My mom has been making aebleskiver for as long as I can remember. She is what I always say is “off the boat” Danish. Her entire family lives in Denmark and she only moved to America in the 80’s after getting married and having my brother. So I would say she has some serious street cred when it comes to Danish food. I remember when my mom would make these I would put way too much powdered sugar on them (and always cough a bit from inhaling it) and also use way too much jam. Since my mom has...
I have always had very specific taste when it came to the clothing that I wanted for mini. Even when she was a baby I just did not care for the girls clothing that was covered in glitter, butterflies, and flowers. Just so damn busy. My own style is very simple and although I don’t want her to wear black all day like me, I just did not like the crazy girly clothing. I discovered Primary.com while I was watching LinzdeFranco on Youtube. She is married to a very well known Youtuber and she is also a new mother. She...
The idea of contacting companies to work with can seem a bit daunting for new bloggers. The feeling that there is no way they would want to work with nobodies or that you don’t have any reach at this point. This is a totally normal feeling, but not necessarily true. Companies really do want to work with a variety of bloggers even if they are new or well established. New bloggers haven’t built those relationships with competing companies that well established blogs may have already done. The point I am trying to make is to not feel bad or...
Most couples have dogs. Or pets in general. I read an article that said that most couples my age start with dogs as their “first born children”. Elsa is definitely our first born. Yes, we had two cats first, but they don’t count. Cats can be fairly self reliant so it is just not the same. This might not be so much about advice to introducing pets to babies, but rather what we didn’t do and how it all played out. When I was pregnant, we had plenty of people that seemed concerned about how our dog Elsa or our...
After getting married and having kids, one starts to forget about many different things from their wedding day. The table decorations start to fade. What your meals were. The music being played. I don’t think that I could ever forget the process of making my handmade brooch bouquet. I have always been a unique individual that liked to think outside the box. I kept seeing these pop up on Etsy during my inspiration phase of planning and I was not ready to spend like $500 for a bouquet. I think I would have been more likely to spend that...
My recent love affair with Mid Century modern furniture is what I would call a tab unhealthy. I want every piece of furniture in my house to have angled tapered legs? Is that weird? No? Ok good… This piece that I made was something that I had been thinking about for quite a long time and thinking of the most efficient way. Let’s be honest..I have a 3 yr old. I don’t have time be sitting in a garage making furniture. But I want to make furniture. What is a girl to do? What?! Sorry..mid mod gets me all revved...
Has Pinterest blocked your site as spam? This happened in the 2nd week of my blogging endeavor and I totally feel your pain. It can really put a hiccup in your motivation and it can definitely kill the momentum that you have worked really hard getting started. BUT, it was not the end of the world. Because I was no longer able to pin and NEW pins, I just made a sheet of all the posts that have not been pinned yet so that when I was released from Pinterest prison that I had something to start back with....
I will preface this now by saying this will be a fairly picture heavy post, but I am just so smitten with Iceland still 4 years after being married that I just had to share her with everybody else. If you are the type of person that either already lives in a beach time climate or tropical weather is not your jam (like me), then Iceland is really right up your alley and I would give it a try. I have done quite a bit of traveling (not as much as the rest of my family) but I can...
Here are some of my favorite beauty products that I think would either make great gifts to ask for or I would just buy them myself because that is how I roll. They are really great products and you can check out the reviews to verify. I am a stickler to buying skincare and makeup products and read reviews religiously before buying. May contain some affiliate links SUNDAY RILEY POWER COUPLE COMBO PACK If you have wanted to try anything Sunday Riley but cannot justify the price tag, give this pack a try. It is a great price and two...
this post may contain affiliate links October was a good month. My favorite holiday is in October and it finally started to get a bit chilly in Minnesota. For those that don’t live in MN, or the midwest in general, it does actually get really really hot here in the summer and we tend to just go straight from hot to winter. Since starting to work my job at home, I have really been able to enjoy those little things that I wouldn’t normally get to enjoy. Favorites Chobani Flip Yogurt I thought I would give these a...