tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19560134777898300682024-03-12T21:05:57.601-07:00delectable Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956013477789830068.post-19170880546542365752014-07-25T23:35:00.003-07:002014-07-26T12:09:12.641-07:00where's the chai?<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whenever I hear someone say "Chi City" or "Chi Town", I think that it's a city filled with the finest chai tea. When in reality Chicago (not pronounced in any way like its herbal counterpart) is a lovely city, but does not have an abundance of chai lattes, to my slight disappointment. I've been there twice now, and have yet to enjoy the tea during my stay. I did have a blast, and consume large amounts of iced coffee, which is an ample substitute for chai lattes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I flew up this Monday and arrived around 8:30 in the morning to visit one of my closest friend who moved there about three years ago. This was my second trip, so it was more relaxed, since I have already seen all the touristy sights. We headed to the "beach" for the afternoon. I put beach in quotation marks, because in order to have a beach you must have salt water and waves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We accidentally wandered on to private property, and went in a part of the lake we weren't allowed to. However, we had a blast and died laughing when the poor life guard kept having to tell us what we couldn't do. We clearly weren't natives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next day we headed to downtown Chicago. Last time I went I took an absurd amount of pictures, but this time I didn't. I did take a couple, however. We rode the train from Arlington Heights, the suburb where my friend lives, to downtown. We headed to Michigan Ave. for some serious shopping.</span><span id="goog_2049108378"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hit <a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/st/nordstrom-michigan-avenue">Nordstrom</a> and browsed their anniversary sale. Soon, we realized we needed a pick me up. We paused our Nordstrom adventures and headed to Starbucks. I have never waited in that long of line at a Starbucks, but we finally got our caffeine. Rejuvenated, we went back to Nordstrom and shopped our hearts out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next we went to <a href="http://www.charmingcharlie.com/">Charming Charlie's</a> where I found the cutest whale earrings. Then we headed to <a href="http://www.forever21.com/Product/Main.aspx?br=f21">Forever 21</a>, where I found a couple things I like, but ended up not buying any of them. We finally arrived at H&M which is basically the shopping promised land. I bought a skirt and declared my shopping day done. We did go to topshop, but at that point I was too tired to seriously study the racks. We took a cab back to the train station, and headed back to Arlington Heights. A long day downtown can really wear you out. That being said, I do love going to downtown Chicago, because I love how different it is from downtown Houston. It's so interesting to compare them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday we headed to downtown Arlington Heights before I left. I bought these two darling necklaces and the cutest headband for my niece at this little shop called <a href="http://www.vignettes-of-arlington.com/">Vignettes</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After that we headed to a unique pet store with a clever name. The <a href="http://www.bentleyscb.com/">Corner Barkery</a> had all sorts of fascinating treats, some of which disgusted me, but I found some souvenirs for my four legged friends back here in Texas. Then we stumbled upon the CUTEST bakery, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Sweettbakerystudio">Sweet T's</a>. I could have moved in their. I had to be dragged out. I honestly would have sat there for hours just soaking it all in. They also make killer cinnamon rolls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My flight Thursday evening ended up being a little delayed, but I got home in time to sleep in my own bed. As much fun as I had in Chicago, I'm so glad to be home.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well after a laid back time on vacation, or shall I say a somewhat stressful time on a trip, and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">now</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I need a vacation (that's a whole other story)...let's just say I'm finally back home and ready to get to work again. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The vacation that I went on was quite an adventure with many new eye-opening experiences that I will be talking about in my next few posts.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One stop on my vacation was Washington D.C. Of course you know it's our country's capital where amazing history has been made and such an important place to learn about our Founding Fathers. Washington D.C is packed with many things to see and do. Of course there's the White House, Capitol Building, Library of Congress, famous presidential memorials, and the AWESOME Smithsonian museums. I especially enjoyed the Smithsonian American Art Museum. After a day of walking and sightseeing, hunger becomes big issue. Sure you can go to a McDonalds or Chipolte but why not try something different? So I definitely took a chance on a new restaurant that I've never been to called Shake Shack. You might find this restaurant in your state but if you don't I would recommend trying it if you're down for a good burger and fries (keep in mind that vacation is a time for a little calorie splurging)</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't claim to be a fashion expert, especially since I wore flare jeans with uggs in eighth grade. In general eighth grade wasn't a great year. I took mirror selfies, I rolled my school skirt so it looked like I was from the cast of Mean Girls, I was the member of a "club" who all wore lacrosse socks, and I cried at our eighth grade dance when "Wild Ones" came on, because it made me think of a guy I liked ( I'm pretty sure I had no idea what that song was about at the time). It was rough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are the two different inseam lengths that I love: <a href="https://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/shorts/solid/PRDOVR~61456/61456.jsp">3 inch</a>, <a href="https://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/shorts/solid/PRDOVR~82043/82043.jsp">4 inch</a></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956013477789830068.post-53261858670212005242014-06-24T20:34:00.000-07:002014-06-24T20:39:25.735-07:00it's the thought that counts<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently a group of my friends and I have been exchanging fun personalized gifts on birthdays. I love this idea so much and thought I would share a few of my favorite personalized gifts with y'all. Even if you aren't super creative, you can still definitely make these. </span><br />
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<b>Slideshows</b>- <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My sweet friends made me a slideshow with tons of pictures and some of my favorite songs one year. I still have it, and it may be my favorite thing I've ever received as a gift. I loved that they put the time into making it, and that they included so many precious memories. These can be really easy to put together with iMovie or the Windows equivalent. They don't even have to be long. Just use one song, some pictures (and videos), and some cute captions. If you want to get super creative, you can burn it on to a DVD and could even make a cute label for the front of the case.</span></div>
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<b>Scrapbooks- </b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No need to feel like you have to be super creative with this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You just need a few supplies:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Pictures (I would use at least twenty)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- A cute note book ( I used this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593594682/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1">one</a>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Some fun pens (I used my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sharpie-Metallic-Permanent-Markers-1823815/dp/B007SZ1SJW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1403665468&sr=8-1&keywords=gold+sharpie">gold Sharpie</a>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Washi tape ( here's so</span><br />
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<b>Initial Collage- </b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the monogram craze, this is the perfect gift. Pick out your friend's first initial, first and last initials, or all three. You can buy wooden letters, or just cut them out of cardboard or poster board. You're going to need glue modge podge would work even better. Print out some of your favorite photos of y'all and fit them to the letter. I added some washi tape because I am currently </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">obsessed</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> with it. To finish it off grab some cute ribbon and attach it to the back. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made this for my friend Teresa. I promise I'm not making it up; she really exists.</span></td></tr>
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<b>Photo frames- </b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This may seem like a duh, but it really shouldn't be overlooked. Find your favorite picture of the two of you, and a cute frame and you are good to go. You can just buy a cute frame or buy a plain wooden one and decorate it. </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956013477789830068.post-58180442019319455702014-06-23T18:41:00.003-07:002014-06-24T20:35:55.469-07:00slim and trim<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fit for the summer....and the rest of your life? We all would like that to <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118);">happen. </span>I'm sure many of you are trying to figure out a way to juggle both the delicious but fattening sweets while carefully watching every little calorie. Well it is possible to do both!</span><br />
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There are many different healthy lifestyles that you can lead for the rest of your life. Those monthly military diets may work for however long you plan on going through with the infamous process; but let's face it, once you've finished the challenge there's a good chance that you'll go right back to the regretted food choices.</span><br />
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There are mainly two parts that are vital to leading a healthy lifestyle while enjoying those treats. One is figuring out what workout is best for you. When I say "best for you" I mean a workout that you are willing to do at least a few times each week and one that you won't give up on. Maybe cardio <i>is</i> your thing, or you would rather stick to yoga. Whatever the choice, make sure you're comfortable with your decision. Of course you also need to choose how many times a week you plan on doing the workout; but whatever you choose, be sure to make it a habit.</span><br />
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Second is your diet. Every meal should include a protein, carbohydrates, and fruits or vegetables. You should also have the correct portions of food on your plate. Half of your plate should have either fruits, vegetables, or both, and the other half should be divided equally into protein and carbs. Now as for dessert...what would life be without that rich chocolate cake? Definitely bland. Eating a sugary treat every night though is not advised. Moderation is key!</span><br />
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Now if these two tips are followed, you are liable to stay fit your entire life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's talk about cupcakes, shall we? </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They eliminate the need for dessert forks, or dessert sporks, if that's what you're into. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> They have their own holiday,</span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"> </b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and their own week; both of which you can bet we'll be celebrating here at </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>delectable</i></b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Also, someone who has no respect for their stomach has eaten 29 in 30 seconds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red Velvet is the second most popular cupcake flavor in the U.S., and we understand why. The mixture of the hint of chocolate and the wonderful cream cheese icing is most certainly delectable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Red Velvet Cupcakes</span></h4>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you don't have buttermilk don't panic. You can use the equivalent amount of milk with two teaspoons of lemon juice (preferred) or lime juice. If for some reason you only have half and half, just use a 1:1 ratio of half and half, and water with the same two teaspoons of lemon or lime juice. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remove the cupcakes from the pans, put them in Tupperware
containers and cover them. Leave them until cool. This will ensure moist (cringe) cupcakes. I promise you that's a good thing, even if the word moist is the most repulsive.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon baking soda<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 teaspoon salt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 cup butter, room temp <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 1/4 cups sugar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 cup sour cream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 cup buttermilk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4-6 teaspoons of red food coloring (it depends
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electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy (about five minutes). Beat in
eggs, one at a time. Mix in sour cream, milk, food color and vanilla. Gradually
beat in flour mixture on low speed until just blended. Do not over beat.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spoon into paper lined muffin
tins; it should make around 32. Bake 18 minutes. Gently remove from
oven. (Remember the moist cupcake tip.)</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Addictive Cream Cheese Frosting<span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Tips</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This icing is really addictive. So my tip is to make sure all your cupcakes get iced before you start shamelessly eating the icing straight. I have made this mistake before. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want to pipe the icing, as opposed to spreading it, I would make an extra half of this recipe. Or just go ahead and double it and eat the leftover icing. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want the piped icing, but don't own pastry bags and tips, no worries. Grab a ziploc bag and cut a hole in one of the bottom corners. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, cold</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">¼ cup butter, cold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 tablespoons sour cream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16 ounces confectioners’ sugar (approximately 4
cups)</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">MIX</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Theresa</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you ever met someone and instantly known that you want to be friends with them? That is how this idea started, well sort of.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To really understand it maybe we should take a look at some numbers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3,671 - That's how many pins Sara has on Pinterest as of today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2,890- That's how many pins Theresa has as of today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I promise neither of us are pinning math problems or science videos. Well, maybe the occasional life hacks about how to overcome a tricky subject. But even so, we each have tons of boards dedicated to fashion, food, and the super predictable love/wedding board. That of course describes pretty much every girl with a Pinterest. What we noticed though was that we had the same taste. Whenever Sara pinned five things, Theresa was almost sure to repin at least three of them. Same thing went the other way around. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One day during a class when we had all finished our work, the girls were sitting around talking about Pinterest and someone brought up the idea about wanting to start an Etsy shop to sell our home made items. We both got excited about the idea of having our own little shop. The Etsy idea then lead us to the thought of our very own blog. Then and there we decided that this would have to happen.<span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);"> </span><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);">A few months later after dozens of hours of Pinterest and two brutal last weeks of school packed with AP's and finals, we realized that we're finally presenting our first post on our blog.</span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were some bumps along the way. We struggled to find a name, but in the end we came up with something we both love. For the most part though, we've just had a lot of fun getting ready to launch. </span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you're wondering what this blog is about, that's probably a good question. It really </span><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is just a place for us to share all the things we love most. Everything CREATIVE. </span><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fashion. FOOD. DIY's. Beauty. And who knows what else...so get ready for a </span><i style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">delectable</span></b></i><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> time with Sara and Theresa!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Sara and Theresa</span></div>
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