A Field Journal

A Field Journal Just came across this beautiful, blog to share. She describes her blog as "all things old fashioned, timeless, simple and lovely". All the things I long for. It is beautifully illustrated and gorgeous photographs.
Hope everyone had a spooky Halloween!!

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We were so honored to have our Lattice Love wedding invitation chosen by Minted.com out of hundreds for voting on in their spring wedding invitation contest. You can score our design by clicking here

Our two other designs for this contest will be available for sale on our website soon.

Fall Movie Night

The air is crisp and cooler! The perfect reason to host a movie night. One of the most fun get togethers we ever had was a movie night. We put up a big white sheet on the outside of the house in the backyard. We invited friends and their children and had a cookout! The kids all sat on blankets and had pizza and popcorn while we were cooking and had a ball! We borrowed a movie projector to show the movie on. After dinner you can always pick a classic such as "Gone with the Wind" for the adults to see or any old fun classic movie! Easy for you and so much fun! We wanted to show a fun storyboard to match the occasion. Happy Viewing Scarlet!! popcorn invite from Lemon Lizard.com candle apples from Martha Stewart Living.com

Chocolate!

Chocolate according to Wikipedia, "While chocolate is regularly eaten for pleasure, there are potential beneficial health effects of eating chocolate. Cocoa or dark chocolate benefits the circulatory system. Other beneficial effects suggested include anticancer, brain stimulator, cough preventor and antidiarrhoeal effects." POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS!! That's enough for me, let's eat!!

All photos courtesy of Martha www.marthastewart.com

Happy Fall Ya'll!

I am soooo ready for fall! I know this is one of the big last weekends of summer and we still have alot of hot weather to go, but I long for that crisp FALL air. I love pumpkins, fall leaves, fall football season and a fire in the fireplace, especially an outdoor one! So, I couldn't help but show some inspiring fall photos!

A few of our FALL and HALLOWEEN invites from Lemon Lizard!

Bring on the CHOWDERS, SOUPS and FALL FESTIVALS!! Start out with this simple FALL appetizer! Pears with Blue Cheese and Prosciutto Ingredients 2 pears (such as Bosc or Bartlett), each cored and sliced into 8 wedges 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 3 ounces blue cheese cut into small pieces 6 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto cut in half lengthwise 1 cup arugula Preparation Roll up an arugula leaf, a piece of pear, and a piece of cheese in the prosciutto. Yield Makes 6 to 8 servings Nutritional Information CALORIES 114(47% from fat); FAT 6g (sat 4g); CHOLESTEROL 25mg; CARBOHYDRATE 8g; SODIUM 406mg; PROTEIN 7g; FIBER 2g; SUGAR 5g Real Simple, JANUARY 2008

CANDLE LOVE!

Some pictures of great candles and ideas for entertaining!

Pictures from: top to bottom 1 Pottery Barn

2,3,4,5 Martha Stewart.com

6 Design Sponge

7 Maven by Kate Bethel,Etsy

Monday Munchies - WATERMELON

Lately, I just can't get enough WATERMELON! I have always like it, but the other night I actually ate almost 1/4 of a whole one by myself! Well at least it wasn't Oreos, another thing I can eat alot of!! Maybe it is the coldness of it this time of year or the high water content. It will quench your thirst. But it was great! Here are few great finds to quench your taste for this wonderful fruit! WATERMELON AND SHRIMP SKEWERS Serves 4 INGREDIENTS ½ cup lime juice 1 cup olive oil 3 garlic cloves, minced 2 teaspoons minced ginger 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped 1 teaspoon salt 24 large shrimp, cleaned and deveined 16 medium watermelon cubes GET COOKIN’ Put the watermelon cubes in a colander over a bowl and place in the refrigerator to drain for 30 minutes. After the watermelon has drained, remove and pat dry with a paper towel. In a bowl, combine the lime juice, olive oil, garlic, ginger, cilantro, and salt. Pour ½ the marinade over the shrimp, cover, and refrigerate for 20 minutes. Heat grill to medium-high. Toss the watermelon with the remaining marinate and begin to skewer the shrimp and the watermelon on to the skewers, alternating so that each skewer has 3 shrimp and 2 watermelon cubes. (Toss the shrimp marinade, but save the watermelon marinade.) Place the skewers on the grill and grill for about 3 minutes each side. Serve alongside the marinade that the watermelon was tossed in. WATERMELON SHRIMP CEVICHE Serves 6 INGREDIENTS 5 cups water2 pounds shrimp, peeled with tails removed 1 cups orange juice ¾ cups lime juice ¼ cups olive oil 4 cloves garlic, cups fresh cilantro leaves, plus 4 tablespoons (for garnish) ½ cup diced watermelon ½ cucumber, seeds removed and diced ½ red onion, thinly sliced 1 tablespoons lemon juice 2 teaspoons salt ½-teaspoon coarse black pepper GET COOKIN’ In a large pot, bring 5 cups of water to a boil. Add shrimp to boiling water and turn off heat. Let sit 3 minutes. Drain the water from the shrimp and rinse in cold water. Coarsely chop the shrimp and place them in a large bowl. Add the orange juice, ½-cup lime juice, olive oil, and garlic. Mix well. Place 1 cup of cilantro leaves on top of the mixture, cover, and let sit overnight. When ready to serve, drain the shrimp and remove the cilantro leaves, reserving ¼ cup of the liquid. Add the watermelon, cucumber, red onion, lemon juice, the remaining lime juice, reserved liquid, salt, and pepper. Mix well. Coarsely chop the remaining cilantro and toss into salad.

FOR THE KIDS!

WATERMELON RUBIKS CUBE 25 equal size cubes each of watermelon, white jack cheese, yellow cheddar, smoked turkey and summer sausage 1 cup ranch dressing Build a Rubik's®-style cube by methodically alternating cubes, making a 5 cube x 5 cube layer on the bottom. Build four more layers on top forming a tight cube. Serve with the ranch dressing. Serve with picks. Serves 4 to 6.

Ok, I admit a bit time consuming for us busy moms!! But if it would make our kids eat even alittle bit healthier, I'm in! You could leave out the summer sausage or smoked turkey and put in whatever your kids will eat! It is unique and ranch dressing will usually make kids dip and eat more! All recipes and pictures courtesy of the

National Watermelon Promotional Board and Katie Brown