May 31, 2011

January Jones


Loving January Jones. She always looks effortlessly chic, but with a touch of bad ass. I also love that she's from South Dakota.




Photos from Just Jared

May 24, 2011

Let Them Eat Cake

To cure my boredom last Friday I made a cinnamon coffee bundt cake. Needless to say, it was well received. If you know my family at all, you know we picked at it for a few days and then all wondered... "who ate all the cake?"
I wanted to share this recipe to inspire your next girl's day treat. Add some fresh fruit, a delicious coffee drink, head out to the deck on a beautiful summer day and voila...

Cinnamon Coffee Bundt Cake
1 pkg. yellow cake mix
1 instant vanilla pudding mix (small)
4 eggs
3/4 c. oil
3/4 c. water
1 tsp. butter flavoring (extract)
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Put all ingredients into a mixing bowl. Beat at high speed for 8 minutes. Make filling while beating.

Filling
1/4 c. sugar
2 tsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon

Grease bundt pan. Alternate layers of cake batter and cinnamon mixture, ending with batter on top (3 layers batter, 2 layers sugar). Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes. Remove, leave in pan for 8 minutes to cool.

Glaze
1 c. powdered sugar
3 tbsp. milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. butter extract

Pour glaze over cake when it's slightly warm.
*I had to add more powdered sugar to make my glaze thicker. If it's running right off the cake, then you need more sugar.


Enjoy

photo via pinterest

May 22, 2011

I do ban.do, do you?


Looking to add a touch of girly-girl and sparkle to your outfit? Here is your answer. I've been debating over which will be my first Ban.do purchase for a long time. I really love the shoe clips (last photo) that also moonlight as pins and hair barrettes. How perfect is that?


photos via ban.do

May 15, 2011

Bag Crush

Bag crush. Olivia Palermo is definitely the girl you love to hate.
She has some seriously great taste.