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Last weekend, we stayed home again because of all the snow, and I felt like making muffins with my son.
There was just one problem: we didn’t have any eggs left.
And the car was covered in snow and ice, so getting eggs wasn’t an option.
Hmm.
I had my heart set on baking with L, so I quickly searched for eggless muffin recipes on our iPad. [Read more…]
Benefits of Eating Less MeatI recently read an alarming magazine article in Ode titled “Meat is Methane.”
Did you know that “livestock farming produces more greenhouse gasses than all forms of transportation combined”?
The article also mentions that “…producing chicken, lamb, pork and beef takes up one-quarter of the Earth’s surface.”
Here is another shocking number: “A single cow can produce as much as 132 gallons of methane per day.”
Are you at all worried about climate change and want to make a difference and reduce those numbers?
You don’t have to be a vegetarian like me — just eat less meat!
There are health benefits and environmental factors that play into meat consumption. A mostly plant-based diet is healthier, and by eating less meat, you would positively impact the decrease of:
Consider this:
The good news for meat lovers is that there are so many products out there now that taste just like meat. [Read more…]
Trip to Colonial WilliamsburgIt has been a while since I blogged about my trip to Williamsburg, VA, with Benjamin Moore, but I promised you a second post about my wonderful visit — and here it is.
Benjamin Moore and Colonial Williamsburg teamed up to create the 144 hues of the Williamsburg Collection and invited me and four other bloggers to come explore this beautiful, historic place.
I took so many photos, it would be a shame not to show them to you.
In my first post I told you about our first day of exploring Colonial Williamsburg and its many stunning buildings.
After our visit to the DeWitt Wallace Museum, we went back to our hotel rooms, freshened up, and got dressed for a fancy dinner at the Colonial Williamsburg Inn.
Every meal so far had been better than the one before, but this dinner was one of the fanciest I’ve ever been to.
And it was over four hours long! One amazing course followed another, and it was filled with wonderful conversations with the Benjamin Moore and Colonial Williamsburg teams.
The thing that made this trip so amazing, aside from the beautiful surrounding, was the company — everyone was so lovely and supportive, and I learned so much.
We all had one thing in common: our passion for what we do — from historic preservation to creating paint colors to blogging — and that was very inspiring to be around.
This was the yummy finale: hazelnut cake with as much chocolate sauce as you wanted. [Read more…]
Furniture for Small HomesIf there’s something I’m a bit of an expert in, it’s how to furnish a small home.
Every place I’ve ever lived in is short on space.
Our Blue cottage is no exception.
But I don’t mind — I actually enjoy the creative challenge.
I just wrote a guide for eBay about the kind of furniture I like to use to decorate our small cottage.
I wrote about
Check out the whole guide for decorating ideas for small spaces.
Do you live in a small house or apartment?
Check out this easy DIY hostess gift: a pretty milk glass jewelry holder.
There are always a lot of parties during the holidays, and you might be invited to one or a few and wonder what to bring as a little thank you for the hostess.
What do you bring when you are invited to a party? I’m always looking for new gift ideas.
I like giving something I’ve put together myself, but I don’t want it to take long or to break the bank.
So this is what I came up with for my holiday hostess gift:
I use a vintage milk glass vase to organize some of my bracelets and earrings, and that gave me the idea for this gift.
Here is what I like about this DIY gift: depending on the occasion and how close you are to the lady you are giving it to, you can make the milk glass vase or the bracelet the main gift.
And which hostess can’t use another little vase?