Happy Love Day!
We had a nice morning around here. I got up early and made pancakes for Thomas and my version of eggs Benedict for Matt & I.
Thomas and I are playing around on our apple gadgets for a while and then we will go on some kind of adventure before I begin cooking dinner.
Hope you have an amazing day. Full of love, kindness, & joy.
XOXO,
Emily | Could Be Interesting
The weekend according to my instagram
Starbuck’s Valentine’s Day Cup warms me up inside and out.
A Saturday afternoon drive down the coast made me feel so grateful to live in this incredible place.
Some delicious looking goodies from Olive Grocer in Belmont Shores. We got an amazing pack of various olives. So delish!
A new straw purchase which made my iced coffee a little extra festive.
The yummiest pretzel bread, roasted duck breast, goat cheese, & mustard sandwich from the cheese shop at the OC Mix Mart. (More on that later this week)
Lastly, my man looking handsome on our way to dinner at Watermarc in Laguna Beach. Thanks Singer fam for the Gift Certificate!
Hope you had the loveliest of weekends and your Monday is starting off splendidly!
Being Festive
This Valentine’s Day I’ll be doing fun silly things with the most wonderful man in the world. My fiance? He has to be in San Diego for his Masters & Thesis. I love him, but a love day with my little man is the best. Especially when we make dinner for grandma and grandpa.
What about you? What are your plans?
J.Crew in wonderful colors
It’s no surpirse that I am posting about J.Crew because I love them. Everything about them. In fact I love them so much that I have kept the first sweater that I ever bought from them. Purchased in 2003, a salmon pink jackie sweater. I still wear it to this day. So of course I am completely enamored with their new Spring collection.
AND… This is pretty much how I feel about all of it…
What was that? Oh yep! Etsy shop launched!
The Alder Designs Etsy shop is live. After a big week, we are so glad that we hit our goal and set everything up. We will be adding new items daily, but for now we are pretty excited about what we have going on. A lot of it was inspired by Valentine’s Day so we put together a little dessert table inspiration. Major thanks to Ali Winston Photography & Jessica Murray Designs for all their help. They are seriously AMAZING!
Anyways, here is a couple photos of the shoot with our etsy products:
Ooooh so fun. We had the best time putting together all of the treats & and goodies. Pink, glitter, & sparkle… everything nice.
Dig it? We really hope so! Make sure to check it out and grab some last minute Valentine’s Day goodies!
xoxo
Weekend Warmup
PHEW. What a week. It flew by. BUT it was a huge week. Met great people, connected with some awesome bloggers, did a wonderful valentines shoot, and prepared to launch our etsy shop. Pretty sweet, right?
Here are some fun personal shots of the shoot yesterday with Ali from Ali Winston Photography & Jessi from Jessica Murray Designs.
So much sparkle it makes me smile.
I have also found my new favorite festive nail color.
Essie’s Watermelon is the perfect color for V-Day. A seriously bright pink. I love it.
I cannot explain how much I love this collage of photos. It is a simple but wonderful way to document your little one joining the world. Something to keep in mind for our next one. {source}
The perfect wedding table inspiration.
This is beyond perfect. A must send to the wedding planner!
Have a lovely weekend and stay tuned for the launch of Alder Designs Etsy shop later today (hopefully)!
Happppppy Weekend!
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HGTV Valentines Day Party & Party Favor DIY
Camille Styles threw together a fun Valentine’s Day Card making party and we have the video to share.
Valentine’s Craft Party from Camille Styles on Vimeo.
We usually have a little get together each year to make cards, and this is pushing us to squeeze it in this weekend if we can! We have tons of inspiration and ideas, so we should have no problem getting it together.
We also have a fun tutorial coming up for kids Valentine’s for school!
Here is the cute DIY from Camille’s party for the Granola Favor bags! Enjoy!
Craft Paper Bags
- 3 1/2 x 6 3/4-inch brown paper bags
- small hole punch
- red and white kitchen twin
- Download template
- Format printer to print onto dimensions of brown paper bags, and print directly into bags.
- Fill with granola (see recipe below) and fold top of bag over about 1-inch. Punch two holes through the fold, and secure with kitchen twine.
Camille’s Granola
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 3/4 cups rolled oats (12 ounces)
- 3 ounces finely grated unsweetened coconut (1 cup)
- 6 ounces shelled raw pistachios (1 cup)
- 6 ounces slivered almonds (1 cup)
- 1 cup fresh orange juice
- 5 ounces dried apricots (1 cup)
- 3 ounces golden raisins (1/2 cup)
- 3 ounces chopped dried apple slices (1/2 cup)
- Preheat the oven to 275°. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, brown sugar, honey, cinnamon, vanilla and salt and bring to a simmer, stirring until the brown sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes. Let cool slightly.
- In a very large bowl, toss the oats with the coconut, pistachios and almonds. Add the warm brown sugar mixture and stir to coat thoroughly. Spread the granola on the baking sheet and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, stirring once or twice, until golden.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, pour the orange juice over the dried fruit and let stand until plumped, about 1 hour.
- Drain the dried fruit, pressing to extract the liquid; discard the liquid. Stir the fruit into the granola and bake for 5 minutes. Let cool completely; the granola will crisp as it cools.
*photo’s by Hayden Spears
You can see it all {here}
Pop Up Shop Goodies!
We quickly hopped on 100 Layer Cake‘s Pop Up Shop with Chez Renee last week. We have been major fans of the shop for a while now and this was the perfect opportunity to indulge. We purchased a gift certificate and got it via email yesterday. This morning we went on a little shopping spree and picked up these goodies…
A sweet little set of Milk Glasses and Basket. Perfect for flowers on the dinner table.
The most wonderful recycled wood cubby to house our crafting supplies.
A fabulous 3 tier wire basket to organize yummy kitchen treats.
Yup. We lucked out! Some serious awesome home goods.
Now for some more items we are coveting.
A pretty painting for the walls
A lighted Bar Sign
A rustic bakery basket
The prettiest 12 diamond pave ring
A gorgeous vintage display box set
those are just a few! See the rest at Chez Renee
I want, I need, I must…
Chevron Drawer Liners. How perfect are these? They would be perfect to apply to the bottom of a white tray to keep makeup/jewelry/girly goodies. Alright, purchased. Next DIY!
Tinted Lip Balm ~ A DIY
Spotted and hearted. We LOVE this simple but lovely tutorial on homemade tinted lip balm.
Delia Create’s Pink Tinted Lip Balm
2 TBSP grated beeswax
2 TBSP coconut oil
2 tsp. sweet almond oil
chunk of red lipstick
1/2 tsp. of shimmery eye shadow powder
10 drops of essentail oil (I used peppermint but you can use any kind)
Melt all but essentail oil in a doubleboiler until completely melted and there are no more beewax flakes.
Do not boil or overheat. Stir with a throw away tool like a bamboo skewer.
Remove from heat and add essential oil. Using a syringe or medicne dropper fill your lip balm containers.
Let it sit at room temperature or in the fridge until hardened or opaque.
Make sure to check out the rest of her post including more pictures and facts about making lip balm at home.
