the twelve cookies of christmas

Friday night a couple friends and I hosted a holiday cookie party for a group of our gal pals. We hosted it at Les Madeleines Bakery. We had a very nice dinner, gift exchange and everyone left with baked treats. It was so nice to have everyone together.


{table setting}


{visiting and gifting}


{no fuss fresh food}


{a few of the gals...c, m, d, and me}

tiny prints

A couple of my friends and I are hosting a cookie making party in early December. We wanted to send invitations by mail, some old fashioned charm at the holidays.

We found everything we wanted at Tiny Prints. The site was very easy to use, the prices are great and the invites are absolutely darling, no?

nacho everyday snack

Sometimes when we have guests, or when we are feeling fancy we eat Rich People Nachos.

They are easy, delicious, and pretentious enough to eat with a glass of wine.



Rich People Nachos:

1 bag of salted kettle chips
crumbled gorgonzola or blue cheese
chopped chives

Layer chips and cheese as you would if you were making normal (poor people) nachos. Top with chives.

Bake in oven at 350 until cheese is melted.

Enjoy (you fancy pants)!

sew what!

I love entertaining, and I love discovering ways to make it look like I did more than I actually did. It's all smoke and mirrors, friends!

Today I discovered Sy an iron on hemming tape available from Ikea. Add some of this to the edges of one of their beautiful textiles and voila, you have a new table cloth or table runner to deck out your table.

So what if you can't sew or you're too lazy, no one will ever be the wiser.


{a little bit of this}


{and a little bit of that}