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Growing up, when asked the highly-anticipated question, 'what cake would you like for your birthday?', I always requested a black forest cake. My mom would make the best boxed chocolate cake...

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For many years, I found myself spending hours in the kitchen on Thanksgiving morning (no complaints!), preparing a dinner that would take place around 4 or 5 pm, with no thought as to how I ...

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For years, Justin Hackworth has been the one to capture some of the most important moments in my life. I consider these images treasures and am so grateful to Justin for taking the time to m...

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For me, summertime is the season for camping, small trips to see family/cousins and for picking berries.  The activity is both practical and enjoyable for kids (who doesn't want homemade ...

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I subscribe to Gretchen Rubin's Happiness Project newsletter, which is essentially a daily reminder to find and create happiness in our own lives (versus allowing it to just fall upon you). ...

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It always feels a bit like Christmas when one of my favorite artists restocks her online shop .  I literally feel my breath taken away when viewing so much beauty in one little space.  If I d...

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There are only three ingredients, but they are good ones!  One hundred percent guava juice is difficult to find, but not impossible!  I use the Ceres brand from South Africa, which oddly tu...

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With school starting back up in three weeks, I am starting to dream again of the occasional morning get away with friends.  Don't get me wrong...I am not wishing away a moment of summer; ho...

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Late Summer is the perfect time to throw a nautical-themed gathering (shower, bbq, party, dinner, birthday, etc.) with the warm weather during the day and the cooler breezes at night settlin...

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When our family moved to Seattle three and a half years ago, I attempted my usual chocolate cookie standby only to find that it turned out completely different in my new location.  Unrecog...

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Now that we are all spotting pops of color here and there and sunshine is showing its face more often, it's time to relish in this beautiful season.  To celebrate, I wanted to share with ...

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This recipe is one of the most beloved in our home--we pretty much all go crazy for it!  The combination of bananas, vanilla, buttermilk, good sea salt, hazelnuts and aromatic cardamom mak...

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Now that it's actually starting to feel like Spring in the Pacific Northwest (i.e. you can actually walk out of the house without your wool socks and a jacket some days), I asked one of my...

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Have you ever spotted the beautiful, handcrafted shoes over at Joyfolie ?  They are all so pretty and look so special to me.  If you've ever shopped for children's shoes, then you know ...

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Over a year has passed since I planned this little birthday party for my daughter, Sophie.  I hoped to share these images with you much sooner, but you know how life goes sometimes.  Thing...

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If you're looking to expand your original art collection without breaking the bank, you must peek at artist Lynne Millar's studio sale this week.  Lynne , formerly of the acclaimed blog Sug...

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If you're on the hunt for some delicious dinner salads that leave you (and your kids!) satisfied, I'm sharing my five favorites over at Zupas this month (including this incredible Chinese Ch...

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On our last trip to France, I filled an entire suitcase (and it was a big one!) with vintage French goodies I picked up at flea markets and brocantes, as well as a few French office su...

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Since renovating our little maisonette  in the Medieval town of Beynac, France , I've wanted to share something very special with you--a little secret, or rather, an undiscovered trea...

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Congratulations ladies!  Here are the three, randomly chosen winners of the Minted Holiday Giveaway.  Each of you receive a $100 credit to Minted to use as you'd like.  Please send me an ema...

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A little heads up...I just added a very limited stock of deluxe pie box kits with colorblock utensils to my etsy shop this past week.  I think they are perfect for brunch with the girls ...

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Two nights ago, when pressing publish on this post, something happened and I lost virtually everything I'd spent hours creating. It was really upsetting to me, particularly after a seven-week...

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Hello, friends!  Meet my new favorite apple crisp (also known as breakfast, lunch and dinner--not kidding!).  Last week after school, we visited an apple orchard and somehow managed to come...

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My love affair with food began as a child (I was deemed "starving stephanie" by my aunties and cousins because of my seemingly endless appetite), but the relationship really blew up when I li...

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I haven't sat down at the computer to write for some time now, for many reasons (thank you for the little notes last week, by the way!).  And just this week I realized I hadn't ev...

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