Oregon is for Lovers

The Hubs and I flew to Lincoln City, OR this weekend for a magical affair. My bro-in-law got married! It was an amazingly heartfelt and intimate celebration of a spectacular couple. The breathtaking evening was filled with so much love and joy and laughter. I think their best friend and officiant Dondi said it best when she said there was nowhere else any of else would have rather been.

We turned into giants balls of mush as Brad said, "I love you because you believe we are time lords" and Ben vowed, "I promise to end you swiftly should you fall victim to zombies." Now that is true love, people. 

Congrats Brad and Ben!

 

 

Cupcakes and Caramels

I'm Lady B and I'm addicted to Pinterest. I'm pinspired! During my hours (okay fine, days) lost on this site, I was enticed (pinticed? too much?) by all the adorable cupcakes people pinned. And it occured to me. I have no idea how to do anything with frosting other than slopping it on with a butter knife. But I want to make pretty creations like these and these and these.

SUGAR!!!

The Hubs was sweet enough to trek to the store to pick up all the necessary fixin's. Though, who I am kidding? He just wanted cupcakes THAT bad. Armed with an arsenal of sugary goodness, I was ready to get Martha Stewart on these little cakes' asses. Er, tops.

Sadly, I've learned that I don't possess any frosting finesse. Even with the handy Pampered Chef Easy Accent Decorator my Grandma gifted me for Christmas, I'm a clumsy, frosting globbing mess. These were the best I could come up with. Luckily The Hubs was happy to show me that cupcakes with buttercream frosting are delicious no matter what they look like.

Yes, that's a mustache

Determined, to make something delicious AND pretty, I marched back into the kitchen to attempt Fleur del Sel Caramels. Using the Mark Bitman recipe I found on CupcakesandCashmere, I let the buttery sugary goodness cool while I picked fresh flowers from our garden.

Took some muscle cutting into this bad boy!

 They look lovely next to the bowl of amazing, mouth-watering, sweet and salty hand-wrapped treats that The Hubs has been eating like chips ever since. 

Yay Sunday!

I'm back! And PINTERESTED!

I know, I know, I know. I TOTALLY broke my promise to blog every day. In fact, I took almost a month off. Blame a combination of work insanity, spring cleaning madness, out of town guests, vacay with The Hubs, and a heaping dose of big-fat-didn't-wanna. I'll spare you all the details as to WHY I'm such a failure at follow through but I'll say this: I suck at it. There. I said it.

Soooo, I'm hoping my latest obsession will help alleviate that a bit. You know how you find all kinds of great ideas in mags, online, and from fellow bloggers and you just CAN'T WAIT to try that new recipe, hairstyle, flea market, organization tip, or DIY t-shirt pom pom decorations for your upcoming pool party? But then when you finally have time to attempt your newest project, you've forgotten where you found it? Or placed it? Yeah, me too. You need a bulletin board. Oh, you have one? Yeah, me too. And it's full already and looks messy and keeps falling off the wall? Yeah, me too.

Future Noms

 Enter Pinterest. A kick-ass digital bulletin board that lets you keep, categorize, and share all of your amazing ideas - and all those amazing ideas other people have that you want to steal. I could go on for days about how freaking awesome this latest social networking site is (I know, like I needed another one, right?), or you could just check it out for yourself. Just make sure you're okay to lose at least five hours of your life (as I did) once you fall head over heels in love.

Future Barbie Dream Home

 Check out the rest of my boards HERE!

Future Par-TAYS!

If you're not already a Pinterest member, send me your email addy and I'll send you an invite!