Alex and I spent the weekend in Port Ludlow, WA for a triathlon training weekend with his Team in Training team. We had a beautiful day on Sunday after a really rainy Saturday. I had a chance to take out my camera and get a couple of shots of the bike portion of the training. Here are a few of my favorites: Continue reading…
When I see jar of Nutella I think of my summer in college that I spent backpacking through Europe. I lived in Paris for a month while taking a class and let’s just say I ate a ton of crepes. My favorite kind was strawberry, Banana and Nutella. Continue reading…
I am taking big leaps in my food photography this week. Along with my new camera lens this week I also bought Lindsay’s (Pinch of Yum) new e-book Tasty Food Photography. I love the book! It walks you through an easy to follow guide on how to take and edit food pictures. Continue reading…
I got a new camera lens! I ended up getting a used Nikon 50mm 1.4D. I had planned on getting a Nikon 50mm 1.8G on my trip into the camera store but after I found out the lens was on backorder I tried out the used 1.4D lens they had for sale. So far I am very happy with my decision! Continue reading…
This will be the first post of many on my constant battle to organize our kitchen. Our old apartment had a super tiny “hallway” kitchen. You know the type were you can’t open the oven and the fridge at the same time. So moving into our new house it was night and day difference with our new kitchen space but I could always use more space. The biggest problem I have with our new kitchen is there is no pantry so our dry foods take up a lot of the cabinet space. I will hit more on this issue in a later post. Oh the plans I have brewing in my head (insert evil laugh). Continue reading…
I have gotten a little distracted with my everyday life and have not had a chance to post. I wanted to make sure I got these cupcakes up before St. Patrick’s Day because they would make a great themed treat! I made these along with my attempt at purple red velvet a few weekends ago for the Team an Training Tri half way party we hosted at our house. Continue reading…
I love making cupcakes but I know if they are sitting around our house I will eat every last one of them. So the rule is that I can only make cupcakes when we have a party, go to a party or I bring them into work. Last weekend we happened to host Alex’s Team in Training triathlon team’s half way party, so that for me translated into being able to make cupcakes! Continue reading…
Happy Groundhog Day… well, a month late but better than never.
Every year a group of our friends throws a Groundhog Day party. This party includes a talent portion. Talents range from dancing and sing to prank joke calls all having a groundhogs day theme. This year my talent was cupcake making. As you can see from the pictures I made a little groundhog popping out of some of my cupcakes. They turned out to be a hit and a very yummy one at that. Continue reading…
Our dining room table is done! This has been an idea in the making for months now. I previously talked about the inspiration for this table in Farmhouse Table Part 1. Between building this, traveling for the holidays and running into missing materials, this project took a lot longer than we expected. In the end it was completely worth every day. I hope this will be a part of our family for years to come. Continue reading…
Here is the second DIY gift I made for the holidays was DIY Scrabble Coasters. This was one of my first pins ever on pinterest. I got the initial idea from Krysta at domestic for dummies. Continue reading…