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September 19, 2011
Food, Gifts

Homemade Bacon Salt + Bacon Salt Gift Tag Printables

I really believe that the best gifts are homemade. Not only are homemade gifts more thoughtful, but they're usually pretty inexpensive, too. It's the best of both worlds. If this one looks too advanced or gourmet for you, let me tell you:

By Taryn Williford
September 14, 2011
Food

Coffee-Scented Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Coffee Buttercream

OK, I'll admit

By Taryn Williford
September 13, 2011
Food

Leftover Batter? Bake Cupcakes in Mason Jars!

Just like trying to figure out how to spend a generous gift card, having too much batter on your hands is not a bad problem to have. And that's exactly where I found myself this weekend. Not with the gift card

By Taryn Williford
September 6, 2011
Food

The Easiest Party Dessert: Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches

We can't all be Martha all the time. After you've mailed the invitations, crafted the party decor and picked out the perfect hostess dress, it's OK if you don't have the energy to bake a homemade dessert for 28 people. But

By Taryn Williford
August 22, 2011
Food

Easy Three-Ingredient Orange Cream Popsicles

You know those crazy hipster kids who are all like, "I liked that band before they were cool"? I'm totally about to be one of them. The King of Pops is a mobile popsicle stand, making sweaty summer bodies happy by

By Taryn Williford
July 29, 2011
Sip This

Summer Shandy Beer Cocktail

If I had a signature drink, it would be beer. But since that doesn't really qualify as a cocktail, I'm totally adopting the Shandy. It's like an alcoholic Arnold Palmer. Half beer, half lemonade—and 100 percent refreshing. It really is

By Taryn Williford
July 8, 2011
Food

How to Decorate Cute Cupcakes with Terrible Grocery Icing Bags

I truly believe it's the tools that make the (wo)man. Case in point, these cupcakes. When I'm at home, with a full arsenal of piping bags and tips, I'm a wicked cupcake frosting machine. But when I'm 600 miles from

By Taryn Williford
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This morning’s theme is: Måneskin on the speake This morning’s theme is: Måneskin on the speaker, homemade chai latte, and sunshine.
Fresh from the storm: my first patio peony of the Fresh from the storm: my first patio peony of the season. 🌸🌿
Never been more ready to break into the bar tray o Never been more ready to break into the bar tray on this Friday night. Cheers to the weekend ✌️🥃
In the spring and summer, my kitchen turns into a In the spring and summer, my kitchen turns into a prism. ✨ I think I need a disco ball in here, non?
Hello welcome to my dining room that everyone thin Hello welcome to my dining room that everyone thinks is outside when they see pictures because it gets such good light. I do not take that for granted. Thank you, skylights. Not pictured: The zero closets (zero!!), two square feet of kitchen counter, and how you cant run away for alone time when you have a fight with your partner. This is loft life.
This is an old pic of my bedroom. We took this mir This is an old pic of my bedroom. We took this mirror down to have the exposed ducts replaced around Thanksgiving, and the mirror hasn’t gone back up. No reason, just purely out of energy to put this place back together. ⁣
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We’ll put it back together soon though. But in the meantime I’ve been getting dressed not based on how things look but how they feel. And that’s been strange but fun. I’m not sure I’ll keep it up when the stakes are higher than “someone I know might see me at the grocery store,” but it has felt spiritually good to not have a full length mirror for a while. ⁣
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I don’t know what the lesson here is, except when you’re decorating don’t get stuck on the way things have always been or the rules about what needs to go where. Move things. Remove things. See how it changes not just the way your space looks but the way your spirit feels. ✌️