If you read my Copycat Wendy’s Frosty post, you’ll remember that I just got a new ice cream maker that I love! And so we have been going a little homemade ice cream crazy at my house. And I couldn’t wait to try adding things into the basic ice cream recipes to make them even…
Archives for July 2015
Copycat Wendys Frosty Recipe
One of my favorite memories as a kid is eating Wendys frostys. They were a rare treat, since my mom wasn’t a fan of buying us fast food. But once I started driving, I would occasionally drive by Wendys and get a frosty and some fries. Don’t you love dipping your fries in the frosty?…
Colorful Living Room
I actually really love neutrals. I love the softness of beiges and creams, the cleanness of whites, the contrasts of grays and blacks. It’s very sophisticated. But I think there’s a bigger part of me that loves color more. Color makes me complete. It doesn’t have to be over-the-top, paint-the-wall-pink bright color. It can be…
Vacuuming–Easy Cleaning Checklist
I recently tried out a new vacuum, the Dirt Devil® 360º Reach™. It’s a different kind of vac than I am used to, not the standard roller wheel vac. It has the engine up by your hand which means it can convert in all sorts of ways. It can be small or long. It has…
LeapPad Platinum Review
We recently received the new LeapPad Platinum from LeapFrog. We’ve been working with LeapFrog for years and last year I visited their headquarters and learned about the process of how they develop games and products. The visit made a big impression on me, I wish everyone could have seen that side of LeapFrog. They put…
New England Clam Chowder
We are big fans of clam chowder in my house. There’s really nothing like it, and it’s best fresh. And by ‘fresh’, I mean mostly fresh veggies but I also use some canned goods too. I don’t live near the ocean and so getting fresh clams is not really a priority–especially when the canned clams…
A Little Pillow Refresh
This post was sponsored by Target, all opinions are my own. There’s only one room in my house that I would consider ‘done’ yet I can’t seem to leave it alone. It’s my pretty, special space that stays clean and beautiful all the time. Because no one lives in it. It’s the guest room. I…
Cookie Butter Milkshake
I love cookie butter but I have a hard time figuring out how to use it. I feel like it’s a little too rich for me to eat on things like toast or in a sandwich but I love the taste of it! So I decided a milkshake would be a good way to use…
20 Handmade Christmas Presents to Start Sewing Now
So YES. Let’s think about Christmas now. This doesn’t mean you have to haul out the holly, just start getting ideas and materials for some handmade Christmas presents so that you can actually accomplish those projects long before the craziness sets in! This particular episode of “Handmade Christmas Presents” is the sewing edition–because sewing always…
25 Trim and Molding Ideas
Several years ago I started noticing something in people’s homes that always seemed to take it over the top…trim and moulding. Trim, molding, and wall treatments were all things that seemed to be in all the old homes, the things that really gave it character. But as more people built homes that were mass produced,…
