Tomorrow is New Years Eve! I love having an excuse to dress up and try out a new makeup look! I find doing my makeup is so relaxing – that is when I give myself enough time! We aren’t going to big New Years bash this year, instead we’re getting sushi at my favorite spot with a group of friends. I thought I’d share the 3 looks I’m thinking of doing for…
Long weekends up north at a cabin is a Midwest summer staple. We load up our load the coolers with ice, grab our weekender bags, and pack up the car and head up north. Sunsets on the lake are worth the drive themselves! I’ve got a fun video coming up about what’s in my cabin weekender bag! Stay tuned or you can subscribe to my YouTube channel to get the first look!…
Happy 4th of July to all my ‘Merica friends! Last night I made a strawberry rhubarb pie and salted caramel apple pie for today’s dinner festivities. Our house now smells super delicious! Can’t wait to relax on the lake, cheers to the good ole red, white and blue and enjoy the long holiday weekend!
1. CREATE TEMPLATES I learned this tip at BLOGSHOP last year (along with so much more! I’d highly recommend the class!). I hadn’t thought about making templates for posts before, but this completely changed how I blog! I created templates for my most frequently posted topics / series on my blog, like my Lately posts and step-by-step tutorials. It will drastically cut down on the time it takes to create a…
I hope you enjoyed the overload of South Africa travel posts from my trip last October on the blog! It was fun to reminisce and thumb through all the photos we took. Now, here’s a glimpse at what’s been happening these past few days. It’s still a bit chilly around Minnesota. I seriously can’t wait for summertime to come! Around here, summer is all about boating on the lake, reading…
*Watch our Boulders Beach video at the bottom of this post! Boulders Beach was our first stop on our day drive down the peninsula of South Africa en route to Cape of Good Hope. We packed up our suitcases and left our hotel in Stellenbosch in the morning because we were told you’d want to plan an entire day for this drive so you have time to explore each stop…
