Balancing the Good Things in Life
Every year my daughter and I brainstorm ideas for valentine cards. She loves to include candy with her valentines to her friends (maybe because she also loves receiving candy). This year she wanted to create Printable Emoji Valentines! She helped with the verbiage to include and picked out her favorite emojis, and I got busy designing. […]
If you have a bit of a sweet tooth and love wine, then sangria is the beverage for you! I like making a batch of this a couple of days before we’re having friends over for a game night or cookout. I have several sangria recipes for different occasions, but this Pink Moscato Sangria is perfect […]
You wander into the kitchen looking for a little something sweet to eat, but all you find is that your kids have wiped out every single cookie and snack cake in the house. There’s a cake mix on the shelf in the pantry, but you really don’t want to bake and frost a cake. Wait […]
Picking out gifts for guys can be tricky. Usually they want things that women know nothing or very little about. For example, my husband enjoys hiking. He reads Backpacker Magazine on a regular basis and learns all about the latest equipment available. So, when he tells me he would like a new water filter for […]
S’mores are known for being the ultimate camping dessert, but this rustic treat can easily be dressed up into a more elegant presentation. The classic ingredients of graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallows are still all here, they’re just represented in a slightly different form. Serve these S’mores in a Cup in dessert glasses, individual parfait glasses, […]
At my wedding shower over 26 years ago, my husband’s Mom presented me with a very special gift of several Kreppein Family Recipes. Among those recipes was one she called “Kreppein Kandy.” She made this old fashioned hard candy every year, placed it into pretty tins or jars, and gave it to family and friends for […]
This year I created some gift tags to coordinate with my Coastal Christmas theme. These free printable Christmas Gift Tags are simple, elegant, but not too serious. If your Christmas decor could use some blue accents, you might want to print some of these! Click HERE for the recipe for the Sea Glass Candy pictured […]
My Christmas decorating theme this year is a Coastal Christmas. As I was planning this theme one of the things I envisioned was a Christmas tree decorated with seashells. Of course, that would include a Starfish Ornament! Starfish are beautiful on their own, and they don’t need much in the way of embellishment. The bigger […]
Setting up a Hot Chocolate Bar is something my kids look forward to every winter. It’s a welcomed treat at the end of the day. As soon as they get home, they go into the kitchen and create a custom cup of warmth. This year my Christmas color scheme is light blue, white, gold, silver […]
For Christmas this year I’m decorating in a Beachy Coastal Christmas theme! Who says Christmas has to be all evergreens and red bows? For my entire life I’ve gone on a beach vacation at least once every single year. I absolutely love the beach! So, this year I decided to bring the beach into my Christmas decor! […]
