Vintage Cookery Tips–the fish and broken yolk ones are intriguing!
Why You Shouldn’t use the Self Cleaning function on your oven. Do you use this? I never have, I just scrub, scrub with baking soda and vinegar–oven cleaner if I must. I’m scared of it…and now I guess I can feel okay about it!
LOVE, love, LOVE this Geo Lantern DIY.
Yowayowa Camera Woman Diary is an ever-fave. The most recent levitation is scary!
Beach House dreamz…mostly, I want that outdoor clawfoot tub/shower!
Awkward Recognize Awkward. I know all about the Nerd Chills and what it is to be truly, painfully, debilitatingly awkward, too. It’s not always a joke (sometimes it is…let’s be real), but we’re in it together…right?
This shower curtain is basically a nightmare. A horrible, recurring, mass produced nightmare.
Even though I am already married and I never want to plan another wedding for myself…I am absolutely smitten with these witchy & bewitching wedding ideas.
This Raspberry Sorbet + Ginger Beer Float and this Roasted Provolone are both so deliciously gorgeous in different ways. I need more fancy floats and skillets of melted cheese in my life…obvi.
If I were to win a gold medal, this is the one I’d win.
Oh, hey! I have a ton of delicious things planned for the next few weeks…including more ice pops (I’m obsessed, okay?). For now, here are the links that turned my head the last week.
Sean likes math, I like words…this tapped into my inner nerd. Common words explained with math.
This post, Blueberry Bruisers: In Support of Pride Everywhere by I Heart Big Flavor, is good stuff with a solid message.
This article, Julia Child’s Recipe for a Thoroughly Modern Marriage, had me smiling and tearing up. It had me appreciating my thoroughly modern marriage just that much more.
These 3 Yelp reviews read by actors, holy heck, this had me LOL-ing for reals. “My meal was delectable, exotic, and incinerated everything in my intestines.”
There are a few web-comics that I read on the regular…for like, years now…nerd alert. Books of Adam is a fave and this one has a message that I think we can all pretty much relate to. Real life stuff, hilariously illustrated.
Links this week are a bit light as my whirlwind trip back to Reno was BUSY to the max. It was really nice being disconnected for a few days and participate in a dear friends wedding, so I’m back and I have our giveaway results, but first…
A goat named Buttermilk, kick-flipping off her goat friends. OMG. That’s all I can say.
Mary! You won! Shoot me an email w/ your mailing address and I’ll get your goodies out to you…congrats!
That deer up there and I had a staring contest. I took it’s picture. I won!
This is amazingly ridiculous. So much snuggie action!
Everyone loves a photo booth. Everyone. Proof here.
I want these and this kitchen, please.
Martha Stewart got new kittens...and, Oh, Martha bites all her new kittens. On the face*. So they know she’s their mother, duh. I cannot even begin to tell you how much this info delights me.
*PS, Sean totes did this with both of our dogs.
I am traveling today and this weekend back to Nevada for my BFF’s wedding. I’ll have posts for you guys, but I’ll be otherwise attending to my bride’s matron duties and hanging with my baby niece for the next few days!
First thing, sweet mama Naomi just welcomed her third babe into the world! Naomi takes the prettiest, dreamiest, real-life images and I was honored when she asked me to do a post for her a few weeks ago. I made little berry topped cakes (pictured above), the recipe is up on her blog Of Anselm.
These birthday hat fascinators are so dang cute! They would be such a fun DIY for any celebration.
Tracy just posted them this morning, but dang! I could definitely go for one of these boozy Pina Colada pops anytime.
I saw this on Facebook when Shauna posted it and then again when Tracy did, it’s just too good. There are a lot of rude people out there on the internets, and haters, they gonna hate…this girl owns it.
I’m obsessed with lots of things all the time.
Lately, I’m loving this herringbone mani.
I am addicted to design shows and The Kitchen Cousins are killing me with every episode…like the one where they installed PINK QUARTZ counters AND Heath Ceramic tiles. It’s just too good. And, really, they’re always so excited and that’s just adorable.
These photos, a tribute to her late mother, by photographer Kirsty Mitchell are just so stunningly whimsical. So much work and thought, they are like Wonderland for reals.
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Today, July 4th, is a national holiday here in the US–a day we celebrate our independence with bbq’s, pyrotechnics, parades, and summertime camaraderie. So, this link list will be short and silly as I have major plans to lounge, eat, drink, lounge some more, and indulge my inner pyro with boxes of sparklers. Cheers!
The Bluth’s are one of my favorite America television families. They all have a take on how a chicken behaves and this diagram breaks it down. To see it action, watch this video–”Chickens don’t clap!”
And, even more chicken adventures, by way of My Drunk Kitchen. Hannah has an uncomfortable few moments with this chicken and that beer. “It get’s fowl.” Awkwardness and Hilarity.
This made me LOL for real. I’ve tried to bake gluten-free for friends and have failed miserably. So, I hang my head in shame and leave it to the pros.
Well, that’s it! Happy Birthday America!
A few podcasts ago Tracy assigned some blog homework…five of your current favorites.
I have favorites! I can get with that homework!
I approached this assignment like I do, procrastination style, ha! Well, I got it together and I’m finally handing in my work. You can see a whole slew of awesome faves HERE on the Joy the Baker Podcast page.
I have a long and ever-evolving list of favorite things, so I decided to reign it in and just do five of my favorite beauty products…and even then, it was tough only choosing 5! So, here they are:
1. Brush Roll: my friend made this brush roll for me, it houses my collection of make-up brushes–from foundation to blush to liners, it’s amazing. Inside there are 18 (eighteen!) slots of varying sizes. That may seem like a lot of brushes for one gal, but I have 15 and there’s room for me to add my mascara and a few pencils. It’s perfect for travel and storage.
2. Burt’s Bees Cuticle Cream: This stuff is so nice! As evidenced here, here, and here, I’m a big fan of painting my nails and my cuticles need constant loving from being dried out with harsh removers. This balm is lemony and soft, a little bit goes a long way, and it makes the dreaded task of pushing back those cuticles a dream.
3. Tinted Lip Balms {Korres, Burt’s Bees, & Say Yes to Carrots}: While I have a major hoard of lip glosses and sticks, I pretty much only wear these tinted balms. They add just a touch of color, while hydrating and protecting my lips.
4. M.A.C. Paint Pot in Painterly: I cannot begin to tell you how much I love this stuff! M.A.C. makes these pots in a variety of saturated colors, but I love this matte, pink neutral. I often wear it alone, but it also works as a primer keeping shadows and liners in their place…and, the best part, no creasing!
5. Dry Shampoo: To keep my locks fresh between shampooing, I love using a dry shampoo to soak up any extra grease near my roots. I don’t wash my hair everyday (gasp!) for fear of stripping my hair and drying it out. I’ve used a few different brands of dry shampoos (I have yet to land on a absolute favorite), but this one by Tresemme is affordable and easy to find.
In leiu of a real-deal post, I’m sharing some Pinterest love–I’m still painting/organizing/spring-cleaning like a maniac and the various states of disarray are distracting/uninspiring to say the least.
I cannot tell you how much I L-O-V-E Pinterest, though there does seem to be a bit of controversy over it. I don’t mind having my content pinned, in fact…saying it makes me a bit giddy is an understatement. I do try to pin from the original source and try not to pin something at all if it doesn’t seem to have a working link. That said, it is my number one source of inspiration AND time-wasting-management.
Double edged sword, that it is.
The screen shot above is just a little snippet of things I’m doing/coveting for sprucing up our place. In all honesty, we don’t plan to spend a long number of years in the midwest…we hope to be west coasters again in the next few years…but, we do want to make our place feel comfortable, homey, and reflect our style while we’re here. We want to enjoy dwelling in our dwelling, you know? So, it’s been a whirlwind of paint rollers, furniture re-mixing, and this weekend some new purchases are happening.
Do you Pin? If you do, I’d love to check out your boards! Leave me a link in the comments and feel free to check out mine as well!
1.29.2012: Snow day outside of our office window.
1.30.2012: Nude & Dark Plum mani. I used Zoya colors Kennedy and Casey.
1.31.2012: Early morning sunrise from our front porch.
2.1.2012: Stepping out on a not-so-wintry day sans socks.
2.2.2012: Juicing! Grapefruit and Carrot.
2.3.2012: Favorite breakfast, corn tortilla/egg/cholula/avocado.
2.4.2012: Saturday morning coffee with the Mr.
