A Splash of Elegance

Early in the stages of researching for our trip, I searched “things to do in Buenos Aires” just to get an idea of what was out there. Naturally, Trip Advisor came up high in the search, and when I was browsing through their links, Cooking with Teresita was fourth on the list. I found her [...]

After flying out of JFK, we had a 16 hour layover in Rio de Janeiro, so we went out to explore the city. I was SO excited about seeing Rio, and I certainly was not disappointed. (It was even worth the 30+ hours we spent jumping through hoops and arguing with workers at the consulate [...]

Here’s a cute, inexpensive, and fairly simple (though fairly time-consuming) project that’s perfect for baby shower, wedding shower, birthday party, or even wedding favors. I got busy making the packets and forgot to take pictures of the first few steps, but they’re easy to figure out. 1. Find a seed packet pattern online, take apart [...]

On a casual Sunday evening stroll, I saw this little piece of wonderful out on the curb waiting for the garbage men. After unsuccessfully trying to convince Joel (and Nick) to drag it home (about 3 blocks) for me, I started rolling it down the sidewalk myself (no longer a casual Sunday evening stroll). My [...]

Looking to make a great pair of fun summer earrings? The process is simple and only a few tools are needed! This style of earring could easily be made with other colors and styles of beads.

For Joel’s birthday (26!) every year, we take a weekend trip somewhere we’ve never been. This year we went to Assateague Island. I waited way too long to make reservations at the National Seashore campground, so we had to stay at the Assateague State Park campground. Turns out that the state park campground has hot water [...]

I had myself convinced that the first post on my blog should be about making jewelry, but I’m just so excited about my rain barrel that I have to tell you how you can make one, too! First, why a rain barrel? Here are my best reasons: reduce your waste (in the form of water [...]