favorite week of the year. (In fact we are there right now, while you are reading this!) This time Logan is bringing a friend with him, [...]
Graduation Girls
June 5, 2008 By 6 Comments
Fourteen years ago when we moved into our current house the first person we met in our new neighborhood was three year old Hannah. We met her as she was riding her bike with training wheels out in our cul de sac. With a pacifier in her mouth she introduced her self as “Hannah Banana.” [...]
Happy Mail
April 7, 2008 By 6 Comments
Checking the mail each day use to be an exciting event - especially as a child. Would there be a card or letter from Grandma, a birthday invitation, a thank you note or a letter from a friend that had moved away? Today so much of our correspondence is done via email, fax, cell phone, blackberry etc. [...]
Care Packages
March 13, 2008 By 2 Comments
Today I have been busy putting together a care package for my two sweet college boys. This is something I do every couple of months or so. A care package is a way to say – “Hi, I was thinking about you” without being there in person. When I send a care package to my [...]
