Birchbox- December 2012

  Yesterday I got my December Birchbox in the mail. I’m actually thinking about taking a break from Birchbox because I have a hoard of samples sitting in my closet that need to be used. Also, my fiance might have given my a intervention and called me out on all the samples I have. haha. […]

Chocolate French Macarons with Salted Butter Caramel- Step by Step

I love me some macarons! Crispy and crunchy on the outside and ooey gooey in the middle. This week my work has a cookie exchange/competition, which I have been told, is epic. I decided to pull out the big guns and whip up a batch of French macarons. They are a pretty hard cookie to […]

JewelMint Mystery Box

Last month Popsugar gave away a free $30.00 credit to StyleMint/JewelMint/ShoeMint.  The “Mint” websites were created by twin fashionistas, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. I used my credit on Black Friday to get a JewelMint Mystery Box that promised 4- 10 pieces of jewelry in each box! I received 5 bracelets and one set of […]

Royal Icing

This weekend I attended Macy’s Holiday Cookie Decorating class hosted by Jen Musty owner of Batter Bakery. The class cost $20.00 which was donated to Project Open Hand. A group of my girlfriends and I learned the tips and tricks of how to make royal icing from scratch. It felt kind of nice messing up […]

New Blog!

Hi guys! I decided to consolidate my tumblrs into one great big blog! Below are my old posts from tumblr. New posts to come very soon!

California Coast Road Trip

Last weekend I went to California to visit my boyfriend. We decided to make the best of our weekend in Cali by going on a road trip along the Pacific Coast Highway- OC to Monterey. We left early in the morning at 8 am and started up route 101/1. Slowly palm trees turned into green hills which […]