A special thanks to Barlean’s for sponsoring today’s Chocolate Crepes post and for helping me take recipe creativity to whole new levels! Don’t forget to enter the giveaway at the bottom of the post! I have worked with Barlean’s every year for #Choctoberfest, and normally I use their Butter Flavored […]
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Orange Chocolate Mousse Cake: #Choctoberfest 2018
Thanks to Sprinkle Pop for sponsoring today’s post about this delicious Orange Chocolate Mousse Cake. All opinions are my own. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway at the bottom of the post! I’ve been thinking about today’s recipe for years, and today it’s finally happening! When I was first […]
Peach Bruschetta - #CookoutWeek
Today’s Peach Bruschetta post is sponsored by Chef Shamy, but all opinions are my own. Some links in this post are affiliate links. I’m not going to lie, one of the reasons I love doing projects like #CookOutWeek is that sponsors send products to try, and I get introduced to […]
Chile Lime Corn #CookoutWeek
Today’s post is sponsored by Barlean’s as part of #CookoutWeek. All opinions are my own. I have posted before about my love of Barlean’s Butter Flavored Coconut Oil, but this time around I thought I would use it on a savory recipe. For me, a cookout is all about being […]
Smells Like Fall with Apple and Cinnamon
With Thanksgiving this week, there are bound to be lots of guests in and out. A few years ago, my kids took piano lessons from a friend of mine, and her house always smelled like magic. I couldn’t ever put my finger quite on what I was smelling. It was […]
My Top Ten Lessons Learned from Hosting an Alt Summit Mini Party
In January I was fortunate to get to co-host an Alt Summit mini party with Anne Cropper and Erica Nielsen. You can read all of Anne’s details of the party here, and my post from Handmade Mood here, but I thought I’d share my top ten lessons learned just in case you’re thinking […]
Rose Water Meringues
When I had the Favorite Things party, I wanted the food to be simple and delicious. It was all finger food so that I didn’t need utensils. Plus, with all the goodies being passed around, I didn’t want the food to get in the way. I made some raspberry chocolate […]
Hosting a Gift Wrapping Party
If you’re anything like me, you spend a lot of time thinking about and buying gifts. You might want to wrap your gifts to look like they belong on the cover of a magazine, but by the time you’re ready to wrap you’re already exhausted. A few years a few […]
A Cookie Decorating Party for Grown-Ups
I think there are lots of great reasons to throw a party. One of my reasons is that it forces me to clean my house, but it also gets me out of my comfort zone. Now that I’m in a new place, throwing a girls’ night is a great way […]


