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A few months ago I shared that I was starting a mini makeover on my kitchen. My kitchen isn’t in terrible shape, but starting to show it’s age a bit. It had torn drywall that needed replacing, a broken pantry door, a broken pocket door, some really beat up door frames, walls crying out for fresh paint, things like that. Spending so much time in my kitchen, I was ready to find some ways to update it without breaking {Read More}
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of enjoying a wonderful girls night in over in California along with five other bloggers (Jenn from Hostess With The Mostess, Jillian from Catch My Party, Marisa from Margaritas In The Rain, Jenny from Good, Bad, And Fab and Candace from Fashionably Organized). We were celebrating Cinco De Mayo, eating yummy Mexican food and drinking delicious Sauza Blue Sauza-Ritas, all while shooting a Cinco De Mayo Girls Night In video for Sauza {Read More}
It’s been a crazy few weeks around here. Well, it’s always crazy, but it’s been super crazy, like things you never expect to happen kind of crazy! So let’s play catch up on what’s been going on here at Love From The Oven… First, big exciting news, I recently signed with Running Press to write my first cookbook, Smart Cookie, which will hopefully be hitting stores in Fall 2014! This has been in the works for a few months, as {Read More}
I am supposed to be sitting down to write a post about cookies or cupcakes or something baking related. But I was distracted (well, what’s new) by a great post from Francesca Kaplan Grossman over at Huff Post Parents. Jealousy, Judgement & Motherhood. When she talks about wanting to be that mom who has it totally together, but in reality is the mom peeling a half eaten granola bar out of her bag, unwrapped, and handing it to her toddler {Read More}
I was recently asked by the folks at Kleenex if I would like to write a post that shared a cause or organization that was close to my heart. The answer was an easy yes, and I didn’t have to think twice to know which organization I would love to share with my readers – The Childhood Apraxia Of Speech Association Of North America, otherwise known as CASANA. CASANA is the only nonprofit public charity exclusively dedicated to children with {Read More}
This is more of a personal post than a baking post, one of my “behind the blog” type of posts. And a long one! 2012 has been an extremely busy year here in the Love From The Oven house. In addition to baking up sweets and treats and sharing recipes, tips, my favorite links and more, life behind the blog has been busy, chaotic and sometimes a little crazy. While I’m not one who is big on “resolutions”, I always {Read More}
It’s been a busy week around here, but more behind the blog than on the blog. My toddler had the stomach flu, which is just no fun for anyone involved. Thankfully she’s back to her spunky self, and the rest of us have been downing garlic pills and grape juice (the “things to help prevent the stomach bug” I’ve found – may not help, but likely won’t hurt – except I really, really, really don’t like grape juice!). But I {Read More}
Disclaimer #1… This post is totally NOT about baking. There, I said it, it’s out in the open. After a few years of trying to balance putting up enough holiday decorations to keep my oldest feeling happy and festive (she pretty much gets as excited for holiday decorating as Will Ferrell does in Elf – I kid you not) while not having any of the decor broken or destroyed by (or worse yet, hurting) her younger sister, I’ve found {Read More}
Wow, it’s been a crazy busy week here at Love From The Oven. December has arrived and it’s time for all things Christmas! So let’s catch up on everything that’s been happening… I made my favorite Chocolate Christmas Cookies. I shared some of the fun holiday recipes I created for PEEPS. I made Pumpkin Banana Cinnamon Pecan Muffins. I shared some info on the new Fisher Price Moments Of Joy Website, as well as a contest where you could win {Read More}
Yesterday I shared some of the amazing play kitchens that I have found while looking for a toy kitchen to either buy or DIY for our youngest daughter. I am so amazed at how toys have changed in the seven years between my two girls. My oldest had a few pieces of pretend plastic food and little boxes that looked like cereal boxes – for the most part that’s all I recall being out there. But now, WOW. So many {Read More}
Many of my readers know that I have two daughters, I love to bake and I love all things creative, pink and pretty. Add all of those ingredients together for holiday shopping and a little kid size kitchen seems like the perfect gift idea. With my youngest finally starting to get into pretend play, this seems like the perfect time to bring a play kitchen back into our home. I’ve been all over the internet window shopping and looking for {Read More}
Any of you who follow me on Instagram know that I am always snapping and sharing pics of my two girls. While I absolutely adore posed, formal photos, I always feel like the candid moments are the ones that we look back on that tell the stories and take us back in time. I look back at the photo on the top of this post on the left, of my now nine year old daughter, and remember those little {Read More}
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