As a creative person, sometimes I want to make beauty. Does that make sense? Make beauty? I had this vision for Valentine’s Day with warm pink and red, cupcakes and cookies, decorations. I wanted to take photos that felt welcoming and inviting and shared my visual aesthetic, my vision of love. That is exactly what I have created. Here are…
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This year, I decided I wanted to create several beautiful Valentine’s Day projects to share with my family (and my readers, of course). Decorations, crafts, desserts… whatever I could think up! This is a fun, rustic-looking Valentine’s Day banner that takes just minutes to create. Materials: 1 yard of burlap or similar material in a light color Red spray paint…
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I was born in Brooklyn, NY to a mother of Eastern European descent. My mom was raised on traditional foods from that region, like gefilte fish, borscht, and chicken soup. My favorite breakfast as a child was lox and bagels, your typical NY Jewish deli food. I love the combination of salty smoked salmon, creamy cheese, and a crunchy bagel….
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The month of January is very important for a number of reasons: celebrating New Year’s Day, enjoying the remainder of Winter Break with my husband (he’s a teacher), it’s obviously the first month of the year so I start working on my resolutions, and it’s the beginning of farm days for us as a family! Strawberries, tomatoes, and peppers are all…
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When I was a little girl, my parents had a lot of silly names for things. One I remember distinctly was what they called tortellini. Are you ready for it? Monkey buttons! Like the belly buttons of monkeys. I’m not sure when I realized that “tortellini” was not Italian for “a monkey’s belly button”, but I know it was always…
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