a tale of piecaken…

Piecaken

A couple of weeks ago, my friend, Alexa, posted about a hilarious and almost ridiculous recipe called *Piecaken*. Piecaken, is the brain child of missionary and blogger, Jamie http://www.theveryworstmissionary.com. Basically, she had an epiphany to dump a whole baked pie into a spring form pan and poured cake batter over the top. She baked it. [...]

spring garden party

spring garden party decorating mason jars candles flowers

the party went off without a hitch.  we’re blessed with amazing friends who lend their time and help!  in between setting up, politely bossing my friends around, and trying to be a gracious hostess, i tried to snap a few pix…. the weather cooperated….it rains one day a year in california.  and thankfully, the first [...]

mason jar candle lantern prep

mason jar candle lanterns

my good friend Lucy helped me pick up 4 cases of small Kerr mason jars, and 4 cases of large jars at Smart and Final. she then peeled apart one of the wide-weave burlap coffee sacks i had in the garage and took apart the threads.  we used the longer twines. the leftover shorter twine [...]

Gorgeous, rustic wedding florals

rustic wedding floral centerpieces

the direction was:  rustic, but not too rustic.  princess. blue hydrangea. i’d say the florist nailed the look.