Happy 2012!

I get so excited about the new year – I have grand ideas, big plans and goals. Of course I forget about them approximately 6 minutes after I wake up on the first, but that’s what Mondays are for, right?

Peaches, raspberries, sugar, yummy healthy

 I took a break from working over the Christmas break, but still managed to sneak in a small project (Bonjour Farine!). I have some fun projects coming up, like the make over of my friend Rachel’s site, and a website devoted to JUST tablescapes – place settings, centerpieces, tables for all seasons and events – it’s going to be so much fun! One of my most recent clients, Shari at My Judy the Foodie will be posting her 100th post this week, and is now averaging 300 hits a day! Considering she’s only been blogging for a little over 6 months, that’s pretty fabulous!

Blissdom is also coming up soon! Once again I will be a Photography Community Leader and I am OVER-THE-MOON excited to see my favorite photographer (and mentor) Me Ra Koh there too! If you will be there, and have any questions on your camera, make sure you find me or one of the other amazing photo leaders during the conference. If you aren’t going, WHY NOT????  ;)

Did you make any resolutions? I kinda did, but only in the sense I would like to do things better – better at menu planning, taking more time to be creative, walking more, eating better…not very exciting I know, but anything that makes life a little easier, right?

PS – the photo above was my breakfast one morning – frozen peaches, raspberries…YUM!

You know you haven’t blogged in a while when…

…your browser doesn’t remember the link to your admin panel anymore :(

We had our usual autumn round of the plague (random colds), but this last one lasted a bit longer than the rest. One week followed another, then came Halloween, Thanksgiving, and now we’re coming up on Christmas – where does the time go?

Well, pinterest for one. I have been a pinning fool, but I have been making things too! We tried this FABULOUS broccoli recipe last night, and I have to say – it IS fabulous. My oldest was scarfing it out of the roasting pan before I could get it on the table.

Maybe it’s just that time of year, but I have been downloading organizing tips/ideas like crazy. Calendars, home work areas, control zones…when (if) I decide on something I will update it here.

I did a TON of cooking at thanksgiving – made everything except the pie!

My favorite this year (besides the turkey and cranberries, which ocean spray takes total credit for), was my stuffing:

It’s half regular and half cornbread stuffing, celery, onions, chopped up granny smith apples, sausage and dried cranberries. It was so yummy – I will be making it this way from now on! I will make a formal recipe to post here :)

I have just about wrapped up my design work for the year, but I will be taking on new projects in the new year and will be launching a new site with my friend Kristin with printables, premade blog bling, and themes, and still doing custom work as well – drop me a line if you would like more information!

I am going to try to keep the pinterest carnival going – post about the pins you have done and link to them here on thursday!

xoxo
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Pin it, Do it, Share it

Welcome to the first week of Pin it Thursday! I hope you all had fun choosing something from your boards to do this week. I was an over-acheiver this week – I did 2!

My first pin I did was to make taco seasoning – we have tacos at least every other week, so this is a BIG money saver for us. This is a great recipe and tastes even better than store bought!


photo credit - 5 dollar dinners

Next I got some more life out of my swiffer wet jet by using this tutorial from Lifehacker- I love my swiffer, but that liquid never lasts long, and I guess it never occurred to them to make refills or even a refillable container. (ps – I also make my own swiffer pads)

 

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